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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Rhino Riches Back Up - YouData Is Still Paying (Not Sure Why)

Just wanted to drop a quick note in regards to this post I made a couple of weeks ago, as Rhino Riches came back up shortly afterward and appears to be running as usual again. Reckon that's good news.

Also - YouData is still paying, though I'm not really sure why. I receive a one cent payment the first Friday in September, a two cent payment the following Friday, and nothing last week. I haven't really had time to check it out so I suspect these are residual payments from waiting clicks by my referrals since I've seen no new ads there in ages, but I don't really know. It's been all but dead since the end of April. If I find out the site appears to have truly come back to life again, I'll be sure to post.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

LinkGrand - Yep, the Upgrade is Worth It!

I really had not had much of a chance to weigh in much about this other than to say it's a good deal, but I just wanted to write a little post and mention that the (fairly recently instituted) LinkGrand premium upgrade is totally worthwhile in my opinion, as well as just a good deal.

At $10 per year, it's a bargain - but even better at $20 lifetime (meaning you never have to pay again), it's a steal, totally. LinkGrand has been around for ages, is an established site with a long and good paying history - it's likely not going anywhere, so much like the other sites that offer a one-time "lifetime" upgrade option (MatrixMails, WordLinx), you really don't have to worry that it's going to up and disappear and will likely get way more mileage out of years with a lifetime upgrade than you would paying the yearly fee annually.

UPDATED 06/24/2012: As of sometime (I guess) this year, the lifetime upgrade at LinkGrand increased to $25. The other available upgrade options are $5 for four months or $12 for two years. The lifetime's still a good deal in my book (especially compared to some other sites' lifetime upgrades) - I really wouldn't want to downgrade my account at LinkGrand even if I could. I have way more ads available daily, my earnings have increased a great deal from what they were as a regular member, and I can withdraw much more often. Love it.

If you're going to go with one of the two options at LinkGrand, I'd just go for the lifetime and never have to think about it again.

With the premium upgrade at LinkGrand, you get:
  • More links to view that aren't available to regular members
  • Earn double cash on all premium links viewed
  • Added to priority mailing list & get news/updates before regular members
All pretty good stuff. I think I would have preferred to see an increase in commissions for premium members as well - it's still 10% for referring advertisers and 30% for referral views for both free and premium members - but it's still a good upgrade deal, especially at the lifetime price. (And who knows, maybe they will institute increased commissions in the future.)

And I would have to say the amount of extra premium ads to view is pretty good and worth it. I don't think I have yet to see an entire 24-hour period since upgrading that I didn't have ten or twelve more ads to view on average that were for premium members to view only.

LinkGrand is still pretty below the other long-term established sites in the amount they pay per view - but to their credit, their advertising rates are about 50% or more lower than the other sites, so it all kinda works out.

And those clicks do add up, especially since they made a lot of big changes on the site late last year. It took me a long time to ever get to my first cashout, but ever since they revamped the site in 2009, I've been able to cash out about every two months on average - and since upgrading, it's looking like I may be able to look forward to cashing out every month or even less so far. So that's pretty cool too.

LinkGrand is open to members from all countries (I think - pretty sure anyway, if not it's most), and minimum cashout is $5 by PayPal. If you're not already a member, join LinkGrand today!

LinkGrand.com

Monday, September 6, 2010

Rhino Riches Appears to Be Still Down - Or Gone?

(* UPDATE 09/23/2010: Rhino Riches is back up now.)

Well, Rhino Riches appears to still be gone missing - or just gone, I don't know - so I just wanted to post a quick note and apologize for having a dead link in the top GPT sites on the Quick List, and dead link on here as well for what was one of my top paying and longest paying sites.

I'd asked around a bit in one of the forums as to whether anyone knew anything when I first discovered the site had expired (which often in the GPT/etc world just means the owner had forgotten to pay their server bill), and been told this had happened a few times this year and the site always came back up, and had been aware the owner had a lot of offline personal issues going on. So after what I was told, I decided to wait a little while longer.

But it's been a pretty good while now, so I think I'm going to wait another week or so and then probably remove it from the active list if nothing's changed by then - and really, with the unreliability there's been this year apparently, not feeling all that comfortable about leaving it on the active sites anyway even if it does pop back up.

Kind of sorry to see this happen as I've been promoting this one as a trustworthy and honest paying site, and at 2+ years, it's certainly an established site by now - or was - but after this long and with no word sent out, I would guess chances are good it's not coming back, and after this long down it's difficult for a site to get very active again even when it does come back up after an expiration or a long time otherwise "away".

If it doesn't return, I don't have much money in there - a dollar and some change in balance, and $10 or less in remaining advertising, I guess - as always, it concerns me about others who may have more to potentially lose, and I have to admit in this case I'm a little perturbed about the rather high "coins" (points) balance I had that I was hoping to be able to redeem before too long.

