Helpful steps to take

How do you choose a good PTR site and avoid falling victim of a scam site? Before you join any PTR program always do the research.

1 Do not join many programs in a haste to make more money.

Many beginners think, if they join more programs they will make more. This is not necessary the case. Be aware that there are a lot of non paying scams on the internet.Besides, there are a lot of programs that pay almost next to nothing, which makes it difficult to earn a substantial amount.

2 Avoid sites promising a lot of money per email.

Do not be mislead by the sites offering tens and hundreds of dollars per each email. There are no GPT sites to date that would promise unbelievably high values per each email and pay its members. I can confidently say all those are scams! We have looked at hundreds of GPT sites, and been a member of over one hundred programs. We can state with confidence, the most you will get paid is about 10 cents per e-mail read or $ 50 per comleted offer. If you know of a program that in fact does pays more, please do share with us.

3 Analyze advertising prices on the site.

Most Get-Paid-To sites have advertising prices available on the separate page to view for everyone, but not all. Using simple math you can find out, if the ad prices are sustainable. For example, if the site charges advertisers $1 to send 1 cent email to 1000 users, but every user gets paid 1cent for reading an e-mail, the ad prices areclearly not sustainable. It will cost $10 the owner to send 1000 emails with a loss of $9, if every member reads that email. The site simply wouldn’t make any money.

Ad prices will give you another important clue. Sometimes, sites don’t list on the home page the amount paid per each email read by members. You will know how much members get paid for reading certain types of emails on an advertising page. If you are seriously considering joining a site, and its pay per email is too low for you, then there is no need to waste time to join.

4 Do not be easily impressed by “just lunched” programs.

While it is not known if a new program will turn out to be an honest one, it is very hard to predict its future. If you hear people praising new program as one of the best, be cautious and expect to be disappointed.

5 Do take recommendations from others.

It never hurts to ask friends or members of a program you are interested in about it. You can utilize forums and search for information through search engines as well. You may take a note of a person who told you about the program that turned out to be good.

But be warned here as well. You may join a program and find out it is not very good. Sometimes people market programs because they have friends who run them, or they just trying to get referrals and make a quick buck without any regard to the knid of GPT site they promote. Very often, members try to get as many referrals as possible in the sfortest amount of time, or win a referral contest for a prize at any costs. So, it doesn’t mean programs you told about will necessary turn out to be good for you. Overall, if a lot of different people praise the program, the probability of it being good is grows high. You will be on a right track to joining a good site.

6 Check who is the owner.

The business is only good as its owner(s). The owner(s) is/are the key to what kind of business conduct you can expect, and a sign of the program’s reliability. You can check on Whois to see who owns a particular site. Sometimes, you may find that the owner(s) of the GPT program in question already have a bad reputation. This information alone may save you some time and money

7 Consider joining Get-Paid-To programs run by owners with proven paying record.

If you know a webmaster who owns a PTR site that pays, you can be sure that you will get paid, if you join a new program opened by this webmaster. Some program owners run several sites, and it is not rare to hear honest webmasters start new PTR sites.

8 Look in Black GPT Lists

Sites such as "PTR Police" and "Been paid" have lists of programs with various problems: Those lists include approved and banned GPT programs. They will give you an idea if a site you are looking to join was noticed in unethical business conduct, has poor communication with its members or other problems. You will be glad you checked these lists before you joined a program.

We have our own list of well known scam sites. You can find it here: List of GPT Scam Sites

9 Always read and acquire understanding of Terms and Conditions

Read Terms and Conditions page and keep track of it, if you do decide to join. Sometimes change in payout or members responsibilities can indicate problems to come.

10 Check our list of established GPT paying programs

To check out our lists of TOP paying programs you can explore these pages:

Top Get-Paid-To READ programs

Top Get-Paid-To CLICK programs

You can also get paid to be in some of them, if you signup through Cashnetia: Best Get-Paid-To programs

Of course there is no way to ensure that even good, honest programs will stay clean and honest. Sometimes, ownership changes hands and things go downhill. Some program owners do not even let their members know when, and if the site is being sold. For whatever reasons some program owners do not disclose this information, but as a rule the first who suffer are the affiliates. We have been a member of some sites that have been sold to rookie owners, and the sites that have been sold to even known dishonest owners. Often, the end result has been the same – affiliates did not get paid. This is not always the case, and change of ownership doesn’t necessary warrant problems, but it is a big enough change to take into consideration.

It helps to pay attention to any updates from a GPT website owner and read his/her emails to know what’s going on with the site. This may help you avoid staying in a program that may turn into a non payer.

This guide will put you on the right track to join a good site.

P.S. We always strive to provide valuable and objective information. Feel free to send any suggestions or comments about this guide using our Contact form on a contact page.

How to increase your earnings

You don’t have to have a downline to make money with PTR sites, but all the sites on our list of PTR programs have an option of receiving commission on your referrals earnings. One of the key elements in achieving success with PTR is to have a good downline. Look at the Methods of building a downline, if you want to know how to increase your earnings with PTR sites.