SwatCash Payment of $335.03 and Some Marketing Tips

SwatCash paid me again. This month my payment was $335.03. I have been a member of this site for almost a year and month after month the site continues to deliver.

The ways to earn vary, with the most lucrative being the offers they have. You can also to PTC or paid to click at 1 cent per click. Payment is every month around the 15th of the month via PayPal or Cheque.

Since most of you know about the benefits of the site, I will make a suggestion for promoting. Of course you could use GetRef, but you may want to try something as simple as adding it as your favourite on Free Money Team. Another suggestion is to respond to questions on Yahoo Answers, but make sure you are answering a question. There is a great chance that you will have your account deleted, but I have been fortunate enough to create a few after one was deleted. Many other people have found great referral success after creating a YouTube video and posting it. I have to admit that some of those videos are very convincing. Think outside the box!

Most importantly, if you aren't sure how to use these tips, just ask me. Email me or add a comment, I am very active when people need my help. Or join the mailing list so you receive more tips like those included in this blog post.

To join SwatCash, please click here.


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I made $450 on SwatCash in April

Just what the title says. :) When you are looking online for programs that will allow you to earn, what makes you decide to join that program? A suggestion from someone reputable? Proof of payment? An interesting article? Perhaps a combination of many things.

I know when I first started earning online it was a natural progression from small paying sites to the bigger sites. I started trying to find coupons to help out our family while I was on maternity leave. I then discovered moola and that opened up pandora's box for me.

Luckily, one of the first sites I discovered was SwatCash. At first I didn't take much interest in it and only completed one offer. After a couple months though, it became apparent that it would be a great place to really start earning.

They have monthly contests, weekly draws for $1000, random contests, daily contests, chat contests, etc, etc, etc. With the introduction of the new World Map, it is making it even easier to really start earning.

Let me breakdown what I earned last month so it becomes a little more obvious how easy it is to earn for all countries.

Offers $10.80
Paid to Click $.79
Referrals $35.88
Contest winnings $200
Exchanging internet funds that were free $200

Some sites it is only possible to earn with a large downline, but as you can see, I earn all my own money on SwatCash. I put in the effort and reap the benefits. This site also has over 60,000 members and once CashCrate and TreasureTrooper members really look at the site, they usually dedicate all their time to SwatCash.

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SwatCash the New and Improved

Obviously SwatCash is my favourite site. There are other sites where I enjoy the forum more, but I have made my most money on SwatCash. To date, I have made $1332.43 through various aspects of the site. Completing offers, winning contests, winning the weekly forum draw for $1000 and now using their new game to win more money.

The new feature is called the World Map. The game has many aspects to it, so I won't even attempt to write it all out. My suggestion would be to visit the forums and read the many MANY threads about how it all works. A small summary is that it is army based and you attack other members of the site. I have found over 75 internal SwatCash, which is about $55.

It was easy to earn bonuses on the site before this, but the World Map can earn you a lot more if you are now active. I also created a quite lengthy blog entry about how to complete offers on their site. It is Clickable link near the top of the blog. One thing I have to add though is to do your offers in Internet Explorer because it has a higher rate of approving offers for people. And more offers means a lot more money!!!

If you would like to join SwatCash, click here.

The blog is quiet

I know I haven't been near as active with the blog as I used to be. The answer is simple, I have very little time right now. I'm working full time and also a full time mother of two little boys, so I really don't get much free time, and when I do, I'm working the various sites. I have been spending almost all of my time on moola, MyCashHoney and SwatCash. Those are my 3 most profitable sites so it only makes sense to spend my time there.

Hopefully in the not so distant future I will have more time to dedicate to my blog and the new site that I want to have up and running. The site will not be up anytime soon, it will be a lengthy process to ensure I cross all my t's and dot my i's. I do not want to be in the situation that so many GPT sites are currently facing.

Of course, if you want to join any of the sites I belong to, just click their names on the left hand side of the blog. That will take you directly to the sign up page of the site.

