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The reality of the internet Paid to programs

Majority of us had fallen victims of scam sites one time or another. It is insulting and unpleasant to be in that position. Today, there are thousands of GPT sites on the World Wide Web, and more pop up all the time. Finding a trustworthy, paying site to earn from and avoid being scammed in the process can be a daunting task. What can be done the next time you stumble on a new or unknown to you Paid to program to avoid being scammed? We have outlined some very helpful tips for your information on how to avoid being scammed by Paid to…programs, should you decide to venture looking for Paid to sites on your own.

Tips to avoid being scammed by GPT sites were divided in 3 major parts:

Part 1 Discipline yourself

Part 2 Background check

Part 3 GPT site examination

There is also some helpful sites on the left and more resources at the bottom of this page.

Discipline yourself to do a few things

Pace yourself

When it comes to very new sites or least known it pays to err on the side of caution. First of all do not hurry to become a member of a brand new Paid to site on the net. Second don’t plunge all your resources in a new site right away just because it may promise golden mountains. You may choose to wait until it proves itself.

Wait until your payout is confirmed

Wait until you get paid. As they say don’t count your chicken until your eggs hatch. A sum of real money in your payment processor will reveal personally to you, if the admin of the site is honest and serious about running his/her business for some time. Waiting until payout will help you gain more confidence in the program. Plus it will help you to promote it more boldly, should you choose to build your referral network.

But you shouldn’t rely too heavily on payouts alone. Do not be misled, there have been countless sites in the history of GPT that paid their members for a few months and disappeared. This is why it is good to look at the track record of GPT site you intend to join. We will discuss this in the second part.

You may avoid immediate investing in a Paid to site

Simply put, to protect your capital from a loss, you may wait before investing in upgrades or ads until a site is a proven payer.

It is true, if you are a promoter, you can signup many more people, if it is a new, unknown to the masses program. But at the same time you assume more risks in doing so. While committing some funds to promoting with purpose of growing your downline to help you reach payout quicker may prove to be a winning strategy, proceed with caution.

Do a background check on a Paid to site:

To further avoid being scammed by a GPT you should conduct a simple background check.

Search the web for information that will help you gauge what your GPT is all about

Significant evidence can be collected around the web when it comes to evaluating a certain Paid to site. At times you may find out that a site does not pay at all to its members. Other times you may find it only pays to some.

Use a search engine to find what you looking for on:

Forums

Yahoo answers

Blogs

Related websites

Check the domain level

Does a site have a top domain level? If the site is on a third level domain, it may simply mean that site owner(s) cannot afford to pay for their own domain name and or hosting or very cheap. If so, would you get paid?

Look up domain ownership

First, the ownership may come up to be under the same ownership as other scam sites listed on our list here. In this case you have a solid proof that a site will turn scam if it already hasn’t.

Second, the geographic location of domain name and/or masked ownership may point to a raised degree of fraud if it is located somewhere in the third world country with a masked name of the ownership. However, it doesn’t necessary mean that the program is a scam, but this evidence can be used in conjunction with other facts.

Note if the ownership had changed

The change of ownership raises many questions. You have no idea who new owner(s) are or what they will do, unless they are well known by their previous programs elsewhere. This is why it is so important to be on guard for new ownership.

Examine the track record and time in business

Look at the time in business. Consistent performance record for a number of years is a good solid proof of the site’s reliability and longevity in itself. This is a reliable way to avoid being scammed. There are good GPT sites that share this characteristic in the table here

Talk to the members

As an example, one site can be praised continuously by some on the internet. This is why it is important to speak with different individuals who are members of the site in question to gain a more round picture.

Contact program support

Try contacting support by asking some questions. You can judge what people behind it all but the type of response and its contents or lack of it. This tip to avoid being scammed may prove more valuable to you than it may seem at first glance. You may be surprised, but many scam artists don’t even bother to answer incoming support requests.

In performing above steps look to identify scamming tactics and trouble signs. Some of them are:

Change in TOS regarding payouts not to the benefits of members.

Constant rises in minimum payout threshold.

Ads sent only from site owners (not necessarily a bad thing, but may reveal the fact that a site is not being promoted for external advertisers)

What to look for on a GPT itself:

When you arrive on the website look for the following:

Free to join membership

You shouldn’t have to pay t join a GPT site to be a standard member. You can purchase upgraded memberships in a lot of them (such as Matrix mails), but joining should be free of charge.

Unreasonably high compensation rates

If you are being offered $100 per each email read, leave in a hurry. Obviously, no one in their right mind will pay you so much.

Check advertising prices and compare them the rates paid to members

If advertising prices are less than compensation rates for members than the site is clearly unsustaianable.

Example: A site charges $10 per 1000 visitors, but claims to pay 2 cents per visit to every member .As you already guessed this inconsistency shows that a site makes negative $10 on every such sale loosing money on its sold ads. The case is one Either the site is a scam, which is most likely the case, or the owner is not very smart. Of course, there are exceptions where owners may run special promotions giving away free ads to raise the awareness of their sites. Another possibility is there could be a mistake on an advertising page, but if it shows blocks upon blocks of unsustainable ad prices you know you have a "winner".

A paid to site cannot pay greater to its members than its advertising earnings. This makes a paid to program economically unfeasible to run. Sooner than later the scheme will collapse. As a result many people will get hurt. You don’t want to find yourself in a in such situation as a member.

Extremely high compensation rate is a sure indicator of an internet fraud. $10-$100 per email read or ad viewed is evidently unrealistic and bogus promise. Do not fall for this. One of the highest compensation we encountered is 10 cents per site review by Htmail. You can read the review here: Htmail review

Read the terms of service

It is hard to overemphasis the importance to read the fine print. Insightful clues can be picked up in terms of service to avoid being scammed. For example, a certain Paid to… program’s TOS may say that its members do not get paid, although other pages may lead you to believe otherwise. Or they may contain clauses that make it difficult or nearly impossible for members to get paid. For example, cashout may be allowed for upgraded members only, but you may find that upgraded memberships cost money.

Look at the website design

This is not a sure sign, but may raise a red flag. Sloppy design may indicate that the owner does not care about his/her enterprise with the only goal to scam the members to make money.

What about excessive amount of affiliate programs, advertising, pop up ads, or constant redirects? It may further indicate of the program’s poor profitability.

Last but not least, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!

Unfortunately, there is no way to predict for sure that a paying site will not turn into a scam site at some point in the future. But you can safeguard yourself better against fraud by following simple steps outlined in this article.

GPT abbreviation in this article stands for Get Paid To, referring to any type of the Paid to site such as PTR, PTC, PTSU, PTH etc, that pays its members for participation in their internet activities.

The sites you should join

PTR sites

Get paid to read e-mail

Htmail

Emailsforads

PTC sites

Get paid to view ads

Clixsense

Linkgrand

PTCO sites

Get paid to complete offers

Treasuretrooper

Sendearnings

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