TruCentive recommended offering several compensation methods to research participants in guidance published on January 14, 2025. The company argued that a single payout option may be inconvenient or inaccessible for some of the people a study seeks to include.

Its examples included gift cards, prepaid cards, digital payments, cheques and charitable options. TruCentive advised considering differences in banking access, location and personal preferences when choosing which methods to offer.

For international research, the company noted that a payment method familiar in one market may not be

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