Last, but not least, I got a $25 payment into paypal from MyCashHoney today!! I LOVE that site!

the Paid to Click Industry Woes

It seems almost every PTC or Paid To Click Site is having a difficult time right now. Many have been forced to stop using paypal and others have had to close down completely. I have tried to keep up to date, but it's really difficult to figure out who to believe.

On one hand, if a site is a legitimate business, why would PayPal freeze their account? Why would PayPal not allow them to access even their own funds that are sitting in PayPal accounts? The reason I have been told is that the entire GPT or Get Paid To industry is under scrutiny. Many do not believe it's a legitimate business, or they believe that these sites are deceitful. Another reason that has been offered is the multi level marketing that is offered on many of these sites.

I'm sure most of you know that the GPT industry is alive and well and does not border on illegal. All activities on reputable sites are honest, legal and legitimate. they are not breaking any laws. They offer a service to companies and us, the users or members, are paid to provide these services.

What does all this mean? To be honest, I don't really know. I would love to say that the honest sites will be around forever, but at this rate, who really knows? I know that the reputable sites that have all their "ducks in a row" are continuing business as usual. Even sites like DailyClicks, who I recently called a scam site, have reopened their doors, reestablishing their user's accounts and are they are ready to pay.... however, you are limited in payment options.

I am taking Just-Click right off the list as they just announced they are closing. I am taking DialyClicks off my scam list because of their dedication to fixing all the PayPal problems.

Like everything in life, it's good to have a fair amount of skepticism with everything you do. I am a member of many different sites and aware of the risks associated with earning online. This is why it's important that we communicate in the GPT world and let others know of our experiences. If you are a cautious person and want to avoid the possibility of any risk, stick with sites like Moola and SwatCash. Although they may take a long time to reply to emails, etc, they always pay. Or sites that have many pictures of payments received.

Today I got my very first payment from MyCashHoney!!! I requested a $5 payment in December and today I got the beautiful email, telling me that the $5 had been deposited into my account! That is another wonderful site to add to my list of paying websites. Today I went back to the site and requested a $25 cashout to keep it at a nice round amount. I will post the proof of payment at a later date, because... to be honest, I'm not that great at the old PC and posting proof of payment does take me some time. Since I spent quite a bit of time preparing my last blog post, I figured I'd give myself a small break from that.

So, I will give a list of all the sites that have now "officially" paid me.

MyCashHoney $5
Moola $110
Winzy $5 Amazon Gift Card
Gomez $6.40 and $5 Starbucks gift Card
SwatCash $142.60; $50 Best Buy Gift Card; $50 Visa Gift Card
Sponsored Reviews $3.25
aPairOf $1.14

There are a few sites I'm still waiting to be paid by, and I will update this list as the payments start rolling in.

In fact, I'm going to go request a $5 payment from aPairOf, as soon as I complete this entry.

To join any of the sites I have mentioned, simply click their names. Happy online earnings!!!

More Proof of Payments

Well, it's been some time since I have posted proof of payment for any of my sites, but I thought I should get around to it and finally upload the pictures. For me it's more a time issue than not wanting to do it.... I'm not great at uploading things so I put it off until everything else is complete.

As I've stated before, I think it's very important for people to see proof of payment before they join any online site. It adds to the validity of any site. I operate on a system of honesty and don't try to elude anyone about how they can earn online.

I'm going to post my most recent proof. Moola and SwatCash.

This is my SwatCash payment from December. It was my first "big" cheque.


Here is my most recent Moola cheque.



If you are interested in joining Moola, please click here.

If you are interested in joining SwatCash, please click here.

PigPays closes its doors

PigPays was a GPT or Get Paid To site that was created by a user of GPT sites. I had "met" this person on both moola and SwatCash and I was excited to hear they were starting up a GPT site.

Sadly, the owner has decided to close the doors on the site. He is in school and is finding it very hard to balance his school work with his online job. I know I did not do much to support his site, other than advertise it on here. I had earned a total of 17 cents so you can see I was very inactive.

I will be removing the link for the sidebar now that there is no longer any point in sharing my earnings.

