2008.02.01 - Review of the Month Of Janurary

PayPal cripples PTC Site Payments
This is easily the most notable event of January 2008. When Paypal started locking accounts of Admins of Paid to Click Sites, it led to a number of incidences where Accounts were Reset, Payments were delayed and a huge move toward AlertPay. For all Clickers, the loss of Paypal as a means to get payment was huge, many decided not to click and those whom continued weren't as committed as before. Everyone whom had Referrals suffered a major fall in activity.

There was speculation that Paypal was anti-PTC Sites which was wildly exagerrated because many PTC Sites have remained paying with Paypal, notably the PTC Sites that still use Paypal have a low number of payouts or have expensive advertising, or both.

PTC Sites embrace AlertPay
Now the most popular Payment Processor for PTC Sites, AlertPay isn't in the league of Paypal, it supports less countries, it's fees for personal accounts is way too high, but it's the only option to get money out, so for now Clickers will have to suffer the fees. Still it's far better to have something in an account you can get a cheque for than in a PTC Account Balance that you're waiting to CashOut.

My PTC Site January Lows
Like all Clickers with Referrals, Paypal hit me hard, I went from earning $3.50 per day on DailyClicks, to $1.50 - $2.00 per day as my Referrals went in numbers. This was also the affect of DC resetting Account Balances in light of getting thier Paypal Account locked.

iCashOut, Buxlat, CashPosse, YourBux and EarnClick all turned out to be scam sites, ripping off thousands of thier Clicker Members. I count myself lucky that I didn't invest anything in those sites but I feel for those whom paid for Referrals and Upgrades.

Bux.To which is notorious for late payment decided to increase the waiting time for Free members. I decided not to continue with the site, not because they don't pay, it's because of thier late payments.

Referral Inactivity was another low point but we all felt that, it taught me a lesson that I can't sit back and be content with the number of Referrals I have.

My PTC Site January Highs
Being Paid had to be the high point of the month as it will be for anyone that is in a Get Paid to Click Program, of course I've already spent the money, lololol.

All the sites I've reviewed so far have been good earnings, some are new comers and are looking good for February. ClickzVault I've had great advertising, referrals and a short term Platinum Membership. Despite the lows, DailyClicks continues to earn the majority of my money. Simplestash has been a great place to communicate on, Earning-Cash, I still retreat to when things are going out of shape. Bux3 has been awesome so far. Masterbux with it's Lottery Ads has increased my interest in the site.

All in all Janurary was a good month to be a Clicker, would have been better if it weren't for Paypal but we look with interest at what this month holds for us. If you're just starting on your Get Paid to Click journey, I'd just like to comment that there is money to be made, there are highs and lows and most importantly, always be hesistant about using your own money on any PTC Site.

Until our next end of the month review, Happy Clicking Folks

2008.02.01 - PTC Monthly Earnings

As promised earlier I mentioned I would post my earnings to date. Some sites I've just joined in Janurary. Generally the CashOut is around $10 minimum, so as you can see I still have a ways to go on most of the sites. You will notice that the sites that I have been getting paid at also have a good number of Referrals. DailyClicks.Biz was easily my best earner for the month, with the number of Ads and Referrals it's easy to see why. Unfortunately, it is also the site where I have 70 - 80% inactive Referrals, so this month will be slower as far as earnings go.

Site Name	Balance	Referrals	Paid Jan	Paid Total
Advercash.Net	$1.6950	-	-	-
Bux3.com	$31.5000	77	$22.17	$22.17
Buxa.co.uk	$2.3100	2	-	-
Cash-Linkz.com	$1.2500	-	-	-
ClickzVault.Net	$5.4999	8	$5.00	$5.00
Clix4coins.com	$6.8800	3	-	-
DailyClicks.Biz	$43.3100	72	$99.40	$113.03
Earning-Cash.Net	$1.7165	7	-	-
Easy-Clicks.Net	$0.6600	-	-	-
Fast.sc	$8.9475	16	-	-
Hits4bux.com	$3.1550	20	-	-
Just-Click.Us	$2.0800	-	-	-
MasterBux.com	$2.3600	-	-	-
Paid.vg	$2.4600	2	-	-
PaidClicks.ws	$1.6700	-	-	-
PornoBux.Net	$3.3900	-	-	-
Race4Clicks.ShiftCode.com	$0.5950	-	-	-
SimpleStash.com	$-	-	-
SmartBux.Net	$0.8130	-	-	-
zBestBux.com	$2.5025	23	-	-
Totals	$122.7944	-	$126.57	$140.02

Reaching Targets
For most parts I've reached the target of getting $0.05 a day on each site, obviously some I've gone beyond $1.55. Next month we'll be able to compare my earnings to see which sites I should continue with and which I should consider dropping. I must say that I'm very pleased with the results so far, and I really didn't think I'd earn over a hundred bucks for clicking Ads, but at least now you can see it does work and perhaps it will tempt you to start clicking on Ads.

