LEARN · PAID TRADELINES
Before you pay for a tradeline
A paid tradeline is placement as an authorized user on a stranger's credit card, sold for a limited time. The pitch often blurs three different things: being added, being reported, and being approved. We don't sell tradelines, and we don't recommend paid placements with strangers. Here's why, with the sources.
EP. 19 · Coming soon
Piggybacking credit explained
The family version and the paid version.
EP. 22 · Coming soon
Tradeline scams: 7 red flags before you pay anyone
A printable checklist.
Red flag: "We'll give you a new credit identity." That's not an advanced authorized user strategy. The FTC warns these schemes can involve stolen Social Security numbers.