UPDATE: ClicksVista

Hey all.  If you see below, I've posted about this site once before. I compared it to Trek Pay. IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN TREK PAY. I've been with Trek Pay for over a month and only have around $2.00 in my account. I can't cash out until it gets to $5.00.  With ClicksVista, I have reached $3.50 in ONE NIGHT with NO referrals.  I haven't shared any private information, given out my address, or signed up for temporarily free credit card offers.  All I've done is visited websites and clicked links.  Easy as pie.  Those $3.50 probably took me only about 5 minutes out of my day.  I should be credited for another $2.50 tonight for the clicks I performed today (meaning I can cash out to Paypal or Amazon.com ALREADY) and after that, I will be clicking again, receiving another $2.50, and so on.  Can you really afford to miss out on $73 extra bucks every month?  You get a quarter just for signing up.  Try it out now!  ClicksVista!

Clicks Vista!

I've just signed up for a new service called  Clicksvista. It's almost exactly like Trek Pay. Same $5.00 cash out limit.  It pays to Paypal OR you can redeem the money you've made as a Amazon.com voucher.  So far it seems like there's a lot more potential to make money here than Trek Pay, though I'll still be using both.  The free page clicks I used today wracked up about a dollar, and the additional offers that you can sign up for (newsletters and some things that require credit info) add a lot more on to that.  I'm personally not doing anything that gives extra info, but the newsletters are easy to sign up for, and if you find them obnoxious, you can always block them with your spam blocker.  There's also apparently emails they send out that you're paid for, and you get a $.25 just for signing up.  So you're already 1/20th to your first payout without doing anything.  I'll post about this site again once I've received my first payout!  In the meanwhile, I encourage you to join.  I've seen good proof that this site is legitimate through one of my main sources of information.

--Search Engine--

Blingo is a good one. It searches multiple search engines, like Yahoo, Bing (MSN) and Ask.com, and delivers results just like a regular search engine would. Each search you perform, however, is an automatic entry into winning prizes. They have daily, hourly, and sometimes even every minute prizes, ranging from $5 gift cards to several hundred, and every day you perform a search, you get an entry into the Publisher Clearing House sweepstakes, which is usually for a million or more. Right now there's 3 sweepstakes running, one for $1,000, another for $10,000 and one for a 3 million dollar home. One search a day is all you need to enter. I usually set up my homepage to a pre-run search so that it enters me without me having to do anything else. I've won a giftcard from this site which was delivered digitally, so I could use it right away. Everytime a referral wins something, you do too, as well, so it's worth sending it to your friends.

--Investing--

Everything I've ever read is that you shouldn't spend money to make money online. I've almost been burned a couple times by online scams, so when I came across Ad-Ventures For You, I was really reluctant. But everything I read about it was great. I searched many boards, read what the head honcho himself had to say about it, and decided to give it a try. 11 weeks later, I'm still with them, and still making money. Their payouts are weekly, and the investment can be as small as $10. Or, alternatively, you pay nothing and refer others to the service and make money that way.  The service is not a matrix system, no referrals required. It's an ad-viewing site, and 75% of the profits from it go back to us. The other 25% has been invested in outside programs, and just recently they've started two new sites; one for buying business-related pre-paid phone cards, and another for gold buying. (Like those ads on TV.) All the profits from those two businesses are coming back to us as well. I went into this suspicious, and kept a very detailed spreadsheet. So far I've made $81.29 with them.  According to my calculations, it'll be in the hundreds in no time.  This is all based on a minimal investment. I'm really happy with this site.

--Freelance Work, Transcription, Writing, etc--

kgb_ Is much like Cha-Cha, if you've heard of the latter. KGB was established first. It's a text-question-answering service. People text in questions, and you answer them, based on your own knowledge, research, and the system's database of already answered questions (which often do the work for you).  Payout is between 5 cents to 10 cents per question answered. There is an 8-hour monthly requirement (as this coming October), and they pay out once a month.  There is a minimum payout of $40, but during my time with them (4 months now) they have always paid out, regardless of whether you meet that minimum or not.  They pay via check or direct deposit to a bank account.  To the best of my knowledge, they are not hiring at this time, BUT, we have been constantly inundated with messages as of late that we are understaffed, so this may change very soon.  Keep an eye out.

Text Broker is a technical writing site.  They are open to applications.  You go, submit a writing sample, and they grade you.  If you score anything above a 2 (1-5), you will be allowed in, and are then allowed to browse from a vast number of articles that people want written.  You're paid by the word, and the higher your rank, the more you get.  It's also set up so that people can commission you directly.  I found this to be very easy work.  They pay via paypal as well, twice a month.  I believe there's a $15 minimum.  Averaging $3-5 per written article (300+ words or so) is fairly common.  I joined as a level 3 and was upgraded to a level 4 almost immediately, but I usually only did level 2 and level 3 work.  So the payment is pretty good, and oftentimes the subjects are about things you might know about or are easily researched. (Like, "Recipe for *generic food item here*" seem to be especially popular.)

