Paid-To-Click - Reality Or Scam?

I've wondered this myself for a long time, since like most people I've been used to having to work for money and getting paid to click things really doesn't seem like work. You might be surprised to find out that, in fact, there are valid websites where you can register to get paid for clicking on their members' ads. But truth be told, it actually is work. Frustrating, time-consuming work. It won't exhaust you, nor will it get you dirty, but it takes a lot of time.

That is the main cause for this article, actually. Time, as we all know, is money. And if you want to get paid to click on ads, you need to keep some things in mind:

1. First and foremost, do keep in mind the amount of time you spend clicking on ads and decide for yourself if it's worth it. If you do other things while the ads load (perhaps you spend a lot of time online, like me) then it's not that bad. But if you have to go online just to click ads, perhaps this isn't for you. I'd say try it for a month or so and if you find that it doesn't really interfere with your regular schedule, keep at it. Even if it takes you a year to collect $10, that's $10 you got almost for free. But if you notice that you have to make time to click ads, let it go; it won't be worth it.

2. The payment you get is incredibly small and you usually have a limited amount of clicks per day.

3. If you want this to be your main income, or you want to get rich doing it, forget it. It takes an eternity to collect enough cash for a payout. The minimum you need before you can request a payout can range from as little as 10 cents to as much as $10 or even more.

4. If you want to maximize your profit, don't just click ads in the members' area, remember, you can click ads in emails too. And if you don't want your main email account cluttered with ads, use a seperate account when you register!

5. Refer other people. Although incredibly tiny, you usually get small rewards for any ads your referrals click.

6. Don't get discouraged after a month if you can't make a payout. Like I said, it takes forever. But if you have enough of these working together, once you can afford to make a payout, they can add together for some pocket change that you wouldn't have had otherwise and might need for some other endeavor, like SFI that I spoke about in my previous post.

7. Be careful about which sites you join. Reliable sites usually pay in the range of 0.01 to 0.25 cents per click. If a website tells you they'll pay $50 or often even more per click, that's a scam. Usually what happens there is you need to make a payment to THEM before you can "be paid". And that will also be the last you hear of them; your $10 or $15 goes straight to their coffers and you won't be getting richer any time soon. Another way to see if a site is a scam or not is to see how long they've been in business. The better sites will be proud of their time online and will have existed for at least a couple of years.

I hope you found that useful, I know it would have helped me a lot if someone told me all of that years ago!

Here are a few sites you can join that I've verified as reliable: