A catalog without honest statuses turns into a graveyard of domains. We don’t turn clicks into a “who’s best” formula. We set three flags and a date for the last time we looked at the site.
What “Pays” means
The “Verified” badge means one thing: we saw a payout hit a wallet. Not “the site looks nice”. Not “comments praise it”. Not “it has many clicks”.
It is not insurance for next month. Ad budget runs out — the faucet cuts payouts or freezes. That’s why the card has a date. The older it is, the weaker the signal. A fresh date after a catalog pass beats a two-year-old green badge.
What “Empty” means
The site opens, the account works, but claiming is pointless right now: the faucet balance is gone. That is not the same as “project closed”. Money may come back next week — or not.
We only mark empty when it’s visible without a week-long grind to a $5 minimum. If checking the till needs a quest, we don’t fake “we checked emptiness”. Better a date than a lie.
What “Closed” means
The domain doesn’t open, endless maintenance, a stub redirect, a mandatory deposit “to continue”, obvious death. Those sites leave the live catalog. They shouldn’t sit on the public grid.
In August 2026 we walked the list that way: first “does it open”, then flags. Live sites are far fewer than rows in the database. That’s correct.
Where the check date comes from
The date is set when admin saves Pays, Empty or Closed. It’s a “we looked” stamp, not a nightly ping.
Read the date, not only the border color. A fresh date on an empty faucet is also information: don’t spend the evening.
Why TOP is manual
TOP is not ranked by clicks. The old site had few clicks total, and leaders matched whatever sat on the homepage. An automatic list would freeze the past.
TOP is a hand slot: sites we’re willing to send someone to first. Usually live FaucetPay payouts — not “highest counter”.