Referrals

I thought I'd add a post about referrals because it is probably the most confusing topic around PTC but also the most important.

A referral is someone who has signed up after you and is affiliated to you. You earn a portion of whatever they earn in 'commission'.

There are two types of referrals:
1. Direct referrals are people who, when signing up, enter your name as a referral. This can be by word of mouth or, more commonly, through an advertising banner. All PTC sites provide advertising banners that you can distribute on websites or through paid advertisement (eg. Google ads). When someone clicks on your advert they are directed to the signup page for the PTC site you are advertising and your name is automatically entered as the referral. Direct referrals are yours forever and you never have to pay a monthly fee to keep them.
2. Rented referrals are people who have signed up to the site but never entered anyone as their referral. They are then sold to other members by the PTC site for a monthly fee. As a PTC member you pay a monthly fee for each referral you rent and in turn you earn commission on their clicks. If  they become inactive you can recycle them for a new one.

Direct referrals are obviously the cheapest way to get referrals (besides the advertising costs if that is the way you want to do it). The problem is that if they become inactive there is nothing you can do, and most sites have a limit as to how many direct referrals you can have. Rented referrals are the ones that can really make you money. If you manage them right they will be the sole reason why you are successful with PTC.

Here is my current strategy. I will update it as I learn more about managing them:

Start renting referrals as soon as you can afford it. I started after I had about $1. If you have some extra cash then investing a bit (say $20) will make a huge difference and speed things up significantly. I didn't do this because I wanted to make money from nothing, so it'll take a little longer to get started.

Manage a few referrals in the beginning and see how they behave. I generally recycle them if they haven't been active for about 4 days. Also if you have someone who only clicks 1 advert every 2 days its not really worth keeping them. Do the math with each referral and gauge whether they are worth keeping or not.

Keep putting all the money you make back into renting more referrals. It will start off slowly but the more you have the more you'll make. Once you have 500 referrals that are all active, sit back and watch the cash roll in.

Once you have enough cash to upgrade your membership for a year, DO IT! It makes a huge difference! After that, you can sit back and rake in the cash!

Just remember to keep clicking every day!

P.S. Here are some links to some referral strategies. They've helped me alot!


Neobux:         Referral Strategy
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GagaBUX:     Referral Strategy