A change to the blog

I have been thinking about a rating system to help people identify the better money making sites I belong to. Although I have earned the most on hits4pay (for example), it is not my highest earning site because it takes a lot longer to make payout on there than it does on bux.to, clix4coins or dailyclicks.

I'm not sure if I will rate all the programs, but as I start implementing it and playing with the design, I will figure it all out.

Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions for improving my blog.

SwatCash

Just wanted to give everyone a really easy offer that credits on SwatCash. I just completed the Smart Diets offer. You sign up for the free trial and receive $4 and 2 bullets to use to attack on SwatCash. I did have to give my credit card #, but I will cancel my account with Smart Diets and they will not charge my credit card anything. I have done many credit card offers on various GPT sites and have never had any fraudulent charges. Always make sure to read the small print and make sure you know exactly what the Terms of Use are and what the cancellation policy is.

Completing this offer is also what I needed to open up the 3rd page of the armory and complete mission 4 on SwatCash. If you are not a member of SwatCash, this likely sounds confusing, but it is all part of the website. They have a very interactive part of the site that allows members to keep earning extra above and beyond the money they earn for completing offers.

I have now completed $54 in offers on that site and although that doesn't seem like very much, I have now made over $1270 on SwatCash. Can you believe I have made all that money with only completing $54 in offers??!?!?! I would not have thought it was possible, but I guess that's what the fun is about earning online, you are able to find the gems.

If you have any questions about SwatCash, please feel free to leave me a comment and I will help you out with whatever you need. SwatCash has just changed their site so it much easier for new users to navigate the site and figure out the added bonuses of being a SwatCash member. Also, I have a tutorial on how to complete offers on the left side of my blog near the top.

If you would like to join SwatCash, please click here. (Proof of payment can be found by clicking a link on the left hand side of my blog, near the top).

Happy New Year & Gomez

Well 2007 has come and gone and here we are on to 2008. I have a feeling 2008 will be a wonderful hear for personal growth, prosperity and health. I have to say that I brought 2008 in with a bang, acting as a labour support person for my friend. She gave birth this morning around 6:30 and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He was, in fact, the New Year's baby for our city. What a special honour to be asked to participate in such a life changing experience. I will be forever changed.

Now, on to more general matters.

I do have some money coming this month, of course my $1000 from SwatCash, but I can't allow that win to discourage me from continuing on my path for earning online. I also have $5 coming from MyCashHoney, although I should have requested to cashout more, I only requested the $5. I will request the full amount for February.

The other site that I have a payment coming from is Gomez. The minimum payout there is $5 and I have over $6 in my account so they automatically cashed me out. This is my first cash payment from Gomez so I am not certain when I will find it in my paypal account, but you can be certain I will be telling all of you. In the past, I received a $5 Starbucks Gift Card from Gomez for helping them set up their online presence. People were asked to fill out a questionnaire in regards to their site and the gift card was their reward for completing the questionnaire.

Since I am receiving payment, I think it would be a nice time to review how Gomez works. Gomez is honestly the easiest program I'm involved in. You set up your account, download the program on to your pc and sit back and let the money come in. Gomez tests various site speeds for other online companies and reports to them exactly how long the pages take to load from different pcs in the world. They really require a great variety of users; dial up, high speed, different countries, etc. If you fit one of the profiles they are in need of, you then become an active member. Once active, you will earn money while you are using your pc online. Also, for each active member you refer to Gomez, you receive $2. I have never noticed my pc running any slower with Gomez installed. I was hesitant to download the program, but after receiving my giftcard, I felt confident that they were an honest company and would not do anything to jeopardize their customers.

If you would like to join Gomez, please click here.

I Won $1000!!!!

I could not believe my eyes last night. I had gotten home from work, debriefed with hubby and was looking at the SwatCash forum to see if anyone had answered my post about the new Diet plan offer.

