Clickasnap. Is it Legit? Or a Scam?
Update as of August 12 2025: A lot has changed since the first withdrawal was made, but I have now attempted to make a second one several years later to see if it’s still reliable at paying out!
I should start by saying I don't believe that the Clickasnap platform is some kind of scam designed to separate enthusiastic photographers from their money.
I've seen enough evidence online from frequent users of the site that withdrawals are paid into PayPal accounts with little or no problem quite regularly.
I have however never attempted to make a withdrawal myself. And since I have a review of Clickasnap on this site which seems to get a reasonable amount of traffic, I thought it's about time I attempted to try and actually get hold of my earnings so I can report back any problems!
Even though I've been using the site for around five years, the pay per view figure was very small for the majority of my time uploading and interacting on the site.
As of right now, which is December 13th 2022, I have a grand total of $58.20 in my Clickasnap account. Not much for five years I know, but I've really not been as active on the platform for any where near the amount of time as I would have liked.
If I get paid it'll no doubt be an incentive to put in more effort for sure!
So if you are interested in signing up to Clickasnap but are unsure whether it's worth it, keep coming back to this post as I update my progress trying to get my money! Hopefully it's straightforward!
December 13th 2022
It's time for the first step! I'm going to the settings page of my account where there's a button which says “Check Earnings”. After clicking this, I'm informed of the amount I've earned, and prompted to enter my PayPal email address.
You must earn at least $15 before you can make a withdrawal. My $58.20 should be no problem then!
So I'm going to enter the email, then press the return key, as there’s currently no button, and wait for PayPal to receive my fortune!
Immediately after hitting return, I’m greeted with the following page…
“Awaiting payment” doesn’t at least sound like anything has gone wrong yet! Payment is apparently very quick but does not happen over the weekends. So if you request payment on a Friday, expect to have to wait until Monday to receive your money.
I'll update soon on this post to let you know what happens next! Fingers are crossed! :)
December 14th 2022
Well that didn’t take long! I had an email early this afternoon from PayPal informing me that a payment had been made by Clickasnap. I logged in to find my account credited with $56.21. Not quite the full $58.20 I was expecting as PayPal have taken a $1.99 fee. But I’m happy the withdrawal process overall was quick and easy.
The owner of Clickasnap has mentioned that other options of receiving payment will be made available in the future. Hopefully that will be soon, especially now that the new version of the site has launched. This is good to know, as if I had withdrawn the minimum amount of $15 and lost $1.99 to PayPal, I’d have been more annoyed! Maybe for now, don’t withdraw your earnings until you’ve built up a larger figure.
Well this was a shorter post than I was expecting! I just presumed something would go wrong or Clickasnap would want to see evidence that my photos were my own work, like sending raw files or something. But it was very easy and I was paid in less than 24 hours!
I guess now I will start to use the platform much more now knowing that it’s reliable and trustworthy. Although hopefully I can make more than $58 in the next five years!
August 12th 2025
I’ve not been using Clickasnap for a while, as my job has gotten in the way. A lot has changed but I am going to make another attempt at using it and testing its true earning potential without using dodgy tactics! But before this can happen, I want to draw out my earnings and make sure I actually get paid successfully like the last time.
As I haven’t been using the site much, my current earnings stand at $43.65. So let’s begin the process of withdrawing and see what happens with the latest look of the platform!
I’ll fill in my email and request the payment, which I think is still only possible to Paypal, but I’m not 100% sure, since more options were supposed to be added.
After entering the email and clicking “Request payout“, a small notification appeared in the bottom right of the screen saying “Withdrawal request sent”, or something like this, as it disappeared too quickly. Nothing else seemed to change, but after refreshing the screen, I was met with the following screen.
Well, that’s it for now. I’ll update when/if the money shows up in my Paypal account. Fingers crossed!
August 14th 2025
Well it wasn't quite as quick as last time, but still pretty quick, as I was paid this morning!
It looks like, as long as you aren't breaking the rules, Clickasnap does still pay out.
If you have a couple of minutes free, please check out my Clickasnap profile by clicking here! Any extra views are always helpful!
