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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One of the biggest mistakes people make is joining too many ptc sites.  Many who just start out with paid to click sites tend to join as many sites as they can. Their reasoning is that the more sites that they join, the more money they will make. While this may sound logical at first, your time is not really being used efficiently this way and moreover you may burn yourself out. The better approach is to join  5 to 10 quality sites at first, not more then 15. This allows you to concentrate more on being able to grow your monthly revenue with a handful of sites instead of just trying to click your way to earnings by joining every site possible. You can concentrate more on promoting the sites you belong too and building your referrals. At some point, you can add another site and because you have centered your focus on just a few, you will have the revenue to build up any new site that you add to your rotation fairly quickly with your established monthly earnings.

Manageability

The first problem with having too many PTC sites in your portfolio is your ability to effectively manage them.  With so many sites to keep track of it makes it very difficult to keep on top of your stats at each site especially if you are promoting your referral links through forums, referral exchanges, etc.  Limiting the amount of sites you have gives you more control over the status of your sites and makes you better able to grow the earnings and referral base.

Out Of The Loop

Another issue with having too many sites is not knowing the current news and situation of all your sites.  This is very important as PTC sites come and go rather quickly.  Keeping informed about your site’s status is essential to your success.  If you begin to see the tell tale signs of a site that’s in trouble you can shift your focus and resources to another ptc site, and add a new site to your rotation.  Wasting time on a site because you haven’t looked at its news, announcements, or other information in its forums is a mistake that will come to bite you later on.

Steps to Success

• Join five to ten quality PTC sites (see Our Recommended Top 10 PTC Sites)
• Grow the referral base at these selected sites (see How to Get Referrals article)
• After you have established a satisfactory monthly revenue from your handful of sites you can add other sites to the rotation
• Use the “house” money to continually reinvest in your PTC empire and withdraw when needed
• Keep up to date about PTC sites by browsing forums and reading articles

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If you have been following PTC sites for a while then you already know the changes that have been taking place.  Many of the “old school” sites such as bux.to and isabelmarco which have prospered because of their popularity, are seeing the threat of newer PTC sites that offer better features.  One might argue that this is not a threat because you could just add these new PTC sites to your rotation and keep the older sites as well.  However, added pressure by its members and the PTC community as a whole may change that.  So what makes these next generation sites so great?  Let’s take a look.

Payouts

The problem with the older ptc sites is their payout turnover rate.  Many of these sites take months to pay its users.  In fact bux.to has had so much trouble with their payouts that its taking up to 6 months to get paid.  The next generation ptc sites are offering instant payouts.  This gives its members several advantages.  Obviously you get paid quicker, and this allows you to reinvest faster thus building your earnings from the site.  Also its much easier to determine if the site is legit or not because you don’t have to wait months to get paid.  So why can’t older ptc sites offer instant payouts you may ask.  This has to do with the difference in revenue models.  Older ptc sites offer per click earnings higher then what they generate in advertising alone.  Thus leaving them with a negative cash flow for advertising.  For example, IsabelMarco standard members earn $0.01 per click and $0.005 for referral’s click potentially costing the site $15.00 per 1000 clicks, yet they only charge $10.50 for 1000 advertising clicks.  This is a negative cash flow of $4.50 per 1000 clicks.  Thus they are required to make money in other ways such as membership upgrades and selling referrals.  This creates the long waiting periods as they must recoup the difference before they can pay its members.  Newer sites have higher advertising rates, but are self-sustainable on advertising fees alone, allowing them to pay its members instantly.

Renting Referrals

Another common theme among the new PTC sites is offering the ability to rent referrals.  This feature allows members to build their downlines quicker since its cheaper then buying referrals outright.  Another great aspect about renting referrals is the ability to recycle them.  You can recycle as often as you want to keep your pool of referrals active.

Active Members

Many newer PTC sites are implementing policies to promote active clicking.  They are doing this by requiring its members to click ads in order to get credit for their referral clicks.  Sites are adopting the two times multiple for clicks, meaning if you click two ads the previous day, you will get maximum credit up to four clicks per referral.  So if your referral clicks five ads current day, you only get credit for four.

