”Start today.”
-Gorillaism no. 1
Table of Contents
Introduction
What is "Buxing" / PTC (Paid To Click)?
BUX and Mini PTC sites
Aurora sites and the rest
Getting started
(1) Dedicate a browser to this task
(2) Create a new email account
(3) Create PayPal and AlertPay accounts
(4) Sign up with PTC sites
(5) Getting to work
Getting referrals
Getting paid
Striking out on your own
Signs of danger
Closing words
Introduction
Earning quick and easy money on the Internet. Possible?
The Internet is full of fraud and empty promises for the greedy and the lazy. Endless landing pages (the term will be explained later) selling fantastic stories about easy money that is always available for anyone – no special skills or experience is needed! The poor customer usually ends up paying someone for nothing.
Is everything a scam? The answer is no. Only 99% is.
How do I know which is and which is not? Where should I start? Many questions. This manual will introduce you to earning money from something that is called Pay To Click (”PTC”). It is a very good place to start, because it requires no start capital nor special skills. Anyone can do it.
This manual is written to give you a good platform to start working to earn money – no capital needed. Additionally, you will learn about the many pitfalls that you must avoid in order to succeed. The pitfalls are many, and most people will fail, and their efforts come to nothing. That is also one of the reasons there is enough money to be had – those who succeed in obtaining good monthly incomes are few and far in between.
This manual is free of charge, and you may copy and edit it as much as you want. It is meant to help people to start earning money, and the writers of this manual will be very glad if someone in need benefits from this. We have gone trough this journey and there would be not much point in not sharing the experience and information we have gained.
Now, it is very important to realize that the method described in this manual will not – repeat – will not make you rich. However, following the instructions and working on the right track from the start, you can build a monthly side income without any investment whatsoever. Time, effort and internet connection is all you need.
Lets make some greenbacks!
What is "Buxing" / PTC (Paid To Click)?
PTC or Paid to Click refers to a form of advertising on the net. Advertisers pay for visibility to their advertisements on the net. This is often measured in clicks, meaning that internet users click on their advertisements and a single click has a certain price. Sometimes advertisers pay for just views of the advertisements, or number of users who fill in a questionnaire or sign up to a mailing list etc. However, this paper focuses on earning from Pay To Click (”PTC”).
What are the implications of this for the average user who is wondering whether it is possible to make money out of this? Well, signing up for Internet Sites that offer remuneration for clicking on ads (or filling out forms or other tasks) is sometimes referred to as "buxing". Remuneration varies from cents to fractions of cents per click or per view.
As always, it is difficult to assess the reliability of any partner on the internet - thus one must consider carefully what one does with personal information over the internet. The sites can be divided into two categories: (1) ”Bux” or ”Mini PTC” sites (remuneration in cents), and (2) ”Aurora” sites (remuneration in fractions of cents).
Now one may ask that what is the point of doing this if the remuneration is in cents or fractions of cents. The time used to log in and clicking ads is poorly paid for, if one thinks about this from a hourly wage point of view. Its certainly its true that one cannot get rich by doing PTC, but with the correct methods and effective routine one can generate a monthly side income. Additionally, if you get referrals working for you, your monthly earning potential may rise to hundreds of US dollars per month. However, getting there may take some time.
Generally speaking, Aurora sites are considered to be more reliable because they get better profits from the advertisements they show. Thus their finances are usually in better shape and they are in a better position to do profitable business and thus also pay their members. Many ”Bux” sites go scam after some time. Often it is just because of the inexperienced owners who do not know how to run a PTC service profitably and thus end up in a situation that they cannot pay at all.
We use these sites that pay for clicking ads. They have been reported as reliable by many. However, do not charge in just yet, but move on to the ”Getting Started” bit.
BUX and Mini PTC sites
Aurora sites and the rest
Getting started
How do I get the best possible result from this work?
Indeed, on the long run the way one works means virtually everything. As the remuneration gained is very small per click, the way to make it worthwhile is to work daily in an effective and rigorous manner. Thus the daily time used will be in minutes.
Here is a step-by-step guide.
(1) Dedicate a browser to this task
It is a very good idea to dedicate a web browser to this task. In other words, you use one browser to do this work and to nothing else. All other surfing etc you would do with another browser. This is necessary because of related to security and effectiveness. As you will be surfing many advertisement all the time on a variety of locations it is also a good idea to make sure your firewall and anti-virus software is on and updated. Together with a secure browser this will keep you protected.
