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me, who got a number of people to sign up below them, but that didn't happen for me.

If you still feel you need to try it then look at www.beenpaid.com, and www.GetPaidToBoycott.com, assuming they still exist. They'll give you legitimate sites that actually are paying, and the second lists sites they're boycotting because they haven't paid out, or have gotten a bad reputation as not paying.

You also have to consider the companies are hoping to get a number of people to their web sites to buy their products or services. They may have paid for web site design, consulting and other expenses. Possibly they are paying a bulk rate for so many 100's or 1000's of ads placed with different email senders or on different locations through the web to get people to look at their web site. They're playing the numbers game as well. But you're still on the low end of things by clicking on the ads that you may or may not look at any further, and hoping that you have a number of people who are looking at the ads as well.

That was my experience with it a few years ago, which is not to say it doesn't work at all. Viewing it as a numbers game and getting a lot of people to sign up might have a different outcome for you then it did for me. You might also need to recruit new people, as not everyone who does sign up below you, will stay active with it for various reasons.

If you now find that many have adjusted for inflation, and are now paying something like $5.00 per ad or $10.00 per ad, then let me know and I'll sign up under you.

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