Since eHow writers, past and present, now must submit their eHow articles using the Demand Studios platform, more and more writers who want to continue writing for Demand Media, must submit an application for Demand Studios and hope to be accepted. This has caused many complaints and mixed emotions for former eHow writers, especially since many of Demand Studios’ copy editors are increasingly strict when approving articles that are submitted. However, working for Demand Studios isn’t too bad. It can be stressful when submitting your first 30 articles only to have them sent back for changes and rewrites. I know that at some points I would have happily ripped out all of my hair in frustration. Luckily, I was able to refrain myself, as hard as it was to do so. But, like most things, you’ll get better as you practice and hone your writing skills. After a few months of working for Demand Studios, you’ll find that your articles are approved without rewrites a lot more than they were before. Yes, there might be an occasional rewrite request, but there will definitely be an improvement in regards to how many rewrites you’ll have to do.

Working for Demand Studios does have its positives. In fact, some people can earn full-time income working for Demand Studios – and they have! It all depends on how you budget your time and the speed with which you can write each article, while still maintaining quality. There will be some rough times when you’ll want to wring the copy editor’s neck. But there will also be moments of excitement and pride, like the moment when you notice an email from PayPal stating that you just got paid $225 from Demand Media. If you want to make it to the top working for Demand Studios, it does take hard work. But, like I always say, hard work does pay off. If you want to take a look at my past and present Demand Studios earnings, view the Demand Studios Payment Proofs page.

Introduction

You can apply for three different jobs when working for Demand Studios. If you’re a writer and have experience with writing, you can apply to be a writer, where you submit high quality articles and get paid for it. If you have copy editing experience, you can apply to become a copy editor and get paid to review the articles submitted by other writers. The other role is filmmaker, where you create groups of videos for pay.

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Whichever role you pick, there are topics for everyone when working for Demand Studios, no matter the interests. If you’re a writer who focuses on nutrition and healthy eating habits, you can go to the Dieting and Nutrition section in the Health and Fitness category and find topics to write about there. If you like writing topics on computers, you can filter your topic search to anything from Building Computers to Virus and Spyware Protection. Copy editors can choose the topics they review as well and filmmakers can choose the topics they film. There’s literally something to do for everyone.

However, before working for Demand Studios, you’ll need to prove your expertise and you can do this by submitting a resume. Demand Studios, like all jobs and careers, prefers workers who have past experience in what they’re applying for. If you’re not experienced, you will get rejected. That’s why it’s so important to build up an article library if you’re applying for the writing position. This way, you have a few months to a year of writing on your belt and writing samples to prove it. Demand Studios wants the best of the best out there. If you can’t prove that you’re unique and if you can’t give a reason as to why Demand Studios should hire you, you will not be hired. You also will not receive another chance to be hired for a certain position (unless you’re clever like me, but I’ll explain more on that later), so you should spend a lot of time on that resume and make sure you have the experience before applying.

Working for Demand Studios

As I mentioned before, working for Demand Studios might be stressful and frustrating at first, but it will get better. This is especially the case if you applied to be a writer. Once you’ve shown Demand Studios, through your resume and writing samples, that you’re worthy enough to join their community, you’ll then have to prove to the world and each copy editor that reviews your new article submissions that you have what it takes to write high quality articles. This isn’t easy and sometimes you’ll receive outrageous requests from copy editors who don’t exactly know enough about the topic that they’re reviewing. Just don’t give up. Keep at it and, with practice, you’ll learn what is expected of you and what to expect from Demand Studios.

How Payment Works

For writers, you’ll get paid every Tuesday and Friday for your approved articles. The amount of money you receive per article varies and depends on what format the articles are written in. Most How To articles, where you write about how to do something, are worth $15 each, while many Fact Sheet articles, where you write about what something is or why a thing does something, are worth $7.50 each. I personally prefer the How To format, mainly because I’m used to writing in that format from when I wrote for eHow. Copy editors get paid about $3.50 per article when working for Demand Studios and filmmakers get paid around $200-$300 per assignment.

