The basics of making money with paid to read (PTR) email programs. Tips to be more successful. Recommended programs.
A guide to making money with paid email.
Nearly all of these programs are free to join, though many offer fairly inexpensive upgrades you can purchase that will give you additional features such as a greater quantity of emails, a higher rate per email read, or more money if you refer anyone.
How it Works
After you sign up for a program the company will start sending you emails periodically throughout the day. You usually have to click on a link in the email and a new browser window opens displaying some product or business opportunity for up to 30 seconds. It will state something like "your account has been credited" and then you can close the browser window. There are some variations on the process. Some programs require you to click on a link or an icon to get credit. Others have you login to their site where they have a special mailbox set up.
Is this profitable?
Yes and no. If a company is paying you 1/2 cent for an email and you get just five per day, that's not even going to buy you a cup of coffee a month. But, if you sign up for ten or so legitimate higher-paying programs and work them consistently you should be able to make $30 - $70 a month with moderate effort and easily fit this into your normal internet activities.
The only way you can turn this into a more lucrative endeavor is to refer others into your programs. With referrals you have the opportunity to get paid when someone else joins and potentially make a percentage from the emails that they read. It might not be a lot of money with just a few referrals, but if you can get a high number of referrals (i.e. 100 or so) it can really start to add up!
Almost every company will give you your own unique referral link that you can post thoughout the web to bring new members into their programs. For those that have never marketed online before, this is actually a very easy thing to do, and you can do it for free using one of the many free marketing methods such as using traffic exchanges, posting to forums and blogs, or even setting up your own simple website. Many of the sites you join will give tips about how to market. Also, keep in mind that almost all of the paid to read email programs are free to join so this makes it much easier to get referrals!
The Keys to Success!
- Be consistent not only with your email clicking, but also your referral advertising. It might take a while before you start to generate referrals, but it will be worth it.
- You can earn a little extra money by utilizing your programs' "paid to click" pages if they have them.
- Use "tabbed browsing." The newer Internet Explorer has this capability, but I highly recommend the free Mozilla Firefox Browser.
- Use a unique, non-personal email and filter the emails into one folder. You get a lot of these emails so you need to be organized. I recommend using the free GMAIL or Yahoo Mail.
- Check your spam folders periodically. These types of emails wind up in there quite often.
- Open as many emails as you can at one time. Many programs don't let you open up more than email at a time so you have to wait for the timer to expire. What you can do is open up emails from different companies at the same time. When all the timers expire, you alternate again between the emails from the different companies
- Use a unique password for each program you join. Also, never use your Paypal password.
- Don't get overly excited about sign-up bonuses. While it's nice to get a quick $5 or $10, in the long run it will be the referrals and emails that will make you money.
- Make sure you check out each programs' upgrade options. They usually don't charge much for annual or lifetime memberships (as low as $5 sometimes), and you can get higher amounts per email, better referral percentages, etc. You are also sometimes eligible for random referrals.
- Once you've signed up for a number of programs, you could send an email to your friends and family with your referral links. It's a good way to jumpstart your referrals, and they might think it's a fun way to make a few dollars online without having to pay anything!
- Most importantly, don't give up! You won't reach the payment thresholds for a while. The main reason people aren't successful online is they quit too soon. Commit to at least one year and you'll be glad you did!
The Programs
For the last month I have been carefully evaluating a large number of these programs to filter out which ones are the absolute best to join. This review should be done by the end of April. In the meantime, I can recommend a few programs to get you started. These are quality, legitimate companies with a proven track record:
Inboxdollars - Email volume is low but they have a variety of additional ways to make money such as paid surveys and shopping rebates. They give you a $5 bonus for joining!
Project Response - This looks like just an advertising program, but is a great paid email program too! Once you get through all the confusion and get set up to receive emails you will get paid a whopping 4 cents for just opening the email and another 8 cents for answering a question about the ad. If you can't answer the question quickly, don't waste too much click time on it! Just take your 4 cents and move on.
Hits4pay With this program you need to log into their internal mailbox to see your emails but they have a good clicking system and it pays a nice 2 cents per email. The mail volume is a bit low but they do have a $10 sign-up bonus.
MatrixMails With this program you actually sign-up for an account with mybestmail.com where you will have to go to see you emails. I highly recommend upgrading to the Gold membership in order to get up to 4 cents per email. Volume for emails is low but they have paid-to-click and other earning opportunities, including paid-to-write articles!
I will be posting my complete paid to read email review and comparison within the next few weeks!
Any success stories? Any favorite sites for Paid to Read Emails you would like to share?
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moneymanager
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