Better Account Management

Some of the newer sites also offer better ways to view your referrals activity.  They offer charts and statistics that you can use to analyze such as average clicks per day, and date of last click.  This greatly increases your potential to get more out of your referrals and saves you time.

Security

Many newer PTC sites also have much better security then its predecessors.  Some offer second password protection and even a graphical interface to click letters instead of typing them in to avoid keystroke loggers.  Many also offer PINs for added security when it comes to cashing out or changing account information.  The better of the newer sites offer SSL connections throughout your sessions whereas none of the older sites do.  Most of the older bux scripts don’t even encrypt user passwords in their database, making you very vulnerable should they end up in the wrong hands.

Conclusion

The next generation of sites is paving the way for a better PTC world.  The new instant payouts, better features, management ease, and security make it leaps and bounds above the “old school” sites.  Some of the older sites have already started to change while others are locked into a revenue model that prohibits it.  Only time will tell if the older PTCs will survive and whether Darwinism applies to PTCs as well.

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• Banned Accounts On Paid to Click Sites

Accounts getting banned on ptc sites is very common.  Many times its a direct result of people new to the world of paid to click sites and are not familiar with some of the more common “no-no’s”.  Other times it is just unreputable ptc sites who decide they no longer want to pay someone.  Regardless of the reason, the results are the same, you lose all your money and time you put in.  Let’s take a look at what not to do to avoid getting your account banned and what you should do if it does.

Multiple Accounts

The most popular reason most members get banned is for having multiple accounts.  Many times it is a member who is not familiar with the TOS of the site and refers multiple members of their household.  Most PTC sites only allow one member per household and violating this rule could result in having your account banned.  Having said that, there are more PTC sites that are now allowing two members per household.  The grey area here is really how do you define a household from the perspective of a ptc site.  In most cases its defined by your ip address, since this is the easiest way to determine the source of its members.

Read the Terms of Service

Every paid to click site has one and if they don’t, avoid joining them.  The TOS explicitly states all the rules of the site and most have a section defining the terms of user accounts.  Here you will find exactly what you can and cannot do regarding your account.  Many of them look the same and have common practices such as no multiple accounts.  Follow the terms of service or risk having your account banned.

Public Internet Access

This is another common reason many members get banned.  By using a computer at a public venue such as an internet cafe, at your workplace or at your university, you risk the possibility of someone else who uses that same computer and potentially same ip address who just so happens to belong to the same ptc site as you do.  Avoid using public computers to access your paid to click sites if possible.

AOL Web Browser

Another common mistake is AOL members who use their AOL browser to access paid to click sites.  The problem here is the fact that AOL uses proxy servers and your one account will be accessing the site from multiple IP address.  From a ptc site perspective, this starts to look suspicious when a member accesses their account from many different IP addresses in a short period of time.  Only use Firefox or Internet Explorer when accessing your ptc sites.  We recommend Firefox for its ease of use and security features.

See this article on how Firefox can make your life easier and safer:   Surviving The Paid To Click Grind

What To Do If Your Account Gets Banned

First and foremost you need to contact the admin of the site via support ticket if available, pm or forum post.  Do it immediately after you realise your account has been banned.  Don’t wait as this is crucial in recovering your account.  Be sure to be courteous and respectful when communicating with the admin.  This could be a misunderstanding of sorts, or a mistake so keep your cool.  Be patient when waiting for a reply, spamming the admin using pms, the forums or support tickets is not going to help your cause.  Forum moderators are also helpful in this respect.  Go to the forum of that ptc site and message one of the moderators, as they are usually more prompt with replies then the admin is since he/she is very busy.  After correspondence has been made with the admin or moderator, they may just give you a warning and reinstate your account.  If not, you must convince the admin or moderators that this is a mistake not exploitation which is the assumption.  If you have friends in the ptc community have them vouch for you.  This lends creditability and the admin is more likely to see this as a mistake instead of exploitation.

