Spotlight On: NeoBux

Yes, I've given in and rejoined NeoBux once yet again. It's included in the training at ClickTrackProfit, so I felt I had to, and it has indeed paid me before and been reliable and paying for years.

My only issue with NeoBux is their policy of account deletion due to inactivity. Previously I think it was 30 days, now I've been hearing it's 15 days.

As anyone who's been dropping by here for long likely knows, I've had long periods away here and there, so I've been deleted for inactivity at NeoBux repeatedly over the years. I think this is either the fourth or fifth time I've re-registered.

Now that I'm back in the groove and exceptionally active in several online areas again, I don't foresee this being a problem again, so I'm doing it again. We'll see.

That said, my advice basically is DON'T sign up if you don't think you can stick with it and log in at least every 15 days. If that's not a foreseeable problem for you, then you should be in good shape.

And there is quite a bit of money to be made with NeoBux, especially through referral renting. A lot of people have made lots and lots of money with it, and it is indeed probably the largest and most successful PTC site there is.

Here's the 411 again on NeoBux:

• $2 minimum for first cashout, then increases by $1 up to $10, then $10 minimum cashout thereafter
• Instant payout via verified PayPal, Payza, or Neteller
• Established for many years and popular, with good reputation for reliability and payments
• Up to $0.015 per ad viewed with 20+ ads available daily
• Earn 50% on referral activity
• Referral renting available
• Upgrade to earn more
• Members welcome from all countries
• ACTIVITY REQUIRED: Log in at least every 30 days and view ads or account will be deleted (I have had to re-register several times due to this) 

If you're not already a member (I know most people already are, but maybe you're not), check out NeoBux today!

BEEN PAID: Since 2009, I've been paid by NeoBux - ~$2.00

Spotlight On: Twickerz

Another PTC site I fairly recently joined because it was included in the training for ClickTrackProfit is Twickerz.

Twickerz has a lot of similarities to other Paid to Click sites, and a lot of differences. I'm not quite as enthralled with this one as I am some of the other newer ones I've added to my working portfolio lately, mainly because the amount paid for each ad you click is not listed on the ad itself, as it is with most other sites.

Still, you're getting paid something per click and if you generally click all available ads on PTC sites, my issue is not really an issue. (LOL) It does have an exceptionally low minimum cashout of $1.50, so that's a cool perk.

Here's the scoop on Twickerz:

• $1.50 minimum cashout
• Instant payments via PayPal, Payza, Perfect Money, or Egopay
• Up to $0.002 per ad viewed with 20+ ads available daily
• Earn 30% on referral activity
• Referral renting available
• Upgrade to earn more
• Members welcome from all countries

If you're not a member yet and enjoy making money through PTC, be sure to check out Twickerz today!

Spotlight On: ClickTrackProfit

Here's something a little different again for Friday and the weekend. I'd like to introduce to you one of my favorite money-earning sites of all time ever, ClickTrackProfit.

ClickTrackProfit opened a couple of years or so ago from the Timtech family of sites (the PTC site Nerdbux, tracking program trck.me (formerly TE Toolbox), and long-established traffic exchanges StartXchange, Sweeva, ILoveHits, and Thumbvu).

While CTP is built around some of the most successful and popular traffic exchanges online (which are of course always very useful for promoting your PTC/GPT/PTR sites), it's also got some basis in Paid to Click sites and other sites as well - and guess what, you can earn real money too!

Members can earn real cash by finding CTP money badges while surfing the traffic exchanges included in CTP's Nerd Surf section, as well as other fun badges to collect, and there are also other opportunities to win prizes of real money in CTP's daily Vault & Key games and the Submarine Game. Money badges and cash prizes generally range from $0.01 to $1.00, but occasionally there are even $10 money badges in rotation.

Can you really earn money here? You sure can. Within my first hour of surfing the Nerd Surf sites the other day, I found three or four money badges that morning alone, including a $0.03 one. In just barely a month, I've already racked up over $2 in money badges and game winnings from CTP.

(You can click HERE to learn more about CTP's money badges - this is a superfun video to watch!)

The great thing about CTP is not only can you earn money, but you can earn while you learn if you want to take making money online a step further and to the next level with CTP's training program, which includes extensive fun and entertaining videos (mostly short ones) that teach you how to build downlines and earn commissions, among other very useful online money earning topics.

Even if you're not all that interested in the traffic exchanges, this is still very useful training towards building downlines in PTC sites and really almost any online program. CTP is also just a really fun community to be a part of!

Here's the 411 on ClickTrackProfit:

• $10 minimum cashout, paid automatically on Fridays via PayPal (14 days after money is earned)
• Surf traffic exchanges for money badges (real money earned) as well as game badges
• Earn cash & other prizes from the daily Gold & Silver Vault 'N' Keys games and the daily Sub Game
• Take making money online a step further with this fun game-based training program & learn while earning
• Built around the most successful and popular traffic exchanges, but includes some PTC & other sites too
• Extensive, fun & often entertaining video training to learn how to build downlines & earn commissions
• Owned & operated by Timtech (includes the owners of 2 top traffic exchanges, StartXchange & ILoveHits)
• Timtech also owns the traffic exchanges Sweeva & Thumbvu, trck.me, & ListNerds
• Reliable - Timtech has been established in advertising services for 11 years without missing a payment
• Members welcome from all countries

If you're not a member already, you really should be, especially if you're interested in learning how to make money online efficiently and build your downlines. Check out ClickTrackProfit today!

BEEN PAID: I have been paid multiple times since 2009 by Timtech sites, including the traffic exchanges Sweeva and Thumbvu

 

Spotlight On: Cash Surfing Network

Today I want to share with you something that's a little bit different from most of the programs I recommend here, and something really exciting - the Cash Surfing Network.

Cash Surfing Network just recently launched, and is a new program that was put together by the owners of six of the best, well-established, and top-ranked traffic exchanges in that industry. The six TEs included in CSN are LegacyHits, SocialAdSurf, NinjaSurf, TopHits4U, PowerCashStream, and LobbyHits.

You earn money from the Cash Surfing Network immediately from the start with a $12 signup bonus just for joining ($2 from each traffic exchange). Then, you can earn more money with a guaranteed cash prize of $0.15 daily from each exchange ($0.25 if you upgrade) for surfing a specified number of pages that day at each traffic exchange.

The rules at present for the guaranteed cash prizes are currently for surfing 555 pages at Legacy, SAS and Ninja, and 777 pages at the other three TEs, although I have been told by some of the owners that the group is in talks about modifying the rules to 555 pages at all six (which to me would be a little more consistent across the board and less potentially confusing to members).

But wait - you can also earn even more money regularly and other benefits from the CSN program. All six of these traffic exchanges, as well as the Legacy group's fourth TE (TE Racing League) are well known in the industry for their generous prizes on games and jackpot prizes you come across while surfing.

The Legacy group has jackpots at each of their four sites (currently around $2-3 that I have recently seen), as well as a Mega Jackpot if you're surfing all four that generally has a much higher prize amount (when I saw it mid-week, the prize was a little over $36). All of the six TEs in CSN, though, have plenty of opportunities to earn extra beyond the CSN's signup and daily guarantees.

So yes, if you like or are interested in surfing the traffic exchanges, CSN can be very lucrative to anyone willing to sign up and put in the time and effort. You'll also have the potential to earn money on referral upgrades and purchases at each site once you become a member, as well as earning TE credits on your referrals' activity.

