Neobux

I came to know about this "Bux" site from the above mentioned Bux.to where I viewed it as a PTC ad. So I was not sure whether to go forward or not because Bux.to itself is a cheat. And a truly professional site would never advertise on such fraudulent sites. On the welcome page they displayed that you get USD $ 0.02 for every site you view and USD $ 0.02 for every site your referrals view. Interesting haan...That's twice that the previous site pays. But wait! this is only for golden members which would costs USD $ 90 for one year. A little mathematics will help you understand how much they are aiming to loot you. To earn back USD $ 90 you need 9000 clicks(in one year)! Taking into consideration the daily average, this is next to impossible!
The pay varies with the type of membership viz. Pioneer, Standard and Golden. It is as follows.

• Pioneer and Standard Membership
  Per click: USD $ 0.010(Standard view) , USD $ 0.015(Extended view).
  Per referral click: USD $ 0.005(Standard view) , USD $ 0.010(Extended view).
• Golden Membership
  Per click: USD $ 0.010(Standard view) , USD $ 0.020(Extended view).
  Per referral click: USD $ 0.010(Standard view) , USD $ 0.020(Extended view).

I still cant figure out what the difference between Standard view and Extended view is.
The minimum payout limit scheme is innovative enough as their tag line says-"The Innovation in PTC". It is set at USD $ 2.00 for your first payout request, USD $ 3.00 for the second, USD $ 4.00 for the third and so on until USD $ 10.00. Another innovation is that everyone in a household can join. But...the catch is that only one user per IP is allowed in 24 hours. That is, the same story is said in a different style.
Now the cones. As is with some other PTC sites, very less ads for a day. It would take weeks if not months to reach the minimum payout amount. So why cant I earn via referrals? I believe my referrals will also think the same way as me and loose interest soon. And if you don't sign-in for more than 60 days your account gets terminated. So is it innovative enough? You decide...

Adbux.org

Another one of the popular PTC sites, it comes with a more flexible policy. It not only provides PTC ads but also surveys and offers for which you get a much higher pay. You also get paid for shopping online. PTC ads pay around USD $ .003-.01 for viewing for a particular amount of time. It may vary from 5 sec-30 sec. But the problem is that you don't get enough ads everyday to make a handful amount. The problem that I encountered with this site was that I didn't get credited every time. To prevent fraudulent services like auto click, auto surf, etc after viewing the site for the specified amount of time we are prompted to enter a numeric verification code. Then only the points are credited to our account. But I was not lucky enough. Every time I did it a red cross appeared(but not all the time). With that alone I cant say that its a fraud. But "Offers" were really annoying. They provide very less number of offers, most of which are not free. The offers that has a high pay(as much as 50 points) wants you to make a purchase for successful completion. When experience has taught me not to trust any of these sites, how can I trust their affiliates. But I still tried some of them which were absolutely free. One of them was Spoke.com which required us to just sign up and proper email confirmation. Also there was an offer which just required us to just download a software. But... neither worked. I don't know the reason, but the points were not added to my stats and also they did not give me an explanation-whether it was incomplete or disqualified. This was enough for me to give it a "Fraud Certificate". And about the surveys, there were no links to take any surveys...anywhere. I believe surveys are just for premium members only. Now its up to you to decide whether its a fraud or not. Some sites claim that its the best PTC site on net.

Bux.to

There are many PTC or Pay To Click programs available on the net. Bux.to is one such program which is gaining popularity day by day. The process is simple and easy. You will be provided with a limited no of links everyday usually 10-14. You have to simply click the link and view the pop-up website for 30 seconds. A counter will be displayed at the top left corner of the page and if your action is a valid one, a green tick mark appears and your account gets credited with one cent. The referral program is quite interesting. You get 1 cent each for sign-up and every click that the referral makes. Here is what the site offers.

Earnings Example

• You click 10 ads per day = USD $ 0.10
• 20 referrals click 10 ads per day = USD $ 2.00
• Your daily earnings = USD $ 2.10
• Your weekly earnings = USD $ 14.70
• Your monthly earnings = USD $ 63.00

The payments are processed through Alertpay with a minimum payout of USD $ 10.

One flaw that I discovered was that once you view all the links in one particular category, you will have to refresh that page. Otherwise, on completing 30 seconds an error saying "Not Logged In" is returned instead of the green tick. Another flaw that irritates me often is that at the time of log in/registration even after typing in the right value, it returns the error "Invalid Verification Code Entered.".
I had a nasty experience with the site. With just 10-14 ads per day, it will take months to make a decent amount. So I started referring my friends and relatives. I managed 10+ referrals within a month and I was making USD $ 1 everyday. On reaching the payout limit, I requested for the payment. The request was sent and they displayed the message "Pending Audit". And...they have being displaying that message for almost a month now and never send an email regarding the payout request either. I believe they don't have a third status message excluding "Payout Sent" and "Pending Audit" as the key suggests. I would definitely suggest you not to join this program as per my experience...even though the reviews about it in some sites are good. Multiple accounts per household are not permitted.

AW Surveys

I came across this site from one of my friends. This site offers a very lucrative policy but what moved me was that it was absolutely free. You only needed to have a Paypal account(If you are not a US citizen). The stats were as follows

• On joining, you get a welcome survey worth USD $ 6.
• Other surveys will earn you USD $ 4 each.
• Every month you get a bonus survey worth USD $ 1. This survey qualifies you for a monthly lucky draw which they say is worth USD $ 500. It expires at the end of each month if not taken in time.
• For every referral you get USD $ 1.25. You can get referrals either by direct referring link or HTML image codes that you can paste in your emails, websites or blogs.

