by MJ Miller

Created on: October 18, 2009   Last Updated: November 19, 2011

For most people looking to make money online, PTC or Paid To Click is a method that is probably the easiest that anyone can do. You join a PTC program, they send you emails with links or they have links on their site that you click to visit the advertiser's website. The program pays you a small amount for every click. Sounds like an easy way to make money, right? Well, it is, but the thing you have to realize is that you are not going to make very much money doing it. The amount they pay you per click is most often a penny or less and most programs will only send out a few emails per day so even if you join several sites, you aren't going to make very much per day and maybe a few dollars per month.

Now, if you are looking to make serious money online, PTC isn't going to do it for you. There are other ways to make much more but you will have to put forth much more effort. However, if you just want to pick up a few bucks with minimal time and effort involved, as more of a hobby than a business, then it may be for you but you need to educate yourself to avoid the scams and not waste your time.

The first thing I always recommend when searching for legitimate PTC programs is to look for the ones with a low minimum payout. The payout minimum is the amount you must accumulate in your account before you can actually get paid. Some programs have a high minimum such as $30 or more. Normally, I would shy away from these programs as it takes usually months of clicking before you see any payment. There are sites out there that have a very low (one dollar or less) minimum payout so you can reach it very quickly and get paid every month or even more often. One exception to that rule that I have found though is InboxDollars. Even with it's higher payout threshold, it has enough links and other activities on the site to easily reach payout and I have been paid by this program so I know it's a legitimate site.

Most PTC sites will also have a referral program. This lets you refer other people to the program and when they join from your referral link, they go into your downline and you then earn a small amount from their clicking as well as your own. This is a great way to increase your earnings if you refer a large number of active users. The key word here is active. The fact is, a lot of people join these programs expecting big bucks and when it doesn't happen, they quit doing it and you don't make anything on inactive members. So even if you get several dozen or even hundreds

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