Offer Fairness Policy
Every offer on Stack Credits has to pass these ten rules before it goes live. They bind sponsors, and they bind us when we review what a sponsor submits.
Fair value
Every offer shows what the credit is worth in dollars before you start, and roughly how much model usage that buys. We reject offers where the work is clearly worth more than the credit.
No forced spending
You never have to buy anything, top up a balance, or place a deposit to complete a task or claim a credit.
No forced card entry
An offer may not require you to enter card or bank details, even for a free trial that promises not to charge you.
Plain description
Each task says exactly what you will do, how long it should take, how it gets verified, and what data is shared. If a task needs a step the description does not mention, it fails this rule.
Opt-in data sharing
By default a sponsor learns only whether you passed their task. Anything more — your email, your account identifier, your usage detail — is a separate, per-offer opt-in that you can decline and still earn the credit.
Funds up front
Sponsors deposit the credits before their offer goes live. A completed, verified task is always payable; we are never waiting on a sponsor to settle up.
No unfair rejections
Verification criteria are fixed when the offer is published and cannot be tightened afterwards. If a sponsor's own system fails to confirm work you actually did, you can contest it and we review the evidence.
No misleading claims
Offer copy may not overstate what a tool does, hide a pricing change after the task, or describe a trial as free when it converts to paid without a clear prompt.
No engagement buying
We do not list tasks whose only purpose is to inflate a number: starring a repository, following an account, upvoting a post, leaving a review, or any other form of manufactured engagement.
Strikes for sponsors who break the rules
Breaking a rule earns a strike and the offer comes down until it is fixed. Repeat strikes end the sponsorship. Developers affected by a withdrawn offer keep credits they already earned.
Think an offer breaks a rule?
Tell us which offer and which rule. We review it, and if we agree the offer comes down until the sponsor fixes it. Credits already earned stay yours.