PTC Basics
Before getting started with PTC’s one should at least know the basics, so we will start from the ground up here.
PTC: Paid to Click. The name is somewhat self explanatory, you get paid to click ads. More accurately you get paid to view ads. On most sites you have to view the ad for 30 seconds, although I’ve seen anywhere between 10 and 90 seconds.
How much do I get paid?
The 2 most common values per ad are 0.5 cents per click and 1 cent, although I’ve seen from 0.1cents to 2 cents. Personally I feel anything under 0.5 is not worth your time.
Referrals
Referrals are the most important part of making money on PTC’s. There are two types.
Direct Referrals: People who joined the PTC as a direct result of you, (for example a friend you told about it)
Bought/Rented Referrals: Getting direct referrals can be a pain, so pretty much every PTC has the option to buy and/or rent referrals.
What do Referrals do?
For every ad your referral views you get money, for this example lets say you get 1 cent per referral click. You have 500 referrals, they each click 2 ads a day, there 500*2=$10 a day for you. Its important to remember referrals are humans (Ill talk about bots in a different post…) so they wont necessarily click every day, you cant count on that $10 every day for sure. Some days you will get more, some days less.
Buying Referrals vs Renting
Buying: Buying referrals means that they are your forever. Back in the day this was how all PTC sites work, however its quickly being replaced by renting. The typical cost to buy a referral is about $1
Pros of buying: 1 time investment
Cons of buying: If the referral quits the PTC right away your out more money
Renting: Renting a referral means that you only have them for a predetermined amount of time, usually 1 month. This seems to be the way of the future. The typical cost to rent a referral is about 30 cents a month. Most sites that rent referrals give you the option to ‘recycle’ that referral’ This means that if you notice the referral is no longer clicking ads you can pay a fee, about 8 cents is typical, to replace that referral.
Pros of renting: Lower up front cost, if a newly obtained referral is not clicking they can be replaced.
Cons of renting: Continually have to pay for referrals on a monthly basis
That’s it for now, I will continue this page later. If there’s a topic you want covered leave a comment
sections to be added later
Premium accounts
payment methods
how to spot a scam
more…