PTC Sites

WHAT IS PTC???
-> Paid to Click (but what?)
Probably you already know what is a PTC (sometimes called PTR - Paid to Read Site) site. If you don't here is a definition you will find in many PTC sites:

"At ---.---, you get paid to click on ads and visit websites. The process is easy! You simply click a link and view a website for 30 seconds to earn money. You can earn even more by referring friends. You'll get paid $0.01 for each website you personally view and $0.01 for each website your referrals view. Payment requests can be made every day and are processed through AlertPay/Paypal. The minimum payout is $10.00."

(default description from the bux.to clone script)

A very simple definition: click some links (ads), earn money.

PTC sites are "make money online" programs. A PTC can be considered as a low risk program because it is not required to invest. But if you are not careful you can lose, of course, lots of money.

PAID PTC SITES
Here is Paid PTC sites :
1. ASIANBUX (PTC)

Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $1.5 via LR
Been Paid : 2x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

2. DONKEY MAILS (AURORA, PTP, PTSU, other)

Per click : $0.0001-$0.001
Per sign up : $0.1
CPM : $0.8 CPM
Refferal : 5 Level (5%/4%/3%/2%/1%)
Payout : No Mininum by EGold, $0.1 by AlterGold, $1.01 by AlertPay, $1 by LR, $1 by PP
Been Paid : 1x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

3. IP Community (PTC)

Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $10 by PayPal
Been Paid : 1x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

4. NeoBux (PTC) (Instant Payment)

Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $2 by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : 3x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

5. DollarBux (PTC and PTSU) (Instant Payment)
Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $10 by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : Not Yet
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

6. PTCNation (PTC) (Instant Payment)

Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $? by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : Not Yet (Stiil Prelaunch)
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

7. BuxOut (PTC) (Instant Payment)

Per click : $0.01
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $5 by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : 1x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

8. FeelBux (PTC)


Per click : $0.0125
Per ref click : $0.007
Payout : $5 by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : 1x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

9. Clickers Corner (Aurora, PTP, PTSU, Traffic Exhange)

Per click : $0.001-$0.002
Per Sign up : $0.05-$0.1
Payout : $0.1 by LR, $1.01 by AlertPay
Been Paid : 6x
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

12. PP Clix (PTC) (INSTANT Payment)

Per click : $0.1
Per ref click : $0.005
Payout : $5 by PayPal and AlertPay
Been Paid : Not Yet
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join NOW

11. Klik Rupiah
Per click : Rp 100
Per ref click : Rp 50
Payout : Rp 50000 by Bank BCA and Bank Mandiri
Been Paid : Not Yet
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THE REFFERER
Join Now

PTC SUSTAINABILITY
This is probably the crunch! The most important thing you will need to know about PTC sites!

What is sustainability?

"Sustainability is a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely." (wikipedia)

In PTC terms, when a site is sustainable, that means this program can live even and for years. PTC sites charging less money than paying are unsustainable and cannot live forever.

Grossly unsustainable sites are scams.

Sites paying $100 per click, even they are charging more, are scams too. Usually you will receive per each click $0.001$ - $0.01 (standard member), with the very sustainable sites to pay you $0.0025 - $0.005. Sites paying more than $0.005 per ref click (std member) are unsustainable no matter what the advertising rates are or who the owner is. Such sites usually will survive for less than a year (usually 4-10 months), or will change their TOS (very long payment delays etc)

But how can I understand if a site is sustainable?
It is not difficult. You'll need the (user) rate per click, the referral rate per click (std member) and the amount of money site charges advertisers per 1000 clicks. A simple calculation will help you to find if site is sustainable or not:

User rate (per click) + Referral rate (per click) = The amount of money site pays to its members.

Site earnings = Revenues from advertisers - The amount of money site pays to its members.

Example 1: theClickers
Site pays $0.0025 per click and $0.001 per referral click.
The amount of money site pays to its members is: $0.0035 per click (or $3.5/1000 clicks)
Charges: $0.005 per click (or $5/1000 clicks)
Site earnings =$1.5/1000 clicks
Site is sustainable.

Example 2: Zubux
Site pays $0.01 per click and $0.005 per referral click.
The amount of money site pays to its members is: $0.015 per click (or $15/1000 clicks)
Charges: $0.005 per click (or $5/1000 clicks)
Site earnings =-$10/1000 clicks
Site is unsustainable.
And now the question is: "How owner earns money?" The answer is simple: Site is based on premium memberships and referral packs sales. Of course a PTC can have and some banner/text ads, but this is not enough.
Sites charging less money than pay, are ponzi schemes and selling bot referrals in order to survive. A bot referral is not a human. But a robot which will click a few ads and then stop. As a result, you'll not get back the money you invested.
It is not recommended to invest in such sites. Remember that bot sellers are blacklisted by advertisers. It is common sense that advertisers are looking for humans only. No advertisers for a PTC means, no revenue and site will close soon.
Sites losing more than $12-$14 are scams and will live for a couple of weeks only.

HOW TO SPOT BAD NEW SITE???
New PTC Websites: Its not possible to avoid all scams but there are a few tips to avoid most scams.

Now let me make a brief review on these tips.

1. Avoid Sites with Free Hosts and Free Domains

Explanation: A lot of new site pop up with a free hosts like webspacemania, 000webhost etc. and free domains like websitename.co.cc, websitename.tk, websitename.co.nr etc. All such sites should be avoided.
Reason: When the owner cant invest a few bucks in getting a good Hosting and a good Domain Name, how do you expect such a person to pay you for a long time.
Best Example: ExcellentBux which started off with a free host and ultimately turned out a scam

2. Avoid Sites with the Default Design

Explanation: Every script has their own default design. For example: YourOwnBux scripts have a white layout and adbux script has a greyish layout and so on and on and on.
Reason: Well, if a user doesnt have his own creativity to get a good design or atleast cannot pay someone to make his site unique what confirmation do you get to say that they will pay you for a long while Wink
Best Example: 5Buxs.cn, still the same old YOB script and design and yet a scam.

3. No Forum? No Support? Not Trusted!!!

Explanation: A new PTC doesnt have a forum or any other means of Support System other than the contact page? Such sites a least trusted.
Reason: This clearly states that the owner doesnt want to interact with his users and attend their technical/any kind of problem with their site, you can never expect him/her to be hanging around for a long while. And you will have the least chances of getting paid.
Best Example: 5Buxs.cn, no forum, no news, no payments Tongue

4. Bugs Found? No Improvement? No Payment

Explanation: Generally pre-made scripts like the Bux.to clone and YourOwnBux has built in bugs in them. Found any bug in the script, the most found bug Referral Bug. Verify it with someone who has already signed up before you if the site has a referral bug or not and then you can try your luck.
Reason: When the site owner cant fix a small bug or cant hire a coder to fix a minor bug, how can he afford to pay its users or can fix a Payment Bug or Referral Purchase Bug and ultimately you will be the loser.

5. Default TOS/FAQ/Privacy Policy, Default Payments=No Payments Tongue

Explanation: Read the TOS/FAQ/Privacy Policy before joining a site. Scams generally dont update them since they are lazy. You should avoid them
Reason: A lazy owner to update a few details will surely be lazy to pay the site's users or add referrals or premium membership or respond to a Support Ticket. So, what is it now? A scam Wink

6. The Figures, Do they add up?

Explanation: Sustainability in a site is a key factor in the success or failure of a PTC site. Without the ability for the site to be sustainable on the sale of advertising alone, the site is classified as a Ponzi Scheme. Ponzi Schemes are programs which function based solely on the sale of upgrades and referrals, once the referrals and upgrade sales stop, the payments stop too. That is why it is key to making sure the site is sustainable.
Reason: For example if a site pays $0.01 per click then the maximum amount of money they would have to pay to people for a 1000 click ad is $20 ($10 from the person clicking plus $10 for referral clicks). If what they are selling 1,000 click ad's for only say $8 then they are making a $12 loss per 1,000 click ad someone buys. It should be noted that sustainability through pricing applies mainly to bux-style scripts. Also it is important to know the number of the self sponsored ads. Many sites (example: 07bux) are running with 100% self sponsored ads. That means lack of advertisers and site has to be based only in referral packs and upgrades. Aurora's are a different and more successful business model.
Best Example: icashout


As stated earlier, in order for the site to be able to pay people, these loses must be made up elsewhere, in order to create a profit. PTC sites often due this through the sale of referrals and upgrades. When the sale of these run out, the payments will be delayed or in most cases, stopped, leaving the users in the cold.