Scam PTC Sites

Unfortunately you may have followed all the rules and common practices and still fall victim to a banned account.  Only this time it may be a site that uses shady practices such as banning accounts for no other reason then to stop paying that member.  Others yet use it as a front for acquiring userids and passwords to try at other PTC sites to break into your accounts.  Avoid suspect sites like the plague.  The following article has some simple rules to follow to avoid scam sites:  Avoiding Scam PTC Sites

Conclusion

Follow the TOS and common practices and you will be fine.  If you are unsure about something message the admin or moderators of the forums.  Better to be safe then to throw away your money invested and time put in.  Many times these situations tend to be misunderstandings or human error, so don’t over think it until you have contacted the admin.

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PTC sites, is their a difference?

PTC sites in general are either one of two types, bux or aurora.  The Bux PTC sites are much more popular these days because of the higher earnings, however there is also much more risk as well with so many Bux site failures.  Some Bux sites that you may be familiar with are Bux.to and IsabelMarco.  While you may also be familiar with these Aurora sites such as ClixnCash, Prowling Panther, and Advercash.  Let’s take a closer look at the differences.

Bux Sites Pay Much Higher

Bux sites generally pay a lot more then aurora sites.  Earnings per click are usually about $0.01 and referral clicks are between $0.005 and $0.01.  On the other hand Aurora sites pay much less, usually in fractions of a cent from $0.001 to $0.005 and referral clicks even less.  While this seems like Bux sites would have a huge advantage in this respect, it is actually a trade-off of sorts.  Because of the higher payouts, bux sites tend to fail a lot because their payouts per a click are usually higher then the amount they charge for advertising.  Take CrewBux for example.  CrewBux pays $0.01 per click and $0.005 per referral click which potentially means that the site is paying $0.015 per click or $15.00 per 1000 clicks.  Yet the site only charges $7.00 to advertise for 1000 clicks.  That’s a difference of $8.00 for every thousand clicks for a standard member.

Revenue Models

Bux sites cannot survive on advertising income alone as illustrated above.  Instead they are forced to make money from alternate cash streams.  These include selling premium memberships with incentives such as higher click rates for both the user and referrals.  Also premium memberships tend to get more ads to click.  Bux sites also sell referrals and jackpots as other forms of revenue.  Because bux sites are not self sufficient on advertising alone, many tend to fail.  Aurora sites on the other hand pay out much less for click rates and can rely on advertising income to sustain site.  They also have the option of selling premium memberships and referrals, but they do not have to rely on those revenue streams like a bux ptc site does.  They don’t have the same payout issues because they generally have positive cash flow from advertising alone.

Advertising

Aurora sites while not as popular for members because of the low click rates, do however attract many advertisers because it can sell ads at lower prices.  This lends to the stability of aurora sites versus bux sites in this respect.  Bux sites as mentioned above, have negative cash flow when it comes to pay per click advertising and rely heavily on other means of revenue.

Risk vs Reward

In the end, what it comes down to is fast earning/high risk investment versus a slow earning/stable investment.  Aurora sites are on the safer end of the spectrum and bux sites on the high risk side, with many other PTC sites falling somewhere in between.  Bux sites failure is usually the result of negative advertising cash flow.  This leads to prolong delays in payouts because as the cashout requests begin to mount they must wait for additional revenue to come in via premium upgrades and referral sales before they make payouts.  Sooner or later this gets to a point where the payout turnover is so high that the site will go under or delay payouts for ridiculous amounts of time.  Aurora sites on the other hand are generally self sufficient with advertising income alone and referral sales and premium upgrades are just icing on the cake.  Slow but steady and usually higher percentage of success.

New Breed of PTC Sites

In the past few months we have seen a new trend in PTC sites.  Many newer sites have featured faster payouts, even instant payouts.  This is a direct result of the “old school” bux script type sites that have payout delays of up to 6 months.  These new PTC sites are a hybrid of the old bux and aurora sites.  They still have the high earnings payout per click, but at the same time they are charging a lot more for advertising to see a positive cash flow.  Some are also offering other features such as renting referrals like NeoBux, Buxout and SandraClicks.  These sites are paving the way for a future with a better and prolonged life of paid to click sites.

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