PaidViewpoint - Review and Tutorial

I'm sure I'm not alone in admitting that I enjoy shorter surveys compared to the long, drawn-out surveys that fuel so many survey sites nowadays. For one, they're often easier and more interesting, and seeing progress with each question is oddly rewarding. For these reasons, I'd strongly recommend PaidViewpoint.com, but I'll convince you later on in this earning money online review.

PaidViewPoint is run by the same company that runs InstantCashSweepstakes. That should be an indicator that PaidViewpoint isn't like most other survey sites, and you'd be correct. One of the greatest perks of PaidViewpoint is that you cannot be kicked out of a survey midway through; there are no qualification questions and you're therefore guaranteed to be paid for each survey you see through 'til the end.

As an added bonus, you can earn $1.00 right from the registration process. Please note: You'll need to have access to a phone to either call or send a text message to PaidViewpoint. Thankfully, they make it clear in their Privacy Policy that they won't use your phone number or any bit of the information you provide to them for anything other than security of your account. So if that's not a problem, you'll only have to worry about the $15.00 minimum to cashout via PayPal.

I'd like to end this review of PaidViewpoint by reiterating a few things. First, this website is run by the same people that run InstantCashSweepstakes, so they have a proven track record. Second, all the surveys you'll take are super quick and are a guaranteed money-maker. Third, the $15.00 payout via PayPal may be daunting, but it's possible!

Clover (PayPal Alternative) - Review

With all of the PayPal horror stories, it seems like now would be a good time to weigh your options and start trying to find a possible PayPal alternative. Well, you're just in luck, because Clover recently was opened to the public and claims it will be the new PayPal alternative.

Clover is a new way to send money from your smartphone. For Android 2.2 phones and above and iPhones et al. with iOS 4.2 and higher, Clover allows you to send money easily from your phone. Clover gives you the ability to send money to your contacts simply and easily. You can withdraw money from a bank or Paypal account, Amazon gift cards, or even checks. As as added bonus, you will receive $5 for signing up. As well, they offer a very lucrative referral program, paying $5/referral!
Clover is also very safe, using 256-bit encryption and storing the information in a PCI-DSS compliant server environment to keep your money safe. Follow the link and start sending and receiving money today!

Superpoints.com - Review and Tutorial

I'll say it outright: SuperPoints is a great GPT site where you can earn very quickly! Like other GPT sites, you can earn points from surveys, signing up to various sites, watching videos and referring others. However, unlike other sites, SuperPoints remains an invite-only site, so you'll need to be referred to become a member.

Another easy way to earn points from the site is by using the "SuperLucky Button". Regular members will be given 30 "spins" or tries per day to earn anywhere from 1-200 points ($0.01-$2.00).

The great thing is that you can easily redeem your points for things like PayPal and Amazon.com giftcards. Giftcards range in price from $5.00 to $25.00 and more!

Different levels are achievable by members. Refer more people and you can cashout fewer points at a time (instead of waiting until you've accumulated 2,500 points, you can redeem only 500 points).

Along with the great ways of earning points without actually having to complete surveys, Superpoints' referral program is a great way to earn as well. The referral program is multiple levels deep, so you earn off of the referrals of your direct referrals, and it even goes deeper than that - up to 5 levels of referrals!

I've provided the members of earningonlinereview.blogspot.com with a few invitation codes which can be found below (EDIT: I've switched the ephemeral codes with a link that shouldn't expire every few weeks):

http://superpoints.com/refer/earningonlinereview

Jingit.com: Review and Tutorial

Jingit.com is a site much like Beezag or any other pay-to-watch site, just with bigger profits.Watch videos (some which contain an added 5 questions or less survey), and within minutes you're on your way to earn anywhere from $0.10 to $1.50. You'll never spend more than 3minutes on the longer videos, and you'll normally be earning more than $6.00/hour. So is Jingit a scam? Continue on to find out!

You're paid through a Jingit-braded debit card which originally costs $2.00 of your "Jingit" cash, but from then on you can use the debit card to use the money you have accrued through Jingit.
Advertisers include nationwide brands like Quiznos, Gatorade, Ticketmaster, Sprint, etc. so you know you are dealing with a legitimate site.

While all of that may be hard to believe, the people over at Jingit do impose some restrictions on your earnings. At most, you can accumulate $5.00/week by watching videos, which you could easily do within half an hour in one day. Currently, the only way to bump up this restriction is through referring others (at least 5 other people).

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All in all, Jingit is a great site that is a breath of fresh air when you compare the profit margins to other sites in the same niche. Try it out and as always, let me know what you think! As I hit the referral limit, I'll add the referral link of the first commenter and subsequential commenters after that.

HCDSurveys - Review and Summary

Any avid survey-taker could list off a number of irksome qualities of many popular survey sites. When the entire goal is to earn money online, wasting your time only to do the opposite (regardless of how you gauge your time in monetary terms) is easily one of the worst setbacks.What happened to the simpler sites where you can find quick, easy-to-complete surveys that actually pay well? Look no further than HCDSurverys.

As a first word of advice, you'll have to realize that HCDSurveys will be a slow earner. Surveys are few and far between, so whenever you receive an email for a new survey, try and jump on it as quickly as possible. The website is centered around a dedicated community of like-minded individuals who will take the survey if you don't first.

This leads in to discussion regarding the surveys: which, I would like to begin by stressing, are among some of the best I have ever taken. Not only are the surveys extremely quick to complete (never taking longer than ~3 minutes) and quick to let you know if you aren't part of the targeted demographic, but they are interesting, current, and in video-form!

That's right, the simple task behind most of HCDSurveys' surveys is finding your opinion about political videos. You wield a slidebar and simply move it either to the left or right depending on how your feelings change through the video. Most payout somewhere from $0.50-$1.50 for only a few minutes of work.

Payout is set at $10.00 via check, and HCDSurveys also offers a referral program of $0.50/referral, no minimum surveys-completed limits. All in all, a very simple and extremely easy online way to make money!

Paidthefastest.com - Review and Tutorial

Like most GPT sites, Paidthefastest.com boasts high earnings and, overall, an easy way to earn money online. However, while most GPT sites advertise empty promises, PaidTheFastest is different - and therefore one of the best GPT sites - for a number of reasons.

1. The site truly lives up to its name. Payout is set at $1 via PayPal, $5 for Amazon.com giftcards, and there are even more ways to be paid! Focusing on PayPal for now, payment is instant. The second you request payout is the same second you're paid. There's no maximum number of times you can cashout per day, and there's absolutely no extra charges or frees for US residents.

2. The earning process is centered around a dedicated and helpful community of administrators and fellow earners alike! At any given time there will be a number of active users in chat, and any support tickets you might have to send in will be answered within a few hours. Any questions you have can quickly be answered.

3. Along with the easy to complete offers (detailed in point 4), there are many other ways to earn with PaidTheFastest. From the yearly fantasy sports groups to the "Pick 3" and Blackjack games on PaidTheFastest, there are a ton of ways to also use the points you accumulate.

4. There's no use in having quick and easy payouts if it isn't actually easy to earn from PaidTheFastest. And easy it is:

PaidTheFastest Tutorial

You'll first have to accumulate a total of $5.00 to upgrade your account to the "50X" for one month. Two things about this - you'll have to convert your actual money to points ($1.00 = 100points, so 500points total will be needed), and you cannot fund you account from the outside - this has to be $5.00 you've earned off of the site.

The "50X" denotes your chances of earning from previously-unrefereed new members. Basically, you're investing $5.00 at the start of the month, hoping to earn more than that back off of the 10 or so people who are now earning money for you.

You'll first earn $0.20 after each referral completes an offer over $0.50, and from there will continue earning 20% of whatever they earn from cash and point offers. This lasts even after your 30 days of upgraded membership are up, so it's possible to continue paying for month-to-month upgrades just with a few active referrals!


In conclusion, PaidTheFastest is a great way to earn online. As far as GPT sites go, it's easily one of the best. Highly recommended as an investment venture as well!

Swagbucks.com - Review and Tutorial

Possibly the most popular paid-to-search service is Swagbucks.com, a site made popular by its referral system. I remember a time on YouTube when almost every technology-related channel featured the site, touting their amazing prizes and earnings from such a simple service. But is it all true?

Swagbucks.com has been online for a number of years, and, while new ways of earning "Swagbucks" have been added, the same core feature remains; randomly earning by using their search engine. About every 4-5 searches, you'll earn anywhere from 5-50 Swagbucks. This currency can be redeemed for things such as Amazon.com giftcards, charitable donations, and even Xbox 360s and PS3s!

So how can it be exploited? Fairly simply, in fact. First, you can use VCCs (virtual credit cards) to complete offers run by Swagbucks. These can normally be purchased for $1-$2; add some money to them, and you can safely complete some offers! Expect to earn around 2500 SB for about 30minutes of work and around $5. For more information, look forward to another post published soon.

The second and less lucrative way to earn is by botting - automatically using the search engine at random times. If you are adventurous, I've previously coded a bot, and I left it unobfuscated for all to play around with: http://www.filesonic.com/file/1127141391/swagbucksbot.txt

However, I'd also recommend LIMES, by Darkness from thebotnet.com/. It can be found here: http://thebotnet.com/bots-of-tbn/53408-release-limes-4-0-simple-but/

Once again, Swagbucks is a great service to use if you're looking to earn money online through searching!

Youdata.com - Review and Summary

Youdata.com summaries itself as being "The World's First Attention Payment System." While I have begun reviewing very similar sites in the past, Youdata.com has undoubted made its name in the market normally cluttered with PTC sites.

Like other sites that send specifically-targeted ads, you'll have to complete a lengthy survey prior to actually receiving much of any ads from Youdata. About 50 questions later, you may or may not actually receive ads; as has been stated before by other sites¹, the most prolific advertisers are those targeted more towards women, and more specifically to those with children. However, that doesn't stop others from earning.

