Prowling Panther pays the Second time!

The PTC/PTR Site Prowling Panther has paid me the second time around. This time with $1.52. Well, it was supposed to be $1.54 but since there is a $0.02 fee for the cashout request, there is a slight deduction. Anyways, this site pays within a couple of hours so I guess it's OK. Check my payout proof below..

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Also note that I don't even have a downline. This is purely my own individual earning. Now just try to imagine what if you have downlines? That's right! We are talking of some good make money site. Try it out, it rocks!

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Retobux was hacked!

For those who have no idea as to what happened to Retrobux, a PTC site who had just launched and gained a rating of 7.35 from Uronlinebiz (a respectable PTC info site), here's some bad news for all of you.

The site Retrobux, according to our reliable sources, was hacked on June 10th. Before the said hacked date, however, we already found some anomaly on the site like our upline who was Phil101 (Uronlinebiz's writer) changing into somebody else, then, a few days later, ads suddenly disappear and we were left with nothing to click.

Now with regards to Uronlinebiz's rating, it looks like the 7.35 score was a mistake as this site was rumored to have been run by the scammer, Alex Davies, who ran the scam sites Agebux, and Directbux in the past.

Now, we cannot confirm if this site is a scam as of this time, but we believe the truth will come out eventually.

CoinMachine hacked?

The PTC site CoinMachine had announced and claimed that they were hack and got their database altered.. here is the email from new CoinMachine admin, Justin.

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Hello,

Some Of You Noticed That The Site Was Down Randomly Yesterday. We Had A Hacker Break In To The Site and Create Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Ads and Alter Some User Data. Before Leaving The Hacker Erased All User Earning Information ( Most Of Witch Was Fake ) and Insured We Couldn't Back Up Recent User Data.

What This Means For You:

Because We Can't "Figure Out" How Much Each User Had and Can Not Use A Database That Is Missing Over 300 Members That Is A Month Old Everyone's Earnings Are Back To: $0.00

We Are Sorry That Everyone Has Lost Their Earnings, but There Is Nothing We Can Do. We Have Discovered The Flaw That Was In Our Script and Have Fixed It So That This Will Never Happen Again. Also We Will Be Instituting More Layers Of Security In The Future.
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When I logged into the site, I noticed that my cashout request of $0.27 was canceled and was never returned to my earnings. While the admin says his sorry, I am also sorry to say that we can no longer trust this site. There are some anomalies with regards to this incident.

Something's Fishy!

Following Josh Rodarte's farewell, we have found some unusual changes on the site that lead us to predict its eminent downfall. The first changes were the sudden increased in ads, and earning potential for members. We have doubts that the PTC site had been throwing ads from BlackGold PTC for free, thus, doubling his advertisers chances to get visitors for the same cost, but disregarding his member's efforts. The move of suddenly claiming a hack was to be expected. This claim will free the admin from responsibility and excuse him for inability to pay. While this opinion is just a personal opinion, we still feel that it was the admin's responsibility to protect the site from any attacks. Well, this hack thing has not happened while Josh Rodarte was still in-charge, so we highly suspect that something's fishy is really going on.

To support this opinion, we found a message straight from Josh Rodarte himself.. here is the link:
http://talkptc.com/forum/index.php?topic=1767

As you can see, even the former admin was having doubts of the new admins suspicious actions.

We will keep investigating on this site, but for now, we will remove it from the Paying Sites List. Looks like a Red Flag has been raised.

Orangebizs pays again!

The site PTC/PTR site Orangebizs paid me again, now on its second paying spree. And yes, we can say that this is one of the legitimate sites on the net. To prove that I'm not just endorsing my referral link, here's the proof..

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It's a great site with plenty of cash links to click. The pay is not that big compared to other PTC sites but their sincerity could justify for it. Anyway, which is much better, a high paying site that delay payments or a small payer that pays on time?

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CoinMachine.info: Last payment from Admin Josh

Josh, the admin of CoinMachine had sent me his last payment, this was a day after the announcement regarding CoinMachine.info's turn over to a new admin.

Here is my proof of payment..

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As you can see on the screenshot... this was Josh's last message..

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"Hey everyone. I had fun being your administrator. Seems I wasn't cut out for the long-term administration, but I did learn a lot of things.

Take care everyone, this will be the last payment from me, so enjoy it!"
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Hopefully, CoinMachine will continue to pay its members, now that it has a new admin on board. We'll continue to watch this site, and see where it leads. But for now, I just wanted to say that this was my 5th payment from one of the sites I came to like.

