Wednesday 30 January 2013

Swagbucks/ Confirmit Survey Not Credited and Proof Not Accepted

I expect better from Swagbucks... alot better. I completed a survey through their daily survey link and the survey was with Confirmit. I dutifully completed it and got to the 'thank you' screen. Having been stung before, I took a screen grab of the thank you screen as proof. Over 48 hours later and the 70 SB had not been credited so I raised the claim with Swagbucks, sending the proof I had of having completed the survey.

Here's what they came back with:
I do apologize for the trouble and the wait while we investigated your account. The survey company is not able to find a record of your successfully completed survey. The survey company is not able to credit for surveys that are not accounted for in their records. I do apologize for the trouble.
Thank you again for contacting the Swag Bucks support team. If you have any further questions or concerns please let us know.
 I have a further question.... What? So a survey company can just deny having a record, despite the fact I have proof of completion, and that's it? Useless from Swagbucks. I feel that they themselves should at least compensate me. The survey took 30 minutes to complete and although it's not a great deal of money in the scheme of things, it's a matter of principle that a survey company can get away with it.


Monday 14 January 2013

Neobux Challenge - An Update 14 Jan 2013

So... I've gone a little quiet on the Neobux challenge and here's why: I've become totally disinterested and disenchanted with the whole thing.

Here's a word of warning to anyone considering renting referrals on this site - don't bother. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's a scam because it's longevity alone would suggest that it is not. But.... you'll never make money from renting referrals and more likely will lose.

I have rented 3 referrals and have had to recycle each about 2-3 times in the 2 months I've been doing this. They always start well but slowly tail off. Each has got to an average of below 1 click per day and I have recycled them. My current set now have the following averages:

Clicker 1: 1.600
Clicker 2: 1.464
Clicker 3: 1.071

Remember you need an average of roughly 1.3 to break even. Not 1 of my clickers has been constantly active and bear in mind I've now been through about 8-10 different people. The pattern for each has been the same - a steady decline. There is a strongly held belief that Neobux use bots rather than actually people for their rented referrals and the pattern of development for each of these would suggest this to be true.

I've started so I'll finish. I'm going to see this through but I would strongly recommend not making the same mistake (granted I've done this as an experiment) and avoiding rented referrals... unless anyone can provide me with PROOF that it is actually financially beneficial.

New Year.... No Videos

Is it just me or since Christmas there have been little to no videos to watch on all the various GPT sites? Makes sense and hopefully things will pick up again soon.

Sorry to all those I've recommended these to, only to find there's nothing to view!

Here's to getting back in the swing soon and starting to make cashola again!

Tuesday 8 January 2013

Quickrewards - No Minimum PayPal Payout!

There are a host of gpt and ptc sites out there and choosing the right one can be a minefield. Often, you go through months of clicking and watching to reach payout, only to find the site is a scam. It's because of this, that I tend to be drawn to those with low payout thresholds so I can cashout low and often. One such site is Quickrewards.

This is much like it's competitors in terms of what you can do - you earn points by clicking through to pages, watching videos, surveys, etc.... By completing offers, you earn Quickpoints. 100 Quickpoints = US$0.01.

The beauty of this site is that there is seemingly no minimum payout threshold for Paypal so if like me, you are suspicious of these sites, you can try to cashout with only a few cents to test it works and not waste a load of your time.

I can testify that this site works and is great. I tend to use these sites to watch videos and earn a small amount of extra cash. Quickrewards has a unique viewing platform that i haven't seen with other sites. It's rather like Swagbucks TV system but I think more lucrative. You can click through to 'How To' videos and for every 2 you watch per page you've clicked on, you earn 100 QP, equating to US$0.01. There are about 15 or so links that can be clicked hourly. It's a small earner but can run in the background while you do other things online. Each film varies in length from about 0:20 through to 7-8 mins and even some over an hour (obviously to be avoided).

There are other videos to watch, etc... to stack up your earnings but for something relatively instant, it's a good one. Payment to paypal usually happens in a day or 2. I've cashed out a few times and never experienced a problem.

N.B since writing this I see that QuickRewards have reduced the amount per how to video to only 50 points per 2 videos you watch. i.e US$0.005.

N.B.2 scrap that, some are still at $0.01 per 2 videos watched, others at the lower rate.

N.B.3 17.01.13 these how do offers don't appear to be available any longer but plenty of other great stuff on this site!

Feel free to sign up under my referral here if this has been of use: