World Bux

World Bux is another Paid to Click program, owned by the same company as Bux3

Setup is pretty much identical to Bux3, get paid to visit advertisers sites, and earn from the visits of your first level referrals. Haven't bought any referrals yet.

Bux3 Update

More than half way towards reaching the $10 minimum payout threshold for Bux3, at which point I'll make a withdrawal request, that being more than the total I've invested on referrals.

The referrals purchased are making me money, but the largest part of my click income is still from my own efforts (see screenshot to the left).

e-gold

e-gold is another Payment Processor and quite frankly I'm not keen on it. I'll only use it if I absolutely have to. The reason is quite simple; if your account is hacked by someone and the e-metal transferred out of it - which has happened to me twice - you have effectively no recourse. That money is gone for good.

When you report an invalid transaction, the receiving account has its' funds frozen, but you will never get them back. All e-gold payments are final, and the company will not disclose any of the recipients details with a court order or subpoena. So, unless the amount lost justifies the legal expenses involved in that, and the subsequent cost of an action against the person who stole your money, who probably lives in another jurisdiction, kiss the money good bye. Okay, I only lost about $7 in total, but most other processors provide more security for you.

Google AdSense

I am a member of Google's AdSense affiliate program, like many people on the web. Google doesn't like members disclosing much in the way of stats on pain of removal from the program, but it's definitely one of my big earners.

I've been a member for about five years, and it took a long time to reach my first payment. Now, I usually get one every month.

10Bux

Yet another Paid to Click program I've recently joined (yes, I have been joining a lot of them) 10Bux . Like most of the other programs, you earn money from visiting advertisers sites, and from your referrals visits to one level.

Minimum payout is $10 through AlertPay

Blog Rush

I've added a new widget to this blog. It's Blog Rush

In their own words, this is what it is

BlogRush is a "Cooperative Syndication Network." It's a network of blogs that run a small "widget" on their pages. Each time this widget is loaded it will contain 5 clickable headlines which are the blog post titles to other users' posts. Clicking on any of these links will open a new browser window and load the blog and full post. Users earn "syndication credits" based on each time their blog loads the widget as well as each time any of their referrals (users that signup after clicking the "add your blog posts" link on the widget) loads the widget. They also earn additional credit based on all the activity through 10 generations of referrals. 1 Syndication Credit = having one of their recent blog post titles served inside the widget on another member's blog.

Free Web Directories List

This site has a useful list of free web directories that can be used to generate backlinks for a site you're promoting. In addition, there is a fairly active forum, and new free directories will usually appear there first. Here's the link: info.vilesilencer.com

myLot

Got another two referrals for myLot from GetRef, making three so far. Of the three, only one has shown any activity so far. Personal earnings from myLot now stand at $0.24, referrals still at zero, although that may change when earnings are updated tomorrow.

bux.to

The 15 referrals I purchased from bux.to for that program seem to be doing quite well (screenshot to left). Already more than half way to the payout threshold of $10. Should soon be able to request payout, and will then see how good they are at paying.

List Building

I've read it in many places on the internet that "The money is in the list" and that you should build up your list of opt-in email addresses. WeeklyPLRArticles is a site I'm currently using to build my list. In exchange for opting in to my list, subscribers get 5 private label rights articles free every week. The articles are of a fairly decent quality, although should be rewritten before use.

I've only got eleven subscribers so far - more promotion is needed - so too early to tell how successful this experiment will be. I'm using GetResponse to handle the mailing list management.

GetRef

I invested the 8 credits from joining programs at GetRef in MyLot to get referrals in that program, and just got my first sign-up. Haven't got anything from the other credits invested yet, but there are a lot of others promoting those programs, so I may need to up the credits used for each referral from the minimum of 2 to have any hope of succeeding there. With Mylot I was the only person promoting it, so 2 credits were all that were needed.

AlertPay

AlertPay is an online payment processor, similar to the more widely known PayPal. I've had an account with them for well over a year, but to date haven't used it. I'm mentioning it because many of the current Paid to Click programs use it as there main payment processor; PayPal being more reluctant to act on behalf of these programs.

AlertPay has a referral program. They will pay you up to $10 for anyone you refer to them. Initially, you will receive $5 per referral. After referring 10 users, you will get $10. This is a one off payment made into your AlertPay account. To get the referral bonus, the person needs to have opened or upgraded to a Personal Pro or Business account and had at least $250 in transactions.

Money can be transferred to your normal bank account from AlertPay.

bux.to

I just got some referrals I purchased for bux.to (screenshot to the left). 15 referrals for $16.98. Too soon to tell what sort of quality they are yet.

paid.vg

paid.vg is yet another Paid to Click website I've just joined. So far, got $0.37 in earnings, but no referrals as yet. Not that I've either bought any or promoted my referral link yet.

myLot

myLot is an online community that pays you when you use it. Don't know how it's worked out yet, but I've got $0.03 in earnings after a few visits and posts. You just sign up and start, reply or comment discussions, news or blogs. Payment is monthly by PayPal with a $10 minimum.

There are about 122,000 members as at this posting, which isn't that huge by online community standards yet. Still a lot of potential for growth there, and you earn 25% of the earnings of anyone you refer.

