Now that you have known about scam site, it’s time to learn the tips to avoid getting scammed. In this first tip, you are suggested to pay attention to the amount of money that they’re willing to pay you for clicking an ad. This is called “click rate”. Don’t be simply provoked by high click rates.
Though it could means you can get huuuge money at cashout period – even in only short time, be reminded that it could as well affect the stability and sustainability of the PTC site.
Let’s take
an example.
A PTC site offers $5 for clicking a single ad for, say, 30 seconds. You can click around 5 ads daily, so that should be an easy $25 per day, right? Sure, from a viewpoint of the clicker. Now let’s try to get a different angle from the advertiser – those who pay to the PTC site to get their ad displayed to the viewer (clicker). The advertiser usually buy ads in packages, for example: 500,1000,1500, etc. clicks (views). PTC sites may have different ads type (3, 10, 30 seconds display, etc.) and may bundle them in certain package, such as 500 views of 3 secs ads + 100 views of 10 secs ads, and so on. Say that $5 rate is for 500 views package (when a member clicks on that ad it will be counted as 1 view). So, the advertiser must pay $5 x 500 = $2500 for that single package. Ehm… Excuse me, is this a premium TV spot or something…? $2500 just for a simple ads package? Get real !!!
A PTC site offers $5 for clicking a single ad for, say, 30 seconds. You can click around 5 ads daily, so that should be an easy $25 per day, right? Sure, from a viewpoint of the clicker. Now let’s try to get a different angle from the advertiser – those who pay to the PTC site to get their ad displayed to the viewer (clicker). The advertiser usually buy ads in packages, for example: 500,1000,1500, etc. clicks (views). PTC sites may have different ads type (3, 10, 30 seconds display, etc.) and may bundle them in certain package, such as 500 views of 3 secs ads + 100 views of 10 secs ads, and so on. Say that $5 rate is for 500 views package (when a member clicks on that ad it will be counted as 1 view). So, the advertiser must pay $5 x 500 = $2500 for that single package. Ehm… Excuse me, is this a premium TV spot or something…? $2500 just for a simple ads package? Get real !!!
For your
information, I can spend that $5 for just a
single package alone in a real valid trusted PTC site – some may offer even
lower, less than $2! With – say – 5000 views, the click rate is around $0.001
for the members (clickers). This is a reasonable rate, the highest I know is
around $0.02 per ads. So, spending $5 in
total is still logical, but a whopping $2500!? Who wants to pay that much?
Now, let’s
take into account the factor of sustainability of the site. With $5 click rate
per single ad, they (the scam ones) set the minimum cashout limit at $1000,
which means you could be a millionaire in just 40 days. Wow! Suppose they have
around 100 active members, that also means they may have to pay $10,000 should
that members request cashout at the almost same time. The problem is – like
what I have explained before, which advertiser is willing to pay $2500 for a
single 500 views package?
The most
probable scenario is that they set a reasonable rate for the advertiser, but
offer a huge click rate for the viewer. So, they get the real ads (and real
money from the advertisers), and the joining newbie members because of the
glittering click rate. And when the cashout day comes… Abrakadabra! Numerous performance of pending payouts, banned
members, and – finally – the famous vanishing acts. Moreover, the ads itself
may not even be ‘real’ (more on this later). Even if you chant “Expecto Honorarium!” many times, your
salary will not – and never – magically appear whatsoever.