My Story

When I first applied to work for Demand Studios a few years ago, I got rejected. I believe this was mainly because I just did not have the experience yet with freelance writing and my article library was pretty low. At the time of applying, I was just starting to get a feel for freelancing online. I had just started college and I had also just discovered eHow, an article directory where you get paid to write How To articles. I only had a few articles under my belt on eHow and had tested out Xomba a little when I found Demand Studios.

Several months after my rejection, I talked with a friend of mine, who also happened to be a fellow eHow writer. He was sharing with me his Demand Studio earnings and how he made about $900 so far in the few months he’s been a member. This inspired me to submit another application to Demand Studios, and this time I had a rather large article library with over 110 eHow articles to use as writing samples. I fixed up my resume and resubmitted my application using my Yahoo email address, rather than my Gmail email, since the Gmail email address was already taken when I got rejected the first time. A few days after resubmitting my application, I was delighted to receive an acceptance letter in my Yahoo inbox. I remember the day well, since I was literally hopping around the room in excitement. I had made a huge leap in my writing career and I was ecstatic over it.

Within my first few weeks of writing 3 articles a day for Demand Studios (while taking a few breaks here and there), I made $300. It was hard at first to keep up with all the rewrites I had to do, but I made it and I’m proud of my accomplishments. Working for Demand Studios has been, above all, a learning experience. I could spend less time writing each article than I could before, and I received fewer rewrites to do over time. Instead of getting paid $15 an hour, I was able to start earning $30 for writing 2 articles an hour rather than 1.

If you’re considering working for Demand Studios, I suggest to build up your current article library first so that you have a better chance of getting accepted into their community. Once you feel as though you have a large selection of writing samples, spend some time working on your resume. Once your resume is as perfect as it can be, submit an application and wait for that acceptance letter to be sent to your inbox. Then you can start working for Demand Studios! Don’t forget to let us know how it goes.

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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. You can view the earnings I’ve received through Project Payday in the Project Payday Payment Proofs section. After viewing my previous earnings, continue reading this Project Payday review to discover how you can earn extra income online.

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.

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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We talked about how you can earn money at home with Clixsense in our previous post, though we didn’t discuss how you can earn money at home with LinkGrand. Now, before I go any further, LinkGrand isn’t a scam or one of those get-rich-quick schemes. LinkGrand does require a few minutes of your time each day if you want to earn money at home. You must also remember that every little bit counts. At first you’ll only be making pennies. As you grow gradually with the website and increase your referral count, the money adds up and grows gradually with you. Before you know it, you’ll be ready to cash out and receive that hard earned payment you’ve been waiting for. If the idea of not making quick cash discourages you, you should consider reading my Project Payday Review for a more quickly paced way of earning money at home. If you don’t mind the wait and you’re willing to put in a little bit of effort in order to earn money at home and see results, continue reading.

Introduction

Like Clixsense, LinkGrand is a paid to click (PTC) program where you earn money at home by clicking links or advertisements. Clicking links is pretty easy to do and doesn’t require much effort on your part. However, earning money with LinkGrand is a little slower than Clixsense, since Clixsense has a higher pay per click rate. To learn more about PTC programs, read my beginner’s guide Get Paid to Click – Revealed. If you want to know what other PTC programs I speak highly of, check out Get Paid to Click: The Best Collection.

How Payment Works

As soon as you make 5 dollars, you’ll be allowed to receive a payment via PayPal. It takes 24 hours for the payment to be sent after being requested in order to earn money at home. Fortunately, there are no fees associated with receiving payments into your PayPal account.

Earn Money At Home

With every link you click, you receive 0.003. So, for every 10 links you click, you get paid 3 cents. This may seem low, but it actually adds up fast since you get more links per day than you would on Clixsense (about 30 links on average per day if you check the website regularly). The only problem is, it takes longer to click all of the advertisements since there are so many. Even so, it’s not that bad. I spend a minimum of about 5 minutes per day on LinkGrand.

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So, let’s do the math: If you click 30 links per day for a month, you’ll make 2 dollars and 70 cents. Now, if you make $2.70 per month for a year, that’s an extra 32 bucks and 40 cents in your wallet. Though money may be slow, if you combine both LinkGrand and Clixsense, you’ll be making some pretty good cash when you earn money at home.