I guess we'll see. Unfortunately (as you already know if you've been doing this for long), this happens sometimes and sometimes the owners show back up and make things right, and unfortunately some of them have disappeared and never shown back up. My apologies to any of my referrals that have much balance in there, hoping for the best for any and all members affected, should this disappearance turn out not to have a good ending.

Things like this have certainly been at least partially a reason for why I don't spend a lot of time and effort these days on very many other sites besides the longtime, established and more "corporate" type sites such as MatrixMails, ClixSense, LinkGrand, WordLinx, AdPaid, Hits4Pay, Deals 'n' Cash, to name a few. Far too many of the privately owned, more "mom-and-pop" type GPT and PTC sites have just up and disappeared, sometimes never to return and with no word from the owner ever again, and every time it happens it hurts virtually everyone - members and other owners who are trying to do right.

Let's hope for the best in this case. I'll give it until about the middle of the month or so, but at that point it will have been weeks or even months, and I don't think there's any choice but to believe it's probably gone for good at that point.

(Certainly if anyone reading has any illuminating information, please leave a comment and thanks...)
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Got Paid Update #115 - AdPaid

Always thrilled to report another speedy payment from AdPaid, which paid me over the weekend. So far I've been paid by AdPaid four times, and each time they've paid the same day I requested payment. Love that.

AdPaid has PTC ads on site, as well as offers and paid e-mails, and other ways to earn. It's a really great site, been around for many years, and has a terrific reputation for being an honest, paying site. The folks behind the scenes are also always super nice to deal with too.

AdPaid is available to many countries around the world - not all, but quite a lot.

If you're not already a member, check out AdPaid today!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof

AdPaid.com

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Got Paid Update #114 - MindField Online

This one's been a long time coming (and to be honest, I don't do a whole lot of surveys anymore - not enough time in the day most days!), but I'm thrilled to report my first payment from MindField Online this week. This was the only one of the paid survey sites I have listed here that hadn't paid me yet, so happy to be able to report that one!

MindField Online pays by PayPal (which is great!) or check with a $5 cashout minimum. The PayPal payments are made weekly (also great), checks arrive in 4-6 weeks. Their surveys are usually $1 to $5 each, sometimes more.

MindField Online is open to members in the US and Canada only. If you're not a member already and like doing the paid surveys, I highly recommend this one!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof



Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Got Paid Update #113 - NFO/MySurvey

Got a new payment this week from NFO/MySurvey, which has been a pretty consistent payer all along and brought my total earnings with them up to $40 since 2008.

You need to log in regularly to check, but they are pretty consistent with having surveys available and you can get that balance up to the $10 minimum ($11 for PayPal) in quick time.

That said about the PayPal, I'm also super thrilled to report that they are now paying via PayPal! To withdraw the minimum by PayPal you have to have 1100 points ($11) in your account because they subtract 100 points to pay you in that manner - which kinda sucks - but for the convenience of PayPal payments I'll deal with that. The terms say it could take 4-6 weeks but I got my payment six days after requesting, so pretty fast payment, it appears.

If you're not already a member and like doing surveys for a little extra cash, be sure to check out NFO/MySurvey!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Got Paid Update #112 - InboxDollars

So you might have guessed the other day when I reported my first payment and payment proof from SendEarnings that my next payment report and proof would come from its sister site, InboxDollars! Yep, happy to be able to report a first-time payment from InboxDollars as well, which paid me $28.76, also received on August 9th with the SendEarnings check. I cashed out at the end of June.

I'll more or less repeat what I said the other day since both sites basically work the same. It took me a long time to reach cashout level, but that's mainly because really I only do the paid e-mails with InboxDollars and SendEarnings. There are plenty of other things you can do on both sites to earn more, but my balance that took me just a little over two years to cash out on was strictly paid mails, and a little bit from filling out profile info here and there as the opportunities arose.

A neat thing about both sites is that once you reach your first cashout and once they've cut your check, your member status immediately changes to Gold Member status.

Gold Membership status benefits include random referrals, double sweepstakes entries, and the eligibility to get paid weekly instead of monthly. For me, that probably won't make a big difference (since I will probably continue to do just mainly paid mails as I have been), but it's nice to know the option is there if I needed to utilize it. And random referrals are cool.

You also (as of this writing anyway) get a $3 bonus for cashing out that carries over into your continuing account balance after payment, plus the opportunity to fill out a couple of short surveys for $2 more - so essentially you get another $5 boost into your account for the future (or $5 into each account if you're cashing out at both sites!).

Anyway, if you're not already a member, head on over and check out InboxDollars today!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof



Monday, August 16, 2010

Got Paid Update #111 - SendEarnings

As I've said many times before, I really love to be able to report a first time payment from a site - so it's a thrill today to be able to (finally!) be able to report I got paid in August by SendEarnings! I received my check for $27.08 on August 9th after cashing out at the end of June.

I say "finally" because it indeed took me a long time to reach cashout level, but that's mainly because really I only do the paid e-mails with SendEarnings. There are plenty of other things you can do on the site, including the more lucrative PTS (paid to sign up) offers, games, and other things, but my balance that took me just a little over two years to cash out on was strictly paid mails, and a little bit from filling out profile info here and there as the opportunities arose.

