After my extensive Project Payday review, you must be wondering why I’m now calling Project Payday a scam. My simple answer: I’m not. This post isn’t going to cover why I think Project Payday is a scam, because I don’t. Not everyone has the same view as me though. In fact, there are many Project Payday complaints going around the Internet from some skeptical individuals. And that’s good. It’s good to be skeptical about a program you’re not very familiar with, especially if you haven’t yet gotten paid. But why are there so many Project Payday complaints when I so confidently claim Project Payday is legitimate? There wouldn’t be Project Payday complaints without a reason, right? Well, let’s take a look at them.

Complaint 1: You Can’t Make Money from Project Payday

This is true if you don’t take part in the affiliate program. Project Payday is mainly one of those informative websites that will offer their information for a small fee (or completion of a free offer). Instead of making money directly from Project Payday, you’re making money from third party websites, like the Anything4Free forums. In other words, you could get all this information elsewhere without having to waste your time with Project Payday. This is one of the main Project Payday complaints and why some people believe Project Payday is a scam.

On the other hand, I wouldn’t even know that Anything4Free existed if it wasn’t for Project Payday. Project Payday also offers tremendously helpful videos to get you started with the whole trading business, and I would have definitely been left in the dust without them.

Is Project Payday a scam? It might be a scam for individuals looking to pay the bills using Project Payday directly. But if users are only seeking to find new income opportunities, I wouldn’t call Project Payday a scam. Project Payday actually provides useful information on how to be successful when making money online. In the end, it really depends on what you’re looking for.

On a side note, Project Payday offers members a mentoring program, where you can receive help getting started or help new traders to get started once you have enough experience. This could also mean more referrals for Project Payday Mentors, which leads to a higher earning potential.

Complaint 2: You Need to Spend Money to Make Money

When users join Project Payday, they are prompted to pay a $34.95 fee to join or else complete a free offer. So, to an extent, you can spend money to make money, though the free offer option is still out there. This has been a big cause for Project Payday complaints, since many people think Project Payday is just trying to scam them out of their money. Many people don’t like paying just for information, and I was one of those people. Because of this, I ended up letting Project Payday sit for a few days, not really wanting to waste the time to complete a free offer since I had guessed Project Payday was just a scam anyway. However, after receiving an email from Project Payday with more information on completing the free offer, I decided to just give it a shot. Turns out, completing the free offer didn’t really take much of my time.

Another reason for many Project Payday complaints is due to the fact that, once you get into Method 1 of the trading business, most of the offers available require you to pay a small fee. Even if you do a free trial offer, there still might be a small $3 fee attached (which is why you should always read the fine print). However, I learned after a while that it can be profitable to pay a small $5 fee in order to make $15. Another thing to keep in mind is that you don’t need to do Method 1 forever. Making money gets a lot easier once you start Method 2 and recruit your own referrals.

Complaint 3: Kelly Martin’s Fast Fifty Isn’t Exactly Fast Fifty

There’s actually a whole discussion on Anything4Free regarding these Project Payday complaints, and many Freebie Veterans wish the offer would be taken down. If you’re just starting out and you’re thinking about completing the Fast Fifty program advertised on Project Payday, you should be warned that you may not be paid within 24 hours after completion of the Fast Fifty program like Project Payday claims and some users complain that they aren’t paid at all.

Another issue is that, if you do complete Kelly’s Fast Fifty, you also waste a trade rating that you otherwise would obtain on Anything4Free for completing a trade. When starting out, you really need every trade rating you can get, since you can move on to Method 2 after you receive a trade rating of 4 on the Anything4Free forums.

I personally did not do Kelly’s Fast Fifty when I first started trading, since I was more concerned about learning the ropes and getting my first trade rating. From what I heard though, the Fast Fifty program isn’t looking good so I can only advise to stay away.

Complaint 4: Project Payday Loves Sending Spammy Emails

At least, the emails are spammy to me. But that’s just me. Of course, you can always choose to not receive these emails by opting out (a link is provided at the end of each email for opting out).

The emails you’ll receive from Project Payday basically go like this (words in quotes were taken exactly as they were written in one of the messages I received, with some sentences taken out to make the message shorter):

“SEE THIS: =>”
[Input link here]
“Make $460/Hr and Only 30 minutes Left – APPLY FOR THIS!!!”
[Input link here]
“Work from home FOREVER!”
[Input link here]
“VERY LIMITED POSITIONS. This is the best work-at-home job EVER.”