If you add referral earnings to the mix, that’s an even greater profit. Each time you refer someone to LinkGrand, you receive 30% of what that referral earns. If an advertiser happens to purchase something using your referral link, you’ll receive 10% of the purchase. So, together with referral earnings and your own LinkGrand earnings, you’ll be making some decent pocket cash when you earn money at home.

Upgrading Membership without Referrals

LinkGrand added their premium upgrade option around April 18, 2010. Upgrading to premium is pretty cheap if you want to earn money at home, especially since a lifetime upgrade is only $20. If you choose not to do the lifetime upgrade, you can upgrade your membership for $10 a year. As a premium member, you’ll receive more links to click, the amount of money you make per click is doubled, and you can opt to be informed via email each time a link is available to be clicked.

I haven’t yet tested if upgrading to premium will still be beneficial without referrals, though I plan to upgrade with the lifetime membership soon. Once I do, I’ll update this post.

International LinkGrand Users

International users can join LinkGrand if they wish. The number of links available might be lower than United States users though.

Cons to LinkGrand

Everything has some type of negative characteristic or quality. LinkGrand isn’t any different. However, none of these cons are intolerable in my opinion.

• Earnings per link click are low compared to other PTC programs. This is probably going to be the main con that will pop up at you. Unless you upgrade to premium, it may take a while to reach the minimum payout requirement of $5 to earn money at home.
• There are a lot of links available throughout the day. Well, this can be both a good thing and a bad thing. More links take time to click, so you may notice that you spend more time on LinkGrand than you would on Clixsense or Neobux. Nevertheless, the time spent clicking links is still relatively short. On the other hand, more links mean more money after they are clicked.
• The minimum requirement to earn in order to get paid is $5. Though $5 isn’t as much as the minimum requirement of Clixsense ($10), some PTC programs do have a smaller requirement of $2 for the first payment request.
• Standard members receive fewer links than premium members. This isn’t really a con as it is an expectation. Most users expect standard members to receive few links than premium members. Many people upgrade to premium for the benefit of receiving more links and better pay while they earn money at home.

My Story

I absolutely love LinkGrand, mostly because of the massive number of links that are displayed per day. In fact, this website happens to be my fourth favorite PTC program on the Internet. LinkGrand also has a pretty low cash requirement to earn money at home for payout compared to some PTC websites.

It took me a while to reach the $5 requirement since the premium option wasn’t available when I first joined the LinkGrand community to earn money at home, and I didn’t have a library of referrals to increase my earnings. I also took a break in between when I first started out and when I received my first PayPal payment. However, LinkGrand has proven themselves trustworthy so I plan to stick around for a while and hopefully build a steady group of referrals as I go. To view all of my LinkGrand payments to date, check out my LinkGrand earnings page.

If you’re interested, why not give LinkGrand a try? You may find that you like the website, especially since being able to earn money at home is easier than most opportunities. When you decide to join in, let us know how your experiences went!

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Thinking about joining Clixsense but afraid you’d be wasting your time? Many websites claim you’ll get paid to surf the Web, when really they’re just trying to rake in your cash. In the long run, you get nothing for your hard work. Most people refer to such websites as scams and rightfully so. This Clixsense review focuses on my own personal past experience with the program.

I questioned the legitimacy of Clixsense when I first saw the website and found out you could get paid to surf the Web. So, like you, I wanted to hear what others had to say, especially those who had already tried the program. I researched the site on Google, went ahead, and signed up for the program after reading a good number of positive reviews and feedback. Since then, I’m glad I gave this opportunity a try. Before you start signing up however, keep on reading the Clixsense review to make sure that this program is something you would want to do in the long term and not just something you’d be wasting time trying, only to find that it’s not right for you.

Introduction

Like LinkGrand, the focus of my LinkGrand review, Clixsense is a paid to click (PTC) website where you get paid to surf the Web (or click advertisements). To be more concise, advertisers pay you directly to visit their websites. The best thing is, Clixsense doesn’t take much of your time and you can get paid to surf the Web without even leaving your house. However, there are some things to keep in mind when joining any paid to click program and they can be found in my blog post Get Paid to Click – Revealed.

