One of the popular online marketing fads that presently pulls in many newbies is to begin with Pay-to-Click Sites (PTC). I, myself, started in that manner. Everytime you see a complete advert (they ordinarily last about 30 seconds), a tiny amount of cash is placed into your account, which can only be taken out as soon as you’ve accumulated a specific amount, oftentimes in the range. Likewise, almost all of these websites have a little more to them, like special options given only to members, and referral rewards.
You buy referrals (or you can recruit them), and you get approximately 50% of the money they make from clicking advertisements. Hence, if you are paid a cent from watching an ad, you’ll get half a cent.005 from PTC members you referred. It doesn’t looks like much but it can amount to something if you have thousands of folks joining under you. There are also special membership options that let you obtain more referrals, more adverts and more money for every click (sometimes for both your own clicks and your referrals’ clicks). Although you could make a little more money with one of the enhanced plans, they usually cost a a lot up front, so take caution. And let’s suppose that both you and your referrals get a cent a click. Do the math. That’s $forty bucks for you, if all 1000 of your referrals click on all 4 advertisements. Sounds pretty awesome, doesn’t it? That would be a good amount of cash to get each day, right?
However, the terrible truth is, most PTC web sites are frauds. They are actually pyramid schemes. They are called “pyramids” because only those people at or close to the top earn any money, while those lower the pyramid usually end up getting zero. So, if 10 people invest each, that’s a hundred bucks. How they can get away with this is by encouraging people to join as members and to buy referrals (which, incidentally, are usually bots, not genuine people), then paying out money that other folks invest to pay for their own membership and later referrals. The cash earned by clicking on adverts in no way covers their outlays, especially when a lot of the so-called “referrals” are nothing but bots. Unavoidably, they run out of potential members and people stop signing up, leaving those who weren’t among the first to join not getting paid at all. If you started the plan, or were fortunate enough to get in right near the top, you can maybe make a little profit, but is it worth the risk? The answer is a big NO.
My advice is that you keep your distance from Pay-to-Click services like the plague. It’s just not a pleasant place to be.