Using Incentivized Programs Responsibly
n·cen·tiv·ize (n-snt-vz)
tr.v. in·cen·tiv·ized, in·cen·tiv·iz·ing, in·cen·tiv·iz·es
To offer incentives or an incentive to; motivate:
So I just did a quick count and apparently there are 805,643 websites that will pay you an incentive ( $$ ) to join programs, sign up for offers, complete tasks, shop and take surveys. Okay, so I didn’t really count websites. I just wanted to give you an idea of how many Incentivized Programs are out there.
I use two. CashCrate and Treasure Trooper.
I’ve seen quite a few posts in forums about how such and such site sends out SPAM email, sells the members phone numbers and personal information, and then labeling “such and such” website a Scam. Look, this is what is most likely happening… and I’ll use Cash Crate as an example.
You join Cash Crate thinking $$. You see that there are a billion offers that will pay you .50 – $3.00 for simply “Filling out the form with Valid Information” or “Participating in the Survey”. You say to yourself, “Sweet, I can knock out about ten of these a day and make a couple hundred dollars a month”. Your right. You can, but realize that every time you submit your personal information just so you can earn yourself fifty cents, you just enrolled your self in the “Please Spam Me Club”. Of course you were too busy counting your money to read the Privacy Agreement or the Terms of Use thingy, that ALL THESE WEBSITES PROVIDE. See, your not getting spammed by Treasure Trooper or Cash Crate or whichever program you are a member of. You’re doing it to yourself… Any questions?
Now here’s what you do..
1 – Keep completing those “free” offers and accept the fact that you’re going to get a crap load of “You’ve just won an IPOD Extreme!!” type emails in your inbox. (“Miley Likes it Big”, that’s my favorite. )
2 – Pick up your referrals people!! Let someone else get the spam instead. You just sit back and collect your commissions ( F’ Yeah .05 more cents!! ). Most Incentivized programs pay you for bringing in new members. Cool, now the only email your going to see is a monthly newsletter and a message saying “You’ve been Paid”.
3 – Use Incentivized Sites Responsibly!! … Sign up for offers you actually want to participate in or join. You probably won’t make $300 a month with this strategy, but if nothing else you’ll stick with the program longer. You’ll use Treasure Trooper or Cash Crate ( or whoever ) around Christmas time when you looking for new places to shop online. You’ll be sitting around watching TV one night, and see an ad for something… you’ll think to yourself “I really want that nose hair trimmer, I wonder if Cash Crate has it available as an offer”? Or to be more realistic. Lets say you want Direct TV. Well the last I checked you can use Cash Crate and earn $55. How ’bout Netflix ( which I highly recommend ), Treasure Trooper pays you $17 to join through them. Okay, one more. When I decided I wanted a Discover Card, I looked at Treasure Trooper offers and “BAM!”, there it was. I made $35 and got a great card ( oh, current incentive is now at $40 ). Of course all incentives and offers mentioned in this post will no doubt change. The examples given were current and accurate as of 1/31/09
Okay, Look. I have over 1500 referrals in Treasure Trooper. I would rather have all of them complete one or two offers a year for things that they really want. Instead, 90% of my refs ( and I’m only assuming here ) have completed a couple free offers, made a couple bucks, didn’t like all the SPAM they were suddenly receiving. Then labeled the site a SCAM or Untrustworthy… and gave up. Not only are they cheating themselves out of money, but what about me? ( me me me ). When my referrals make money, I make money, when I make money, I advertise so that others can make money, and if others make money, then, well… I make more money ( run on sentence allowed for dramatic effect ).
Have fun kids, and please use “ALL” sites responsibly. Incentivized Programs are a great source of extra income and when your not to busy completing all those free offers, be sure to spend some of that hard earned money on advertising for referrals.
Night
Phil
Wow another great post. I have been spammed to death and never actually knew the reason why. This is a real eye opener Phil, thanks for that.
:o) Enjoyable reading you are offering here. I have some more to read, but for now – I will stick to your advice about staying live and well at Cashcrate so the long term…term is fulfilled. You are bookmarked! Keep having fun entertaining us clickers out there :o)
@Anneli
Thank you! and Thank you.
Love your Gardening Website by the way.
Here’s a plug for you… *** website, no longer available **
Oh – I got a plug! :o) I appreciate your appreciation there, and have obviously found a fellow reporter of numbers :ob. I could recommend visiting noexpiry.com, a paid to post forum with rates like 0.04-0.06 dolares per post/thread. More quality than in many places. Personally I have entered the rented referrals world through Performance Bux and now also Desiclix. Phiuw, there are a LOT of places to take or leave, and you are helping!
Tried Cash Crate but tend to forget I’m a member. I prefer Quick Rewards, Inbox Dollars and My Points myself. QR has paid me over and over and such an easy program to earn from! I learned long ago to get a free email addy to use for this stuff because yes it does tend to send lot of spam.
yeah, but you just can’t beat the referral incentives from Cash Crate. Let me know if I’m wrong.
Sorry, I tried to SPAM your super duper Awesome Blog. I do apologize and now understand that you are trying to run an honest site. I suck, I know.
this comment was edited and totally rewritten by philsfault =P
Another thing you can do is have a dedicated email address just for incentive sites. Makes life a little easier. Alhough I am careful about using them these days; I have inadvertantly signed up for things and ended up with charges on my telephone bill I had to cancel. My advice: look over those “yes” or “no” pages a couple of times before hitting submit. It can be easy to accidentally have one checked as “yes” when you did not mean to do so. Also, always make sure you are hitting “skip” if you want to move past an offer. These sites are sneaky and will change wordings, page placement, etc. for the “submit” and “skip” buttons. Buyers and non-buyers beware. I do dig using these sites now and then for a quick buck. I use Cashlagoon mostly and Inboxdollars, but with Inbox I mainly just click the emails. Cashlagoon has almost instant payouts. Very nice.
Shalom,
banana
Shalom,
banana
@thebananarepublican
Personally I only sign up for things, stuff, and services I am interested in. So I’m always aware of what I’m getting my self into.
…but yeah, setting up a separate email account for such things is pretty darn important.
I might have to take a peak at CashLagoon one of these days.