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Do YOU want to make a minimum of $10 a day? How about $100 a day?
Read on and you will learn how.
If you are reading this you are most likely new to the concept of Paid to Click sites.
I hate wasting my time and I hate wasting the time of others, because time is our most precious resource. Therefore I am doing my best to give you the best information and guidance.
What is a Paid to Click site?
A Paid to Click site (PTC), is a site in which advertisers use to market their websites, products and/or services. Members, like me and you, register on the site and can then browse ads. For each ad you view you are paid a certain amount. The current standard is $0.01 and you will need to view each ad for 30 seconds.
After you have accumulated enough money (the minimum payout outlined by each site), you are able to request payment and have the money transferred into your online money service (explained later).
How Does a Paid to Click site work?
You may be wondering how these PTC sites are able to give away money to sometimes over a hundred thousand members. The process is actually quite simple.
Advertisers pay PTC sites to list their advertisements and pay by the number of views their ad gets from the members of their site. The PTC sites then use the money they make from the advertisers to pay the registered members who click on the ads. The transfer of money is simplified below.
Advertiser > PTC site > Members
From this process we can see that PTC sites are real businesses and provide a service for the advertising companies. Each site adds between 5 and 20 ads every day.
How much money can I make?
Like the rest of us, you are likely affected by the rising prices of fuel and other commodities needed for every day life. However unlike the average joe you are looking for additional ways to make money, and that is why you are here. As I am sure you are aware $0.01 is not very much money.
However, let me assure you, you CAN and WILL make a substantial amount of money from these “penny sites”.
The only real way to make money on PTC sites is through referring other people to each site. Every time a person that you referred (a referral) clicks on an ad, you will make money. For most sites you make $0.01 for every ad your referral clicks. Therefore the way to make money on PTC sites is to have lots and lots of referrals clicking ads and making money for you.
Let us do some math!
The RANT Formula
M = r*a*n*t
Where M is money we make, r is the number of referrals (including ourselves) clicking each day, a is the amount paid per ad, n is the quantity of ads and t is time in days.
For this example we will be paid $0.01 per ad and there are 10 ads available each day.
| Active Referrals | Days | Money Made |
| 10 | 1 | $1 |
| 10 | 365 | $365 |
| 100 | 1 | $10 |
| 100 | 365 | $3,650 |
| 1000 | 1 | $100 |
| 1000 | 365 | $36,500 |
| 10,000 | 1 | $1,000 |
| 10,000 | 365 | $365,000 |
Of course this is a very simplified version, but these amounts of money are very achievable. My current goal is to get 100 active referrals for each site in my top 10. According to these calculations I would earn $100 a day.
The key, thing is to remember if you refer one person to two different sites, they are counted as different referrals. Theoretically I could refer 100 people to my Top 10 Sites and in total I would have 1000 referrals.
The possibilities are endless.
How do I Start?
There are 5 simple steps to getting started and making money. These are:
- Learning about Paid to Click Sites
- Signing up to a Payment Processor
- Registering on PTC sites
- Getting Referrals
- Getting Paid
You are already well on your way to completing step number 1. After you finish reading this post I believe you will know all you need to know about PTC sites. And if you feel like learning more, the other posts here and the links on the links page will provide you with all the knowledge you need.
Signing up to a Payment Processor
The first thing you need to do is to create a new email. This is so that you can keep your PTC related emails in the one place and so that it does not clog up your personal email inbox. I suggest using either gmail or hotmail, but anything will do.
Once you have done this you will need to sign up to a Payment Processor such as AlertPay and Paypal. I highly recommend using AlertPay as every PTC that I have encountered is able to process payments with them whereas only about 20% of sites are capable of paying your money into a Paypal account.
To join AlertPay or Paypal simply click on the links provided below and follow the instructions. It is vital that you use correct information when signing up. After you have created an account you are ready to start making money.
Registering on PTC sites
Possibly the most important thing about this process is picking the right sites to register with. The best places to start are the ones highlighted on the Top 5 page. These sites have been chosen by me, and have passed through a criterion to provide you, my reader, a list of sites that I feel are best suited to people new to the PTC concept.
The things to consider include:
- Amount you are paid per ad
- Amount you make for every referral’s click
- Minimum payout
- Payment time
- Support (is there a forum?)
- Cost to upgrade to premium membership
Also you should research each site (that I haven’t listed) and make sure there is proof of people getting paid.