I've got 1 site to fill in the details, SimpleStash was offline when I started collecting data, I'll update my table once horselovers' Site gets back into full swing. Until later, Happy Clicking Folks.

2008.01.28 - Earning those few cents will add up

Today I wanted to summarise the your Potential Earnings if you clicked Ads daily on some Get Paid To Click Sites. Each one differs in the amount of Ads they have, so the values listed are what you can earn at each PTC Site. Sometimes this is less per day and sometimes it's more.

$0.15 DailyClicks.Biz
$0.15 ClickzVault.Net
$0.11 Bux3.com
$0.11 MasterBux.com
$0.11 Cash-Linkz.com
$0.10 Paid.vg
$0.09 Race4Clicks.ShiftCode.com
$0.08 Clix4Coins.com
$0.08 buxa.co.uk
$0.08 Just-Click.Us
$0.07 Hits4Bux.com
$0.07 Fast.Sc
$0.07 TheClickers.Net
$0.06 Cents2Bux.com
$0.05 SimpleStash.com
$0.05 Earning-Cash.Net
$0.05 PaidClicks.ws
$0.05 zBestBux.com

It works out to be $1.53 a day, which means that in a year you'll make $558.45 bucks just for clicking Ads. Now if you can get just 1 person to help you, and they joined all these sites, then your earnings will improve by at least 50% because a majority of PTC Sites will pay a 50% Referral Click Bonus. That comes out to a total of $837.67 per year :)

The total Amount I've been paid has been $140.02.

All this achieved by clicking on Ads, by promoting my links on other sites and of course by buying advertising with money I earnt from clicking Ads. My end of month Review will be coming up, there I'll post my balances from each site I've joined, I just hope that you've come along with me on this journey and are earning at least a buck a day along the way.

I wish you all the best and as always, Happy Clicking Folks

Payment Processors Sites

Reminder about using your own funds
I would just like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to be careful about using thier own funds when buying Upgrade Packs and Advertising from any Paid To Click Advertising Site. Some of these Processors Sites do not have charge backs so you can't get your money back if you haven't recieved what you have bought.

Click on Banner to Sign up to Paypal

Paypal.com
This used to be the main Payment Processor used by all Paid to Click Sites but a shake-up by paypal ripped the heart out of the cashing out. This left PTC Owners in a situation where they've had thier accounts locked which meant they could no longer pay thier Members using PayPal. There are still some PTC Sites that use Paypal though.

Click Banner to Sign Up to MoneyBookers.com

MoneyBookers.com
No Charge Backs
You shouldn't have much problems signing up to this Payment Processor Site, it's not as popular as Paypal but you can withdraw and deposit funds from most International Banks. Click on this Link to Sign Up

Click on the Banner to Sign Up to AlertPay.com

AlertPay.com
Banking Support for Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and USA. You can also transfer money to your e-Gold Account. Click on this Link to sign-up. This has become one of the more preferred Payment Processors that Get Paid to Click Sites are looking for as an alternative. Unfortunately it doesn't support many countries and cheques to International Countries can take up to 2 weeks to be delivered and then you have to wait until they've cleared.

Click on the Banner to Sign-Up to LibertyReserve.com

LibertyReserve.com
This Payment Processes uses e-Currency. e-Currency is a digital currency which can be exchanged into cash at different Websites. While I do not like this type of currency, it is becoming more common that PTC Sites will be looking at this Payment Processor

Click on the Banner to Sign Up to E-Gold.com



E-Gold.com
This is another Payment Processor which uses E-Currency, this time it's backed by the Gold Price. You will need to find an Exchanger to convert your E-Gold into cash, so it's very similar to LibertyReserves.com, Click on this Link to Sign-up

Debit Cards
Some PTC sites may start offering thier own Debit Cards, IMHO this is even better than a Paypal Account because it's accepted widely across the Internet. Of course you could use it with your Paypal Account if need be.

Referrals - Buying Referral Packs

Continuing from where we last left about Member Upgrading, the last thing I'll look at is Referral Packs which are offered at all PTC Sites.

Referral Packs are Expensive
The only reason you want to buy a Referral Pack is to save time from "recruiting" Referrals, unfortunately PTC Sites are aware of this and tend to charge an arm and a leg for thier Referral Packs.

