Get Paid To Read, this is abbreviated to PTR, meaning Paid To Read.
This method of earning entails you being sent emails, which you will
receive a small payment to read the content of, and then click a link.
This link will take you to the site of the product or service being
advertised in the paid email. Then a timer will start and after a
pre-determined number of seconds, your account will be credited.
Unfortunately the GPT industry is one in which dishonesty is all too
prevalent. It is also an industry, that when you know how to recognize
and avoid this dishonesty, can be fun, rewarding, open up other methods
of earning (thereby increasing your earning potential) and last, but
not least, introduce you to new friends and acquaintances. So in order
to minimize and try and eliminate the dishonesty where possible,
certain means and methods are employed by both members and
site/program owners. You need to be aware of, and recognize, the steps
and measures taken by the sites and programs you are about to join. So
to familiarize you with these aspects I will explain what you are about
to encounter when you join your first program and receive the first of
your paid mails. Instead of listing them all and expecting you to
memorize them, I will go through the measures taken in the order you
will encounter them. I have found this way to be the best method due to
the feedback I have received from the people I have helped in the past.
I will then help you to work in a way that is honest and fun. After all
this industry needs both honest site/program owners and members.
The primary cause for concern amongst program/site owners is ensuring
that their member base is an honest one, that they will give their
advertisers the attention to their products and services that they have
paid for. With this in mind, the owners will be looking for dishonest
members that are not paying attention, not reading the advertising that
they are being sent, even though they have requested to be sent those
adverts. They will also be trying to detect and prevent members using
"bots" or software programs, that will open and click links, (thereby
getting their accounts credited) without they themselves, even seeing
the adverts and links.
So they employ a wide range of methods to detect this fraudulent
activity, some are unique to each site and some are methods in common
use right across the GPT industry. The only ones you need to be aware
of, as an honest member, are tests to see if you are actually giving
the adverts and links your attention, as you agreed to, by opting in to
receive these mails. Therefore these are mainly English and reading
tests. English tests because most of the sites
require you to be able to read and understand English, and reading
tests, to ensure that you are actually reading the adverts.
There are three specific tests that you will encounter and they are, in the order you come across them;
Bad Keyword Selection Options. These will be in the section where you
will check the boxes of the subjects you would like to see advertising
about, when you first register with program/site. There will be options
for selection something like, Computers & Internet, Business
Opportunities, Home & Garden etc,
etc. You simply select which of these topics you would like to see
advertising for. Some of them will be English tests, things like, I
cheat, Delete Me, I can't Read English etc, etc. Obviously if you
select these then you are either not paying attention, and not reading,
or you can't really read and understand English. So selecting one of
these options will result in your account being deleted or suspended
before you start.
Turning numbers. After you have registered with the site and receive
your first paid mails you will have to log on when you click your first
paid link. You do not have to do this separately, the link in the paid
mail will take you through this process when you click your first link
or the day. You may come across something call a turning number. Not
all sites use these and of those that do, you may encounter them
periodically as you work through you paid mails. This is normally in
the form of a set of numbers appearing in a box and you have to click
the corresponding number from a selection of numbers below it. If you
click the wrong option it will keep reloading different numbers until
you select the right one. This is primarily to detect and prevent the
"cheat Bots", the automated software programs accessing the paid links.
How ever you also need to show you are paying attention to select the
correct combination.
And finally, English Tests and/or Cheat Links. These are emails that
are periodically sent out to make sure that you are able to read and
understand the adverts. They will have the same general layout as the
paid mails but instead of the advert wording it will say something
along the lines of;
"This is a cheat link - do not click this link", "Clicking this link
will cost you (and then a value here) - do not click", "This is a bad
email - delete this mail" etc etc. They are quite obviously not adverts
and if you are able to read and understand English and are not a "Cheat
Bot", then you would not click this link. However, if you do
accidentally click one of these cheat links, you will normally be taken
to a special page in the site that will state, "You have just clicked a
cheat link - close this window or tab immediately". If this happens
then you need to contact the site/program owner immediately and explain
what you have done. Some programs/sites will allow so many of these
clicks and then you will lose your account and earnings. If however,
you do contact them and explain, some owners may understand that you
have made a genuine mistake and that cheat click will be removed from
your account. This is obviously at the discretion of each individual
owner but you must always contact them, it is better to be safe than
sorry. |