Bux.to Sunday Bonus

The leader of the PTC industry, Bux.to, has announced last month that there will be more ads to click on every Sundays. The announcement was followed by a growing number of ads on the site every Sundays, just as it was announced. Today, we found 17 ads on the site, and with each ad worth 1 cent, we could grab a nice 17 cents for the day, excluding referral earnings.

This is a great Sunday bonus. Bux.to looks as if its trying to give its members a taste of what its like to be an upgraded member. This move may help bring more people to the site, and may convince non-premium members to upgrade. It could also suffice the growing frustrations over delayed payouts, though one could still wonder if its really worth to upgrade amidst the problems over payout.

The Bux3 Network turning into scam?

We have found some unusual activities going on with the Bux3 Network, the same network responsible for Bux3.com, Bux3.net, World-bux.com, Traffic-masters, Extreme-bux, Extreme-ads, Extreme-earnings, Masterclicks, Moneycycler, Alertpayrandomizer, and Max-PTC. It had been rumored that the owner, Ronnie, had been creating too many sites to help finance his failing network, and has started to scam people by taking in people's money through upgrades and referral sells from some of his sites then disappear only to make a new one.

The Bad Sites

Traffic-masters and Extreme-bux are two of those sites that suddenly disappeared without a hint.

The site Traffic Masters set their TOS to must upgrade in order to get paid, then it disappeared. Leaving those who upgraded, with their jaws hanging.

There were also unhappy members at Extreme-bux, who are complaining about their purchases and payments. And, since the site vanish, they were left with nothing to earn.

The site Masterclicks seemed to have also followed the Traffic-masters scheme and is now requiring you to upgrade in order to get paid. There is no assurance that it will not follow the footsteps of its sister site though.

Rumor has it that the site Moneycycler, another one of Ronnie's sites, does not cycle at all.

There had already been a lot of bad sites coming from the Bux3 network. The sites mentioned above are just examples of it.

Ronnie the Scammer?

We do not know why the once popular and legitimate Bux3 Network had resorted to scam. But according to our sources, Ronnie is starting new sites to finance the main sites, if that is true, then it certainly looks like the Bux3 Network is running out of funds and is starting to crumble down.

No-Minimum $400 Spam

I would like to warn everyone about the No-minimum spam mails, distributed by those internet losers who could not earn anything without cheating and swindling people. The email looks like this...

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Apparently, this email will direct you to a phishing site owned by a scum who eats dirt for breakfast. Do not fall for these low Intellects. No-minimum does not give $400 without any reason, no site does and no site will, except for scam sites of course.

Aha! Scam!

Ahacash.com is another one of those unsustainable scams that are still active on the net today. The design of the site looks as if it was made by a noob, and resembles that of an old DOS operating system. To add insult to the injury, the site revealed itself even more with an unbelievable offer of 5, 20, and 50 cent per mail read BS. The advertising package on the other hand is cheap as what you'll always expect from a site operating as a scam.

Aha scam is not the place to make money online, as the only money you'll earn here is a play money.

CoinMachine.info under new ownership

Just recently, the PTC Site, CoinMachine.info was transferred to a new owner named Justin, the very same admin who runs the PTC Site Black Gold PTC. And while there are rumors that the PTC site no longer pays, the admin stated that this issue is not true, and he pays every Tuesday.

The reason why the former admin Josh Rodarte left was beyond us, though the site's slow growth could be one of the reasons. But, his departure will surely be missed. Gotta say this for the man, he knows how to make an exit. He had managed to maintain his good name and reputation to the end, and while he departs CoinMachine, he departs with a good title. Honesty and integrity is what he demonstrated on CoinMachine, and all of that will be remembered. He was not at all defeated as people will continue to remember his good name.

The new admin also seems promising. This guy seemed to be equip with experience since he was Blackgold PTC's admin afterall. The first thing he does on CoinMachine was raised the earning potential for all members. From 10% referral earnings, he raised it to 25%. There are some changes on the ads too. You may notice that some of the usual ads were gone and replaced with new ones. The ad earnings seemed to have raised as well. We figured out that this was a way to attract more members, and with more members comes more advertisers.

Gea.theynatural.com: Canadian Pharmacy Scam!