Well, these are a few tips I can recommend you guys to help you avoid New Scams. More Will be added as I get them in my mind so do check back regularly. But this is doesnt mean all the other sites are legit. Since we have great example around like VelocityClicks which had all these and yet scammed. So, PTC is always a risky business its upto your decision at the end if you want to Join, Invest or Promote a New PTC site Smiley

Good Luck and Happy Earnings Smiley

REFFERAL - THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Referrals (or downlines) is the biggest way to make money on GPT sites. The more referrals you have, the more money you will make. The main is problem is that you have to find referrals that will be active. You can have 100 referrals but if only 2 or 3 are active, you might as well say you only have 3 referrals. I am going to give you some ways to get referrals and then I will tell you how to try and keep them active.

Click Advertising

Place an advert with your referral link on other paid to click sites. Shop around... don't pay $10 for 1000 views, most Aurora sites will charge much less. I am currently paying 30 cents for 1000 clicks. New paid to read sites (ptr) are eager to get new advertisers, so they will offer you very good rates.

Similarly, ensure that the website you are advertising on has sufficient membership. There is no point in advertising if the site is so new that you will be targeting only 20 people! Similarly a site with over 20,000 members... your advert is likely to get lost with so many adverts to click on!

Downline Builder

This is the best and easiest way to get referrals. Yes, i know that with DB you will only get one referral, but there’s plenty of PTC-forums that has a Downline Builder section. If the site is new and you are enough fast to be first you can get 5-10 referrals for FREE! Most of them will be active, as they will want to build their own downlines and earn money themselves!

Referral Exchange

In many ways this is the easiest way to get downlines. There are a lot of forums that have referral exchange sections. The system is easy. You offer to become a downline in someone elses ptc site, in exchange for them becoming a downline in yours. This exchange will almost guarantee you active downlines. Why? If you are not active, your downlines will not be active! Also, a lot of these forums have a complaints section for inactive referrals.

The downside in all of this, if you have 20 downlines through a referral exchange, you have to be active in 21 sites, clicking daily. My opinion is that you should not have more than 10 referrals, and, you should be choosing and only agreeing to exchange sites that you want to click in. There is no point in agreeing to click in a site that is clearly a scam!

Banner/Referral Link in signature.

Become active in a ptc or moneymaking forum. Forums are an excellent place to discuss and discover new ptc programs. They are also the best source of information when ptc sites stop paying their members and become scam! This is not the most effective way to get referrals, but this will not cost you anything and you can always get at least 1-2 referrals.

Guaranteed Signups!

Ptc sites will always offer signups for you. You pay about $6.99 for 5 downlines. In my experience. These downlines are nearly always ineffective. You might get one that actually clicks! If the site offers to exchange non-clicking downlines, then it might be worth investing!

I have experimented with paid signups from PTR sites. They charge $10 dollars for 25 guaranteed signups. Again do not bother. Most people get paid to sign up, and then do not bother being active!

Here is a list of effective ways to gain referrals:

Tell your friends and family
Include your refferal link in your email signature
Post your referral link in your signature if you are apart of any forums (only if it is allowed)
Make or join a group (yahoo or google) and tell people about making free cash
Answer questions on yahoo (Yahoo Answers) that pertain to making free money
Join Social Networking sites and spread the word
Use free advertising forums
Make a blog or website with your referrals links in it and write about the gpt sites you are apart of
Advertise on PTC (paid to click) sites. They are tying to make money and will see a better opportunity to make even more. (I will give you one site in particular to advertise on. You can pay or you can earn the money and then use that to advertise.