One of the popular internet marketing crazes that right now appeals to many beginners is to begin with Pay-to-Click Sites (PTC). I, myself, began in that manner. But before I go forward, in case you don't know how these websites work, allow me to expound. A PTC web site is a site where you are paid a very small amount of money for clicking on and watching an ad for a determined amount of time (normally half a minute). When you've watched the ad you are paid the small amount of cash into your account balance and you must then amass it into a particular sum, such as $5, before you will be able to cash it out. There are several other facets to Pay-to-Click websites, such as referrals and special membership alternatives.
Whether you gain your referrals yourself or buy them, when those people view ads, you get more or less one-half of the money they gget. Thus, if every time you click an advertisement you earn one penny, you'll take in another half a penny each time one of those who signed up using your referral link does the same. It sounds like kind of a slow way to go, but think about what can happen if you have hundreds of people signing up under you. Often you'll be proffered extra options that permit you and your rreferred members to view additional adverts, generate more money per click and obtain additional referrals. These additional membership plans tend to be expensive, but many are going to make more money over time.
For example, let's assume you join a PTC website that has 4 adverts. You then get a thousand folks to join under you. Every one of your own clicks earns you $0.01 and so does each of your referrals' clicks. That's 40 bucks, if you and all your referrals click on all four adverts. You would say that no, that doesn't sound shabby. Forty bucks each day can come in handy.
However, the terrible truth is, almost Pay-to-Click programs are scams. Think "pyramid schemes", for that's essentially all they are. A pyramid scheme is where folks invest cash looking for more in return after some time, but the person in charge merely pays out more cash to a few of the members and the other members are left with nada, or very little. So, if 10 people put in $10 each, that sums up to a hundred bucks. The scheme starter may give out $15 to 4 people in his downline, leaving the rest of the folks unpaid. The way Pay-to-Click sites do this is through getting you to invest in membership and referrals (normally not even real people but bots) and then they pay you out with money that other folks have invested in membership and referrals. The money earned by clicking on ads in no way covers their expenditures, especially when a lot of the so-called "referrals" are nothing but bots. Shortly, folks cease signing up, and the later folks are hung out to dry. If you started the plan, or were lucky enough to get in right close to the top, you can maybe show a bit profit, but is it worth the risk? The answer is a big NO.
I recommend you avoid PTC websites. The only way you could possibly earn even a tiny amount of money is to be the head scammer or one of his buddies. Everyone else who join loses. I don't care for the odds . . . or the karma.
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