I got more updates on the Canadian Pharmacy scam that had been trying hard to promote itself through botnets. It seems that the scam has not died out, and had been acting violently these last few weeks, and if not for the anti-spam filters, we would have already been drowned from the flood of these unsolicited emails. Today, I've discovered another link from one of the spam mails that points to the same scam. They seem to have use a subdomain this time, but the main domain is still Canadian Pharmacy scam. The subdomain is gea.theynatural.com, a scam site that sells cheap medicines at the risk of your health and money. Do not let these crooks fool you.. they are cheaters!

Unfortunately, the reason why spammers are still around is because of the fact that the net never runs out of suckers. As long as there are people to fool, the bad guys will always survive.

4bux is no more!

It has only been a few days since we criticized this site, and who could have thought that the results were immediate?

Today, I've heard from one of our news sources that the PTC site, 4bux.info, has closed down and leave a statement that's surprisingly similar to Paid.vg, a PTC site that also failed the contest.

This is what's left on the 4bux.info site..

4bux.info...

It's been a short, fun, and hectic 2.9 months. However my recent plan to turn the site into a premium member only site has failed. My intentions for doing so were to keep the site from going bankrupt and to always be able to pay the members, however this was met with a lot of criticism. Many people around the internet are calling 4bux.info a scam which has ruined its reputation and I do not see it ever returning to its original state. If I tried to return it to the old 4bux, it wouldn't be the same, it would only last another month at most and fall apart. I was too nice, $0.02 clicks and $500 payouts were not working for the site structure. Part of the problems occurring from a faulty database transfer, resetting balances to zero, and a bad time to do a site change. A premium member based PTC could produce a pretty powerful PTC site, but at the same time it's a PTC site. Because of that I'm going to have to agree with the former owners of Paid.vg, PTC sites simply are a terrible business model, they don't work. They can never balance because getting advertisers is nearly impossible, no one wants to buy 1,000 visitors for $19.99. If you look around the web you can find 1,000 quality visitors for $6.95.

That said, I'm sure you can figure out what is happening to 4bux.info. The site is closing, effective immediately. Anyone who bought a membership, referrals, or advertising on the "new" 4bux.info will be refunded. Both standard and premium members will be receiving payments anyone who does not receive a payment is to abide by ToS bullet number 8.

"8) There is a possibility that 4bux.info can NOT pay its members."

While this isn't the choice I'd like to use, all members registered under these terms of conditions. Payments will be sent out over the next few hours. Also, to anyone even slightly interested in running a PTC site. Do NOT, it's a terrible idea. The sites don't balance enough and are risky. To members looking to purchase something off a new PTC site. Look around if they advertise on other sites, they may be trustworthy because they are spending money. Don't buy anything off a new and unprofessional/cookie cutter looking web site. I will probably never run a site like this again.

It's been fun. 4bux.info Is No More

With this said.. he exits.. what an irresponsible admin.

The business model sucks?

Not at all, the PTC model is not the best model for advertisers as far as quality visitors are concerned, but this advertising model could guarantee some larger hits compared to the standard PPC model used by giant companies such as Google and Yahoo. Moreover, it ensures instant traffic, so PTC are still an alternative advertising model that's still attractive for advertisers even up to now. The only problem is the competition among PTC sites.. New PTC sites come out every now and then, and this somehow splits the stream of advertisers. So, what happens is that the competition turns out to be a survival of the fittest type, and the best PTC stays! Unfortunately for 4bux.info, they get left behind, and without proper experience and skills, the business model will really press on them, but then again, there is no business model that's 100% perfect.

What determines every business model is the way it is being handled. As a businessman, you have to know what business model you are adept at, you should know how to utilize it, you should understand how it works, and you should know its weaknesses. Unfortunately, 4bux didn't know how to steer the model and that's the main reason why it failed.

Irresponsibility of the Admin

Paid.vg and 4bux admin shares a common trait. Both are irresponsible! Blaming a model that works on their control is an act of escaping responsibility. Note that the model does not work on its own as if its some kind of automated process. It rests upon the control of the admins. How it works is determined by the admins' proficiency. If they are not skilled or diligent enough, things could really turn bad for them. So who's to blame? The PTC model that worked to some PTC Sites, or an admin who failed in the PTC business model? Well, as far as I know, there is no PTC site if there is no admin behind it.

Promises are made to be broken

I would like to tell everybody reading this blog to watch out for liars in the net. Believe me, there are plenty of them. And just to convey my warning, here's a personal experience I would like to share..