While looking for the thread I saw that SwatCash had posted weeks 20 & 21 winners for their $1000 weekly draw. I thought I would pop in and see who had won because I certainly did not have an extra $1000 in my account. Well, I guess you can imagine how shocked I was to see my name listed as one of the winners!! They changed the setup us you have to post your SwatCash ID in the thread to claim the money.

So here I am today, $1000 richer!!!

Do you know how you get entered into the $1000 weekly draw? You need to have 50 posts in the forum, that is all. They have to be helpful posts and not spam, but that's all it takes. The great part is the forum is fun to use and it's easy to get 50 and then more very quickly. I actually have 400 posts now.

Other than having the weekly give away, the offers that you can complete pay very high and they have a high success rate of approving.

If you are interested in joining SwatCash, please click here. And I wish you all luck.

$50 Gift Card from SwatCash

As you may have noticed AGAIN (hehe) my SwatCash earnings have taken another $50 jump for a total of $248.40 earned on the site. I used my internal SwatCash that I earned through attacking and having a myspace page and purchased the $50 Visa Gift Card.

So that makes it an easy $100 that I have earned on there in the past week. I really don't know of any other site that allows their members to earn so much without doing offers. To date, I have only had 9 offers approve. Yup, that's right, only 9 offers. So you can see how easy it is to earn without doing the offers. Although, the offers do help boost your account, there is no real excuse if you are Int'l and feel you can't earn on the site.

Also, remember to join an alliance. Since I became a member of SwatCash I have been a member of Blackbird and we have always won the 5 Grenades for having the most infiltrations. To join blackbird, go to your alliance page and click on Blackbird. Now you are a member. If you ever see the word Defend or Infiltrate while on that page, click it!! That helps us win our grenades.

To join SwatCash, click here.

An extra $70 earned online

So I'm up to over $460 earned online. WOW!! It was a great week. The great thing about this site is you never really have to ask "how" I made the money. With the list of sites, you can see exactly where I'm earning my money.

The thing that gave me the biggest jump was the $50 Gift Card for Best Buy that I won on SwatCash yesterday. All I had to do was type the word "and". It was that simple. I'm still a bit in shock that I won because I had to miss so many contests over the 12 days, but I did get a win.


The other place that I have been really able to earn is MyCashHoney. The little trivia questions are easy and have really helped boost my $. I asked for a $5 paypal cashout, so I will tell you in the future if they honour my request. I believe I asked 3 days ago now and still no word about it. This is a brand new site that is growing and there is already a lot going on.

I did "buy" a referral from the site and they didn't do a thing. If you are debating about whether to purchase referrals or cashout with your honey bees..... definitely cashout.

How to Properly Complete Offers

This post is dedicated to those who want your offers to approve. This lists every trick I know. If you know of another, please let me know. I have another blog dedicated to people in my area and posted this next entry. I am going to make a direct link to it from my front page so that it's really easy to find if you ever need to refer back. I have to be honest and say that I found most of this info on another site. I have added parts, removed parts and tweaked others to make it my own, however. I didn't want to "steal" the info so I contacted the original writer and they were ok with me using and it and they were shocked that I bothered to ask. It says a lot about the culture of the industry. :(

Anyway, here is the information.

To complete an offer you must give information such as name, address, phone number, e-mail address and date of birth. GPTs require you to input your personal information in a truthful manner, but there are ways to keep advertisers from knocking down your door or calling you at all hours of the night.


Email Address

Use your main e-mail address on the website that you sign up for, in order to ensure that you get all updates and correspondence from the sites. For completion of offers, sign up for multiple e-mail addresses. Websites such as YAHOO, Hotmail and gmail all offer virtually unlimited free e-mail addresses.

**gmail trick: one e-mail address can turn into many. For instance: GPTresource@gmail.com can turn into: G.PTresource@gmail.com, GP.Tresource@gmail.com, GPT.resource@gmail.com, GPTr.esource@gmail.com, etc. They all go to the same inbox, but are recognized as multiple e-mail addresses by GPT companies.