How Payment Works

The minimum payment amount is 10 bucks, and, in order to get paid to surf the Web, you have to verify your account by entering in a code that they mail to you. It also will cost you a small fee to receive a check with your earnings mailed out to you when you get paid. Payments are usually made on or before the 10th of every month if you meet the cash-out minimum. If you don’t meet the requirements to receive the check, your earnings will carry forward to the next month.

Get Paid to Surf the Web

There are really two methods of making money with Clixsense.

1. First Method: Become a Standard Member

   Heck, it’s extremely easy to make money clicking ads. Everyone can do it, as long as they have an Internet connection. Considering that you found this blog, you do have an Internet connection, which makes you qualified to get paid to surf the Web. But, how much will you earn?

   You’ll earn 1-2 cents per ad you click, though the money does add up – especially since you only have to browse each website for about 20 seconds before you can click another advertisement. On a side note, 1 cent every 20 seconds is certainly better than the 0 cents you’re getting trying to find a work at home job. Let’s do the math:

   

   So, if you’re a standard member and spend 1 minute and a half clicking 5 ads a day, you’ll earn $0.35 a week. That’s $1.55 a month and $18.25 a year, not counting your affiliate earnings. Yes, I know it’s not much. But before you walk away shaking your head, let’s examine how much money you can make with 5 referrals if you take advantage of the affiliate program (or referral program as some people like to call it) when you get paid to surf the Web.

   Clixsense Referral Earnings (Standard)

   Level	Referrals	Upgrades	Earnings
   1	5	3	$6.00
   Total	5	3	$6.00

   As a standard member, you’ll receive 1 cent per referral and $2.00 every time your referrals upgrade to premium. You’ll also earn 10% of your referrals’ ad purchases. So, if 3 referrals upgrade, that’s $6.05 in your pocket right there. Out of those 5 referrals, if 2 of them purchase ads worth $10.00 per ad batch, you’ll also earn an additional $2.00. The total amount of money you’ll earn for the entire year would be $26.05. Not bad for a little extra spending money if you keep in mind the little effort spent to get paid to surf the Web.

   Now, if you take advantage of the other online money making opportunities, join Clixsense, and you add up your Clixsense earnings in addition to the money you’ll be raking in with additional income streams, Clixsense will turn out to be quite profitable. Many times, if you’re smart, use your time wisely and use all of the resources available for you, the end result can lead you to quitting your day job and making money solely from the Internet. At least, that’s what I did. Many people give up on an opportunity just because the earnings are too low or they’re looking for something more profitable. However, if you go that route, your search for a work at home job may prove endless.

   Keep in mind that you can always take advantage of the second method of making money with Clixsense and increase your earnings a great deal more if you don’t like the first method.

2. Second Method: Get Paid to Surf the Web By Upgrading to Premium

   When you first sign up for Clixsense, you’re automatically placed as a standard member. This means that you’ll get about 5 ads a day, 10% of what your referrals earn, and 2 bucks if your referrals decide to upgrade to premium when you get paid to surf the Web. I must admit, I didn’t stay standard for long. It’s pretty slow cash. I ended up upgrading after a month of trying out the website and finding out that I liked it.

   Premium members get about 500 advertisements the first time they upgrade (international members may get a little bit less depending on where they live), around 15 ads a day after the first day, 10 cents per referral that signs up under them, 10% of what their premium referrals make, 2 bucks if a referral decides to upgrade, and 1 dollar every time their referrals refer someone else who upgrades to premium. Premium members also receive 10% of ad revenues their referrals purchase. So, you don’t only just have to get paid to surf the Web! Let’s take a look at your possible profit you’ll earn after upgrading to premium membership (only your clicks) compared to your standard membership possible profit.

   

   Now, let’s look at your possible profit after upgrading to premium membership and referring 5 members. Keep in mind that you get paid 5 levels deep if you’re premium!