A good browser for this job is the SRWare Iron. It is built around the Google Chromium core code (Google Chrome browser), and optimized for security and privacy. You can download it from here:
You can also use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome instead.
(2) Create a new email account
You also need to create a new email account that is dedicated to this job. Gmail is highly recommended for this purpose.
Do not create an email address with your name in it, like john.smith@gmail.com. Instead, create an alias, for example cashgorilla@gmail.com. Be sure to change the ”Nick” in Gmail settings so that it shows ”cashgorilla” instead of your real name.
Create a notepad or a Word document on your desktop, and write this address and password to it. You will gather all the necessary information you need regarding your PTC project to this same pad.
(3) Create PayPal and AlertPay accounts
To get paid you need to have PayPal and AlertPay accounts. Some sites accept both, some only PayPal or AlertPay.
These are basically services that allow payments and money transfers made over the internet. One can think of them as normal bank accounts without numbers – the reference is the email address connected to the account.
Having a normal account with these is free of charge. To the accounts you open in these services you will connect the Gmail address you created in step 2. This address you will give to the PTC sites as your payment references – thus the site can pay to your account at PayPal or AlertPay. The reference address is sometimes given at registration or sometimes when you make a payment request to the PTC site.
You can pay in many internet shops and services directly via PayPal, if you have money on the account. AlertPay is not so common to this date, but nevertheless you can transfer money from both services to your regular bank account. More of that later.
(4) Sign up with PTC sites
Now its time to start signing up.
The sites are all different, and their registration forms vary. Lets go to the first site:
Fill in the registration form (usually under ”register” or ”join”). Often sites do not ask for personal information, such as a name or date of birth. If they do ask (like BluClicks does), think carefully about giving your real personal information on the internet. There is a risk of identity theft and so on. Even if a site has been reported as reliable, one cannot have first hand information on a site whose owners you do not know personally. And even if you did, how good is their data security against hackers?
Thus, you should be very careful on these things. Often the sites ask for a nick or an alias. Use the same ever time. If your email was cashgorilla@gmail.com, use cashgorilla.
The sites will usually want guarantees that you who registers is a human, not an automatic bot. You may need to click on a picture or write some letters shown in a picture. The site will usually send a confirmation email to the email address you gave when you registered. The email contains a link that you need to press to activate your account. After this you are good to go.
Once you have registered he sites will sometimes want guarantees that you who registers is a human, not an automatic bot. You may need to click on a picture or write some letters shown in a picture.
The principle of effectiveness: always use the same alias and password on all sites so that logging in is as fast as possible. If you can get your internet browser to remember your password on these sites for automatic login, do this. It saves a lot of time. However, do not use the same password you have in the email account you created! You should have one alias/nick (for example, “cashgorilla”) and two passwords: one for the email and another for all the PTC sites you sign up with. Simplicity is effectiveness.
Bookmark all the sites you register in. Your bookmarks on this dedicated browser now should contain the PTC sites you have signed up with. Thus your bookmarks are your daily work list.
Remember that many actors on the net are more or less dishonest. This is maybe the biggest pitfall in the business, and many people get disappointed because of this. Doing one's homework is essential here – the sites mentioned in the list in this manual have been reported as reliable, and they are paying their members to this date. However, keep in mind that everything can change. There is no way you can know how business is going for the owners of these sites. This subject is discussed in more detail later under “Striking out on your own”.
(5) Getting to work
Create a daily routine. Open your browser and open all of the PTC sites you have signed up with from your bookmark list. Log in.
All PTC sites work a bit differently, and it is a good idea to practice with a simple site such as BluClicks. Usually the site has a section in which there is a list of advertisements one can click to get paid. This may be under “view ads”, “earning area”, “surf ads”, and so on, depending on the site. Now you should have all the sites on your browser, each in its own tab. On each site you have the advertisement viewing page open.
Time to start. Its easy as one-two-three.
- Take the first site on the first tab and click on the first ad on the list. It is usually requited that you “view” the ad for 30 seconds to get paid. Usually this opens a new tab where the advertisement will be loaded, and a frame from the PTC site appears to the top part of the advertisement page. Often this frame has a countdown – it counts the seconds how much longer you need to “view” the ad (or actually have it open in the tab). After the countdown is finished, your account is credited with the money. After that, you can click another ad on this same site. Check also initially, that your account has been credited (usually under “my account”, “my stats” etc.).
- Leave the countdown of the first ad to tick away and proceed quickly to the second PTC site you have open. Click an ad there, and leave it to count down. Proceed to the third.
