Pay to surf

Paid4 ( "paid -for " ) means " paid for" and in the narrower sense, the opportunity to get paid for watching advertisements on the Internet. The user is responsible to lead ( Paid4Dienst ) a ( free ) registration with a provider of such a service.

Under the Paid4 scene refers to the online community of providers, users and beneficiaries of Paid4 providers. A large part of the industry operates on the network marketing principle.

Known Paid4 models

• Paid Surfing ( using special software, called a Surfbar )
• Paid home pages
• Paid sending e -mails
• Paid E -mail, so-called Paidmail
• Paid Text Ads ( for webmasters )
• Paid SMS
• Paid opinion Portals and Forums
• Paid Search forms ( for webmasters )
• Paid banners ( for webmasters )
• Online Currencies
• Begging Games
• Paid games
• Paid participation in actions
• Listen Paid advertising over the phone
• Paid watching commercials on the Internet

Principle

In general, the Paid4 scene includes the user who earn both money on the internet with its own website, as well as those who earn money without a website on the Internet.

The principle is simple in two ways: The user (English User) registers for free with a provider that receives advertising in the required form ( e- mail, SMS, surf bar, home ) when he earns money without a website, or, if he runs a website itself, it binds a banner ad or something similar to this. After having collected enough credit, he can withdraw his earnings to his account. Nearly all providers offer a so-called referral program, in which a user other user can using a special URL, the referral link, advertise and will receive a percentage of their earnings, often even at several levels ( downline ). The canvassed users will be deducted, as the compensation is factored in the price of the line item of the sponsors money.

Development

Since many Internet surfers were hoping for a quick buck, quickly developed a scene to provide these services. Many private websites were plastered with banners of various Paid4 provider or created solely for the purpose of dissemination of referral links. Many forums and websites offered to elucidate the past surfing interested about his earning potential, thanks referral links not a selfless thing. Most users frightened in anticipation of big money not shrink from giving out your personal data. Some surfers even let several surf bars run simultaneously. The merit was much higher than it is today, the most famous Paid4 provider FairAd.de paid up to 1, - DM per hour. More and more large and small providers tried to professionally place it on the competitive market, more or less. Who paid for something that was already shortly after its launch on a lot of money to brace hungry surfers who mutually promoted in relevant forums.

However, the interest of users on the money was high, the interest in the advertised products low. There was a shortage of sponsors and to reduce the amounts of money ( Payrates ). Many of the Paid4 provider appears as an advertisement primarily advertising for other Paid4 provider, so that ultimately took place only a redistribution of money. Many users were able to ersurften virtual sums of money not already have paid out because the provider had become insolvent. Many in the Paid4 scene have the massive filings with various vendors no money, but get a lot of publicity.

Except for opinion platforms such as Ciao.de the major companies have withdrawn from the Paid4 scene. Most users have a short time no longer wanted because they quickly realize that they earn too little.

There are only a few large companies that actively operate websites in this way, all the more private and operated by small business web sites. Here is what the Paid4 scene again and again to the question of whether the provider can pay off its users or not. This market is often flooded just at the present time of suppliers who want to lure unsuspecting users with unrealistic payments and eventually not pay off when it reaches the minimum payout yet. Therefore, the leader in the various Internet forums that deal with this scene and the subject matter, often divided into so-called black lists and white lists that are created by users for users, in order, if necessary, to warn them against fraudulent providers.

Since 2008 there has been a significant change in the earning potential of paid scene. User received their compensation already earlier for the click on a banner, or the reputation of an email, so today Paid4Lead or Paid4Sale actions primarily marketed which are guided in the scene usually under the title bonus promotions. The typical Paidmailer are due to the rapid decline in mail payments more and more on the way out, instead one finds today in the first place bonus portals and bonus mailer.

In the field of advertising for webmasters offers develop as an alternative to the often oppressed banner ads and pop-ups with context-oriented advertising in the form of simple text links. Best and most famous example of this is Google AdSense, which is also used by professional web pages and web sites of larger companies.

Paid4 scene in America

Since the German providers pay little or mostly work with point systems, many people go to the American or English-language pages. There you will get thanks to the large request for " Search Mail" often pay more for an e -mail at the Paid4Mail providers. Many pages swear most recently more and more to receive payment via PayPal, Moneybookers and other similar online payment systems such as AlertPay. However, since there are black sheep (also called " Scam "), and the lure coated with offers such as $ 40 per e- mail user, got the Paid4 scene in the U.S. more and more into the background.

Autoregger

Some sites offer so-called Autoregger that allow the visitor to automatically login with a single registration for multiple Paidmailern. The providers of such Autoregger promise the users mostly higher income, since their selected Paid4Mail services are allegedly very reliable. Frequently, however, at author Eggern to the veiled attempt to recruit as many new users about their own referral links and to receive commissions themselves.

Examples of Autoregger: Paidmail4you and click- you -cash.

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