Big PTC Changes

Changes at Adbuddy

Following the recent redesign and other changes at Adbux there are now big big changes at Adbuddy.

08-08-07: Advertising Fee/Member Payout Changes

Many members have voiced their opinions about the lack of ads recently. Unfortunately, we have to agree. What we've learned is that advertisers just don't want to pay 3 to 4 cents per click. The price is too high compared to the return they're receiving. Last month we ran some advertising specials. We ran specials at 2.2 cents per click and 1.2 cents per click. The 2.2 cents per click price point did alright, but the 1.2 cents per click price did much better. This price point made much more sense to advertisers, while providing the largest quantity of ads for members to click. The problem is that a business can't pay out 2 to 2.5 cents per click to members, while only charging 1.2 cents per click to advertisers. The math simply doesn't work out in the long run. So, what do we do? Do we close the site because it's not a viable business model? Or, do we believe it's still a viable business, as long as we change things around a bit? We believe the answer is the later. Effective immediately, here's what we will need to do:

Advertising Fees

In an effort to gain more advertisers, the advertising fees will be lowered to 1.4 to 1.8 cents per click, depending on the quantity purchased. See the AdBuddy.Net advertising page for specific pricing information.

Advertiser Demographic/Geo Targeting

The demographic/geo targeting will remain intact, but it will be relaxed quite a bit. Currently, an advertiser must target at least a minimum of 100 members. We will increase this amount to at least 2000 members. If we need to go higher then we will, but we'll leave it at 2000 for now.

Member Payout

Members will now be paid .5 cent for each advertisement they personally view, and .5 cent for each advertisement their direct referrals view. Upgraded members will earn .7 cents per click on their direct referrals' clicks.

Minimum Payout

The minimum payout will be lowered from $10.00 to $5.00, and payouts will continue to occur on a weekly basis via PayPal.

There are other changes relating to upgraded members etc. However, given the changes at MFMO and Adbux as reality bites what of the future for other 1c PTC sites? Surely we will either see mergers or some biting the dust. Doesn't seem the time to invest in other than Adbux, MFMO or Adbuddy.

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Survey Scam - 2

AWSurveys Scam

From the Advercash Site:

The Scam

I go to the AWSurveys site, quickly sign up as I see the referral rate is $1.25/referral, and when owning a large site such as AdverCash, I think "Goldmine". I then proceed to fill out my information(all of which is 100% legitimate). After reading over the Terms Of Service, finding nothing that could harm me(except the fact that they prune "inactive" referrals), I register.

I refer a few friends and see that it really does give $1.25/referral. Before I add the site to AdverCash I go to double check the Terms Of Service. Oh no! It says "You may not pay users to sign up or view our website (These websites are generally referred to as PTC and we do not allow this kind of advertising unless approved by AWSuveys).". Desregarding the simple spelling error of 'AWSurveys', I immediately mail the administration to see if AdverCash will be allowed to gain the benefits of AWSurveys.

After a day or two of waiting on the support system(kind of slow), I receive a message back. Simply stating that normally they don't like sites of this nature to post the referral link. But they would allow it this time because they "liked our site".

Excellent! I put the ad up on AdverCash, and quickly gain referrals. As the weeks pass, I get enough referrals to have a $500 payout! I go to withdraw, set my amount to $500($475 with the paypal "Service Fee"). After 6 business days pass, I wonder, are they just going to ignore my withdrawal? Usually they at least say your account is fraudulant in some way. At least, that is what others had told me. Regretfully, I ignored their queries and put a link up anyways.

With no payment arriving on my paypal account, I check my email. At last! A message from AWSurveys! I click the e-mail, scan over it quickly, and notice the word "fraudulant". Hmmm...? What's this? I read over it again(more in depth this time), only to find that apparently our account was fraudulant because we were a PTC. That was the whole reason I mailed them, to see if I was allowed, and they had said I was.

Mailing them back, they asked me for the email that I had sent to them assuring that I was allowed. I did not remember to keep a copy... hell, I figured they would just flag my account so that they would remember that they agreed to it, but apparently they didn't keep tabs of it, and were just planning on overlooking it. Don't you think if you agreed to such a thing, you would write it down, mark the account, or do SOMETHING so that you would remember?

Well, I asked them if maybe they had a copy of the message, or if they marked my account(as most any other site would do). No response so far, and honestly, I don't expect one. It has been quite a few days. Before that they were replying within like 2-3 hours. Now it's a few days. I'm done with AWSurveys, and this is my warning to all.

From what I've read, there are a few people who have been paid from AWSurveys. Which is great, congratulations! But, the other 90%(our estimate) of users have said they reached payout, attempted payout, and got flagged for "fraudulant activities". I find it very unlikely that 90%(our estimate) of all people that attempt payout are "fraudulant".


We recommend you don't waste your time with AWSurveys.
Unless you enjoy putting countless time into a site.
Only to find that you gain no benefits from it.

Many people feel they have been scammed by this "service".

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Big Changes at MFMO

There are big changes scheduled for today at Make Free Money Online dot Info.

An extract from Chrissy's blog:

I have sat the last week out and it has killed me. MFMO started off great and now seems to have come to a complete standstill. Big Changes are about to happen in order to make MFMO one of the hottest GPT sites on the net.

I know exactly why we are suffering. If our members do not have plenty off ads to click then they will not get busy refering !!!

For a start, we are going to become a 100% referral commission site. I did not want to do this at 1st so that people could afford to advertise, but it would appear that being in the 100% brigade is a vital part of being a busy get paid to site!

We are going to lose the PTR advertising option. Its a lot of messing around of which I am still fluffing thing ups, and with it not exactly being a great seller it most certainly will not be missed.

Without PTR, most profile interests are useless! We will scrap em all and just have say 5-10 making money online related interests and a cheat interest or 2 !

The PTC, Contest PTC and PTSU sections will remain but with some minor tweaks.

This has been one of my favourite sites for some time and with these changes it should be better. It is the honesty of the type displayed in some of the comments in the blog that has attracted me to this site. And by the way - I've Been Paid (and very swiftly when requested).

You must look at this site.

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