- Go through all the sites in the same manner. When you reach the last one, go back to the first one, and close the ad that has now been open for over 30 secs and you have been credited. Open a new one. Repeat the cycle with all sites until there are no available advertisements left. There is always a limited amount of ads you can click – it depends on how many advertisers the site has. When you are finished, you can check the balances of your accounts in the sites to see how much money you have made that day.
- Repeat the same routine the next day. And the day after that. The sites will usually allow you to click even the same ads again the next day. The money you can make in one day may seem very small, even if you work with many sites at the same time. However, getting the routine right and working systemically, it is possible to earn maybe 50 US dollars a month by working a few minutes per day. The bigger incomes lie in getting referrals. This is explained next.
A rule of thumb for browsing advertisements: Do not get interested in the advertisement, whatever is on offer! Just open the ads and close them after your account has been credited. Remember to work effectively and safely.
Getting referrals
After you are familiar with the sites and you have practiced so that you can browse through all available ads quickly in a few minutes, you can start to gauge what your monthly income will be. It will not be anything fantastic, even if you have signed up with 20 sites.
The key to bigger incomes is in getting referrals. With many sites its possible to earn a reward for the clicks made by members who have joined with your referral. If you can invite people to the sites who become members and start clicking ads, you get a share for every click as well. This will not affect the incomes of the invitees (or referrals, as they are called in the business) – you just get extra income for the members you have brought in. The amount of compensation varies with different sites. There might be an upper limit how many referrals you can bring in and earn from. Many sites also require that you yourself stay active and keep on clicking even if you have a sustained income from the clicks of your referrals.
How does this work in practice? You will find your personal referral link at each site, it is usually under your profile, or some area (can be called “promotion”, for example). Send this link to your friends and other people that are interested in starting to earn money with PTC. You can also set up banners to your website, if you have one. The sites often provide with a ready piece of code you can add to your website or blog. You can also ask the site's support for help if you need that.
A word of warning: Many sites offer rented referrals. This means that you have to pay the PTC site to rent referrals that will click on the ads and provide you with an increased income. Consider carefully if you want to do this. Remember that the rule of thumb is that genuine actors pay you for your services, not the other way around. One should always see critically any schemes like “pay us so we can pay you”. Despite of the question marks around rented referrals, many sites offer this service, or actually try to sell this to you. It does not mean that there is something wrong, but one stays safest by sticking to the principle of getting paid for work, and not paying a penny to someone else.
Getting paid
The limit of money one has to earn before a payout can be requested varies by the site. This can be from 1 USD to 50 USD. The site may have already asked you for your PayPal or AlertPay reference email address. If not so, they will ask you for it when you request a payment to be made.
It is a good idea to request payment immediately when your earnings have reached the cash-out limit. You always want to test the reliability of the site before putting any more effort and time working for them. The time to process payment requests varies between sites. Some sites process them within hours, some only on a certain date once a month. Be sure to find out this information on the site.
Do not accept any excuses for not paying in time, or not paying at all. You may be told that the owner has changed or something similar by a site that has gone scam. There is no excuse for not paying for work done and there is no point is continuing to work for a site that is not paying.
Striking out on your own
Soon you will have a good routine for going through the ads on a daily basis for a steady income. Perhaps you have started to accumulate a referral here and there, and your income goes up a bit every month. At some point it is time to start thinking about “striking out on your own” - to expand beyond the list of reliable sites mentioned in this guide.
There are many “bux” sites out there that at least seemingly offer fast earnings. However, remember that nothing is 100% sure on the internet and everything changes over time. The risk of falling victim to a scam is great if you do not do your homework.
When you are considering joining up with a new site, always (repeat, ALWAYS), check first with PTC Investigations. They assess reliability of PTC sites and have a fraud list.
In the next bit we have listed a few things to look out for.
Signs of danger
- Do the advertisements you click point to pages that advertise the site itself – for example threads in the site's own forum where people have posted proofs of having gotten paid by the site. If the site is showing pages that do not come from paying advertisers, one may wonder what is the source of their income. Do they push upgrades, rental referrals or other things that require you to pay them? Remember, the idea is that they pay you, not the other way around!
- Click fraud – the site asks you to enter a site and click advertisements there. This is something which is called click fraud. More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_fraud
- Payments do not come on time. Or at all. Read the terms and conditions of the site – the time in which payments will be processed is mentioned there.
Closing words
It is always a good thing to share your newly found expertise and skills with those in need – maybe you know someone who is unemployed, studying or retired with small income. Helping someone to help themselves is a great gift.
Godspeed and greenbacks!
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