Ciao.com is cleaning up some mess (ciao.com)

Member Name: justcraap

Product:	ciao.com
Date:	13/04/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: enumerated in the review

Disadvantages: enumerated in the review

Ciao.com is basically like dooyoo - it pays its members for product reviews. The only difference is the pay rate. Members in ciao.com are paid for every rating and reading their review receives. Each positive rating (useful, very useful, or exceptional) will earn a member 0.01 - 0.03 USD depending on how many "$" symbol the product has ($ - 0.01, $$ - 0.02, and $$$ - 0.03). Negative rating (somewhat helpful, not helpful or off-topic) will not earn one anything. Every read also gives one a guaranteed 0.01 USD. There is also this 0.03 First Opinion Bonus for every positive rating if one's review is the first review of the product.

Some few months back ciao.com, used to pay its members $1 per review. A few months later, they changed it to 0.25 USD per review until the current pay rate was initiated.

GOOD THINGS ABOUT CIAO.COM

*There are a lot of products to review. Every product I searched was on their list.

*It pays through paypal.

*The minimum payout is $5.

*Members reciprocate in rating reviews.

DISAPPOINTMENTS:

*Infested with plagiarizers.

*A lot of poor quality reviews by Asian members.

*Many members spam messages.

The site, already has an action on these just recently, though. Asian members cannot anymore access the site as of last week.

CIAO.COM TRIVIA (not accurate, though)

* It has been on the web for more than a year now.
* It is said to be owned by Microsoft (one good reason why Microsoft products are labeled with '$$$')
* It used to have a promotion of $1 per review.
* It is US based but accepts international members.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day!

Summary: Ciao.com is a review site that pays its members through paypal.