Monday, October 27th, 2008 at
5:03 pm
Getting referrals always plays big part of how successful you are with any ptc site. Actually its true for ptr sites, gpt sites, affiliate programs and ironically traffic exchanges as well. How well do traffic exchanges really work for getting referrals you may ask? Based on how many traffic exchanges there are and how many people use them I’d say they do work, but how much you get out of it, depends on your approach.
What is a Traffic Exchange
As the name implies and as one could guess, basically you are exchanging traffic by viewing websites in return for credit to have others view yours. You become a member of a traffic exchange site much like you would do for a paid to click site. Once you sign up as a member you are able to advertise your links using credits you acquire by surfing other ads. The allure of traffic exchanges is the ability to advertise your links for free by using credits.
Best Approach
The success of traffic exchanges in getting referrals has vast results for different people. These results are based on different approaches used with traffic exchanges. Most people who use traffic exchanges just use their referral links to the sites they are members of. While others use a more sophisticated approach by advertising with a splash page. A splash page can be used to give a more focused and eye-catching approach. It allows you to grab the attention of the user and gives you a window to perk the interest of the viewer. Splash pages can be easily tailored for whatever venue you are advertising on and allows you more pinpoint targeting of your audience.
Things To Look For In a Traffic Exchange
Traffic exchanges operate on a credit ratio. Meaning if the ratio is 1:1, you as a member will receive 1 visit to your link for every 1 link that you visit. Now many traffic exchanges have ratios of 3:2 and 5:4 while there are a few that have 1:1. Obviously you want to join the ones that have betting clicking ratios. Another feature that some traffic exchanges have are bonuses. As you are surfing ads, some sites offer random bonuses or threshold bonuses when you reach so many links viewed. These bonuses take the form of increased credits, banner advertisement credits or other forms of credits. This greatly enhances your advertising power. Of course you want to use a traffic exchange that is popular and has a good amount of members. What good would it be if no one used it. You also want to find ones that are free to use. Don’t bother paying for any memberships when there are so many free ones available.
Recommend Traffic Exchange Sites
EasyHits4U
Royal Surf
Traffic Syndicate 25
Traffic Splash
Traffic Era
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at
4:55 pm
We’ve all heard about how the DDOS attacks brought PTC sites to their knees several weeks ago. Some sites were down for only a few days, and some for weeks. When it first broke that a few sites had initially been hit with DDOS attacks, it was also learned that a blackmail letter accompanied the attacks. Apparently, certain individuals claimed responsibility and wanted money to stop these attacks. But this is not what intrigues me about the DDOS attacks. What causes me pause for thought is how greatly some sites were affected and how some weren’t affected at all.
Troubled PTCs Have Much To Gain
What I found interesting in all of this DDOS hoopla was the fact that many of the sites that were supposedly hit hard and were down for a week or so, decided that when they came back they would increase the payout times in their TOS. First of all, how would being down for a few days to a week cause you to be backlogged so far that you increase the payout days to 30 and 60 days from 7 days or less. This seems very odd since if the site is down, it’s not having to pay anyone for clicks either. Shouldn’t a site thats down come back with the same amount of payout debt as it did when it first went offline? How did they get more debt and have to delay payments? More probable is that these sites were already in trouble and this whole DDOS situation provided a good “out” for them. Most of the sites that were based on negative advertising cash flow were the culprits. Those sites that can survive with advertising alone such as Aurora sites and next gen bux sites, seemed to be less impacted or not at all. [sarcasm] Wonder why those using DDOS attacks didn’t go after the succesful sites and went after the ones that have faulty revenue models? [/sarcasm]
History Repeats Itself
Remember when ptc sites were getting hacked left and right. Were they really hacked or was it an excuse for some sites to delay payments to its members. It all started the same way, one ptc site said they got hacked and they couldn’t pay its users and had to adjust their TOS. Other ptc sites followed suit seeing it as a good excuse to delay their payments. Once again we are seeing history repeat itself except this time its DDOS attacks.
Back From DDOS Attacks
I found other interesting things that happened when sites came back from being down. Some had actually revamped their sites with newer features… hmmm. Is that why our payments are delayed? Those new scripts can’t be cheap with all them new promising features. Some sites were even taking donations while they were down and returned with a whole new look.
Conclusion
While there are probably legit DDOS and hacker complaints, there are those that are not. PTC sites have always been a big risk to invest in and they continue to be. While the future does seem brighter with newer PTCs offering instant payouts verifying their legitimacy right away, there are those that still offer excuses and “shady” tactics. I offer you no proof, only speculation. So take it with a “grain of salt” and decide for yourself.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008 at
4:46 pm
What is a Downline Builder?
