Youths get paid money or prizes for participating in online surveys, advertising campaigns, and campus activities.

YouthSays was founded in March 2008 for Malaysian youths only, but recently it has launched local versions for 3 other countries in Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines.

[3] The YouthSays website then opened for beta testing on 15 March 2008 and officially launched on 2 May 2008 in Malaysia.

500 respondents of the survey were sent to Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES2009) where they met business leaders and global change icons including Bob Geldof, Biz Stone, Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes, and Garry Kasparov[5] YouthSays.com was the primary community organising vehicle which brought youths to YOUTH'09.

[6] Not-for-profit or for-profit Due to its participation in youths' campaigns and its origin as an NGO, YouthSays is usually mistaken as a non-profit organisation.