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08/08/02 (174 review reads) |
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Advantages: Easy to do, Makes you money
Disadvantages: Can get tedious
We've all tried the "Get paid to surf" programs, right? Well this one is a little different. There are no programs for you to download or install, you just surf away, and they keep track for you. All you have to do, is register. They award points for all sites you visit, and aditional ones, if you sign up to any services. The points are then converted into cash.
THE WEBSITE
The website is nicely laid out and easy to navigate. The are no fancy graphics, justa few icons and banners. Everythingis clearly explained with a great FAQ section.
Registration will only take you a minute, and then you can start earning.
All the links that you need, can be located under the title, at the top of the page. These links are the pages that you get paid for. In total there are four link tabs, that will take you to four different pages. Each page then has anything from 10 to 50 paid websites listed.
You will find that each link has a short description with it. This will give you information like:
*The name of the website
*How many points you get for looking
*How many points you get for signing up
*A few words to sum up the websites services
Once you have registered, you will have an account page. This is where they keep track of all the sites that you have visited. You can view this page at any time, and check what you have signed up for. You can cancel any subscriptions, at any time.
The running of the site, is relatively quick. You have to wait a short period of time, inbetween sites, for your points to be banked, but apart from that, the page changes are quick.
When you visit a site, along the top of the screen is a progress bar. While you are looking at the website, you can click on any link within it, and it wont affect your progress bar. This bar, will clock up your points and tell you when it has. Then you are free to move on.
HOW TO EARN
Like I said a
t the beginning, the links that take you to the paid pages, are under the title, at the top of the page. The links and what sites they take you to are:
*Fast clicks.
Here you are awarded 5 points per website that you look at. You will also be awarded anything from 50 to 1000 points, if you sign up to any of the free services that each site offers, or their newsletters.
In this section you will find sites for things such as: the onlne yellow pages, shopping vouchers, special promotions, dvd rentals, competitions.
*Free stuff.
Here you are awarded 5 points for each site that you visit. You are also awarded anything from 1000 to 90,000 points for any services that you sign up for.
In this section, you will find websites for things like: credit card applications, free downloads, online games, casinos, other paid programs.
*Huge grab.
Here you are awarded 5 points per visit, per website. With the chance to earn anything from 1000+ points, for joining up to the sites that you visit.
In this section, you will benefit if you like to shop online. Most of the sites that are shown here offer you products to buy. You are awarded points per $ spent at each website. The amount of points vary from site to site, but this is a great way to shop and get paid for it.
*Bonus buys.
You will be awarded 5 points per website visit, with the chance to earn more. Again, if you request the newsletters from any site, or if you purchase anything.
Websites in this section usually cover things like:
*Gardens and gardening
*Home and appliances
*Gifts
*Flowers
*Books
Every single site can be visited, once daily. This means that you can, if you want to, log in every day and just visit the same sites over and over again. I have to tell you though, that most of the sites have something good to offer, and I think you will find that you end up joining some of the
m anyway!
To earn you some extra points, you can also referre friends. You will be awarded:
*5000 points for your first friend
*2500 points for your second friend
*1000 points for every friend after that
REGISTRATION
This is a simple process, that can be done within a couple of minutes, tops. You will need to provide the following information:
*Username (you decide)
*Password (you decide)
*Name
*Address
*Email
Once you have done this, you are set to go. You will recieve an email reminding you what your username and password are, but you do not have to wait for this, before you can log in.
REDEEM
There is a good selection of ways to redeem your points. You can have:
*Cash
*Webcertificates
*Gift vouchers, for certain sites or stores
*Promotion for your website
*Amazon vouchers
Cash is paid through paypal or moneyzap. Unfortunatley paypal is the only option available to us, as you have to have an american address for moneyzap. Paypal transactions are done in the following amounts:
20,0000 points for $20
27,5000 points for $40
55,0000 points for $60
72,5000 points for $80
88,0000 points for $100
Gift certificates are available in the amount of $10
Website promotion is available, in the following rates:
2000 visits for 75,000 points
3000 visits for 10,5000 points
4000 visits for 13,0000 points
5000 visits for 15,0000 points
Amazon vouchers are avilable in the amount of $10.
MY OPINION
This website is the best "get paid to surf" site I have come across. The reason for this, is, I have had problems with the ones were you have to download programs. They always make my system crash. Having not to download anything, makes this a good site.
The service in which this site runs, is simple in concept, and for me, works well. I have been a
member for only a week or so, and already I am on my way to the first payout, through paypal.
The sites that you visit, are not just full of rubbish services, they nearly all have something of some use to you. You will come across the odd one, that you are not impressed with, but on the whole, I have found myself signing up to a few of them.
I have entered competions and contests, been given points for it from this website, and then won something from the competitons that I have entered. So I have benefited twice!
I have bought flowers for my mums birthday, online through one of the sites that this sites show. I was awarded 5 points for looking and a further 1000 for buying. I got the present and earn money as well!
If you are not keen on this sort of thing I would still recommend that you take a look. I am very impressed with what this site has to offer.
Did I mention you get 5000 points for registering.
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