   Clixsense Referral Earnings (Premium)

   Level	Referrals	Upgrades	Earnings
   1	5	3	$6.00
   2	25	15	$15.00
   3	125	75	$75.00
   4	625	375	$375.00
   5	3,125	1,875	$3,750.00
   Total	3,905	2,343	$4,221.00

   If you’re a premium member and 3 out of 5 of your referrals upgrade, you receive $6.00 (3 x $2). If those 5 referrals each recruit 3 more members to get paid to surf the Web and the members they referred upgrades to premium, you receive $15.00 (3 x 5 = 15 x $1). Once you hit 5 levels deep, the money doubles (just like it does on the first level). Therefore, instead of receiving $1,875 for 1,875 upgrades, you earn a whopping $3,750.

   To sum it all up, you’ll be earning a total of $4,283.08 yearly if you add in your referral earnings (including upgrades, initial profit for referring, and purchases) and your own earnings (including the money you earn from the 500 ads you initially get from upgrading to premium). As you can imagine, the measly $10.00 you spend to get paid to surf the Web for the yearly upgrade is nothing compared to your Clixsense earning potential.

Upgrading Membership without Referrals

If you have trouble finding referrals, you can still upgrade your membership and make decent profit. You’ll still earn a lot more than you invested with just your clicks alone.

Opting Not to Upgrade

Upgrading to premium is completely up to you and, if you don’t want to upgrade, that’s alright. Whether your reason for not upgrading is because you just don’t have the money to upgrade, you’re cynical when trying Clixsense out for the first time, or you just don’t want to invest money to earn money, Clixsense staff completely understands and you have the option of upgrading to premium with your Clixsense standard account balance for this reason. Though, it may take a while to earn $10 as a standard member so that you can get paid to surf the Web.

International Clixsense Users

International users are welcome to sign up for Clixsense and get paid to surf the Web, though the number of advertisements you receive may be a bit lower than United States members.

Cons to Clixsense

Like every website out there, Clixsense isn’t perfect. There are some negative aspects of making money with Clixsense, but, if you ask me, they’re not that bad.

• The money you make by clicking ads are extremely low. All paid to click programs of extremely low pay per ad click. Some paid to click programs even pay you less than a cent per ad. Clixsense is the better of the bunch, though, and I’ve seen some 10 cent ads every now and then.
• The only option to get paid to surf the Web is through checks. If you’re anything like me, you probably hate checks as well! Check payments are slower and cashing them out is a pain in the neck.
• You get $3 deducted from your overall earnings when cashing out because of the check processing fee. However, $3 isn’t bad if you opt to wait until you earn over $20 before you receive your payment. This is precisely what I did.
• The minimum requirement to earn in order to get paid to surf the Web is $10. $10 can be a long wait if you’re a standard member trying to get paid to surf the Web. As a premium member, it’s easier to reach.
• Standard members receive fewer ads than premium members. This is to be expected, though, since the company wants to make money as well. After all, giving you fewer ads so that you upgrade can be an encouragement to upgrade.

My Story

I first opted to upgrade to premium because it was only 10 bucks a year. I didn’t realize that I would be getting loads of advertisements to click after I upgraded. I ended up receiving a little over 500 ads. Just clicking those alone made me about 5 bucks, since each ad is usually 1 cent per click (some premium members may even get 2 cent and 10 cent ads – I have). So, just from the 500 ads I received after upgrading, I made half the money back that I invested. I was definitely thrilled with the fact, and the month wasn’t even over yet! Within the same month I was able to remake the money I had lost from upgrading to premium plus a dollar more. Keep in mind that these earnings only came from clicking the ads and not referring members.

Once I earned $20, I requested my check and received $17 in the mail. You can view photos of all checks to date on my Clixsense Earnings page.

Photo by Photos8.com (flickr)

All in all, many people who are already working can make a side income as a member of Clixsense, even if it is low. If you’re interested in signing up for Clixsense, I strongly suggest doing so. Who knows? Maybe you’ll make more than me. Whatever amount of money you make, I wish you the best of luck!

Now that you’ve heard my story, I want to hear yours! How did Clixsense work for you? How long have you been a member? Did you like this Clixsense Review? Was it easy for you to get paid to surf the Web? Did you opt to upgrade to premium? I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

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