Another Yuwie Referral

I've just got another referral to Yuwie. This wasn't a random referral, or one got through any promotions I have run, so it must have been through my signup link somewhere. Perhaps from this blog.

myLot Update

After a sluggish start to the month, my myLot earnings have significantly picked up again, mostly due to referral efforts. Although I didn't make the payment threshold this month, I should hopefully reach it next month.

GetRef Gold Membership Renewed

I've renewed my gold membership at GetRef today for $4.99. I currently have $0.02 in cash earned, 15.235 credits, 43 first level, 9 second level and 3 third level members. I'm making a note of all these to see how much they increase by the end.

Internet Marketing Centre

The Internet Marketing Centre, run by Derek Gehl, has a whole bunch of software and information products for the internet marketer. There's also a sub-affiliate program, so you can earn money from sub-affiliates you recruit.

Payments are made by check for all sales in one month in the month following.

Aviva Directory Affiliate Program

The Aviva affiliate program is similar to the V7N one. You receive $20 commission for each sale made through your affiliate link. Payment is made after money owed passes $50. I haven't yet made any sales with this affiliate program, but I have only a few links to it active.

WeeklyPLRArticles

I'm up to 30 subscribers who have signed up to WeeklyPLRArticles and confirmed their subscriptions (I've half a dozen more who haven't confirmed). Not really enough to try sending out a broadcast to the list promoting something. Doubt I'd get any response.

Another V7N Payment Received

I've just received another $25 payment from V7N into my PayPal account. Total received is now $325. This was an affiliate sale from only a couple of weeks back too, so very fast payment this time.

How do I get Visitors to my Site?

I've been answering this question a lot on myLot, so I thought I'd post up my responses here for reference.

Simply building a website is not enough, you need to get people visiting it. I wouldn't suggest using thinks like Google AdWords if you're new to it, it's far too easy to lose money on. Start getting links to your sites, one place you can do this for free is by adding a link to it from free web directories. A good list is here: http://info.vilesilencer.com

Try to build reciprocal links with related but non-competing sites; no matter what SEO experts say, you can still get good, relevant traffic to your site from them.

Add a blog, or an RSS feed (say, of your newest products). Everytime you get write a new blog entry, or add a product, ping the site feed using sites like this: http://pingates.com

Write articles (or have them written for you by authors you can find at places like Scriptlance) with links to your site in the resource box. Distribute them using services like Article Marketer.

Add a link to your site everywhere you can without causing problems; eg forum signatures and profiles.

Adverbux has a New Owner

Looks like Adverbux now has a new owner, although I don't seem to have received any emails regarding it. Don't actually know when the sites' owenership changed, although I'm looking for further details. It was only when I saw something about donating tp the former owner that I realized.

bux.to Update

Current balance earned on bux.to is $61.36. Of this, $17.63 was requested to be withdrawn on 3rd April.

Still haven't received the requested payment; however, the ToS state 60 working days for non-premium members, which isn't up yet. Should therefore receive payment by abouth 3rd July.

Another Payment From V7N

I've received another payment of $25 from the V7N affiliate program. Given that I've now received $300 from this program, I have to say it's Recommended.

Third Yuwie Random Referral

I've received my third random referral from Yuwie. These referrals are gained merely from being active. This one hasn't as yet been very active.

World Bux Payment Update

I heard back from World Bux regarding the support request I submitted about the Payment Denied showing in my history. Apparently, this was due to the site being attacked a few days ago (the weird problem I noted) and payment requests needed to be resubmitted.

I made a new payment request for the current balance of $19.41. I hope the amount of time I have to wait for the request to be processed hasn't reset to the current date, rather than the original one.

World Bux Payment Denied

I just checked the status of my payment request at World Bux and the status was Payment Denied. I'm not sure what that means, as it wasn't one of the listed possible statuses, so I've submitted a support ticket.

It could have been a problem with my AlertPay email. I tried removing the email I was using from my existing account, in order to use it to open a business account. There were a number of problems when I tried to do that (it wasn't recognizing the fact that the email had been removed, so wouldn't let me use it to open a new account) or because my account is unverified. I'll see what the response is.

UrOnlineBux Update

I'm nearly up to three dollars at UrOnlineBux. This is solely through my own efforts, as I'm waiting until some of the the other sites pay me - giving me a balance in my AlertPay account - before I buy any referrals. Although I may look into GetRef to see if that can generate me some. Cashout threshold is $10, so still some way to go.

