Scamming in the Paid to Read Industry

With every good "paid to" program, there are always those that will "scam" members. Some do it intentionally upon opening, others have bad business models and end up with a failing business. Below are some good tips when deciding on whether to join that new hot PTR that just opened.

1) "If it seems too good to be true it usually is" that old saying rings so true in the Paid to industry. If they promise you millions of dollars then you had better ask yourself where they are going to get it to pay you. Alternatively, if it is one of them home-money-maker advertisements ask yourself "What will they want me to do in detail to make this money"

2) Check out advertisement prices. This is a very important key element on whether a site has the ability to pay members. A site ratio of click through can range between 30-50% on the norm of the total database. A site should be able to pay all members that click, their referral earnings and then earn extra for hosting costs and other business expenses.

3) Investigate programs by searching forums to find out "who" is the program owner. Sometimes the same people open scam site after scam site and it is always helpful to know whom you are dealing with. Also searching forum's can give you insight to what other members think about a program or a program owner.

4) While not "all" high payout sites are bad some purposely put high payout rates so that they can have extra time to get what they can prior to closing up shop. By setting, a higher payout they have longer until the member gets to payout thus giving them more time to scam unsuspecting members.

5) Sites that offer high referral bonuses or signup bonuses ask yourself where they will get the money to pay those bonuses. If a site for instance gave a $1.00 signup bonus and they have 1,000 members remember the minute those members signed up they were in debt $1,000 without having made a dime for that very cause. Same with referral bonuses if they are extremely high ask yourself where they are going to get the money to pay you.

6) When sites offer money making opportunities for a fee beware. Most of the time they are only giving you links to survey sites and other paid to ventures that you can find yourself for free by searching the internet using google or other major search engines. It's always better to search for yourself to find opportunties on making money then pay someone money up front to basically get a list of their referral links.

The Paid To world can be a scary place but with these tools, you can help yourself not be scammed. Sometimes programs take us by surprise even veterans fall victims to scam sites from time to time but if you use the above tips to check out programs you are less likely to become a victim of scam sites.