I had joined under a woman from Portugal, who promised to pay an additional dough if you make her enough clicks on certain PTC sites. She uses the username Holly2007 most of the time, and you can find her joining on almost every PTC site you can find in the web, including scam sites. She has this blog entitled Making Free Money Online, which I find interesting at first. So, I contacted her to set up an agreement, and she told me that everything's listed on the site. So, I browse a little and found the conditions and this is what it contains..

The time has now come to start rewarding my new refs...

To all new refs who sign-up under me at these websites, I will pay $1.50 for every 200 clicks.

This reward will be paid through AlertPay.

All new refs (starting from today, March 30th 2008), should contact me when they reach the 200 clicks, tell me which website it's for and give me their AlertPay address, so I can send your reward.

This offer applies to all websites, except for Bux.to and DailyClicks, on which I will pay you $1.50 after 350 clicks.

Please contact me at: get_paid_to_click@sapo.pt

Remember: Being an active ref for me comes with a reward!

Well, I did believe the BS, and decided to give it a try, after all, this is a lady, I thought to myself.

The Lie!

I was wondering why she offers to pay $1.50 for 200 clicks on any site, including those that fall behind the $0.01 per ad click quota or below the 100% referral earning, without even considering that she'd lost the deal, but, when I meet her conditions, I found the reason..

When I try to contact her through the email she provided on her site, I could no longer contact her. It seems she tries to evade me now.. I searched for her and I found all her mud tracks scattering all throughout the web. Using the dirt she left, I manage to get to her, but she now refuses to communicate. Well, now that she has earned from me, she now chooses to ditch me, and I believe, I am not the only one who was treated this way.

Now, just when I thought I could trust a woman, I found myself falling to another liar's tactic. Fortunately, I didn't upgrade on any of the sites she'd recommended, so it was easy for me to withdraw from these sites. While I don't mind joining under total strangers and help them out, which I had done in the past, I don't like being lied, so she became an exception. Upon lying, I immediately stopped being her referral. I said to myself, why should I help someone who has betrayed my trust? And while I can't call her a scammer, she is somewhat close to being like one since she promotes her trickster site on the web.

Justifying the lies!

There could be reasons as to why she never responds. It's either she don't have the money or intends to leech people from the start. Let's assume she couldn't afford to pay as she had promised, well, she could have just, at least, respond and tell the truth. However, she chooses to ignore. Such bad attitude doesn't deserve a good referral. And it's really sad that she had to lie to people just to earn money. Well, guess what.. bad begets bad, and there's no justification for this act.. to me, she is just another example of those selfish greedy people, who had more to lose than to gain.

Also note that she join scam sites, so I strongly suggest everybody not to follow her.. Do not get tempted by her offers. All of it are just BS. I had seen them so I know.. I could only hope that everybody learns from my mistake. That's the purpose of this blog anyway.

To Holly2007..

If you think you can fool everybody around, well, not me sister! You are no longer getting any clicks from me.

4bux gone mad!

4Bux.info has resurfaced after a sudden disappearance that lasted for a few days. Apparently, the site looks as if it had changed script, and with it comes some new rules that's both shocking and disappointing to old members.

The new 4Bux.info site isn't the same as it use to be. There are some changes that made old users unhappy about it. The first among the issues is the sudden change from a free PTC site to a Premium only PTC site. Meaning, you won't get paid if you don't upgrade. Another thing is deletion of accounts. The TOS of this site permit them to delete accounts at will, but it's kind of unfair for them to do this after people clicked their ads. Now, they are asking people to sign up and start from zero again, which is of course, very unlikely, now that people know what this site is capable of doing.

The TOS Sucks!

We don't know what push this site to change rules, but the site seems to be doing this only to protect itself. While upgrading does elicit some loyalty, it's not always to the benefit of the member. There is one rule in 4bux's TOS that really sucks.. this rule..

8) There is a possibility that 4bux.info can NOT pay its members.

One may wonder if this site is really capable of paying, now that they are for premium members only. Upgrading, however, does not really ensure that you always get paid, and with this rule in place, they look as if they try to render themselves free from accountability, in case they screw up.

4bux in demise?

The offers on this site isn't really eye catching, add the fact that they are a premium only site, and with only 142 members. We are wondering if they would be able to attract enough advertisers to advertise on the site. While all members are upgraded members, this does not guarantee that they are all quality hits.

With the competition going around, it's kind of odd for 4bux to worsen their offers. We could be seeing this site's demise, yet, who knows if this business strategy would work for the better. Only time will tell, but for us, we are done with this site.