PTC or Paid to Click programs seem to be everywhere. If you look to make money online, you probably run across them. PTC pays users to click ads, fill out offers, and various other tasks. You may get notices in your emails or read about them in forums. People learned over time PTC pays off with a little effort. Some promise big money which lures users. Are PTC for real or a waste of time?

Here is an overview of how paid to click works. PTC involves three components: the advertiser, the site owner, and the members. The advertiser pays the site owner for a set number of hits to their site. The site owner passes them to users in the form of PTC ads. You view the ad for a certain amount of seconds or minutes and get credited for the visit. Normally, you are paid $.025 and 3 cents per visit. This is a portion of revenue the owner shares with members. Sign-up is free but you have the option of upgrading fo rmor benefits.

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First a little information about what PTC is. Paid to Click members make money by clicking on advertisements sent by email or available on the site by the Paid to Click site. Signing up to be a member is free. The clicks are usually worth about a cent each but some sites offer higher amounts.

Clicks are often timed so you must view the ad for 10-120 seconds. Generally, the shorter timers pay less per view and longer timers pay more per view.

Sites also offer a little more money if you refer people and add to your downline. That way you make money on their clicks as well. The people that make the most money on PTC are ones with a large downline. People just clicking on their own can expect to make about a dollar a day.

There is a vast proliferation of PTC sites and you need to watch that you don’t end up wasting your time if you do want to give it a shot:

First, take a good look at the site. Find out exactly what they pay and how much money you need to accumulate for payout. This can vary. Some sites payout at $1.00 and some wait until you have accumulated $100.00. This is a matter of your personal preference. I

Check where they payout on the site. Is there an option for payout on the payout page? You might find you can only redeem you cents for advertising, even when they state they pay cash out at a certain amount accumulated. Believe it or not, this happened to me when I was testing sites out, I spent hours clicking away with one site and then decided to check their payout page. No option for payout would come up. I contacted them twice and got no reply to either email.

Which brings me to another point. Find out if the site is responsive when you contact them. Is there anyone actually keeping an eye on administration on the site or is it all just automated. If it is all automated, you could be in trouble if you need to get your money out.

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