Here are the specifics on the Cash Surfing Network:

• $12 signup bonus for joining ($2 from each traffic exchange)
• $10 minimum cashout at Legacy Hits & NinjaSurf, $15 at the other four traffic exchanges
• Cashout varies by site; all pay via PayPal, some automatically when required balance is reached
• At the ones that don't pay automatically (usually on Fridays), payout issued within 24-48 hours of request
• Payouts are issued or can be requested 14 days after money is earned
• Earn money daily by surfing and viewing ads at the six traffic exchanges in the program
• Guaranteed cash prize of $0.15 cents daily per site for surfing a set number of pages daily at each site
• $0.25 daily instead of $0.15 if upgraded (only at the sites you've upgraded on)
• Plentiful jackpots and games while surfing to earn more money on at each site in the program
• Operated by two groups of well-established and respected owners of 6 top-ranked traffic exchanges
• TEs in program include: Legacy Hits, SocialAdSurf, NinjaSurf, TopHits4U, PowerCashStream & LobbyHits
• Earn $ on referral upgrades and purchases at each site, as well as earning TE credits on referral activity
• Members welcome from all countries

And remember - the signup bonus and the daily guaranteed cash prize are both just that - guaranteed earnings if you sign up and surf the minimum required number of pages daily! (You also get to sign up to all six with one click once you initially register, which is really handy!)

Interested? Sign up at the Cash Surfing Network today!

Spotlight On: PTCProfessor

Whoops, I really didn't mean to let the entire last half of July go by without a new post, but am squeezing this one in on the first of the new month, at least.

A quick side note first: I added several things to the Quick List last weekend, mainly to the PTC and Other $$$ Opportunities sections, as well as an addition to the payment proofs. I'm going to be going over the new additions individually here in the coming weeks, but if you want a head start, you can jump on over to the Quick List and check out what's new.

In the meantime, let me give you a quick introduction to PTCProfessor, a new program from Eric Goettman, a really great guy who has become a very big mover and shaker in the traffic exchange industry over the last few years. Like me, Eric got his start in PTC, so he knows the programs well and has some really good takes on what people can do to be successful and earn well with Paid to Click sites.

PTCProfessor is, on the surface, a downline builder for some of the most popular Paid to Click sites, but it also includes some really nice training and organizational tools, tips and tricks, a section for other advertising resources, and a lot more.

Besides the earnings you make via the PTC sites in the program, you can also earn from PTCProfessor as well by commissions from referral upgrades and their advertising purchases, as well as some other neat things that can add to your balance (hint: log in once every 24 hours and see!).

Members from all over the world can join for free, but upgrading will of course earn you more in commissions, and the upgrade is very reasonable. The cheapest option at present is a monthly upgrade for $4 per month. Upgrading also gives you access to the advanced downline builder and PTC tracking sections, the latter of which you can use to track exactly how much profit you are making from the PTC sites in the program.

All that said, here's the 411 in brief on PTCProfessor:

• Free to use for the PTC downline builder and (very informative) PTC training resources
• If already a member of an included site, just enter your current referral ID
• Upgrades start at $4 monthly - access to advanced PTC tracking & advanced downline builder
• Earn directly from site on referral upgrades, advertising purchases, etc.
• Ability to also earn on Login Spotlight award for logging in (usually about $0.01 per award)
• Payments made automatically on Fridays via PayPal when balance is $15+ after 14 days of earning
• Members welcome from all countries

If you haven't already joined, check out PTCProfessor today!
 

Got Paid Update #139: Gomez PEER

It's been a while, but I finally have a new payment to report from good old Gomez PEER! I got paid $6.00 today (16th July) for my June 2013 PEER payment. Previously, for the last few years, I had been averaging getting paid about every three months (about four times a year).

This time, however, is the first time I've been paid by Gomez in about ten months, but that's totally my fault, not theirs. Around the time I would have normally been looking for my usual payment in December of last year, I was using a program on my computer daily and for hours at a time that Gomez didn't really interfere with, but it was a little too much hassle to have both running at the same time so I shut the PEER off for a while, and did so several times over the course of the next several months. When I eventually turned it back on full time, I was relieved to see that I was still at active status despite my not running it nearly as often as I had been.