A majority of the PTC Sites will not exchange Referrals, and the risk of getting inactive referrals is quite common, I personally wouldn't buy small packs of 5, then again I tend to wait until I've earnt enough cash from my PTC Sites and just pay for Sign Up Advertising.

The choice of buying Referral Packs is entirely you own, but be prepared to pay for them. The usual warning about avoiding New sites applies here.

Well that covers the information part of Paid to Click Sites, there are other things you can "buy" from PTC Sites but I thought I'd cover the more important ones.

I think we might be due for another Site, until then, happy clicking

Paid to Click Sites - Member Upgrading

In an earlier post named Paid to Click Site - Basic we raised the questions should I buy....

We covered Sign-Up Advertising as the first thing you should consider doing, in this section of the blog we will consider Upgrading Our Membership

Should I Upgrade my Membership ?
The expense of buying a Membership at a PTC Site will vary from site to site and can be costly for you if the PTC site Owner does a runner with your cash. I strongly advise you to think very carefully about using your own money.

If you can afford to Upgrade your membership and don't mind the risk then the only other advise I can give you is to avoid Upgrading Memberships at NEW PTC Sites, especially if they don't have a Forum.

You should only consider upgrading if you have a nice collection of Referrers, this is more true if you're at a site that has short term Upgrades, eg. Monthly, 6 Monthly and Yearly. I would personally wait until you've got a pay-out from the Site as well, that way you can gauge for yourself whether or not it is worth upgrading memberships.

Benefits of Upgrading your Membership
The most common benefits are, you earn more per Ad Click and you earn more from Ad Clicks from you Referrers. Other benefits vary from site to site, some give free Referrals, some give cash when one of your Referrals upgrade, others allow messaging to your Referrals and so on.

Referers and Messaging
I would probably upgrade my account with my own money if I had 100+ Referrals and I was able to E-mail them. Other than the "cash incentives", this is one of the best ways of getting and retaining Referrals for New or Other Paid to Click Sites. Just keep in mind no-one likes SPAM.

If you really want to upgrade your membership then I suggest the 2 Sites I've mentioned as great places to upgrade membership. DailyClicks.Biz is having a $12 Lifetime Special until the 01st Feb 2008, and even though it's only new, Fast.Sc is run by a well known member of the PTC Groups.

In my next post I'll look at Referral Packs, until then, happy clicking

Referrals - Buying Sign-Up Advertising

In an earlier post named Paid to Click Site - Basic we left with the question....

Should I buy....
Preferably you're using cash you've recieved from a PTC Site, you can use you own if you wish.

The 3 things you should consider buying are Sign-Up Advertising, Membership Upgrades and Referral Pack. All the Get Paid to Click Advertisment Sites I will be listing accept Paypal as a method of payment, some PTC Sites will allow you to exchange your Earnings from their own Site.

Sign-Up Advertising
I have put this first for a simple reason, it is a great way to get Referrals at a low price. The best market to get these are at other PTC Sites because those whom are already clicking Ads are likely to click more at other Sites. Not all PTC Sites have Sign-up (Registration) Ads so you'll have to find you a spot to nestle at.

Considerations
When you have found yourself a nice little spot to camp and are ready to buy some Sign-Up Ads, you will need to keep in mind a few things.

1. Is the Site I want people to Sign-Up to already listed?
If this is the case then you will have to raise your price to higher than they have listed

2. How many Sign-Ups do I want to buy?
Well a majority of sites have a minimum of 100 Sign-Up Ads, that's an excellent number to use, so you should keep it at 100 Sign-Ups.

3. How much am I willing to Pay?
PTC Sites charge a "tax" over the total cost of your Sign-Up Ad, it should never be the same cost of the Advertisements you are buying. If you took out 100 Ads at $0.01c each, you should never have to pay $2.00 in total, if they are asking you for that much, then move to another site.

If you're quick enough, when a PTC site is new, you can get Sign-ups for a cent each, but most of the time you'll be paying more for your Advertisement. The first Ad I took out cost me $2.70 for 100 Sign-ups which was a few weeks ago. Since then 3 Ads from other members have hit the board, 1 for $0.03, another for $0.04 and the last one for $0.05.

Before you decide, check how many Ads you can click on at the Site you want people to sign-up to, also keep in mind the value you get paid to click. For example, if the Site has 5 Ads where you get paid $0.01c per click, I'd be willing to pay $0.03c per Sign-Up Ad.

The more members at the site you want to sign-up to, the harder it is to get people to sign-up because it is more than likely they already belong to the site, that's why it's common to see prices of $0.10c for the real popular PTC Sites.

