Day Three: An Introduction to the Realm of Broken Index Fingers and the Myths of Paid-to-Click Systems

It's day three. Yeah day three, not day two, nor day one, but the dreaded third day. It's the day where some break down out of frustration and others rise to reign the world of online cash. Okay, not really. Yet at the same time it's always been the third day thats been the most arduous in any aspect of work, whether its a full-time labour job or part-time online job. Either way, it just happens to be that the bulk of all introductions is considered complete by the third day and that now the 'serious stuff' should be developed. And yes, I agree!

After having run my errands last night I decided that it was time to try out a new program that I recently had listed as 'active' and 'loyal' in my inventory of programs but simply didn't have the time to try. I'm talking about the Paid-To-Click program introduced by DonkeyMails.Com. Okay, so the name isn't particularly appealing to those seeking a potentially serious source of income. But what have we to lose? It's free!

As with all Paid-To-Click programs, the DonkeyMails.Com system involves a rotator script (Cash Conqueror, or whatever that is called) that displays banner advertisements on a given page and prompts you to click on them. A short line of text below each Ad tells you how much you would be making per click. And it turns out that:

WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com

Wow! I could be making a whole 0.1C by just clicking a link! (disregarding that you can only open up one at a time and you have to wait ten seconds each time) Right? Well now, statistically speaking thats 10% of one cent or a mere 1/1000th of a dollar. Okay, thats great...NOT! Where are the hundreds that everyone has been talking about?

As a matter of fact, they don't exist if you rely simply on clicking advertisements by yourself. PTC or Paid-To-Click programs were initially designed so that the 'advertiser' could promote his or her product and that the 'site owner' could make ridiculous amounts of money by just hosting a site. May we call ourselves idiots for believing that these programs actually work? NO! What we can say is that we are masters-of-the-clicking trade in training; we are there to abuse and rape the PTC systems of their fruitful glory.

Okay, maybe thats a little harsh, but in order to win we have to defeat the system. It's like playing a game of Chess (or online checkers for those too lazy to learn the rules) against the grandmaster Kasparov. It looks impossible, but it's not! By understanding the ideology upholding the PTC market and the intricacies of the level systems we can DEFEAT THE SYSTEM!

I'ld like to handout a few bullet points now so that the *ehem* 'serious stuff' can be introduced swiftly and you can be on your way to making cash online!

Pre-Game: Remember my post on PayPal? Well now it's time to get an account!

1. Register for an 'active' PTC site rather than simply registering for any site you find. To check if it's indeed active you'll need to check if there are a lot of advertisements being posted and that they are all cash redeemable. If the Ads are mainly based on a 'points system' then forget the site and move on. It shows that the site is dying or moving in a different direction than what you need.

2. Just try it out! Play around with it for a few minutes to an hour and see for yourself how much each click yields.

2 1/2. Make sure that the levels system (referral system) pays decently.

3. RECRUIT OTHERS! In order to truly make more out of your clicking you should recruit others. But make sure, and I can't emphasize this enough, make sure that they register under your referral link. Otherwise the site will see no connection between you and them.

4. Stay consistent until the payout limit is reached. Try to stay with sites that have lower payout limits so that you can atleast churn out a small reward.

5. Enjoy clicking?!!

Okay, it's not that simple and I'll have to refer to this at a later point in time. Here's a screenshot of my earnings in the past two days with DonkeyMails.Com. It may not be much, but its something! Every penny saved is a penny earned, as they say! Or something like that....

I made 4 Cents!

Day Two: The Redemption

So yesterday I sort of touched upon my rejuvinated interest in PayPal, E-Gold, and the rest of 'pseudo-online-banking'. Okay, it's not really online banking but more a superior system of helping you waste more money online. Call it what you want. No big deal. PayPal's main advantage to people like myself and all those wishing to improve their financial situation via online money making is that its free. Essentially, PayPal is a free online bank account that you can use to manage your finances whether you have a credit card, a real bank account, or nothing at all. There are a few other systems that we could use instead of PayPal, but PayPal, with all its flaws, is the most popular and most widely accepted within the online community. In short, get yourself a PayPal account. It's free!

So now that we've laid down the ground rules, or the basis for our approach to richness --- we now have a free bank account --- we can focus on the primary sources of income online that require NO skills and NO previous education. It's so easy a four year old monkey could do it! Okay, maybe not a monkey. Maybe not a bear either, but it all boils down into several simple systems that we can use.

Let me note that while a cent is worth practically nothing in the real world, many cents are worth something. Theres an old trick from the days when I was in middle school that said the following. Tell your parents, your father, your guardian, or whomever controls your allowance that you want to be paid in the following fashion. One penny on the first day, two on the second day, four on the third day, and so on for an entire month (considering that it's a 30 day month). Come to think of it seven pennies for three days is absolutely nothing. It's a joke, you can't do much with that but if you keep doubling it for a whole month you'll end up with $10,737,418.23! It's called compounding. Do the math yourself and you will be impressed by the power of the penny! Or not... it's essentially just another stupid thing to make you look clever.

Looking clever may be appealing to most of us but cleverness does not and cannot substitute for our financial goals. Unless you impress some super-hot-model-chick that makes a couple million each photoshoot and given that you end up marrying her. Then yes, cleverness is quite cool.

Referrring back to my notion about systems --- we should look at what the internet can offer us. Now I know, and I can't emphasize this enough, it's not that hard to set up your own service that replicates the systems we are trying to use but we simply do not have the time for a full-time job. And it is a full-time job. Most will deny it but yes, hosting a site based solely on advertisements is a full-time job (as with any serious website).

So back to the systems! Here they are (shoot me if ever rant like this again!):

1. Paid-to-Click
2. Paid-to-Read
3. Paid-to-Review
4. Paid-to-Signup (Referrals - Can be free, can also not be too free)
5. Writing
6. Human Intelligence
7. Online Communities
8. Blogging for Cash (I guess, this could fall under writing, but it's such a grand topic that it deserves its own category0)
9. Online Gambling

I've listed nine systems so far, each with its own distinct advantages and disadvantages. Forget MLM's and all these other get-rich schemes. Yeah, so they exist, yeah they worked in the Soviet Union for a while, and yeah they got trashed with only a few people actually making the promised amount of cash. The systems I've listed above have worked for me in the long run. I'm not advocating that you'll be able to make thousands each month by just clicking and reading and clicking and reading. It's not that easy. Give or take a good month could end up just throwing out something around $15 per site. Yet in the long run with refferals and gold memberships you could be making $50 or $100 off that same site. Essentially it all depends on how you approach these systems and how you deal with them over the course of a few months. In almost all cases, however, you will be succesful. Life cannot kick you in the ass 24/7. It gets tired too.

And on that note, I'ld like to leave you for a while, until either tonight or tomorrow where I'll post some indepth analysis and guidelines (yes, a TUTORIAL!) about one of the systems stated above. Oh and by-the-way, there are more out there --- just see for yourself!

Day Three: An Introduction to the Realm of Broken Index Fingers and the Myths of Paid-to-Click Systems