Cookies, Cache and History

Clear your cookies, cache and history! This is how the companies track if you completed an offer. When you click on the link from whatever GPT you are using, it has your account number embedded into the link. When the offer completes the advertiser's website places a "Cookie" on your computer, then notifies the GPT site that you completed the offer. Don't worry, cookies are harmless to your computer (unlike real life, web cookies don't have calories- bad joke, I know). It takes a few simple steps to clear your cookies.

a) Go to "Tools" in the taskbar on the top of your web browser.
b) Click on "Internet Options"
c) Click on "Delete Cookies", "Delete Files", and "Clear History"
Do this between** offers and you will see a greater number of offer approvals.

**Make sure to clear cookies either before or after completing offers- NEVER delete cookies while you are in the middle of filling out an offer because it will cease to track your progress.

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How many offers should I do?

Don't do too many offers at once.

Many of the offers look very similar- because they are. There are several companies that advertise several offers on GPT websites, and if you complete too many from the same company (such as Winning Surveys), they won't approve many offers.

When you are doing similar surveys from the same company make sure to clear cookies often and rotate e-mail addresses. You should stick to completing 10 or fewer surveys each day in order to optimize approvals.

How far should I go?

When doing the FREE offers, typically the response is to complete an offer "with intent to participate."

Well, what does that mean?
From my experience, and many members of GPT forums, intent to participate means to fill out the first two pages-
Page 1- postal code/zip code or e-mail address
Page 2- Personal info such as name, address, phone number, etc.

Typically I will only fill out that information at first. If the offer doesn't approve the first time, then I will fill it out completely.

You NEVER have to pay for anything on free offers- so when you get to the silver, gold and platinum offers, you can stop. You don't have to buy anything to get these ones to approve! I also have heard that leaving the confirmation page up can help with the approval.

In regards to daily surveys, once you receive the confirmation page, then you have gone far enough. The page will say something along the lines of "congratulations" and then tell you that you are entered into the $50,000 draw.

Keeping Track

Some offers require a Credit Card (CC) to complete the offer. This typically requires you purchasing something, paying shipping & handling, or paying for a trial offer.

Many of these offers do not send confirmation e-mails (they want you to forget you ordered it)- so it is a good policy to read the Terms of Service (TOS) of EVERY paid offer, and write down the phone number that is listed for customer service or cancellation. Once you complete the offer, look for an account number or account name, and make sure you know what e-mail address you used to sign up for the offer. This way you can contact the company once the offer clears, and cancel your free trial to avoid further charges.

I use one e-mail address for all CC offers, and I usually only do one or two at a time so I don't forget about them and wind up paying extra money for something I'm not using.

***If you want to do a CC offer, but do not have a credit card, or don't feel comfortable using your credit card, you can always try purchasing a pre-paid credit card :) You can get them at your local mall or online- just google "Pre Paid Visa" and you'll have a ton of sites pop up. Just make sure the site you are using allow pre paid cards. I personally just use my own credit cards and keep meticulous track of the offers. If I am in doubt, I call my Credit Card company and explain the situation. If the charges are unauthorized, your credit card company will work with you.

Are you doing more than 1 GPT?

Many people participate in several GPTs at once, which can get a bit tricky when trying to track offers that you have completed. A recent development in GPTs is the banning of members who do the same offers on different GPTs, which is a cause of concern for many multiple GPT members.

One recommendation that many GPT users have suggested is to keep a spreadsheet with the GPT site used, the name of the survey completed, the date it was completed, and what e-mail address was used. For instance:

GPT	Advertiser	Date Completed	E-mail Address Used
SWATcash	Winning Surveys- Lexus	09/12/07	SCSurveys@gmail.com
Treasure Trooper	Winning Surveys- Laptop	09/15/07	TTSurveys@gmail.com
TreasureTrooper	Coastal Vacations	09/20/07	TTSurveys@gmail.com

This will help with organization of offer completion and will keep you from overlapping offers, and potentially getting yourself banned from all GPT sites. It (banning) has happened to others, don't believe it won't happen to you if you are not mindful about what you are doing.

Will I get telemarketers?

