# Do sperm donors get paid a premium for being more "desirable?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sperm-donors-get-paid-a-premium-for-being-more-desirable/133059>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sperm-donors-get-paid-a-premium-for-being-more-desirable/133059 "2002-10-20T06:44:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sperm-donors-get-paid-a-premium-for-being-more-desirable/133059/1 "2002-10-20T06:44:55Z")

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Well, it looks like your OP wasn’t all that “desirable” now was it?

you get nothing! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sperm-donors-get-paid-a-premium-for-being-more-desirable/133059/2 "2002-10-20T07:51:03Z")

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The most desireable ones get to donate their sperm directly to the recipient.