A PAYtriot is basically a glowie who uses their glowie-ness to solicit donations. These PAYtriots use Q to line their own pockets by offering the "inside scoop".
I've followed x22 and Praying Medic for a while now and both of them, imho, are PAYtriots. They are sponsored. Every x22 video has a 1 minute sponsored ad in the beginning. Both sites offer paid memberships and private server rentals.
Be careful who you follow and who you trust.
I would judge their pay triot status by whether or not they put the signal behind a paywall. Things such as “ This amazing thing shines the truth on the whole Q plan! Join my exclusive club for $9.99 a month to gain access.”
People who sell solar water heaters, survival food or other sponsored goods are just operating in our capitalistic system. Some of these folks get popular enough that this revenue allows them to stop inspecting houses, or fixing cars and lets them give up those day jobs and focus full time on sharing Q info. I think this is good. If they have the talent and can focus full time on being a digital soldier then by all means do so. They just have to stick to the uninhibited sharing of the intel and be aware of pitfalls such as putting the view count or money ahead of sharing the signal.