From having around 100 or more sites at one time a few years ago that I was actively working, I've now whittled my active sites down to around 37-38 PTC/GPT/PTR and other sites, plus 11 legitimate survey programs that pay and are free to join. (PS don't ever pay money to sign up for a survey program, those are total scams.)
Anything that's still here has stood the test of time and has proven to be worthwhile, and most have paid me (and often many times). What few on this list I don't spend a lot of active time on, I know have been worthwhile and well-liked for people I know.
These are all changes since the last couple of years or so. (If I'm missing any important changes/updates, I just overlooked it/them, but here are the major ones I found while looking around, if there were any.)
Here goes, in ABC order...
AdPaid - Still very active. Changes: No longer has eGold as a payment option. No other big changes that I found.
Bank Roll Bucks - Reopened in 2011 (yay!), my favorite GPT ever AND one of my all time best paying sites. Watch for a complete update/new post very soon.
Big Crumbs - Still pays me from time to time. No major changes that I found.
BuxP - Still pretty active. Lowered their cashout minimum from $7.99 to $6.99 a while back. Now offers instant payments via PayPal and Payza once you've made your first standard cashout (i.e., first cashout pays within 30 days). No longer has a signup bonus.
CashCrate - Still seems to be pretty active with a large amount of offers. This has admittedly never been one of my favorite sites personally (they changed from a $10 to $20 cashout minimum several years ago, which I never understood) but a lot of people seem to love this one. No major changes that I found.
Cash Pirate - Appears to be pretty active still and I've grown to like this one a lot for a variety of reasons. They now have a $1 minimum cashout and offer instant payments via PayPal or weekly via Amazon, or a $10 cashout for Walmart or eBay gift cards/certificates (both paid daily). I do not think they have paid emails anymore (but I could be wrong about that).
CashTextAds - No changes that I found.
Click Or Signup - Payment methods & levels are now $1 minimum cashout via PayPal, $5 via Amazon GC, or $10 via Walmart GC or by check. Referral levels were changed to one level only (25%).
Clicksia - Still seems pretty active. No changes that I found.
ClixSense - VERY active still, and there's been so many changes and additions since I last truly updated info on it, I'm just going to have to make a new post 'cos there's tons to tell. Look for that next week probably, but put it this way, I am EXTREMELY happy with ClixSense at present ;)
DealBarbiePays - Seems to remain pretty active and still a site I'm fond of and have a great deal of respect for the admin, who has been a longstanding member and active in the GPT community for some time. That all said, there have been a lot of changes to its terms that are rather complicated and may be confusing to some, and I became so crosseyed trying to suss out the changes on site I'm not even sure I got it right, but the changes appear to be as follows: Cashout minimum is now $5 for anyone who joined after 1/1/2011; anyone who joined before that can cash out at $5 dependent on the amount of offers done, otherwise it's still $20 as before. Payment methods now available include PayPal, Payza, check, gift card/certificates, and a host of others, and payments are made within 24 hours of request. Referral levels have changed to two levels of 10% and 5%.
Deals 'n' Cash - Still great, active as usual, and no real changes that I found.
Dollar Click or Signup - The site no longer has PayPal available as a payment method. Payment is available now via Payza, Liberty Reserve, Entropay, Moneybookers, still with $1 minimum cashout and instant payments available. Gift card/certificate payments are also available ($5 and $10 for Amazon, $10 and $15 for Walmart). (I have some other additional note written down about DCOS that I can't read, maybe I'll remember what it was later!).
DonkeyMails - Still active as it always has been, with lots of paid mails daily and other stuff. Cashout minimum is now $1 via PayPal or Payza, or $0.10 (ten cents) via Liberty Reserve, no longer has other payment methods.
EarnEasyCash - Minimum cashout is now $0.90 (ninety cents) via PayPal or $1.01 via Payza. No longer has a signup bonus.
FusionCash - No changes that I found. Admittedly I don't do much with this site and mainly keep my account active because it's included in several referral programs I'm active in, but some other people do seem to like this one a lot.
Gazelle - No changes that I found.
Global Cash Clicks - Still tons of PTC ads all the time here. Has changed to Payza payments only since last update.
