Pay-to-Click Websites: Are They Lucrative?

October 11, 2011

Nowadays, many folks who are looking to get an internet business going are starting out with PTCs — Pay to Click sites. That is exactly what I did. However, before I proceed, in case you don’t have a clue as to how these web sites work, allow me to explain further. A Pay-to-Click web site pays you some money for merely viewing a short advert, usually lasting around thirty seconds or so. Everytime you see an ad, a small amount of cash is deposited to your PTC account; usually, this must collect to a set total (ordinarily approximately ) before you are free to take it out. In addition, PTC web sites often have a few special options for thoose who become members, and almost all provide referral incentives.

You can pay for referrals (or you can recruit them), and you get more or less half of how much they generate from clicking advertisements. So, if you get a penny.01.01 from clicking an advertisement, you’ll get half a cent.005 from PTC members you referred. It seems like kind of a slow way to go, but try to see what happens if you have scores of people joining through your referral link. There are also special membership options that allow you to get more referrals, more adverts and more money for every click (usually for both your own clicks and your referrals’ clicks). Although you might earn a little more cash with one of the enhanced plans, they generally cost a a lot up front, so take caution.

For instance, let’s say you register for a PTC service that has 4 adverts. You then find a thousand folks to join under you. And let’s say that both you and your referrals get a cent for each click. Do the math. That’s dollars for you, assuming all 1000 of your referrals view all 4 adverts. Appears pretty good, doesn’t it? That would be a nice amount of cash to make daily, right?

The reality is, nearly all pay to click websites are nothing but frauds. Think “pyramid schemes”, for that is what actually all they are. They are known as “pyramids” because just those people at or near the top earn any money, while those lower down normally end up getting nada. For Example, if 10 individuals each throw in , that’s 0. The owner might pay out to 4 people and keep the remainder himself, leaving nearly all of the other members without any money. How is this possible? It’seasy. Initially, they entice you into becoming a member and buying a few referrals (usually bots, not even genuine people). Next they then pay out with cash that other members have invested in for their memberships and referrals. Since most of the referrals may merely be bots, and thus non-paying, the cash from clicking cannot cover all the pay-outs. Eventually, folks stop investing in the Pay-to-Click program and the last people to invest lose out. If you’re among the first people, you might make some money but it’s not worth risking.

Personally, I would recommend staying away from PTC web sites, as the better ones will only generate you littly cash and the ones that big money are typically scams, leading to somebody losing out.

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