Paid to click (PTC)

What is a PTC?

PTC stands for "Paid to Click", just exactly what it says, you will get paid by clicking. In  a PTC, you will be required to click on advertisements by their sponsors (ideally by their sponsors) to earn (on a daily basis). Most PTC sites allow their users to refer other members and give commission to the referrer whenever their referrals click or buy a membership or funds.

How and how much will I earn with PTC?

Now that you know what PTC is, let us tackle about how will you earn and how much is the potential income.

Here is how you will earn:

PPC (Pay per Click) - PPC the amount paid to you every time you click on an advertisement. In other terms, this is your own click. In PTC, you will earn "cents" per advertisement that you click the amount depends on how long you will stay to that particular advertisement (usually website). You can earn from $0.001 to $0.02 per advertisement that you view, other PTC sites pay lower than that, and others pay higher.

PPRC (Pay per Referral Click) - This is the amount paid to you everytime your referral clicks. This is lower than the PPC but it can be higher when you have enough referrals. In fact, gathering of referrals is the secret of top PTC earners. The amount varies from $0.0001 to $0.01 per referral click, of course other sites pay lower, and others pay higher as well.

Types of referral:

Direct Referrals - These are the referrals that you personally recruited/invited through your referral link.

Rented Referrals - These are the referrals that you rented for an amount, rented referrals will be removed after a certain time (usually 30 days).

Commission - This is the amount you get every time your referral buys anything from them. This can be an upgrade or adding of funds.

Funds: This is needed to be able to rent referrals (optional) and advertisements on the site.

Premium Membership - This is when you upgrade your account type to increase your click rates in both PPC, PPRC, and Commission. You will need to pay to acquire this membership. Other sites give free premium membership upon signing up.

In PTC, you can earns hundreds of dollars depending on your ability and perseverance.

How do I know if a PTC site is a scam or not?

Here are tips on how to know on your own:

1. Proof of payment - Try to look for the proofs of payment (this should be a screenshot of the payment transaction). Check the amount of the payment, if it is too large then the proof might be "fake" and was just placed by the site admin to fool people.

2. Terms of Service - Read the terms of service and look if there is something that you think is not right. Other sites put a very high fee (some put 50% of your earnings) upon withdrawing your earnings so be careful.

3. Click Rates - The click rates I mentioned above are the ideal click rates a PTC site should give. Too high click rates is not feasible for the administrator. Remember, advertisements are paid by their sponsors where they get the money they pay. So they cannot pay high amount unless their sponsors pay them high amount as well BUT no sponsor will pay very high amount to their publishers.

4. You can look on blogs and ask on forums (of course other forums)  if a particular PTC site is a scam or not.

What do I need to start on a PTC?

You need:

1. An email address
2. Payment processor account

e.g. PayPal, Liberty Reserve, Payza (previously AlertPay)