Important Tips

 

Know Your Computer

You need a good web browser. There are many good browsers available on the net at free of cost. I recommend browsers Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar. So make it available as long as you're on on-line.

 

Your Internet Connection and Speed

To be able to earn on-line, you need to have a decent Internet connection. All your transactions will be dependent on how fast you can make changes to your website, to your accounts or uploading/ downloading processes. Don't go for dial-up connection of Internet at any point of time. Because to earn money on-line, you have to spend several hours on the net per day. To suit your needs, you should have at least an DSL connection type to keep you in the race. The minimum speed required is double to the dial-up connection.



Sources For On-line Earnings & Terminology Generally Used In Virtual World

Many people who are new to the earning money on-line, often get confused about the terminology and where to start. There are many ways of earning money in the virtual World, for example Pay per Click ads, Paid to Sign(Making Register), Paid Surveys, Paid to Surf(Auto-surf), Paid emails, Affiliate Opportunities, selling on-line and by being a publisher and the latest paid to post or response. In this article, i will show you the steps of earning money on-line and also the different ways that i recommend and why i don't like the others. So, let's start!



Real Thrust & Move In Identifying The Genuine Money Paying Sites

i) What made them to pay money to you? Everyone should know before making register with any site. This leads to the genuineness of the site and guarantees our earnings in future. For this you may go through for confirmation on the Guarantee's. Each and every website requires traffic to maintain their activities and earn Ads from Search Engines. In turn they earn money from customers visits. So they are willing to share their income with registered members. It depends on the volume of traffic generated by the site. For that you have to make referrals to the site to develop its earnings and simultaneously to you also. The more you refer members you get more amount from the earning sites as benefit. So this is not chain business or pyramid business. Its struggle for existence and extending knowledge, unity of the universe, entertainment when you bored. All these programs are not get rich in short time programs.


A. Pay to Click Sites: We have to visit the site daily and get paid to the clicks made on the site under their offers as paid 2 click.

B. Paid to Read emails : Site will send emails to your inbox and you have to read the mail and confirm the same by clicking on the link provided. So that the site will pay you amount for that.

C. Paid to sign up : For making registration with some sites they offer money. This money can be used either for upgrading membership or pile the amount up to their payout limit for you to realize the amount.

D. Paid to post : This is latest in the on line earnings. This sites are called as forum sites. You have to participate in these sites and make contribute either making questions or giving answers to the questions made by the other members. For each post you made is rewarded with a cent or more based on the quality you made.

 

 

What Is Paid-To-Read (PTR) & Things To Look Before Joining

Paid-To-Read, commonly known as "PTR" is a method of earning money online by reading emails and clicking on the "paid" link. "Paid" link is a link sent along with the advertisement which pays the members, money or points for reading the email advertisement that is purchased by the programs advertisers. The value of money and points vary from program to program

All programs have “timers” where the member is required to stay on the advertised website for a specific period of time (for example, 10 seconds, 20 seconds etc.), which again, vary from program to program. The member receives credit to his/ her account after the timer runs out with the notification that the member has received credit for the visit. If the member exits from the advertised site before the timer runs out, the member's account will not receive credit (money/points )

Get Paid Programs are usually free to join and 100% opt in. This means, members do not need to pay any money to join and they are required to sign up with the program/s of their choice, on his/ her own accord. However, there are a few paid to read programs which require a membership fee to join

When you come across a Paid-To-Read site that interests you, there are certain areas that you need to look into before joining

Is your preferred payment method listed as a payment option ?
Programs usually pay via online payment systems such as Paypal, E-Gold etc. Usually, sites mention in the home page itself, the online payment systems used by the Program Owner in order to pay members. If the online payment system you use is not listed as a payment method, it would be of no use to join the site, unless you are joining the site to redeem your earnings for advertising. If the payment method is not listed in the home page, you can also find out the details in the Terms of Service and/ or Help section of the site

Minimum Payout Of The Site
There are sites that offer
- No minimum monthly payouts: This means just that. You will be paid every month, irrespective how much you have in your account (whether 1 cent or $10 or whatever amount that shows in your account). The exact date of payment vary from program to program. Some programs pay at the beginning of the month, some in the middle of the month etc
- Fixed minimum payout: Some sites pay members when they reach the minimum payout stipulated by the program. For example, some sites have a minimum of $2 payout, some a $5 payout etc. Deciding the minimum payout of the site is up to the Program Owner
- Some sites offer different payout amounts depending upon the online payment system. For example, $1.00 via E-Gold, $3 via Paypal etc. This means, if a member has selected E-Gold as the payment option, she/ he can request payment when $1.00 is reached whereas a member who has opted in for Paypal can request payment only when $3 is reached.
- Some sites offer different payout amounts depending upon the membership level (explained in a separate post below). Usually, higher the membership, the lower the payout amount. For example ;
$7.00 Payout for Free Members
$5.00 Payout for Bronze Members
$3.00 Payout for Silver Members
No Minimum Payout for Gold Members

Therefore, it is very important to join sites where you feel you would be able to achieve minimum payout. The higher the minimum payout, it is usually difficult to reach by yourself unless you recruit referrals (also known as “downline”). Please refer separate post regarding referrals (downlines) and how to recruit a downline for yourself

 

Referral Levels Of The Site
Programs offer referral commissions (please refer separate post) for direct and indirect people you refer to the program. Some members prefer more than one level of referral levels. If you feel you can reach the minimum payout of the site by yourself and/or have no intension of advertising for referrals, it should not make much difference to you as to how many referral levels a program offers

Signing Up With A Site
Once you decide you wish to sign up with a site, click on the sign up option. You will be taken to the page where you need to give your email address for the site to send you the link to complete your sign up. Sites usually list out email addresses it does not accept. Therefore, when signing up, please make sure you use an email address that is not listed out as unacceptable by the site

Once you have given your email address, you will receive an email from the site to complete your sign up. Sometimes the sign up mail may not reach you within a few seconds, but may take a few minutes. If you do not receive it, please check in your bulk/ spam folder or it may have got blocked by the spam blocker in your email account. Therefore, please check your spam/ bulk folder and also ensure to add the email address to the approved list so that all future paid mails will not go to your bulk/ spam folder or get blocked from the spam blocker in your email account

When you receive the email from the site, please click the link in the sign up email. It will take you to the area where you need to enter details. When completing your sign up, you need to take the following into consideration ;

- You need to give the correct details when filling your name, address, province, zip code and country. Program Owners delete members who have given false information

- When selecting your interests, you need to select them carefully as there are certain categories that are inserted by the Program Owners to see whether you are paying attention to what you select. These categories include :
o Delete Me
o Take all my money
o I do not understand English
o I use cheat bots etc

If a member has selected such interests, the account can be deleted by the Program Owner as selecting such interest is a clear indication that members either do not understand English or was not paying attention

Other areas a member needs to take care when selecting interest categories include the sex and age group. Please ensure to select one option of each interest. For example, if you are female, select only "female". If you are 32 years old and there is an age group between 30-35, select that. If a member has selected multiple sex and age groups, the Program Owner will come to the conclusion that the member is either not paying attention or cannot understand English and as a result, the member may lose the account

- Then you need to select your preferred payment method from the drop down menu. Below that is the area where you need to put in the preferred payment method number or address. For example, if you are an E-Gold user, you need to give your E-Gold number. If you are a Paypal user, you need to put in the email address you signed up with Paypal etc

- Then comes the password. When using a password, it is always recommended to use a combination of numbers and letters to prevent your account from getting hacked (please refer separate post regarding protecting your account against hacking). It is also important to remember to use different passwords for each program you sign up with to prevent your account from getting hacked

Once all the above information has been filled, you can complete your sign up. Once you complete your sign up, you will receive an email from the program giving your username and password. You can create a separate folder in your mailbox to keep such emails if you wish

In case you forget your username/ password, you can request them by going to the “log in” area. Click on lost password link below the username/ password, fill the email address you signed up with the program and request. The program will then send you your username and a password with numbers and letters. You can log into your account using that information and change the password

Referral Commission
In the homepage of a site, you will find for example ;
3 Referral Levels
Tier 1 – 10%
Tier 2 – 7%
Tier 3 – 5% etc

The number of tiers and the referral commission offered for each tier vary from program to program

Sites usually pay commissions for member who recruits referrals (also known as downlines). In order to advertise your referral link, you need to go to your referral central. There, you will find the link which you can use to advertise and gain referrals, a link to refer advertisers and also banners you can use to promote to gain referrals. If you are interested in sending email advertisements to gain referrals, you need advertise your referral link. Then if another member is interested in the site and joins the site you are advertising under you (using your referral link), you will have him/ her as your referral. You can see the members you refer in your EARNINGS area. Some programs have a separate REFERRAL STATS area where your referrals will show

Tier 1 referrals are your direct referrals. The referrals in the other tiers are your indirect referrals. For example, your tier 2 referrals are those recruited by your direct referral or referrals. If you find an asterisk (*) against a member in your downline, it means that they have joined using your referral link. If you do not see an asterisk (*) against a member in your downline, it means they are not those you referred. The scripts work in such a way that if a member in your tier 1 deletes his/ her membership, his/her referrals move up. This way, his/ her referral becomes your referrals. But since they are not ones who joined using your referral link, an asterisk (*) will not show against their usernames. It is the same procedure if someone in your tier 3 or 4 unsubscribe from the site. Please note that not all programs use the asterisks sign. In some programs there would not be any asterisk sign at all