That all said, the PEER really doesn't interfere with anything at all or slow my computer down at all, at least that's been my experience in running it (pretty much non-stop all the time, for the most part) since the summer of 2008. It really just doesn't and I pretty much don't even know it's there and running most of the time. When I had it shut off last winter and this spring, it was mainly because of the OTHER program I was using that took up so many resources, not because of anything the PEER does or doesn't do.

The only time I ever even notice it's there is the rare occasion my Internet burps for a second, and when everything rights itself the little PEER window will pop up. That is pretty much it, otherwise I'd forget it was there altogether (except for when they pay me, of course!!).

You can install the PEER on as many computers as you have access to do so. I'd have it running full-time on my significant other's laptop too, except it was an old slow one and now it's broken anyway. Whenever we get around to replacing his laptop, I plan to install the PEER on it too (and thus make even more money with the PEER).

Gomez was acquired by a company called Compuware a few years ago but they apparently just now got around to revising the Gomez PEER section of their website, and apparently some of it was real recent because all of a sudden referral links were not going to the proper page for people to sign up and banners had disappeared, but since I noticed the problem (and had emailed them about it) I notice it's all fixed back right now. So if you tried to sign up before fairly recently and couldn't get to the registration page, try again!

Gomez pays by PayPal and pays you automatically the next month (usually between the 14th and 17th) whenever you have accrued $5 or more in your account. They also accept members from most countries.

You can read my previous post about the Gomez PEER to see in more detail what it's all about.

And if you haven't tried to sign up before, check out the Gomez PEER today!

BEEN PAID: Click HERE to View Payment Proof

Got Paid Update #138: ClixSense

Just yet another payment from ClixSense to report today, which pushed me over the $200 total earnings mark. Hooray!

I requested the most recent payment of $16.17 last Friday morning and received it that afternoon. This payment brought my total earnings with ClixSense to a grand total of $206.34.

Certainly if ClixSense had had as many earning opportunities as they do now back in the first couple of years I started with them - and if I'd been more diligent and active over the past couple of years since they added more and more opportunities - I'd have hit $200 sooner, I feel sure.

Mind you, though, I have earned over $150 of that $200 total just since this past February, when I started actively working the site again after a very long period away, so I'm right happy with that. I am to the point now where I'm cashing out with ClixSense twice a month on average, and sometimes more.

The majority of my ClixSense earnings come from doing what's required on the Daily Checklist Bonus almost every day, which generally consists of clicking a few ads, clicking the required amount on the ClixGrid, reading a forum post, and doing at least two offers, or five Crowdflower tasks and an offer, or ten Crowdflower tasks. As far as the offers/tasks, I usually do a couple of offers surveys (or more if there are some available) or some other short-ish offers, and am normally through with my ClixSense activity for the day in a minimal amount of time and move on to something else.

To be completely transparent here, I also have one pretty active referral (who is also upgraded) who has a couple of active referrals under them, but those commissions just make up a little less than half or so of my total earnings since February.

And (important to note) - all of the above is only with ONE active direct referral presently (and only a handful of additional direct referrals who are mostly inactive at present).

So yes - you really can reach cashout pretty consistently with ClixSense even with only a small number of referrals, and probably even with none at all if you are pretty diligent about the Daily Checklist Bonus and maybe putting forth a little extra effort too. (And of course especially if you're upgraded, but the difference between cashouts for upgraded Premium and free Standard members is only $2 as it is.)

I've been a little behind on processing cashouts in recent weeks so this was the first one I'd had to report in a couple of weeks, but I've got a few pending ones that should be showing up shortly. And I still have that (now slightly long-awaited) big announcement to make soon, so stay tuned and keep checking back!

Not a member of this long-established and reliably paying site? Check out ClixSense today!

BEEN PAID: Click HERE to View Payment Proof

Spotlight On: AdPaid

AdPaid, which has long been a favorite site of mine and has some of the nicest admins around (one of which unfortunately recently retired), has been going through some server issues in recent months but that appears to have been resolved now and the site is back up and running as usual. That's great, because they have always been reliable and always paid fast, with a super low $3 minimum cashout.

