April 10, 2009

Paid To Click

 PTC or Paid To Click sites are a result of an innovative business idea aimed at promoting business for the advertisers that also opened the doors for people to earn some bucks right from their home for viewing the advertisements . The requirements for using these sites are pretty basic , the same one would need to use the Internet - a computer and an internet (but u need to own these products) . As a member you would need to register at these sites and login with your user id and password every time you would need to use the service .
The members click ads available in the Surf ads section and get paid for it . Another way members can make money from these sites is by referring . Members are given unique referral link and anyone who registers at the site through his link , is placed under that member's downline . Downline of a member are the members referred by that member and he is entitled to receive a percentage of the earninrgs made by each of his downline (Upline is just the opposite , your upline is the member who referred you ) . Most sites these days allows you to see your downline (also called direct referrals) and also to keep track of their activity that is whether they are clicking or not . Mind you that you won't earn anything from your downline if they don't click ads . Another feature that many sites have is the Rent Referrals feature . This allows you to rent referrals (called Rented referrals ) for a certain period of time for a certain amount of money and during this period for all the clicks they make you will get a percentage of share . The good thing is you can rent refferals from your account balance itself , you don't have to pay anything from your pocket but not sites have this feature .
Every site has a certain payout limit , ie you can only request your payment after you reach that amount . The payment usually takes 1 sec to a year depending upon the site's policies . The payment is usually made via a payment processor like paypal , alertpay , etc and you can withdraw the money from there which doesnt take much time . 
You can also advertise at the site by buying ads and banners . You can use your account balance to advertise too . There's another way of investing money at these sites that is by buying premium membership which will entitle you to some extra benefits over the standard members like - greater incentive for clicking ads , greater return from a referral click , quicker payments etc . The membership is either lifetime or for a certain period of time . Few sites offers more than one premium membership plans each differing in the benefits they offer and of course the price for it . 
Over the years the adminstrators of these sites have implemented new security features to restrict the members from misusing the site . Many people tends to resort to unfair means like creating multiple accounts from the same computer , using software programs (robots) to click ads , etc which consequently led to heavy losses to the advertisers and these sites and ultimately saw it to go bally up . Even today these issues are far from being under control though there are many scripts and programs available in the market today ( like programs to track ip addresses , identifying software programs or robots , etc ) and most sites are equipped with them . When users are caught carrying out such malpractices they are often banned from the site or they are denied of their payments . 
Misuse by users are not the only reason why a site might be shut down . Sometimes the owner of the site does it intentionally to rob the legitimate users of their payments . There are many sites which exist forever but they never pay their users while there are others which start off quite well but eventually turn into a scam . Infact this is an uncontrolled crime practiced by many . These sites are blacklisted and anybody willing to join any ptc site should cross check if that site is black listed or not . 

Few Tips for people new to PTC

  • Try to be honest because if you are caught in any unscrupulous activity you will not get paid at all and in that case you cant blame the admin too . So it is better to play safe and not to be too greedy . 
  • Check if the site you are joining is blacklisted or not . It is always better to join a site after checking out the proofs of payment of the existing users but it's not always feasible . If you are a little adventurous then you may not bother too much about all this , just check the site out yourself as you have nothing to lose except time and effort .
  • All sites have a Forum where you can post your queries . Avoid joining such sites which does not have a forum . 
  • Avoid working in sites whose admins are not active in the forums .
  • Read the FAQ thoroughly , every site has one , to acquaint yourself with the policies and rules . That way you can get a general impression about the site and figure out what it claims or does . Also go through the posts at forums . Even you can try a google search before joining a site to know about a site and read user reviews .
  • It is better not to join sites which has too high payouts say 100$ or more because either you will never reach or take too long a time reach that amount and even after you reach there chances are there that you not get paid . There are exceptions though . But it is better to join sites with low payouts because you will reach the payout quicker and you won't have to wait too long to know if it is a scam .
  • The sites which gives too many ads per day usually dont pay (4-8 ads are normal ) . Again there are exceptions . 
  • Prefer sites which has an instant payment feature that is you will receive your payments the moment you request it . This is because you will know the moment you request payment whether the site is a scam or not . 
  • Never invest a penny from your pocket unless you are absolutely sure that the site is a genuine one .
  • Lastly there's another little thing you can try out to check if a site is a scam or not . Check out how much the site is paying you per ad you click n per referral click . Say e.g., it is .01, .005 respectively . Add these to up and multiply by 1000 , you will get 15 in this case . Find out how much does it cost to buy 1000 ad impressions , this what an advertiser will pay the site for every 1000 ads . If this amount is greater than 15 then the site is sustainable , it can survive because what it offers to give out to it's members is less than what it is earning from it's advertisers per 1000 ads and it is relatively safe to join such a site . It will be very help for you if do this little math before you start working . You will find all the informations you need to do the math in the site itself . These caculations wont give a concrete idea of the site's revenue but it can surely indicate whether enevtually the site is going to go belly up or not .(For your information I must tell you that it is not the sole source of income for the sites.They also earn for the banners and various links you will find in the site but you dont get for clicking them . They also make money when buy rented referrals and memberships .)

This is only a general perception . There's no guarrantee that a site which paid you today is going to pay you tomorrow and forever but you can make a fair idea of the site and its credibility if you do a little search on these (like how long the site has been functioning , number of members , amount of money paid , etc and you will get all these informations in the internet itself ) and thereby you can save youself from being scammed and wasting your time and effort . The online jobs are really a boon of modern day society but it is not free from the underlying menace and PTC sites are no exceptions .

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