Paid to Click Programs

What are Paid to Click programs? Well, the concept is fairly simple. Members join the site, then click on advertisers links. The member then has to wait and view the advertisers site whilst a timer counts down to zero. The actual time needed to wait can vary, but is usually not more than 30 seconds. After the visit, the member is then credited for viewing the advertisers site.

Most programs will also allow you to earn from your referrals website visits too. The amount of referral depth can vary, but a lot of the current programs only have one level of depth - that is, you will only earn from members you have directly recruited, and not from their referrals.

HTMail Paid

I joined HTMail quite a few years ago, and until recently had pretty much forgotten about it. Then, I checked up on it, and found they were going to pay off all outstanding members balances. I checked my secondary PayPal account, and found that the monies had been sent - although, I had forgotten about the request too - , so, I think HTMail can be classed as Recommended.

Second Yuwie Random Referral

I've received my second random referral at Yuwie. So far, they've proved to be more active than the first. It would be nice if they stayed active.

Crawled Again

Qassia crawled my web directory again, for their sticker mania promo. This time, I got 376 Qassia dollars. More than last time, which isn't surprising, as it's based on a percentage of my total Qassia dollar worth, which, after the last crawl, naturally increased.

Weird Problem at World Bux

Currently, every time I visit the World Bux site, I get redirected to another site shortly after the page loads. I have no idea why this is happening.

Yuwie May Earnings

Yuwie earnings for may are now in. Again, they're not that stunning, even lower than last month. Once again, both my own activity and the activity of my referrals was lower than the previous month.

Hopefully, next month will be better, as my latest random referral is much more active.

Blog Rush Update

I've currently got one referral with BlogRush, although as yet they haven't generated any credits. I've not had any visits via the widget in quite some time. As only the title of each post is displayed on the widget, perhaps I need to improve my naming. Not something I'm terribly good at, unfortunately.

Bux3 Currently Down

Bux3 is currently down. Their site is displaying the following message:

Site is being Updated please check back in a couple of hours.

Now, this message has actually been there for a lot longer than a couple of hours. Well over a day that I know of. Updating sites, and fixing server stuff I know from personal experience can take longer than planned, so I hop it's just a glitch.

10Bux Update

Current balance at 10Bux is $7.50 with one referral. This puts me three quarters of the way towards payout.

myLot Paid

I've just received a payment of $14.60 from myLot. Payment was supposed to be on or before the 15th June, so they're prompt payers.

I'm going to consider this a Recommended program.

Second Yuwie Random Referral

I've received my second random referral at Yuwie. So far, they've proved to be more active than the first. It would be nice if they stayed active.

TitanClicks

TitanClicks, after a longer than expected downtime, is now finally back up again. The site, and, in fact, the entire network of sites to which it belongs had been sold - due to the fact that the previous owner is off to college. Not bad, founding a bunch of sites and selling them whilst you're still in school.

GetRef Gold Membership Update

My gold membership at GetRef has just expired. During my gold membership, I received 17 random referrals (indicated in gold in the first screen capture). Three of these have, so far, earned me credits from their efforts.

In addition, I also have nine level 2 referrals and three level 3. I can't tell whether these were from gold member random referrals promoting their own referral link, but I think there is quite a good chance.

Finally. I earned $0.02 in income, as shown in the third screen capture. Not exactly massive, I know, but better than nothing. I also earned a number of credits from referrals efforts, although I didn't make a note of how many. Probably somewhere in the region of 16 or so. Enough to get a few referrals at some of the programs I'm promoting.

I'm not going to renew the gold membership immediately, although I will do it again at some point.

Adverbux

It looks like Adverbux has ceased the Paid to Click part of its' program - which effectively means it's no longer a paid to click program.

Instead, the concentration is on the Paid to Signup section. You will still earn money from your referrals, for every offer they complete.

Now, in the short term this will more than likely reduce the income earned from being a member. However, in the long term, this may well contribute to the programs longevity and stability. Advertisers will pay money knowing they will get a response from it, making Adverbux more of a Paid for Action program.

myLot Earnings for May

myLot earnings for May took me past the payment threshold of $10. Total earnings were $14.60. Accordingly, I should receive this by PayPal on or before June 15th.

A substantial portion of these earnings were generated by referrals, although mostly at the beginning of the month rather than at the end.