A Downline Builder in simple terms, is a mechanism for increasing your referrals. There are basically two types. The first type consists of an actual thread in a forum whereby a user can join a downline by signing up to a site using the referral link of the last post. This thread continues indefinitely guaranteeing each member who posts in the thread one referral. Problem with this method is that you only get one referral and you must not already be a member of the site you want to join. The other type of downline builder is a more conventional program that involves a site usually dedicated to building your referral base. One such site is PTCReferrals. Let’s take a look at how it works.
How A Downline Builder Works?
After you signup as a member at a downline builder site, there is a section where you can view all the programs the site has in its database. Each site listing has a referral link with the member who sponsored you to the site (the referral link you used to get to the downline builder site). Also there is a “Username/Affiliate ID” field for you to put your USERID for that site. Basically you browse through the programs you are interested in joining and click on the referral link to any you want to join. After you have signed up to that particular site and given a USERID, you can then put it in the “Username/Affliate ID” field for that site. From then on, anyone you refer to the downline builder will see your referral link when they access the downline builder program database.
Benefits and Advantages
Downline Builders provide a consolidate referral link approach to getting referrals. Once you join a downline builder site and join the programs in its database, you only need to promote a single referral link. Your referral link to the downline builder will showcase all your referral links to sites that you are a member of in the program database. You also get unlimited levels of tiers for your referral links. This means that not only do you get to showcase your referrals links to your direct referrals, but also to indirect referrals for any programs that your directs did not register for. Lastly, if you already are a member of a site, all you need to do is put your USERID in the “Username/Affiliate ID” field and your referral links are now active.
Conclusion
While there are many downline builders around, there aren’t many that have bux type ptc sites in their database. Most have traffic exchanges, PTRs and aurora type PTC sites, however there are a few that specialize in the more popular PTC sites.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at
12:34 pm
One of the most popular and favorite PTC sites for a long time recently made a stunning announcement. They decided they would no longer make payouts to standard members. I myself had to read it four times just to make sure I wasn’t misreading it, but sure enough it is what it is. Now members have to upgrade to premium just to get paid. Here’s another caveat of the new TOS at IsabelMarco, you have to be premium not only when you request it, but up until you actually get the money. Why is this important? Well the new TOS states that members who are due payouts of $500 or less will get it within 30 days. This makes purchasing a month membership at IM very tricky since if you don’t get paid by the first month, you will have to fork over another month’s premium membership due of $9.00. If you are due more then $500 it’s even longer waiting periods before you get your money and forces you into buying two months worth of premium membership or the yearly.
I myself have been a long time fan of IM and to see such changes troubles me. Last month they tried to force members to load their toolbar and the response was immediate and fierce. They revoked that policy almost as soon as it was implemented, but already the harm was done. People were beginning to have their suspicions about the site and its health. IM has many other projects as well underway such as IM PiggyBank, IM Friends and others. One can only wonder if IM is losing focus in the site that made them who they are.
I hope we see a reversal in this new policy as well. A paid to click site cannot survive on premium members alone. Standard members make up the vast majority and it is no different at IM. With over a million members and an estimated only 60,000 of them premium you can see the trouble this policy may cause. Does IM really want to isolate almost a million standard members? IM’s response to the many complaints has been that this is a way to thwart cheaters and IM only wants to have serious members involved with its site. Well remember that old saying “becareful what you wish for or it may just come true”. If it comes true for IM, they may very well lose a million members and be just another notch in the PTC graveyard.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at
2:39 pm
A few days ago I wrote about how Neobux was facing some adversity with the freezing of its account with Paypal, which accounted for 72% of its cash reserves. This put in quite a stir and scare to the ptc community. Can you imagine the impact of Neobux going down? The community as a whole would take a giant hit because of how everyone sees Neobux as the leader in PTC sites. The confidence of everyone in ptc sites would definitely change. It would probably have the same impact as say the collapse of Walmart would have on the stock market. OK maybe not, but you get my point with the analogy.
In this desparate situation, Neobux turned to its members for help with donations and a petition against Paypal. After just several days Neobux’s admin had spread the good news throughout the forum that Paypal had changed its stance and once again allowed Neobux to conduct business with the payment processor. In appreciation for the support by its members, Neobux responded with a thankful gesture rewarding everyone who donated with referrals in the amount equal to referral cost.
The response by Neobux’s members was rather inspiring to the say the least and as it turned out, a success. Very few PTC sites inspire its members the way Neobux does. Neobux in turn values its members and has remained innovative since its launch. Payments are still instant and everything looks to be running like a well-oiled machine.
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