Adverbux

Just purchased 100 action ads at Adverbux for Yuwie for $15. Action ads are guaranteed signups for your promoted program. Got 130 signups (extra were thrown in), now, just need to see what quality of referrals they are. I fully expect at least 95% of them to never do another thing.

GetRef

GetRef is a program that you can join in order to get more referrals for a program you're promoting (out of a list of about 2,200). You can earn credits from visiting websites, joining other members programs and from referrals of your own, or alternatively you can buy them.

I've currently got one referral, and over 48 credits, 8 from joining programs and clicking links, and 40 that I purchased for $10. I've initially invested 30 of these credits in promoting Yuwie and Bux3. Now to see how it goes.

bux.to

bux.to is another Paid to Click website I've joined. Haven't got or purchased any referrals as yet, but I may buy a bunch shortly.

Uquick

Uquick is similar to the V7N affiliate program, in that you get paid for every link sold in the Uquick directory. The differences are that you get paid $3 per sale, and there is no referral depth.

By having a link on one page of my site, so far I've received $91.50 from Uquick. (The reason that doesn't divide by $3 is that you used to only get $1.50 per sale).

Bux3

Another Paid to Click website I've just joined is Bux3. I also purchased 5 referrals for $6.95 to start with (screenshot to the left). Like Adverbux there is limited referral depth. You can get money for visiting websites and signing up for offers.

Adverbux

Adverbux is a Paid to Click program. In many respects, it's similar to ClixSense, although with less referral depth. As well as receiving money for viewing ads, you can also get cash for signing up to offers and playing Flash games. Income from your own work is quite small, so referrals are a must.

I've just joined the program, and I purchased 20 referrals (details to the left) for $20 to start with, to get a bit of an initial boost.

Useful Tool

Pingates is a tool that I use any time I update any blog, or anything with an RSS feed. Sometimes, a page can be indexed by Google within the hour after using this.

Success University

Success University is both a training resource and an income opportunity, although so far I've only really used the training features, and not the opportunity. As well as all the available elective and achievement courses available on the website, SU also posts out to members an audio CD and a DVD. Well worth the money spent every month just for the DC & DVD.

I should probably look into promoting the opportunity also.

Traffic Swarm

Traffic Swarm is another traffic exchange, Here, you surf other members websites, and in return, you get credits to use to get others to view your sites. You also get a percentage of the credits generated by people in your downline.

I haven't got any referrals, even though I've been with the program quite a while; largely because I haven't tried to do any recruiting.

The quality of traffic is fairly low, going by the number of sales/signups you generate, but it's still worth surfing a bit every week. Some is better than none, after all.

Just be careful if you have AdSense on your site, as I believe Google frowns on this type of traffic. Best not to use it with AdSense just to be safe.

Yuwie February earnings

Okay, February earnings from Yuwie are now in (screenshot above). I know, $0.02 doesn't look very impressive, still, I only joined Yuwie on the 28th February, and had no referrals.

ClixSense

Ran another Yuwie ad on ClixSense, same as the last one. Possibly shouldn't have run it so soon after the last two, as I only got one referral. I'll wait a bit before trying Yuwie again there.

I'm seriously considering upgrading to a premium account, as there are a lot more ads available to click. The $10 cost is pretty low, and could quite possibly be recouped pretty quickly. Also, click earnings can be converted into advertising credits (but not back into cash again), so it could make the advertising fairly self-supporting.

InstantBuzz

InstantBuzz is a traffic generating tool that has three main methods of use. The first are Bar Ads, a plugin for IE & FF that adds a toolbar to your browser that displays a small ad. The second is Hyperspace Ads, which are ads that appear as closeable pop ups in the upper right corner of the web pages. The final one is MailSpace ads which appear on the top of sent emails.

I've only used the first two, predominantly the Bar Ads, as they're pretty unobtrusive. Click through rates are pretty low, but I do get some traffic for no effort.

It's free to join, although there are payment options too. You can recruit a downline, but not from the Bar Ads. So far, I've only had one recruit from the limited Hyperspace Ads I've run (one page only on one site).

ClixSense

ClixSense is another program I've just joined. You can join for free, which is what I've currently done, but you can also upgrade to premium for $10.

You get paid for viewing ads, at a minimum of $0.01 per view, although there are very few available in the free section. You will also get paid for every referral who signs up, plus another bonus if they upgrade to premium, and a share of the advertising they purchase. The depth you get commissions from is greater with premium than with free.

I've purchased two lots of advertising here so far, both of 500 clicks, costing $6, and both for Yuwie. Referrals received were one for the first ad and three for the second (the ad was better written for the second).

V7N

The V7N affiliate program pays you for every sale made of a link in the V7N Directory. The payout rate is $25 per sale. You will also earn from the sales of affiliates you refer to the program.

So far, I've received $250 in commissions from them paid to my PayPal account. No sales in a while though. I also have four downline members, but no commissions generated from them as yet.

Still, $250 isn't bad for totally passive advertising.

Yuwie

Yuwie is something I have just joined. Basically, it's a social network similar to MySpace. The main difference is that members get paid for it. Every month, you will get a share of the advertising revenue generated by you and your referrals. Probably won't be a huge earner, but if it's something you do already (socialize on the internet) why not get paid for it?

If you want to join, click on the link above. I'll post any progress I make with this program.

Welcome

Okay, I thought I would start a blog regarding my attempts to make money online, and their success or failure. So, here goes.