Quicktate is currently my biggest egg.  It's a transcription site, one of the few that doesn't require prior experience to get in.  I've made almost $100 so far with these guys in less than 2 months, working on and off in my spare time.  Messages come in while you're logged in, and are sent to you, and you just transcribe them, submit them, and wait for another.  Things are very fast paced at some times of the day, and normal to slow at others.  It's easy work, and like most people say about it, I find it fun.  (I really didn't think I would, but it actually is quite entertaining.)  Getting in to this service usually has a big waitlist and some people never seem to make it in, BUT, things are speeding up lately and we received word from our boss that we're allowed to make referrals for people, which seem to be speeding up the process greatly.  If you would like one from me, please go ahead and register for the site with the link provided and then let me know, and I'll tell them I sent you.  There's no real typing speed requirement, it's all about accuracy.  You can take as long as you need to type the messages, so long as you stay active on the screen.

--Pay to Click--

YouData is one PtC I highly recommend. You won't get rich using it, but it pays out weekly via paypal, no matter how low your balance is. 1 cent? No problem. The concept is that the advertisers are paying to advertise directly to you, and you reap the benefits, rather than just being forced to watch ads whether you like it or not.  The ads are small, unobtrusive, and you can choose to either view them on youdata's site or download their "Adget" to view it on your desktop whenever you like.  You don't purchase or click endless streams of ads; an ad for a site will pop up, you click it, decide whether or not to visit the site (for more money), and that's it.  You can leave right that instant if you so choose, the payment has been issued. This program does allow for referrals, and they're very close to adding video ads which will be worth a lot more money.  I've been with this program since early June and have received a payout every week.  It's a nice little bonus on the other payouts I have via Paypal, and they do add up.

Trek Pay is similar to YouData, though the ads are less focused on your specific interests and wants.  Rather than paying based on how many ads you've clicked, the amount of sites you view set your rank on the site, and then you are entitled to the revenue based on your rank.  There's a lot more sites here to visit than with YouData, and they refresh after 24 hours, so you can click them again.  They also pay out via paypal, and I have received 2 payments so far.  The minimum cashout is $5.50. Again, you won't get rich from this, but it's a nice bonus, and only takes about 5 minutes out of your day.

--Games--

Moola is a fun one. This site has a variety of nifty games, such as hi-low, gold rush, poker, and so forth. The concept is interesting; they always provide you with your first "moola" cent, which you use to play a game. To play a game, you bet your cent. If you win, you get another. If you lose, you lose your cent, but they provide you with another. (There is NO actual buying of points here with real money, don't worry!) The concept is similar to "Weakest Link" if you've seen it... once you make more money, you can bet higher amounts. If you win, you win back what you bet, plus the same amount. So if I bet 10 cents, I'd make 20. 10 dollars, 20 dollars. The games play in tiers, but you can play any tier you like. There's no forcing you to go higher or lower than you want. You can play against actual people or the computers. I've personally made about $26 here, but I'm not a big risk taker.  There's potential for a lot more. The more I talk, the fishier I sound, but if you to to the site and view players' profiles, you'll see that many people have made hundreds of dollars, WITHOUT referrals! It's lots of fun, if nothing else.  (If you're wondering how it's funded, they play a short video ad before each game you play.)

--Surveys, Usability Testing--

Usertesting.com This one is an absolute must, if you can get in.  They're pretty much overrun with people, but they were when I joined, too, and I still got in.  They pay $10 per completed test. The best and easiest money I've made online. Payouts through paypal. Basically, when a test pops up, you accept it, then go to the website and try to complete the tasks they ask you to do.  The person who requested the test wants to know how easy it is to achieve the tasks they set forth on their site, what you think of the layout and accessibility, and so forth.  You can use a mic on your computer or a regular phone line to record your voice as you navigate the site, and the software they provide will record what you do.  Competition here is fierce, so be prepared to pounce when you see a test pop up, but the $10 is well worth it.  I have made over $200 with these people in less than 3 months just occasionally doing tests.

My Survey is the only survey site I ascribe to.  It's pretty good; they'll send you surveys based on your family and personal statistics, which you give them when you sign up.  Most of the surveys say they'll reward you for 10-20 points, but if you meet the criteria they're looking for, they'll offer to give you the full survey, which will usually reward you with 300+ points. 100 points = 1 dollar, and cashout starts at $10.  They pay via check.  I've received 3 checks from these guys so far, the first for $10, the 2nd for $30 and the latest I waited until I was at $60.  If you have a website where you can make a lot of referrals in a month, they have a service for that.  You just basically give them your website and they'll give you a referral URL.  I don't personally use this part of the program.  For every person you refer, who completes the intro survey (basic info about your household, etc), you get 150 points, or $1.50.  You can also cash out your points for prizes, competitions, etc, and they hold a competition every day for extra points and cash prizes.  If you're interested in joining and wouldn't mind taking the extra step, please let me know so I can send you a referral email.

InstantCashSweepstakes- This site is fun.  You're allowed to do 4 short, 3 question surveys every 3 hours, which win you either a small cash prize or tickets into their weekly $250 contest. If you come across a survey you've answered before and answer the same way, you win triple the prize you would've initially. So 300 tickets instead of 100, 30 cents instead of 10, etc. Referrals net you the same amount of tickets or money they win, including the $250 weekly prize.  Payout is via Paypal.