Well, it is possible if you use your home phone number, but if you live in the US, there is a few companies that offer a free phone service. I am not a member of any, so I can't comment as to which is the best, I can only list them. http://www.k7.net , http://www.aimphoneline.com/ , http://numbr.com/.

What do I do? I have several offers pending?

This is completely normal for any GPT program.

Many companies give the GPT program several offers at one time. They are looking for unique information. If you do every one of the offers from that company in a short amount of time; chances are that you will not have a great approval rate.

To keep this from happening, it is recommended that you complete between 5-10 new offers per day- and try not to do too many from the same survey company. In addition to limiting the number of offers completed, make sure to rotate e-mail addresses.

If you have offers in pending that you really want to go through, you can re-do them, but try to limit re-doing offers to 2-3/day, and only if the offer has been pending for 2 weeks or more.

If you find that your approval rates are very slowly or most offers are getting denied, then it means it is time for you to create a new e-mail address or two.

Credit Card Offer Suggestions

Many of the Credit Card (CC) offers are very appealing, but do pose some risk ($$$ risk). If you fail to cancel a trial in time, or do not calculate shipping & handling into the overall profitability of the offer, you may end up an un-happy GPTer. Here are some suggestions to keeping you happy AND getting you paid for completing CC offers!

1) Use a pre-paid Visa Gift Card. You can buy them at your local mall, grocery store, or at several online retailers. But be careful, make sure doing so doesn't violate the TOS with the offer you are completing.

2) Track all offers carefully. Use one main e-mail address for all CC offers and keep all confirmations!

3) When you first see a confirmation screen pop up, write it down as well as the customer service phone #. This keeps you from stressing just in case you don't get a confirmation e-mail address.

4) Read the Terms of Service (TOS) VERY carefully! Some of the sneak hidden charges or fees into the offer via the TOS- so take the time to read carefully- it can save you a lot of frustration.

5) Only do 1-2 CC offers at one time. Many people forget to cancel trials or send back samples (when required), and end up getting charged the full-amount instead of the promotional FREE or S&H only. By doing 1-2 at one time, it is easier to keep track of.

6) Check your CC statements carefully every month for unauthorized charges- this is to protect you. Some companies try to sneak stuff past you- so make sure you know what you are getting charged for!

7) If you have an un-authorized charge on your card, or you don't know what you may have ordered, make sure to contact the company listed. If they do not respond, contact your CC company and dispute the charges. One time a site I paid stopped answering all calls and returning emails. I called my CC company to warn them that there might be false charges. Luckily, it all worked out before I got to the point of asking them.

Updated balance

Things have been moving right along the past week. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have started back at work full time, but I have still managed to get all my clicks in. :) Some days I'm a bit slack, but so far, so good. Since I started the running total on the blog I have increased it by quite a fair amount. I'm really proud of the earnings I've made and thank all of you who read the blog and help me just by reading it. I'm now up to over $385 of online earnings!!!

I guess I'll just highlight that I've had a lot of luck lately with Clix4Coins, bux.to, SwatCash and Treasure Trooper. I have no idea anticipating what sites people will enjoy the most, but those seem to be the most recent winners. Those and Money-Website.

Also, I wanted to send an FYI that PigsPay is giving away $1 to each member that joins this month.

If you want to join any of the sites I have just mentioned, just click their name over on the left. It will take you directly to their site and you can join.

Last, but certainly not least, I'd like to share my pleasure with my Alexa ranking. I guess the spider finally crawled my blog and boosted me up into the 2 millions. It still seems pretty sad, but I'll take a 1 million jump any day. I guess it gives me something to look forward to.

Payments

Updated June 16th 2008

Free Online Cash System June 13th



Payments for SwatCash, Gomez, MyCashHoney, MyLot and Big Crumbs





SwatCash January Payment

Moola January Payment




SwatCash $32 Paypal








Winzy $5 Amazon Gift Card




Moola $10 Cheque










BeyondHello $100 Paypal (Mystery Shop)




Freelance online writing $40 Paypal