If a site is paying 10% referral commission for tier 1, it means, you will earn 10% from their earnings. If for example your referral has earned $1, your referral commission earned would be 10 cents. If the site is offering 7% commission for tier 2, it means you will earn 7% commission from their earnings. For example, if you tier 2 referral earns $1, you will ear 7 cents from them. If the site is offering 5% commission for tier 3 referrals, it is the same procedure. You will earn 5% from all your tier 3 referrals. This is only if there is zero activity policy in the program

Some programs require you to be active in order for you to earn from your referrals. For example, if the site has a 25% activity policy, it means you have to be at least 25% active as your referrals to earn from them. If the site sends 20 mails a day and your referrals click on all 20 mails, you would have to click on at least 5 mails to earn from your referrals. If you do not click at least 5 emails a day, then you would not earn from your referrals

What To Do When You Reach Payout
- There are some programs that pays on a monthly basis, irrespective how much you have earned. In such programs, you do not have to request payment. You will be paid when the site pays all its members

- There also sites that say you can request only once or twice per month. In such instances, you should make sure you request only as per the instructions given by the site, i.e. request only the maximum (once or twice) as stated by the Program Owner

- Most sites however, have a fixed amount as the minimum payout. When you reach payout, you need to go to your redemption area and request payment. When requesting payment, please make sure you give whatever details requested in the correct payout redemption. There are various payment redemptions depending upon the membership level. Please make sure to check out the payment redemption option and select the correct one. For example, if you are a free member, do not click on the payment request shown for upgraded members

In some sites, you do not have to go to the redemption area to request payment. Below your earning, there is an area that says "A cashout button will appear when you reach the min payout.". As it says, when you reach payout, a button will appear to withdraw your payment. When you click on it, it will take you to an area where your input is needed to make the payment to you. In that area, you can select the mode of payment (Paypal, E-gold etc), then you need to fill the account number/ address. If it is E-Gold, you need to insert your E-Gold number. If it is paypal, you need to fill the email address you used when you signed up with them. After this comes "amount to withdraw". Here you can either fill in the amount you would like to get paid (for example, if the payout is $2.00 and you have $2.10 and if you would like only the $2.00 to be paid, you can mention $2.00 as the amount to be paid). If you would like the full account balance, you need to check the box against "Full Balance". If the site is charging any fees for the payment option you selected, it will deduct that amount and show the amount the site will pay you in the "net amount" area. Then click on the icon "request "

One important thing to remember is that sites have a policy which says it will pay members within a certain amount of days. Most sites mention that payment will be made within 30 days or reasonable time thereafter. You can check the time frame in the Terms Of Service (TOS) of the site or the FAQ/ Help section. Sometimes, you will be paid within a few hours or days of requesting payment. But if the program says it will pay within 30 days and if you have not received payment within a few hours or days, please do not keep sending emails to the Program Owner asking for your payment. In case you do not receive payment after 30 days, then you may send a mail to the Program Owner requesting to know the payment status

 

What is Paid To Promote (PTP)?

The following is regarding the Paid-To-Promote (PTP) feature of Paid-To-Read sites running on Cash Crusader scripts. There are other PTP companies, which has nothing to do with Cash Crusader PTP. Sites that have the PTP feature give its members an additional means of earning money. By promoting the PTP link assigned to members, they can accumulate ?credits?. These credits can then be converted to cash. Whether a member wishes to use the PTP feature or not is solely up to the member. There is no rule to say a member must promote it. But most members promote is as it earns them additional money

Some programs with PTP's credit cash to your account automatically for each valid hitt you receive to your PTP link whereas in most programs, the credits will get accumulated until you redeem them yourself

What does CPM mean ?
It means Cost Per 1000. M is the Roman letter for 1000. If you see a site offering 70 Cents/ CPM, it means the same as 70 Cents per 1,000 credits

What is a unique hit ?
Sites with PTP have an xyz hour unique hits mentioned below the PTP link/s. Some are 12 hour unique hits and some 24 hours and so on. For example, let's say you are promoting a 24 hour unique hits link. If one member clicks that link, you will get credited for it. But if the same member clicks the link again before 24 hours, you will not get credited again. You will not receive credit for the second click if it is clicked before the 24 hours is up. It is the same for a 12 hour unique hits link

 

You can find the PTP link/s assigned to you by going to your member area. In the member area, you will find a link called Paid To Promote, PTP Main or PTP Overview. When you click on the link or select it from the drop down menu, it will take you to your PTP area. There you will find ;
The PTP link/s assigned to promote
- The sample banners and the codes which you can promote. If you are interested in promoting any PTP banners, please make sure to host the banner elsewhere if you are not allowed to hot link the banner

Some programs have more than one PTP link to promote, whilst some others have only one PTP link

Sites with only one ptp link :
When you go to your member area, you will find a link called PTP Main or PTP Overview. When you click on the link or select it from the drop down menu, you will be taken to your PTP area. There, you will usually find your PTP link under "This is the link you should promote to get credited "

 

Protecting Your Accounts From Getting Hacked
Unfortunately, there are those who hack members accounts. If you are unable to log into your account, first try retrieving your password. In order to retrieve your password, go to log in area, then click on "forgot your password/ID?", then you will be taken to a page requesting your email address to send you the password/ ID. Once you request for your password/ ID, if it says "sorry we do not have that email address in our database", then you would have cause for concern

But before assuming you have been hacked, please make sure you are an active member. If you have been inactive, the reason you cannot log into your account would be due to it being deleted by the Program Owner. Also, if you have broken the terms of service (TOS) of the site, it could be that your account has been deleted by the Program Owner

If you are an active member and feel that you have not broken the TOS of the site, and it shows that your email is not in your database, contacting the Program Owner and seeking their help would be the best course of action to get your account back

In order to protect your accounts ;
- Do not use same password in all sites. Some sites do not store passwords encrypted and that information can be used to attempt login to other paid to read sites

- Passwords should not be common names or birthdates which are easy to figure out. Passwords should be at least 6-8 characters long with a combination of letters and numbers in no particular sequence

- Never give your password to anyone. System administrator will never ask a member's password

- If you acces the site through a link, make sure that the address bar in your browser displays the correct URL

If there is a key logger in your computer, not matter how many times you change your password, the hacker will get it. This is the reason it is wise to scan your computer regularly for virus and keyloggers

What Is A Turing Number
Some sites use turing numbers to detect whether the one clicking on links is a cheat bot or a person. The turing number is a four digit number with 4-5 numbers below it. You need to click on the matching number to go to the advertised page. There are a few things you should note with regard to turing numbers

- If only a part of the turing number has loaded, do not guess the matching number. You need to refresh the page and then click on the matching number

- If the four digit numbers given below the turing number does not match, please refresh the page and click on the matching turing number

It is important to remember that some sites have enforced a rule whereby if you click on the wrong turing number repeatedly for a specified number of times, the member's account is deleted. Therefore, it is recommended to make a special note of the above two points

Common Mistakes Made By Members


Most members, specially, new members to PTR make the mistake of joining too many programs in the hope of earning more money. The opinion of such members is that the more programs they join, more paid emails they will receive and as a result, the more money they would earn

This is not correct. The biggest mistake a member can make is to join too many programs. The more programs a member joins, more paid emails the member will receive. The more paid emails a member receives, the more time he/ she would spend time online clicking hoping to earn a few more extra cents

If you are in 30-40 programs, imagine finding 800-1000 mails in your mailbox everyday. It might be even more as some programs alone send around 30-40 mails everyday. Finally, you will end up deleting more mails than the mails you actually click. Deleting mails without clicking them is a waste of your time as well as the advertiser’s money. Do not forget the possibility of the program losing a valued advertiser if the results are not good enough

Another problem if you join too many programs is that you will not be able to take full advantage of the other earning opportunities offered by the same program such as, paid-to-click, paid-to-search, contest and other competitions, manual surfs, paid-to-promote etc. There is a very big possibility of you earning much more if you stick to a few well selected programs instead of spending time on too many programs and receiving more mails than you can handle

The third problem is advertising the sites. If you belong to too many sites, it would be totally impossible to promote all of them without spending quite a big amount of money, unless you intend promoting only a handful of them or take turns promoting the sites. However, it is best not to spread yourself too thin

If you are new to PTR and do not know which sites are good earners, which sites are currently paying etc. this forum provides a wealth of information. There are a few places you could ask questions/ find sites that are currently paying members

 

E-Gold Security Notices

1- NEVER GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANY ONE OR ANY SITE

2- NEVER CLICK ANY LINK OUTSIDE THE E-GOLD.COM WEBSITE

3- ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PC FOR VIRUSES AND HACKS

4- ALWAYS USE THE SRK FEATURE WHEN YOU LOGIN IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT

5- DON'T DEAL WITH ANY UNKNOWN HYIP SITE

6- I.E BROWSER IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE WHEN YOU LOGIN IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT. TRY THE FIREFOX AS ITS MORE SAFE

 

 

 

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