In summary, if you don't have much cash to start with, don't pay more than $6-7 for 100 Sign-ups at $0.05c each, which is a hell of alot cheaper than most PTC Sites which charge $5-7 for 5 Membership Referrals.

The Advertisment Details
When you have found yourself a nice little spot to camp and are ready to buy some Sign-Up Ads you need to fill in some details. The standard details needed are, Paypal Name, Paypal E-mail Address, Registration Ad Name, Registration URL, Sign-Ups Purchasing, Pay Per Sign-up and Instructions.

Paypal Name and Paypal E-mail Address are straight forward, you shouldn't have any troubles filling that out

Registration Ad Name
Think of something catchy, that will get your Ad noticed, be realistic though

Registration URL
The PTC you want people to sign-up to including your Referral. The PTC Site you want sign-ups for should show you what this link is, so put it here.

Sign-Ups Purchasing
100 is the minimum on most sites

Pay Per Sign-up
0.01 is the smallest value you can choose for most sites

Instructions
This is where you tell the prospective Sign-Up what you require. It's also a good place to tell people more details of the site they are signing up to.

Some standard instructions are

Sign up using the same name or something similar as you do on this site, Make sure my name [insert your name] is in the Referrer Box, No Referrer, No Credit. Click all the Ads you see

You can check out other Sign-Up ads on the site to see how they are instructing members how to sign up.

Once you are satisfied with your Ad Registration you can send it through, this will lead you to Paypal where you will need to login and confirm the order. The standard waiting time is 48 hours before your Ad is approved.

Paying Members that Sign-Up with your Ad
Check back at the Site you want people to sign up to, check your list of Referrers. if you are getting new Members signing up then head back to the PTC Site you took the Ad. There should be a link that leads you to your Registration Ad. Check to see if thier name appears, if they have followed your Instructions in the Registration Ad then CREDIT them.

If thier name doesn't appear on the Registration Ad site, you will have to wait until it does. If the person hasn't clicked the amount of Ads you asked them to, then wait until they do before Creditting them.

KEEP RECORDS
* Make a note of whom you have given Credit to
Thier name and the site they Signed up from

* Make a note of whom have not met your Instructions
Thier name, site they Signed up from and what they need to do

* Make a note of any other people that have signed up since the Ad was placed
Sometimes you will see a name appear that hasn't asked for Credit. Make a note of it.

ASK THE ADMINS FOR GUIDANCE
Your list of people asking for Credit can grow quite large, if you're ever in doubt, contact an Admin, show him the details you've collected, if you can show him a Screenshot of the number of Referrals you had before and after the Registration Ad.

Summing it up
Well I've pretty much covered Sign-Up Advertising, it is a cheap way to get Referrals, the risks involved are that you may get people whom sign up a multiple number of times or you may lose your Account at the PTC Site you used to Register your Ads if you fail to Credit people that are due.

My final thoughts
Do you recall I took out a Sign-Up Ad a few weeks ago, that was later priced out of the market? It cost me $2.70 for the Ad, I have made over $60 from 45 Members that have signed up to it because I got in early. But the biggest boost is that I have a number of good Referrals clicking on Ads, it's only a handful of the 45, but still great to see my riches increasing for very little work.

My Advertising Summary
I thought I'd just add a Summary of the Sign-Up Ads I've purchased just to give you an idea of the costs involved.

22 Dec 2007 - Purchased Ads for DailyClicks.Biz - $2.70
27 Dec 2007 - Purchased Ads for DailyClicks.Biz - $5.00
28 Dec 2007 - Purchased Ads for Fast.Sc - $6.00
02 Jan 2008 - Purchased Ads for Bux3.com - $12.00
15 Jan 2008 - Purchased Ads for Bux3.com - $6.40

Total Ad Spending = $32.10
Total Referrals to Date = 96
Average Cost = $0.34c/Referral

Total Sign-Ups Left: 504

Although I still have alot of Sign-Ups left, only 260 from Bux3.com have any potential because the DC Ads have higher Ads and the Fast.Sc Ads hasn't moved for quite sometime. Even if I get no more Sign-Ups, I'm very pleased that it's cost me $0.34c for each Referral because it's usually $1 to buy Referrals from the Sites themselves.

To put this into further perspective
DailyClicks.Biz CashOuts: $13.64
Fast.Sc CashOut: Haven't Reached
Bux3.com CashOut: $10.67

Account Balances or Waiting to CashOut
DailyClicks.Biz Requested Payment: $99.40
DailyClicks.Biz Account Balance: $1.92
Fast.Sc Account Balance: $6.60
Bux3.com Account Balance: $7.75

So as you can see, my DailyClicks.Biz Account is more than likely going to pay for my Advertising :)

Let's move on to our Next PTC Site, the Fast and Impressive Fast.Sc

Paid to Click Site - Basics

Paid to Click Sites - Back to Basics
If you're never tried clicking Advertisements to earn some extra dosh, don't worry, we all started we're you are. It is very easy to start earning cash and it's only a click away :)

There are 4 things that you need, A Browser, An E-mail Account, A Place to put you CashOuts [Payment Processor] and a Site to Earn your Money.