It's also been one of my favorites because for many years they have always had a lot of regular paid emails sent to members. Apparently the paid email system is still being worked on, but one of the admins recently posted that it should be back up and running very soon, so that's good news as well.

Here's the basic 411 on AdPaid:

• It's been online and paying since May 2004
• $3 minimum cashout ($5 for gift certificates)
• Payment via PayPal, or Amazon/BestBuy/Wal-Mart gift certificates within 7 days
• PTC, PTS, paid surveys, & paid e-mails
• 6 referral levels
• Points converted to cash monthly
• Upgrade to earn more
• Members welcome from these countries/territories:  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Maldives, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands
• Awarded Diamond Seal of Approval from BeenPaid.com

If you're not already a member of this great site, you should check out AdPaid today!

BEEN PAID: Click HERE to View Payment Proof

Site Updates: Global Test Market (correction), MatrixMails & Traffic Wave Profits (deletions)

Hi there! Just a few notes (and a correction/clarification) on some changes I've made here and on the Quick List over the weekend.

I previously reported that Global Test Market had lowered their minimum cashout, with their recent addition of PayPal and other new payment options (instead of as it was previously, by check only), from $50 (1000 points) to $10 (230 points). One would have assumed that was the case when the PayPal addition was made and the addition of payment options as low as $10, especially since that's more along the lines of how their competitors in the survey site industry operate.

I have since found out that what I reported was incorrect - Global Test Market's minimum cashout is still $50 (1000 points), but you now have the large variety of payment options including PayPal. I'm not quite sure why they made the addition of PayPal and other options, and things like offering $10 via PayPal for 230 points, if they were going to still require a cashout at $50 and 1000 points. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Still, adding PayPal as a payment option (as well as the many others they've added) is a great improvement, GTM is one of my favorite survey sites as many surveys I've gotten have been interesting and pretty lucrative, and even with the $50 minimum cashout, I was able to cashout in only a matter of months once I got diligent about doing surveys again. So, a good thing all around (but it'd still be nicer and more in line with their survey site competition if they lowered the minimum cashout).

In other news, I made the difficult decision to remove MatrixMails as an active site. It's been pretty much dead since late 2011 and really all but closed entirely, as it's been completely inactive for months. My balance hasn't moved in nearly a year, there have been no ads on the site in that long or more, there's been no news posted since November 2011 on the site, and their Paid to Read mail section has been inaccessible for at least six months or more.

I hate to remove it, as it was one of the best sites around for nearly a decade and was reliable and paying, and was one of my best paying sites for years. All things considered, though, I feel have no choice but to refrain from promoting it further.

I have also removed Traffic Wave Profits from the Quick List, as it appears to be dead as well. The site hasn't been accessible at all in at least six months, if not more. I've also removed (at least for now) Marketing Pond and Viral Pond - somewhat puzzlingly, both sites are now showing domain holding pages, VP for nearly a month now. Very puzzling, and I hope nothing bad has happened to the sites' admin. MP used to be extremely active.

Fortunately the majority of active sites on the list appear to still be highly active, reliably paying, and just booming, especially the PTC sites (like the brand new Nerdbux) and PTR sites! And all of the survey sites I have kept in my stable to work on, including Global Test Market, are continuing to send survey invites regularly and have been increasing my balances regularly, at least as long as I continue to be diligent about checking my email for invites regularly.

If you're not a member and like earning through paid surveys, check out Global Test Market today!

BEEN PAID: Click HERE to View Payment Proof

Spotlight On: FusionCash

I admittedly had been sorta down on and felt somewhat negative towards FusionCash for several years now, but I've become much more positive about and thrilled with the site of late. I'm not sure if the changes and improvements in the site that have made me feel more positive towards it have actually been there in place for a long while or more recently, because I just hadn't been a very regular visitor/user there in several years.

