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If you have kids, you have probably heard of Roblox, an online world where kids and teens can create their own games, explore other people’s creations, and hang out with friends worldwide.
The Roblox platform allows kids to earn money in a few different ways. Here’s what kids can realistically earn, what it takes to turn Robux into dollars, and how one teenager built a game that paid out millions. Discover the ways kids can earn on Roblox while keeping online safety the top priority.
Ways to earn on Roblox at a glance
What your child wants to do | Minimum age | Where the money comes from | What it takes to start | How kids are paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Build games and experiences | Any age to earn, 13 to cash out | Players buying passes and items, Creator Rewards | Nothing. Roblox Studio is free. | In Robux |
Create and sell avatar items | 13 | Marketplace sales | A Premium membership plus upload fees | In Robux |
Work for other creators | Any age to earn, 13 to cash out | Commissions from other developers | A portfolio and a reputation | In Robux |
Sell models and plugins | 13 | Other developers buying your assets | A verified account and an asset worth buying | US dollars |
Make videos and streams | 13 | Ad revenue, brand deals, and Star Codes | A channel with a real audience | US dollars and Robux |
How kids can make money on Roblox
These five paths differ a lot in how much work they take and how much they pay. Most need a parent somewhere in the process, either for permission, ID verification, or tax paperwork.
1. Build games and experiences
How it works: Kids and teens build an experience in Roblox Studio and sell things inside it. Game passes unlock a permanent perk, and developer products can be bought again and again. Roblox adds a second stream through Creator Rewards, which pays 5 Robux when a qualifying player spends 10 minutes or more in the experience, plus a 35% share of a new player’s first $100 of spending on the platform.
What your child does: They download Roblox Studio, learn enough Lua to script, and publish. Putting an experience online costs nothing.
Where a parent comes in: You give consent and handle the tax paperwork when they cash out. Nothing is required while they’re only earning Robux.
The catch: Most Roblox experiences earn close to nothing. Creator Rewards money also sits for 60 days before anyone can cash it out. The experiences that break through usually do it on an idea that spreads, not on better graphics or more code.
Alex Balfanz was a senior in high school when he and a friend released Jailbreak on Roblox in January 2017. It paid for all four years of his tuition at Duke.
The part worth telling your child is what came before it. Balfanz started coding at about nine, and he’d already built several Roblox games that earned, in his words, “maybe a couple thousand” dollars total. Jailbreak itself took four months of working after school. When the money arrived, he bought a drone, then put the rest toward tuition and savings.
2. Create and sell avatar items
How it works: Your child designs clothing, accessories, or avatar bundles and lists them in the Roblox Marketplace. Roblox used to run selling as an invite-only program with a waitlist, but now any creator who meets the requirements can list.
What your child does: They design the item, verify their identity, and publish. Roblox's Marketplace Policy sets the rules for what can and can’t be sold, and it’s worth reading together before the first listing.
Where a parent comes in: Parents complete ID verification through a linked parent account if your child is under 18.
The catch: Publishing costs money before it earns any. There’s an upload fee, some item types require a publishing advance, and 2D avatar items need an active Premium 1000 or 2200 membership to stay on sale.
3. Work for other creators
How it works: Popular experiences hire out modeling, scripting, user interface design, and art, and they pay in Robux. Payment usually runs through a Roblox group, and group funds count as earned Robux as long as the group’s sales were legitimate.
What your child does: They build a portfolio, post it where developers look, and take small jobs to earn a reputation before larger ones come in.
Where a parent comes in: Check who’s hiring before your child takes a job, and agree on payment terms in writing.
The catch: This path carries the most risk of the five. There’s rarely a contract, the work usually gets delivered before payment arrives, and scammers pose as studios to get exactly that. Anyone who asks your child to log in somewhere to verify before a job is not hiring them.
4. Sell models and plugins in the Creator Store
How it works: Other developers need parts to build with, including 3D models, scripts, user interface kits, and Studio plugins. Your child makes those and sells them in the Creator Store. This pays in US dollars instead of Robux, and Roblox takes no cut beyond taxes and payment processing.
What your child does: They build something other developers want, upload it, verify the account with an age check or government ID, and set a price.
Where a parent comes in: Review the Creator Store terms and enter information on the Stripe application, including banking details and tax forms. Payouts go to the bank account linked to that profile. Your child also needs 2-step verification turned on before selling.
The catch: Every sale sits in escrow for 30 days, payouts land once a month on the first, and refunds or chargebacks come straight out of the seller balance.