One of the kinda neat things about SendEarnings and its sister site, InboxDollars, is that once you reach your first cashout and once they've cut your check, your member status immediately changes to Gold Member status.

Gold Membership status benefits include random referrals, double sweepstakes entries, and the eligibility to get paid weekly instead of monthly. For me, that probably won't make a big difference (since I will probably continue to do just mainly paid mails as I have been), but it's nice to know that option is there if I needed to utilize it. And random referrals are pretty cool.

You also (as of this writing anyway) get a $3 bonus for cashing out that carries over into your continuing account balance after payment, plus the opportunity to fill out a couple of short surveys for $2 more - so essentially you get another $5 boost into your account for the future.

In any case, great to be able to report a brand new first-time payment! If you're not already a member of SendEarnings, check it out today!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof



Sunday, August 15, 2010

Updates and Deletions, August 2010

Hello! I've been doing some minor maintenance this weekend and made some changes and deletions to the listed sites, both here and on the Quick List.

First, just some updates I noticed while going around to various sites and checking up on things...

Unless something's changed, DealBarbiePaysFast now offers instant payments by verified PayPal, but as there have been some problems with fraud and abuse since Barbara started offering instant payments, those wishing to do so will have to go through a verification process by the admin and be approved in order to be eligible for instant payments.

R U Ready 4 Money now offers daily PayPal-only cashout for upgraded members. The site also now offers check payment as another payment option, with a $0.50 fee.

I also noticed a change since I last looked over at Clickers-Union, which is now offering a minimum cashout of $0.85 by PayPal (AlertPay is still $1.01 minimum). There are no fees for either cashout option.

Now for the deletions... I have removed AdsForAll from both here and the Quick List as, when I made my recent rounds, I discovered my account had been deleted (presumably for inactivity). Well, if you've been here very long, you are probably well aware that I am highly against the 30-day deletion practice (thank goodness not many sites do this anymore). Deleting after 60 or 90 days? Eh, maybe... but according to my records, I last logged into the site on June 23rd, so it hasn't even been 60 days yet. In any case, this was a site I hadn't made much progress on balance-wise even though I'd been a member a pretty long time, so whatever.

I've also removed Clix 'n Cash from the listed sites after I discovered it is now forwarding to Incentria instead, so apparently it closed. At first I thought the Incentria owner must have bought it, but after sending in a support ticket I discovered this was not the case and apparently either the former CnC owner or someone that bought the domain is forwarding the old CnC domain to their Incentria referral link. Thus, it's been removed from the listed sites.

I thought the other day that YouData had finally dropped off the planet for good as I couldn't get the site to come up - it almost might as well have since it's done next to nothing since the end of April. But I'm keeping it on the list temporarily still (with a warning that the site may be closed/closing posted) and just waiting a little longer to see what happens. Pity, it was a good idea when it started.

On another note, one of my longtime favorites and top earners, Rhino Riches, appears to be down/suspended. I've asked around a bit and haven't heard anything yet and am hoping it's just a case of the server bill not having been paid or something and the site temporarily suspended, so not inclined to remove it from the list of active sites yet. I know the owner was having some stuff going on in offline life she was having to deal with. Anyway, here's hoping a temporary suspension is all it is.

My list of recommended sites seems to be getting smaller and smaller as time goes on - that's okay, I remain committed to trying to recommend only trustworthy and good quality sites that won't be a waste of your time. Granted, once in a while still one shocks me by doing something uncool, but most of the few left are longtime and established sites that have had a proven track record for years and aren't likely going anywhere.

On a final note, I do know there are still some good other general GPT sites out there that I'm just not a member of because I started limiting my number of active GPT sites some time ago, as paid to sign up offers were just something I no longer had time to do much of anymore. So just because a site's not here on the active list (especially if it's a general GPT site) doesn't mean I think it's bad or unworthy - I'm just not a member.

That said, this site and the Quick List will keep going indefinitely as long as the tried-and-true and trustworthy and established paying sites on the active list are still out there, and most of them aren't going anywhere (especially the PTRs and some of the PTC sites).

Okay - so I have some new payment proofs to post this week (two first-time-ever ones!) that I'm really excited about being able to post, so stay tuned for updates as the week progresses!
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Got Paid Update #110 - ClixSense

ClixSense, glorious ClixSense! Very happy to report my latest payment from tried-and-true ClixSense, this time getting paid via AlertPay now that they finally instituted that!

Much nicer and faster, plus extra nice to only have $0.50 in fees taken out instead of instead of that huge $3 for check payment fee. That was an awful big chunk of fee to have taken out when it takes so long to reach payout at $0.01 or $0.02 per ad view.

ClixSense, MatrixMails, WordLinx, LinkGrand, and AdPaid continue to be in the forefront of my stable of most trusted and continually paying PTC/PTR sites.

If you're not already a member, check out ClixSense today!

Click HERE to View Payment Proof

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