A fairly average ad bar (cashfiesta.com)

Member Name: Stalin

Product:	cashfiesta.com
Date:	22/07/01 (329 review reads)
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Advantages: Bar displays points dynamically, Well maintained site

Disadvantages: Poor pay rate, Possibility of losing points if bar crashes, Few ways to make money other than the bar

Cash Fiesta has been around for a while, and initially they were looking to be one of the better PTS programmes available, with a reasonably good pay rate. That rate has now declined as have all others, although it is tough to work out exactly what it is because of the way earnings are calculated, but I would say that it is only $0.01-$0.02/hour. The only way to earn significant amounts is, as always, by getting referrals, and the way to do that, as always, is by being a webmaster and putting a banner on your site. So, that rules most people out.

On the upside, the bar is one of the better ones, and whilst not 100% stable, it is better than average. The really good thing about it, though, is that it shows how many points you have accumulated on the bar itself. This introduces another problem, though. The points tick up at a regular rate, but only on your computer. It is only when you close the bar that the points are transferred to the server. This means that if the bar crashes (as it does sometimes) you lose all the points you have collected since you started. To avoid this, it is a good idea to close and reopen the bar every few minutes. Not an ideal solution, but it's the only one I can think of.

The other main way of making money is signing up for various deals. These, however, all tend to be for things like credit cards and airline tickets (i.e. serious commitments) which most people wouldn't be prepared to do. Aside from that, most are only available in the US anyway.

It's nice to see that the site is kept up to date, as it lets you know that they are still there working to improve the service. With far too many of these PTS programmes, you often feel like the company doesn't exist at all!

In conclusion, this is a fairly average PTS scheme. There are better out there, so I wouldn't bother with this one, unless you don't mind running 4 or 5 ad bars at once (I know people who do it!) Take a look at Sped
ia.net, which is my pick of the bunch.

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