5. Make videos and streams about Roblox
How it works: This path earns from an audience rather than from Roblox. Your child posts videos or streams themselves playing, and the money comes from ad revenue, brand deals, and viewer subscriptions on YouTube or Twitch. The game still runs in Roblox, and the video platform is only where it gets broadcast. Roblox connects to it in one place, through the Video Stars Program, which gives members Star Codes that pay a cut of Robux their viewers buy.
What your child does: They post on a regular schedule and build an audience large enough to matter to a sponsor.
Where a parent comes in: You approve the channel, manage comments and privacy settings, and handle any brand deal on your child’s behalf. Twitch requires a parent involved for streamers under 18.
The catch: Long-form video requires 100,000 subscribers and an average of 25,000 views over six months. Short-form requires the same follower count and 50,000 average views. Live streaming requires 10,000 followers and an average of 300 concurrent viewers. Discord’s monetization tools are limited to 18 and older, so a younger teen can build a server now and monetize later.
How to keep your child safe while they earn
Most advice about keeping kids safe on Roblox covers chat settings, content filters, and who can contact your child. Earning money on the platforms creates another safety issue to be aware of.
An account that earns is worth more to a scammer than an account that only plays. Once your child starts selling, the account holds a legal name, a verified government ID, a payout history, and for Creator Store sellers, your banking and tax information on a linked Stripe profile.
That changes what’s at risk. A stolen account used to mean lost Robux. Now it can mean a child’s identity being stolen.
1. Know about the scams aimed at young creators
These five scams target kids who want to earn. The scams aimed at players, including fake giveaways and middleman trades, work differently.
Scam | How it arrives | The tell |
|---|---|---|
Fake job offer | A direct message from a “studio” that needs a tester or builder | Real studios don’t recruit by DM with a login link attached |
Commission that never pays | A client who wants the work delivered before payment | Terms get agreed in writing before any work starts |
Free Robux generator | Search results, TikTok, in-game chat | Robux comes from Roblox only |
Fake Roblox login | Any link that goes to a sign-in screen | The only place to log in is roblox.com |
Fake payout verification | A message saying ID or tax details are needed before Robux or a payment can be released. | Verification starts from the Creator Dashboard, never from a message |
2. Practice scam prevention by locking down the account
Turn on 2-step verification using an authenticator app rather than text messages.
Give Roblox an email address that isn’t used anywhere else.
Set spend controls and review privacy settings together.
Agree on one rule that covers most of it. Anything that arrives inside the game gets verified outside the game first, no matter who sends it.
3. Protect their identity, not just their Robux
A Roblox account already holds enough to open credit in a child’s name, and nobody checks a child’s credit for a decade. Most families find out when a teenager applies for a first job or a student loan.
Greenlight Family Shield protects your child’s identity online, so you find out the moment their information turns up for sale, not years later when a stolen Roblox account becomes a stolen identity.
Protections include:
Dark web monitoring for everyone in the family¹
Credit alerts across all three bureaus, so an attempt to open an account is noticed right away¹
Fraudulent transfer coverage up to $100K per claim for the whole family, covering scams like the ones targeting young Roblox creators³
When the money shows up, give it somewhere to go
Roblox teaches a real lesson, which is that money comes from building something other people want. Alex Balfanz spent years on small projects before one of them paid for college, and that order is the normal one.
A DevEx payout or a Creator Store deposit is often the first real money a child has earned on their own. Greenlight gives them a debit card² and an app to split it between spending, saving, and investing, and gives you a view of where it all goes.
FAQs
How much is 30,000 Robux in real money?
About $114. That’s the minimum DevEx will convert, at the current rate of $0.0038 per earned Robux. Robux earned before September 2025 converts at the older rate and comes to $105 per 30,000.
Can a 10-year-old make money on Roblox?
Kids can earn Robux at any age, but cashing out requires being 13. A younger child’s Robux stays inside the platform, where it buys items and access to other games.
Is the Roblox affiliate program still around?
No, Roblox discontinued it in July 2025 and replaced it with Creator Rewards, which pays creators for engagement and bringing new players to the platform.
Do kids owe taxes on Roblox earnings?
Money from DevEx or the Creator Store is income, and Roblox collects tax forms before it pays anyone. A parent completes the paperwork for a child under 18.
Can my child earn without spending money first?
Building is free. Roblox Studio costs nothing and publishing an experience is free. Selling avatar items can be expensive, since it requires Premium membership and upload fees in Robux.
¹Premium monitoring services are offered by Array.
²The Greenlight® prepaid card is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard International.
³Insurance offered by Acrisure, LLC is provided by ACE American Insurance Company and its U.S.-based Chubb underwriting company affiliates. www.chubb.com. Additional details can be viewed here. See link for policy information. Insurance Products are not insured by the FDIC or any federal government agency and are not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, any bank or bank affiliate.
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