Each survey consists of two websites. You need to view each website and give your reviews in not less than 3 sentences. Payment is made either through check(For US citizens only) or Paypal. The minimum payout is USD $ 75. Having more than one account per household is not allowed. I searched about this program on public discussion forums, as I do usually. It returned a mixed opinion. Many said it was a scam but few others claimed that they got paid(hmmm...I doubt). I still took a chance and joined it. But certain things made me suspicious...

• The graphics and layout of the site didn't look professional enough.
• The registration procedure was awkwardly simple and short. This was unlike other programs that truly pays.
• Even if you provide a wrong email ID it accepts your application. This was definitely odd. Other professional e-commerce sites usually insists on email confirmation. I came to know about this from one of the forums and tried it myself.
• Furthermore they never send any registration details to our email even though in the registration page they wrote-"Please provide a valid email address, your log in information will be sent to it. We will never give out your email address or other personal information."
• The image verification code in the registration page seemed to repeat and not auto-generated.

So is it a scam really???On joining I completed all the available surveys with haste and saw my account balance rising instantly after completing each survey. I completed 5 surveys + 1 welcome survey + that month's bonus survey to see the account balance reading USD $ 27 in less than an hour. It felt great. But, since then I never received a survey to take part other than the bonus surveys of each month which pays only USD $ 1. It has been 4 months since I joined. I recognised that referring friends was the only option. So even before ensuring that it was not a scam I started referring my friends and relatives. Slowly but steadily I saw my referral count and balance rising and rejoiced over it. Immediately when I saw my balance above USD $ 75(which was the minimum payout amount via Paypal), I hit the redeem button. You wont believe, they deducted USD $ 25 as their service charge and put the transfer of remaining USD $ 50 pending for their verification. After two days, they send me an email saying that my payment was terminated because of fraudulent activities. Not only did they waste my time and energy but also made me refer my friends and family to this cheat. Now its up to you to decide whether it is a scam or not.

Google Checkout

Watch out Paypal and Alertpay, here they come...!!! The showstopper that everyone is pinning their eyes upon is...Google. Already in the arena with Google Checkout, which is an online payment service for online purchases, I am looking forward for a big takeover. One interesting though very effective ploy that Google uses often to kill competition is to acquire its nearest competitor. This was how they conquered the video sharing platform by acquiring YouTube, which was the sole challenger for Google Videos. Another example is that of Google acquisition of Double Click. Google AdSense was reigning with a great margin from similar programs of giants-Yahoo and MSN. The only competition was from the side of Double Click. With Double Click in their pocket, now there is no stopping for Google, as far as online advertising is considered. I am eagerly looking forward for a similar story here. But it may be too early to say because unlike Paypal and Alertpay, Google Checkout doesn't support person-person transfer, fund storage, etc YET. Joining Google Checkout is simple. You can sign in with your Google account. As simple as that.

Alertpay

The relatively newer player in the block, Alertpay is rapidly gaining popularity in online payments. It is a Canadian based privately owned and managed company founded in 2004. As of now, it supports 22 currencies and have over 2 million accounts spanning over 206 countries. It also has localized banking in about 46 countries. It offers two types of accounts-Personal and Business. Personal account is further divided into Personal Starter and Personal Pro. Personal Starter account allows you to send and receive money absolutely free. But the catch is that of a monthly receiving limit of USD 400$ and a cumulative yearly receiving limit of USD $2000. To remove these limits, you can upgrade to Personal Pro account at any time. But Personal Pro account charges low receiving fee of 2.5% + $0.25 per transaction. This is the same for business account. But you get access to a number of business tools to help your online business like mass payments, business sub accounts. After signing up you will be asked to become verified by uploading 2 documents-A proof of address document and a photo ID. Alertpay also comes with a referral program. Each time you refer someone to Alertpay you earn up to USD 10$. You can refer by three ways.

• Using a unique referral hyperlink.
• Using a text link.
• Using a banner image.

The withdrawal charges are USD 0.50$ for Bank Transfer(2-5 business days), USD 15.00$ via Bank Wire(3-4 business days) and USD 3.00$ via Check(1-2 business days).

Paypal

Most of the sites that I am going to discuss here pays in the form of either checks, paypal, or alertpay. Let me discuss about paypal first, as I beleive I need not tell anything about checks. Paypal is an american based e-commerce website that allows you to securely send and receive funds, pay online electronically, shop online, etc. Your credit card and bank account information are not revealed. It operates in about 190 countries and is completely free to join. Its also free to add and send funds. For other services like credit card payment, you may have to pay low fees. The minimum withdrawal limit is USD 10$. In India, its free to withdraw Rs 7000 or more. Otherwise you'll be charged Rs 50/transaction. The return fee is Rs 250. Paypal also comes with a referral bonus program. You can either use a personalized referral link or a referral logo that can be pasted on your website or blog. Once your referral starts receiving or sending money, you'll earn 0.05% of the new merchant's revenue for the first 12 months that the merchant has his Paypal account. After sign-up you may be prompted to input credit card details. But you need not do that. You still can send and receive funds.