Become a Donor

Donating sperm is easy, convenient and rewarding. It’s a way for you to earn extra income and receive free medical support, while also helping someone realize their lifelong dream of starting a family. Some of the perks include:

• Earn up to $1,500 a month
• Earn referral bonuses
• Free STD and Genetic Testing
• Free physical with our M.D.

All healthy men between the age of 21 and 40.5 years old can become sperm donors at Seattle Sperm Bank if they fulfill a number of physical and psychological parameters. Click on the heading to read more about the steps to becoming a donor at Seattle Sperm Bank.

View the video below, explaining the benefits and the process of becoming a sperm donor at Seattle Sperm Bank.

You must be between 18 to 40.5 years old and in general good health. You must be able to donate 1 to 3 times per week at our lab in Seattle, WA. You must have a college degree or currently being enrolled in a college program.

At the screening you will provide an initial sample for analysis and fill out a brief questionnaire. Please bring photo identification at this time. Though it is not required, you are also encouraged to bring a copy of your resume or CV. This additional information helps us match you to a family seeking a donor with a particular educational or professional background.

Once you pass your physical exam you can begin giving sperm donations. While each donation must be approved by our doctors in order for you to be paid, our approval rate is more than 90%. Donors receive $100 for each approved donation.

It depends on the quality of your sample, but on average, donors offer between 6 and 10 samples per month. We request that you commit to at least one donation per week.

You should abstain for a minimum of 48 hours prior to donating in order to give a sample with an optimal sperm count. This is both for the quality of the sample as well as for your benefit because you will not get the remaining $30 if your sample is not approved.

It usually takes one to three weeks. The process includes the initial sample screening, your physical examination, your family health history questioning, and your blood and urine testing.

This information helps us match your donation to waiting families in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the European Union. We currently have waiting lists for those seeking certain ethnicities, in particular those from Japan, Russia, the Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. But we encourage healthy men between 18 and 40.5 from all ethnicities to consider donating.

Yes, we work with clinics and clients around the world who are not subject to FDA regulation. Due to FDA regulation, we are unable to distribute sperm in the US donated by men that have had male-to-male sexual contact within the past five years.

A directed donor is someone who stores sperm samples for a predetermined recipient that is not a spouse or life partner. There is also the option to store your own sperm for future use by your sexually intimate partner; this is called the Client Depositor route.

SURE-CHECK is Seattle Sperm Bank’s proprietary five-step, double-verified donor identity system.

We understand the time, effort and emotion that go into choosing your sperm donor. After you have made that decision, we want to give you the highest assurance that the specimens you receive match your donor selection. SURE-CHECK does just that- it guarantees the chain of custody for sperm donor identification from beginning to end and eliminates the possibility of human error.

Each SSB donor is identified via a fingerprint scan. This allows for automated printing of accurate donor labels and several redundant verification markers; such as the sperm donor’s fingerprint, identification photo and signature. At the time that fingerprint is registered by the software, the person responsible for checking the donor in will confirm their name and date of birth. No other documentation, labels or donor paperwork enters the donor check-in work-space. The donor identity is confirmed by comparing the donor’s signature and photograph at time of check-in.

SURE-CHECK: How it works

• At the time of initial identification and check-in, only the required amount of labels are printed; one label for the specimen cup, one label for the Daily Donor Questionnaire (DDQ), and one label for the urine cup (if applicable).
• As additional labels are required for the transfer of the specimen to a new container, the barcode found on the DDQ is scanned and labels are auto-generated, and printed, for this purpose.
• These labels are placed on the new container and then verified by two technicians to be correct and accurate. For this purpose, “Verified” is defined as two responsible persons visually inspecting the identifiers on the previous container, the identifiers on the intended new container(s) to ensure a match.
• This verification is documented on the DDQ with the two responsible persons’ initials and the date and time at which the verification was performed.
• This process is repeated every time that specimen changes containers. This double verification is continued to completion when the specimen is transferred to its final location, the cryovial. During this process, only one specimen is allowed in the defined work area at a time.
• Lastly, we also employ security cameras throughout the lab for additional assurance should any sperm donor identity come into question.