To be honest, the emails get to a point where they can be quite embarrassing. Now, you may laugh but these are the exact kinds of messages I get from Project Payday. I don’t know about you but, correct me if I’m wrong, these are the sort of messages I would consider as “spam”. I’ve never personally tested any of the programs advertised myself, so I wouldn’t know if they are legitimate or not. But, going with my gut, I wouldn’t exactly trust the programs advertised either. Though, like I said, that’s just me. Just use your good judgment, research every income opportunity you come across online, and decide where to go from there.

Conclusion

In the end, it’s really up to you whether the information, videos, and mentoring program is valuable enough to look past all of these Project Payday complaints. If you don’t mind the reasons behind the complaints that much, then Project Payday might be beneficial to you. If the Project Payday complaints bother you, simply don’t join and just go straight to Method 1 on Anything4Free. I personally thought the videos on Project Payday were very helpful and, if I could do it all again, I would still sign up for Project Payday. What are your thoughts?

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Seeing the website advertised literally everywhere on the Web, I automatically assumed that Project Payday was just another one of those scam programs that claim you’ll earn extra income online when, really, the company ends up taking all the money you should be earning. So, I looked up more information on Google and found quite a lot of success stories where people claimed that they were making decent profit with Project Payday. Some members even claimed to make over $500 a month! This caught my attention, and I decided to test it out for myself, since the opportunity is free of cost and I had nothing to lose but time.

After opting to do the free offer, instead of paying the $34.95 fee to join, I went straight to the video tutorials and got started. The next hour, I had enough credits to receive $15 in earnings. In a few hours afterward, I received an email stating that $15 was deposited into my PayPal account.

Introduction

Project Payday is a program designed to help you earn extra income online by signing up for promotional offers. Basically, Project Payday teaches you how to earn extra income online by completing offers and/or gathering referrals to complete those offers for you. Unlike CashCrate and FusionCash though, earnings are a lot better for the time spent and you can really make some decent money.

As a member of Project Payday, you have access to tons of videos describing the step-by-step process where you can make that $500 a month. The videos are very thorough, along with the other information in the member area. I highly recommend that you look at each video carefully after you join, so that you’re not left in the dust. There’s even a free bonus pack (if you do the free offer), which gives you access to 16 additional sources of information so that you can use to further your earning potential and earn extra income online.

Earn Extra Income Online

Besides gathering Project Payday referrals, there are three methods to earn extra income online using the information and tools described on Project Payday after you register on the website.

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Method 1

This is where you start when you first join Project Payday. This method mainly consists of you completing offers for someone else in order to receive payment via PayPal. There are various forums where this transaction can be done, and Project Payday does a great job listing and explaining each forum. Once you choose a forum to work with, just search for a potential trader (there will probably be a “Beginners” area for those of you just starting out), set up a trade you’d like to complete, register for the website listed in the trade agreement using the Trade Manager (or whichever trade system the forum uses), and complete offers until you have enough credits (usually 0.50 or 1 credit needs to be completed, where each offer is worth around 0.30 credits more or less) to finish the trade and earn extra income online. Then, you “go green” by letting your trader know that you have gotten credit for the offers you completed (should usually take an hour or two for the offers to be credited after completion) and your trader will give you money (the amount of money you earn is listed in the trade agreement) for completing the offers as his/her referral. This method can be a great way to earn extra income online if you choose your offers wisely. Offers usually consist of free trials and promoted products to be bought.

If you intend on taking advantage of the free trials, you should keep a list of all the trial offers you’re part of and don’t intend to keep, so that you won’t be charged after the trial ends. It’s also a good idea to wait until at least the 6th day of the free trial before canceling, in order to prevent credit from being taken away from you. Some offers require you to keep the free trial for a certain number of days, so pay attention to what the requirements are.

Money earned can be anywhere from $15 to $60 per successful trade. It’s really quite simple and only takes about an hour to do each trade. In the end, your trader is happy because he/she gets paid for referring you and you’re happy because you get paid for completing offers for the trader. However, eventually you’ll run out of offers to do in order to earn extra income online. Then you’ll need to move on to Method 2.

For more detail on how to do Method 1, take a look at my post Beginner’s Guide to Anything4Free: Method 1.

Method 2

This method is mainly for more experienced traders who already know the basics and have completed Method 1 a number of times. In this method, tables are reversed and you are the trader paying people still in Method 1 to complete offers as your referral to earn extra income online. Why would you want to pay people to be your referral? The money is just an incentive to help your referrals get the required credit so that you can earn cash prizes on the freebie website listing the offers. It’s a good idea to pay your referrals half of the money you’ll be making with the cash prize, or you can just look around the forums to see what other members are paying their referrals for the specific website you’re using. For example, if the cash prize is $400 and the requirement is 9 referrals, you pay each referral $22 ($400/2 = $200/9 = $22) and you’ll earn $200 for yourself in the long run. After using this method for a few websites, you should notice some nice cash flooding in. Most traders prefer this method when they earn extra income online, since there’s a higher earning potential.