Global Team Club - No changes that I found, other than they've added some sites to their program list over the last couple of years.
Gomez PEER - Still active if you get activated, still paying. I still love this thing. The only reason I haven't been getting paid every other month or two like I was for a while is because I don't always let it run 24/7 like I used to. No big major changes that I'm aware of.
Hits4Pay - Continues to be great and active as usual, and is about to pay me again next month (yay). No changes that I found.
InboxDollars - Still active with lots of paid emails weekly, no changes that I found.
Incentria - Seems to still be pretty active, no changes that I found.
JillsClickCorner - Still has tons of PTC ads, offers, PTS ads, and more and seems to remain pretty active. Cashout and payment methods are now $1 via PayPal, $1.06 via Payza, and ranging from $0.10 (ten cents) to $1 for others - and there are a ton of additional payment methods available on the site now (too many to list here), including Liberty Reserve.
LinkGrand - Still super active, paid me again not all that long ago, always been a great site. No major changes that I found.
Marketing Pond - No major changes to the program list that I noted, no other changes found. Remains an excellent all-in-one referral builder for many favorite PTC/PTR/GPT programs and others.
MatrixMails - Sigh. I don't really know what to say about Matrix, and I should probably just go ahead and shuffle it off to the closed/inactive site section but it was such a fantastic site for so many years and one of my favorites, I just haven't been ready to take that last step yet and totally give up hope that it will ever bounce back. They lost their PayPal account almost a year and a half ago now and while there was still a very small amount of activity last year, the site has gone all but dead with no PTC ads and relatively recently they apparently lost their access to their on-site paid email program. They were one of my highest-paying sites (over $130) and it has been disappointing to see it decline as it has. In short, for now anyway, I DO NOT RECOMMEND JOINING AT THIS TIME. Will update if something changes, but it probably won't.
MyPoints - Still going strong, no huge changes I noted. This is especially an excellent site to be able to convert your points to get magazine subscriptions, restaurant and shopping deals, and such.
No-Minimum - Still active as usual, with lots of paid emails daily plus other stuff. Payment is now via PayPal, Payza, or Liberty Reserve, with $1 minimum cashout. Usually pays weekly.
PaidTheFastest - Appears to still be very active. I believe there is no more activity bonus or PTC. Payment is now $1 minimum via instant PayPal payments, or $5 via Amazon GC (weekly).
QuickRewards - I'm not really sure how truly active this site is anymore, but it may still be. No changes that I found.
SendEarnings - Still active with lots of paid mails weekly. No changes that I found.
SquishyCash - Appears to still be very active. There's been quite a bit of change with payments/methods; payment is now via PayPal, check, Amazon or Walmart GC, or direct deposit. Payments are now available daily with a 10% fee, or monthly with no fee. In addition, the site no longer gives random promo codes, and referral levels have changed to one referral level of 25%.
SwagBucks - No changes that I found. Still pretty active, it appears.
Traffic Wave Profits - I still have this on the Quick List but something appears to have gone wrong with the site for the past year or so, you can't get past the login page. Not sure what's up with this one.
Treasure Trooper - This has never been a favorite site of mine (it's in a lot of my active referral programs though), but some people just love it - but all that said, I'm not sure about the activity level there these days. No major changes with the program that I found.
Viral Pond - No major changes that I found, though programs within have changed over the years since it was established.
WordLinx - Fabulous as always, continues to be active with lots of ads daily. Other than the upgrade having gone up a little, which I reported a while back (and the upgrade is still SO worth it) - no giant changes that I found. They still do instant payments via PayPal, they were paying via Payza for a while and I think still can if for some reason you can't get PayPal payments, but last I read their Payza availability was somewhat limited.
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So that's all that. There have been tons of changes with the various paid survey sites (and I've added some and quit some over the past few years), but far too many for me to get into right now.
I'll fully update the survey sections sometime in the very near future, but for now, here's the ones I'm actively working and finding worthwhile these days:
- American Consumer Opinion (ACOP)
- ClickIQ
- Global Test Market
- Harris Poll Online
- Ipsos i-Say
- Mindfield Online
- MySurvey
- Opinion Outpost
- SurveySpot
- SurveySavvy
- Toluna
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