How to Make Money Online with Paid to Click PTC Sites

It's good practice to get a separate account before becoming a member of a PTC site. This makes it easier to manage your emails by keeping things separate and helps to keep your main email accounts from getting junk mail. Most of the free email account providers have junk mail filtering. Check your junk mail settings to ensure you will get email from any PTC sites that you join. You can get your free email accounts at the Google, Yahoo, or MSN.

Getting paid by PTC sites is usually done via a payment processor such as Paypal or AlertPay. If you haven't heard of AlertPay, it works just like Paypal. Signing up with these payment processors does not require a credit card and is free. Great things about using payment processors are that it makes receiving payments quicker, keeps your PTC payments separate and you can use them to purchase other things online instead of using a credit card.

It's easy and simple to join a PTC site. Let's use an example below. If you follow along this example, you will actually make money by the end of this guide.

Click here to sign-up for a free account at CrewBux. Fill in the form with your username, password, email address, etc. When you have entered all your info make sure you type the correct security code on the last field shown just to the right of it. Then click submit. That's it! You have created your first PTC account.

After you have created your PTC account, you can begin to browse adds to make money. Typically you can expect to make $0.01 per click. Let's continue with our example at CrewBux.

Now that you have created your account, click on the login tab at the top and enter your userid and password that you created in step 3. Also remember to put in the 3 digit security code on the last field. Now that you have logged in to your account, let's begin making money!

Click on the Surf Banners tab on the top left of your screen. You will see all banners and websites available to you to click on and a counter showing the Current Ad Count. Beneath that you will see a list of categories ie "Internet & Computer Business". There will be banners under these categories. Click on the first banner under the category "Internet & Computer Business". You will be shown the website for the ad banner and you will see a timer counting down from 30. You must wait until that timer reaches zero. After it reaches zero you will see the word done with the blue check mark and you will have earned your first $0.01! As you visit each banner, it will get greyed out and force you to wait 24 hours before clicking them again.

On the left panel you can view your stats and see that you now have one Ad Viewed. You will also see your balance so far along with your Referrals and Referral visits. When you get yourself established, these numbers will grow quickly. Normally there is between 10 and 20 ads you can surf in a 24 hour period as a basic member. Premium members are offered more banners to click, more money per a click and more money from their referral's clicks. While joining a PTC as a basic member is free, they offer premium memberships that have higher payouts but you must pay for this privilege. CrewBux premium membership is $21.99/year which at less then $2.00/month is a bargain compared to many other PTCs. But don't rush into upgrading unless you are convinced that is the right site for you.

Many sites have thresholds that you must reach before you can cashout. It's usually around $10.oo to $15.00. Some sites have even lower thresholds like $2.00. CrewBux has a $5 minimum payout. You can always check your stats to see how much you have earned currently. To get paid at CrewBux, simply go to your account>>convert and select cash via Paypal or AlertPay. That's it. "Money in the bank"!

The best way of increasing your earnings power is by recruiting new members. Not only can you make money on everything you click, but you get paid for every click your referral makes. This will increase your earnings dramatically. Let's look at an example using a very popular PTC site.

Let's say you are a member of Bux.to and you spend 15 minutes clicking ads:

You click 30 ads @ 0.01 =$0.30

Now suppose you recruited 10 members:

You click 30 ads @ 0.01 =$0.30
10 members click 30 ads @ $0.01 = $3.00
Total of $3.30

Not bad for 15 minutes and only having 10 referrals.

Realistically speaking, if you get 10 referrals a month in as little as 5 months you could be making over a $1.00/minute or $60/hr

You click 30 ads @ 0.01 = $0.30
50 members click 30 ads @ $0.01 = $15.00
Total of $15.30 in 15 minutes

And this scenario assumes you are a member of only one PTC site.

A list of all your referrals are found in the referral section or some call them downline. Some sites even have multiple levels of referrals, which makes your earning potential even greater. You are also provided with tools to help you get new members or referrals. These include banners, splash pages, and links that can get you referrals. Many sites such as Crewbux will even sell you referrals instantly giving you a downline to make money for you. Yet other PTC sites like Neobux will actually rent you referrals.

Other ways of getting referrals include joining sites that specialize in building your referral base. Websites such as GetRef, StarReferrals and TargetRefs can help you get referrals quickly. SimpleRefs and ProgramRefs are also referral sites similiar to TargetRefs.

* Check out this article with a more detailed look at How to Get Referrals

Just depends on your situation. Are you a college student? Stay at home mom or dad? Some people do it for fun as a hobby, while others do it to make money part-time or to supplement their income. Will you become rich doing this? Probably not. But if you are patient and are able to build up a solid referral base, it has the potential to be very profitable.

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