To get started on Method 2, check out my tutorial Beginner’s Guide to Anything4Free: Method 2.

Method 3

This method is basically the same thing as Method 2, only you’re recruiting referrals for gift prizes (such as an i-pod) rather than cash prizes. Gift prizes can be quite profitable if you’re wise when selling each gift on eBay in order to earn extra income online. The earnings you receive may vary however, so it could be difficult to decide how much you intend to pay each referral.

How Payment Works

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If you’re earning your money from Project Payday referrals rather than other traders, you’ll be able to receive your payment via PayPal every Friday, as long as you make the $30 minimum requirement when you earn extra income online. If you don’t, your earnings will just carryover and continue adding up until you do. If you earn extra income online from other traders, the time in which you’re paid will vary. Most traders are prompt, though, and you should get your earnings within 24 hours of the time you “go green”, or get credit for the offers completed.

International Users

Unfortunately, Project Payday is only open to United States users.

Project Payday Cons

As always, Project Payday isn’t perfect, and there are negative aspects when you earn extra income online using Project Payday’s money making techniques.

• You need to be aware of free trial deadlines to prevent unnecessary charges. I can’t stress this enough! Many people claim that Project Payday is a scam because they weren’t as organized as they should have been when completing free trials. If you’re not organized and don’t like the idea of keeping a record of each offer you do and their deadlines so that you can avoid unnecessary charges, Project Payday is probably not right for you and you should look to earn extra income online elsewhere. Staying organized can be a hassle, but it’s well worth the trouble, considering the money you’ll be making when you earn extra income online. Most often than not, you’ll encounter a free trial offer that you don’t really need.
• You can’t cancel free trial memberships immediately after you receive credit for them. Promoters want you to at least try the services before you cancel. So, if you cancel too early after you receive credit, you may get that credit revoked and taken away. It’s a good idea to either cancel the day the trial ends or after the 6th day of the free trial period (unless the offer requires you to keep the trial longer) to be safe when you earn extra income online.
• Almost all of the offers available to complete will require some sort of cost. This is another thing most new traders don’t like and claim Project Payday is a scam because of it. Most offers require you to purchase a certain product. Many people don’t want to spend money to make money. Even if you do a free trial offer, it might require a small fee. However, you can find some completely free offers, though it won’t be easy if you plan to do offers for multiple websites and still earn extra income online. In the end though, it’s better to just spend a small portion of your money to make a lot more, since you will run out of offers to do fast and probably won’t get anywhere because of it. For example, if you complete 3 offers for a 0.50 credit $15 trade and you spent $5 on those offers, you’ll still be earning $10 overall. So, don’t be afraid to spend a little in order to earn extra income online with Project Payday.
• You might run out of offers while you earn extra income online. Most of the websites you sign up for from the trading forums you’re using will have the same offers more or less. Since you can’t do an offer twice, no matter if you did the offer on a different website or not, you might run out of good offers to do. In this case, just move on to Method 2 and start recruiting referrals.
• In order to refer others so that you can receive the gift or cash prize, you need to do a certain number of offers first. For example, some websites require you to complete 1 credit worth of offers and recruit a certain number of referrals in order to receive the prize. This is why you start off on Method 1, so that you can complete the required offers before moving on to Method 2 and recruiting referrals. However, once you complete the offers, you’ll be able to continuously refer members to earn extra income online over and over again without having to do more offers yourself. This is the case with most freebie websites, but not all.

My Story

When I first joined Project Payday I received $30 for 2 hours of work. My main struggle was finding new offers to complete (that I don’t have to pay a large amount of money for) before I moved on to Method 2. So far, besides eHow, Project Payday has been the best opportunity I’ve discovered to earn extra income online. I’m glad I was able to give Project Payday a chance, though I had many doubts when first starting out.

Now I consider myself a freebie trading expert and have long since started Method 2. Method 2 was started after I had completed about 11 trades, though a lot of traders start Method 2 after 4 or 6 trades. Referring members has been a lot easier than completing the offers myself, and I make a great deal more money than I did in Method 1. However, the number of referrals I get is random. Some days I go without making any money at all, while other days I can make $100 in one sitting.

If you think you might benefit from this opportunity, I strongly suggest joining Project Payday for more in-depth information (and videos) on how to get started. Simply complete the free offer and you can become a member free of cost.

If you’re interested in trading with me or want me to mentor you though the process, simply send me an email at christina@cashcampfire.com. I check this email once a day so I will get back in touch with you in 24 hours at the latest.

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