PTC EXPLORATIONS

This article will attempt to cover my journey into the world of Paid-To-Click (PTC) sites and programs. It is not intended for the PTC experienced but more on the people who knows very little or nothing about PTC, or maybe, just a beginner like me.

I am actually still new in this industry and my curiosity about them was aroused by a post in one of the facebook sites for networking people. The person posted a proof of payment from this site called xxxxxx.com (I am hiding the name of the site for now until I have fully confirmed its legitimacy). His earning? It is a whooping  $109 in just one day after he upgraded his membership from Free to Mega Investor by paying $299! Now, that is really something if he continues to earn that much everyday and by the 30th day, he would be getting $300+! Isn't that tempting?

It is, so I immediately signed up for free on that site and started clicking advertisements. In five days time, I have accumulated a balance of $30. Not bad huh, since I only spent about 30 minutes each day clicking away.

Before I go further into my journey, let me share with you some insight about PTCs:

How Does A PTC Site Work

Usually every PTC site comes with a number of ads which you have to click on in order to earn the money.

Every ad presented in your members area can be clicked only once in 24h. After you‘ve clicked on the ad you will have to wait a number of seconds in order to receive the credits. In the most common situations you will have to wait 30s.

At the end of those 30s, in the top left side of your browser window will appear a small icon which may vary from one PTC to another: a checkmark or a dollar sign… something like in the following picture:

When that kind of icon shows up it means you will receive your money, but there are cases when a red button/sign appears showing that somehow you missed the credit for that ad (this happens sometimes when you have more than one browser windows opened in the same time):

Anyway, to be sure that you will receive the credits for every ad you click, all you have to do is check carefully the TOS for each PTC site.
If you respect their rules you will most certainly receive your credits and also credits from your referrals work.

Source: http://www.themoneymaking.com/the-best-ptc-sites/how-does-a-ptc-site-work/

Going back to my journey, I stumbled into a couple more of PTC sites and signed up for free. You see, I chose the free ones only as I was still experimenting on them.

REFERRALS

I began promoting xxxxxx.com on facebook and twitter with hope of getting referrals and earn more. By the way, you can also earn from PTCs by recruiting members as your downline. For every recruit or referral you get to sign up, they give you some bonus, say $2, depending on the generosity of the site and you also get a commission from the activities like clicks and purchases of your downlines. So just like in pyramiding system, you earn more when you have more downlines.

HOW DO THESE PTC SITES PAY YOU?

Most of these PTC sites use Online Payment systems, like Papal, Payza, Egopay, SolidTrustPay, etc, to either pay you or receive payments from you. If you are not enrolled in any of them, you'd better have one before joining any PTC site.

HERE IS AN EXCERPT ON HOW TO DETECT A SCAM PTC

"You can easily tell if a website is an instant scam. If it doesn't have a forum, that means they can do whatever they want with your account and no one will notice it. 

On the other hand if they have a forum, you can post your problems and admin should help you, if not, your unsolved problem is visible to the public. 

Also, if a PTC site consistently mis-spells words in it's content, you can see you are not dealing with professionals and I would avoid that site.

The web design is another sign of how serious is the admin. If you see a default script design, avoid that website because that means the admin doesn't have enough money to pay you. A sign of poor budget of a PTC is also reflected in domain in hosting. Neither of these should be free! If that admin doesn't have money to buy a professional domain, where would he get the money to pay his/her members?

The key of every PTC is it's sustainability. If a PTC gives $0.01 per click, 50% for referral click and sells 1000 visits for $5 that's unsustainable! (1000*0.01)+(1000*0.01*50%)=15$ which means they don't profit from the ads at all, and just want to get members money by selling premium memberships.

Also don't forget to do some google research, if you find more than 3 sources telling a site is scam, then probably it is." - earn.biz

SOME OF THE WEBSITES/ARTICLES THAT GIVES TIPS ON PTCs

http://www.themoneymaking.com/the-best-ptc-sites/how-does-a-ptc-site-work/

www.earn.bz/ebook/download.php 

PTC Review Sites

Seven days into my journey I continued researching on these PTCs and also looked for independent reputable reviewers of PTC sites. Here is just two of them:

www.ptc-investigation.com
ptcranking.webs.com

e-Books about PTCs

www.earn.bz/ebook/download.php

CONCLUSION:

Overall, there are PTC Sites that really pays you for just clicking advertisements, or when you recruit members (Referrals) to their site. You just need to be patient in researching about the reputation of a PTC site before joining it.

PS - I will be updating this blog as I gain more experience and knowledge about PTC and share with you my successes (or temporary setbacks) so you too, can benefit from it. Wish me luck!