Advertisements pay it two ways. The first is by viewing a banner ad for which you'll be paid a flat rate of $0.05. There's no timers to speak of, no external windows to close - everything goes by very smoothly and quickly. But better than that is the fact that you can view multiple ads at once; earn $0.15 with one click of a mouse and view three ads at the same time. From there, you can earn varying amounts by actually clicking a link. Once again, there's no timer on the pages your are paid to view - you just exit out when you're done!

So what's the catch? $0.05/ad seems like a rate only scam PTC sites can offer, doesn't it? Still, you can expect to be paid via PayPal each Friday. YouData can pay that out because the advertisements are so targeted, you may not see more than one or two per month. For that reason, the affiliate program is so important. You can earn up to $1.00 per direct referral - limits aren't  normally implemented by most PTC sites, but it probably won't affect your earnings much. You'll earn $0.01 per referral click - also paid each week. A simple process for a professional and well-paying site!

So there may be some troubles with the site such as a lack of ads and a barebones referral system, but that's more than made up for by high ad rates and weekly payouts - no limits set! So start answering those "MeFiles" and start earning!

¹ (http://www.imreportcard.com/other/youdata/)

Beezag.com: Review and Summary

Many sites have begun rolling out paid-to-view-video projects that, as the name would allude to, pay you for watching a certain product's commercial. Beezag, while definitely not the newest entries, has remained one of the largest sites, and, after being out for many years, remains a great site to earn from viewing videos and making money online.

The concept of Beezag is simple; videos are tailored based on your interests, meaning advertisers pay more, and you earn more. You can start by watching a few videos, go and fill out a larger portion of your personal summary, and be able to watch a few more videos. If you have the time (~15minutes) to do so the day you sign up, you should have been able to answer the entire survey, and watched an equivalent of about a $1.00 worth of videos.

From here, expect to earn around $0.50/day from a few minutes of videos and maintaining your account. The amount you earn from watching videos ranges from 20-100 points, which converts to anywhere from $0.02-$0.10 (100points = $1.00). With videos of the standard commercial length, you'll be working for about $6/hour - not bad for mindless work. However, some videos do not pay via points, but instead will only give an entry for a related sweepstakes - offers I wouldn’t recommend.

Instead of using a normal CAPTCHA service (which can be exploited fairly cheaply, a task that I will discuss in a later post), Beezag uses their own form of "human-detection"; and frankly, it's actually a bit difficult and interactive. Two numbers in white and floating across a black background are shown at random times during the video. Following the video, you'll have to correctly enter the two numbers, or have to re-watch the video with new numbers to look out for. Don’t respond quickly enough, and you’ll still have to re-watch it.

Any way to bot this process? For the time being, it seems a bit unlikely.It would take quite a while to exploit it with accuracy. Nonetheless, discussion has been going on about doing so, though nothing has yet come out.

So, all-in-all, is Beezag worth your time? I’d say it is. While you will actually have to watch each commercial closely, the pay isn’t half bad. While payout is set at 8000 points (with options for PayPal and Amazon.com giftcards) - fairly standard, if a bit high - the referral program implemented offers another way of earning 10% off of those you refer. Just another way to earn online!

Bing Rewards - Review and Tutorial

The number of paid-to-search sites has continued to grow, with some of the larger sites like Swagbucks and iRazoo still gaining points in the market after being out for a number of years. However, possibly the largest giant in the field in Bing with their "Bing Rewards" feature for users of the search engine.

Currently ranked the 16th largest website in the world by Quantcast¹, you may need to ask yourself exactly why a company so large as Microsoft would need to include an incentive for people to use their products. Wouldn't you expect this to be a quick promotion to get people to get away from relying on Google's products? You would thing so, but Microsoft has claimed that the service will be available even longer than the originally-estimated December 31st, 2011 end date!

So how do you earn? First, you've since been able to use any popular browser (it used to only be available to Internet Explorer users). From there, install the Bing Search bar, and you're set!

There's no luck involved when it comes to earning; you're paid the same basic way every time. You're paid 250points for signing up, and you're paid ~5points for completing each offers (normally clicking a Microsoft-related promotion), and of course searching!

Promotions such as "Search and earn. Earn 1 credit per 2 Bing searches up to 6 a day until June 4." are frequent, but when these types of offers aren't running, you can expect to receive 1 point for each 5 searches, and you could earn a maximum of 5 points/day.

The things that make this search-rewards site different are important. For one, there's no CAPTCHA requirements to be found. Therefore, you can naturally search throughout the day, no different than you normally would. Off you go!

Finally, what's your actual incentive for joining other than earning prizes? You can redeem points for things like a 3 month Hulu+ membership (should take ~2.5months of searching), a $5 Amazon.com giftcard (~2months of searching), or even a month of Xbox Live Gold (~5 months of searching). All in all, there are some great prizes to save up for.

In the end, I'd recommend signing up for an account as quickly as possible. If nothing more, spend 2-3minutes per day saving up for another month's worth of Xbox Live.

¹ (http://www.quantcast.com/bing.com/)