FusionCash was actually one of the first, if not the very first, site I worked on and cashed out on, but after my first cashout, I was finding it hard to find enough to do there to get my balance back up close enough to the site's $25 minimum cashout. By then I had found lots of other sites with lower cashout levels and plenty to do to earn on, so I mostly ignored FusionCash and spent my efforts elsewhere.

In any case, a couple of months or so ago I took some time to poke around the site at length for the first time in ages, mainly to see what I might be able to do to be able to get my balance up closer to what is what I generally consider an overly high cashout minimum (which was pretty much the reason I had stopped being very active there). For a while there, it just seemed like too much trouble or nearly impossible to reach their $25 minimum cashout very efficiently or on any regular basis, so I just mostly stopped visiting except for purposes of keeping my account active.

And, over the years, I lost quite a bit of referral commissions and payments for offer completions in the process since, unlike most other sites, your offer completions on FusionCash expire after 180 days (~ six months) if you don't or aren't able to make a withdrawal. I basically lost somewhere around or over $35 since 2008 due to those earnings having expired.

So upon visiting again a few months ago, I was really pleased a few months ago to discover that FusionCash had made additions and improvements that actually make it pretty simple to increase earnings regularly that are much more to my liking - i.e., a fairly small amount of effort daily or so.

I think I had less than a dollar in my balance when I started getting more active on FusionCash again in April, but since April 8th, I've managed to get my balance up over $15 with really only a fairly small amount of time and effort every day (or almost every day). At that rate, I could pretty easily pocket about an average extra $75 yearly, give or take, in virtually free money - and probably more, of course, if I wanted and had the time to put forth more effort.

How have I made $15 or so in less than three months? Well, I was already signed up for their Daily Cash Email, which is $0.02 daily for a minute or two's effort. Then basically I've been earning the rest daily or so with their daily Paid to Click, which is a whopping $0.15 per day; watching a few videos, which earns another $0.01 to $0.02 per video; and their FC Surveys, also found on the Daily Offers section, which pay $1 to $3 and sometimes even more per survey if you qualify for the survey. In addition, most of the FC Surveys also pay you a $0.01 bonus even if you don't qualify for the survey.

All of that can really add up over time, and that's just stuff from the Daily opportunities page, which also has tasks, a toolbar you can install and earn from, and several other things. So that's not even counting all the other sections of offers on the site!

Anyhow, I'm way closer to cashing out at FusionCash again than I have been in many years thanks to all this stuff, so I'm feeling much more positive towards the site again these days and actively working it again.

Another sort of difference with FusionCash as opposed to most other similar sites is that you can cash out at $25 or above, but at least $15 of your balance must be from offer completions - which was another reason I had so much trouble getting anywhere close to cashing out again there before. I had money from referrals and some other earnings from a few offer completions, but just never enough for their cashout requirements.

The $0.01 bonuses from the disqualified FC Surveys don't count, but I still have at present nearly $14 in offers, so again, I am way, way closer to being able to cash out there again than I have been in years and years (I haven't cashed out there since 2008).

UPDATED & CORRECTED INFO, 07/12/2013: FusionCash pays by PayPal (1-3 days), check, or bank direct deposit. Yet another difference (as opposed to most sites nowadays) is that they still only do cashouts once a month, and pay you on or around the 20th of the following month for any cashout you make the previous month. (Example: If you cashout any time in July, you will be paid on or around the 20th of August.)

FusionCash now accepts members from Canada, as well as the United States. (Not sure when they added Canada, but apparently they did since the last time I checked!)

I finally feel good again about recommending FusionCash, after all of their additions and improvements since I last really paid attention, and actually, this experience has motivated me to go poke around some of the other sites I still promote and recommend but haven't been very personally active on in years (again, mainly due to higher cashout minimums) to see what they too may have added to make earnings easier since I last thoroughly reviewed the site! Stay tuned!

(And as mentioned in recent posts, I still have a rather large announcement upcoming (but it's not quite ready yet), so keep checking back! I'm excited and I hope you will be too!)

If you're not already a member, feel free to go check out FusionCash today!

BEEN PAID: Click HERE to View Payment Proof