Here is a guest post offered by Christine Senter. She came down to my office today and held me at gunpoint and insisted that remove my original post and publish this in its place. I’ll admit, I like the revised one better.

Don’t shoot……….. ouch.

Ok, earlier today, my little buddy, Garry, did a post on AlertPay.com and Bux.to. Well, I need to let everyone out there know a few things about these sites, and others like them. First of all, sites like Bux.to are not for those who are really looking to make money online. Most of these types of sites are merely places for advertisers to get their products out in the world, no matter how good or bad they are.

First of all, let me say that AlertPay is simply another payment option site like PayPal. Now, this post isn’t about which site is better or worse, in fact it has nothing to do with that site at all. This post is about sites like Bux.to and other pay-per-click sites. How do I know what I’m telling you is right? Because I started out on those sites before I joined the blogging ranks.

Now, many of these pay-per-click sites only pay you in pennies. They pay you a penny per click. Ok, so if you do the math, that means you have to click a hundred ads in order to make a dollar. However, payout on these sites usually start at $10. That means you’ve got to click on a thousand ads to get your payout. You are required to stay on the ad sites for about 30 seconds, which doesn’t seem that long. It would take you a little over 5 hours to make $10.

Now, they’ll tell you right up front. For every referral you bring in, you get a percentage of their earnings. Ok, that’s cool. Of course, they’ve got to actually click on ads in order to earn any money. If they don’t bring in referrals of their own, and don’t click on as many ads as you do, you don’t make much from them. Plus, you can’t expect your referrals to do all the work. You’ve got to get in there and click on those links as well.

Now, some sites like Bux.to don’t even pay you in pennies. They pay you in percentages. I’ve seen sites that have a very low payout rate. Some sites payout at only 10 cents. But, they only pay you 1/100th of a penny per click. There are a few sites that have no minimum payout, but again you’re only being paid in percentages.

If you run across these sites, there are a few of them that give decent pay rates, and low payouts. But like any good site, you’ve got to really check them out top to bottom to find them. There are a hundred crap sites for every one good site. I’m not going to tell you to stay away from these sites, but I will tell you this. Don’t expect to make a killing from these sites, be ready to see every scam advertisement out there, and don’t be surprised to come across adware, spyware, and viruses looking to infect your computer. Consider yourselves warned.

Sincerely,
Christine R. Senter
The Prompt Writer