You should keep track of which sites you join. I personally use an excel spreadsheet but other people have been known to use databases, word processors or simply using a notebook and pen and jotting down each site they join. This is quite good as there are lots of PTC sites and you may forget about some and may later want to join up again but can’t because it is against the sites policy. Also I strongly advise that you have a different password for PTC sites and AlertPay and Paypal.
I genuinely believe that the best method is to have up to 10 sites and concentrate on consistently clicking the ads and gaining referrals for your chosen 10 sites. However, other people believe that is better to be registered on up to 50 sites. This is great, if you have the time and motivation to click the ads for 50 different sites. If you want more sites I have provided the ones that I think are the best in the “Best of the Rest” page.
Getting Referrals
This is most likely the most difficult thing in making money through PTC sites. There are several methods into getting more referrals. All PTC sites offer members a chance to “purchase” referrals. That is if I bought 15 referrals, the next 15 people to sign up without referring anybody become my referrals. Personally I do not like this option as it is quite risky investing your money into something like this, especially for beginners. I personally find other methods to be much better.
Even though once you finish reading this, we will most likely become competitors in the race to refer people, I will list and describe the best ways to refer people.
Create a blog.
This will be the central part of your plan to gain referrals. Your blog does not need to be fancy at all. The main purpose of your blog will be to place all your referral links in the one place. This is so that instead of referring people to individual sites you can simply direct them to your blog and they can follow all the links from their. If you want to get a regular reader base (which is my aim), you will need to put many hours of work into it, but fortunately this is not necessary. For simple blogs you will only need to use blogspot.
Once you have created your blog, placed all your referral links in a post and posted a description of each site highlighting the features you are ready to get your blog known.
Where to post your blog link
Online Forums.
As a member of an online forum you can place your blog link or referral links in your signature. You can also use your avatar to inform people of your site. The other thing you can do is to create a thread in the general section and use it to create an informative post about PTC and link to your blog at the ended. Be creative but always remember to use etiquette, proper grammar and spelling and above all obey the rules of the forum.
There are several forums dedicated to PTC sites and these provide you with an opportunity to advertise your blog as well as use site specific devices to trade referral links.
Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites such as Myspace provide the tools for you to post and inform other people of PTC sites and to post your blog link. I have used this to great success.
Email
You can also email the people you know. However be aware that if you spam people and the sites you use find out your account will be terminated. Therefore it is best to just email people you know who will be interested in this kind of thing.
Real people
Just talk to people you know and meet in real life. Most people would love to make more money, and will be grateful if you can help them meet their goals.
Chat rooms
Self-explanatory. Just talk to people, but always be polite and remember not to break any rules. Above all don’t simply spam your blog link in the chat room. That’s going to get you nowhere.
Advertising in the real world.
This is an interesting one that I was introduced to by Shane3x’s blog (find it in the links section). Simply create flyers, with a small explanation of PTC sites and a link to your blog site. Once this is done distribute them amongst your neighbourhood. If you are ambitious you could even get your local newspaper to deliver them alongside the catalogues.
PTC sites.
Use your hard earned money to get advertising space on PTC sites. Preferably use popular sites, which you are not a member of, and get the traffic going to your blog. This will increase your traffic substantially and hopefully you will get many new referrals because of it.
Other ideas
Include making videos to post on video sharing sites, joining traffic exchange programs and getting linked to by other blogs and websites.
Getting Paid
Finally we can talk about the final and most satisfying step getting paid. It is pretty simple, request your payment and within the time specified you will receive your money into your AlertPay account. Alternatively you can use the money to invest into the becoming a premium member with the site or buying more referrals but these are topics for a later discussion.
There is one last thing that you must know, and never forgot.
You must click ads as often as psossible. Even if you have a squillion referrals, you still have an obligation to your upline (the person who referred you). This topic is further discussed in PTC Etiquette(LINK). But in short if everyone is going to make money, EVERYONE needs to click on the ads for each site they are an active member.
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I have put a lot of time and effort into writing this post. I hope that you have found it useful. This post and the work in it is my intellectual property and you may not reproduce it in any form without prior permission from me. If you would like to use it on your blog please email me at scruffy_germrat@hotmail.com (Add me to MSN if you want) and we can discuss the terms of use. Feel free to leave a comment. Once again thanks for reading, and I encourage you to look around the rest of the blog, and subscribe if you feel like it.
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