Browser
Well, since you're reading this, then you've already mastered the most SECRET technique, hehehehehehehehe.

E-mail Account
All Paid To Click Sites (PTC) and Payment Processor will accept almost all free E-mail Addresses. I recommend signing up to gmail.com, hotmail.com or yahoo.com. If you already have an e-mail account then you're all set :) Use your E-mail to register to PTC Sites and Payment Processor Sites, just don't use the same Passwords

Spam
I've joined over 100 Paid To Sites and I haven't had any problems with spam mail, so rest assurred you're not going to be getting e-mails to sites you didn't want. All PTC Sites have a tough policy on spam mail.

Payment Processor
Other than the place where you're earning those coppers, this is the most important site for you because this is where you can get cash from. Whenever you're registering to a Payment Processor, use the new e-mail you created earlier, or the e-mail you've decided to do. Remember, do not use the same passwords at any site you sign up to. There are only 2 that will ever need, Paypal and AlertPay.

Paypal
If you're late on the scene, Paypal has ripped a hole in the PTC Industry, locking PTC Admins Accounts with tens of thousands of dollars in them and pretty much crippling the payment process at PTC Sites. There are some sites that still use Paypal, but they are growing less in number, still we should cover Paypal.

Signing up to Paypal is easy, you'll only ever need a Personal Account and it doesn't need to be Verified. When you're registering, just cancel the part about a Credit Card, hit the continue button and wait until you recieve your confirmation letter. Enter your Confirmation Code and before you know it you have your Paypal Account.

Click on Banner to sign up to Paypal

AlertPay
This is going to be the most popular Payment Processor for PTC Sites, signing up is a breeze so you shouldn't have any problems. Unfortunately, AlertPay isn't in the same league as Paypal which means not all countries are supported, if this is the case then you'll have to request a cheque if you want money out.

Click on Banner to sign up to AlertPay.com

While PTC Sites may offer other Payment Processors where you can CashOut, Paypal and AlertPay look to be the most favoured. Both of these Payment Processor sites are highly secure, so you can rest assured that your details will remain confidential. If you're looking for information regarding MoneyBookers and LibertyReserves just follow this link

So now that we've covered the Browser, E-mail and Payment Processors, let's move on to the Paid to Click Site itself.

Paid to Click Sites Information
Ok, I know the first thing you're thinking of is, how much can I earn? In the right sidebar I've listed the Potential Earnings you can get per day on a PTC Site if you clicked on all the Ads. The numbers are sometimes greater, or lesser depending on Advertisers.

ToS - Terms of Service
Almost all PTC Sites have the same Terms Of Service, but it doesn't hurt to read through each one. In general, they don't want people creating more than 1 Account per Computer, or per E-mail. I go by the rule that you should only have 1 Account per household just to be on the safe side.

Registering your Account
This is very simple to do, by now you should be accustomed to signing up to sites ** grins **. If you need a site to join, then scroll up pick the top placed site under the Daily Earning Potential heading. You'll probably want to join any site which is paying you $0.10 per day because that's a good amount to make per site.

Click those Ads and watch your Earnings Grow.
FINALLY !!!! We made it to the part where we're going to make some cash, well pennies to be exact, but it all adds up :)

Since PTC sites use different designs, look for links like Earn, View Ads and Surf Ads, once you've located it, just click on it and you'll be in the money making area.

Banners, Links and Timers.
In this area, you'll either see Banners or links, where there are Banners, you'll see writing telling you how much each click is worth. Let's click on a link or Banner, this should open a new window, once the page is loaded, look at the very top of the page, you should see a timer, or a message saying you have to wait. Once the timer has counted down to zero, you may get a button to click so you can earn your pennies, most times it's a tick.

Congratulations you've earnt your first amount at a Paid To Click site, you can close the window now and move on to the next link or banner.

No more Ads, is there anything else I should do?
Well some PTC sites have additional means to earn income, such as signing up to other sites, or reviewing pages and competitions, just have a look around the site. Once you've finished your daily clicking and taken any offers that are available the next thing you want to consider is Referrals.

Referrals have a huge impact on your earnings, so I've written a brief guide covering that aspect of Earning, you can find it here