PaidToRead Email programs

["Pop" Stran]

After dozens of emailed requests...Pop has reconsidered his stance on PTR programs.
Dozens are popping up every week, most thanx to the script seller CreataSite4U, and they are raking in both cash and users by the thousands.

I am personally running a 60-day test on a few of the most interesting of the new PTR sites...The standard 30-day test isn't fair to some because not all will payout in 30 days.

The leaders are as follows:
1: AprilGold's:
Experience shows...You know right away when you're dealing with pros, and I got this from AprilGold's from the start. Good payout, steady emails.
www.aprilgoldsgetpaid2reademail.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

2: HeavyMetal
New autotmated scripts are a plus, and generous payouts are a no-brainer. HeavyMetal has both, and a very positive feel to their site & emails.
Bruce is a good webmaster with real concern for his members.
www.heavy-metal-mails.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

3: Pharoah'sGold
Running the same CAS4U scripts as the other leaders, Pharoahs is just as simple and automatic...matter of fact, the only asthetic difference between the top4 is a few graphics, but professionalism sets a few apart.
Good payouts, auto-logon.
www.PharoahsGold.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

4: eGold Mails:
Straight-forward and easy to use, with steady email and fair payouts.
*Note: They are about to change names due to a complaint from the eGold currency-exchange, so get in now while you know where to find them!
www.egoldmails.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

5: Publifacil
A definately interesting site with a tempting promise; They claim that you can earn over $2,000 per month, reading 1 email per week.
So far, they seem to be on the level...
www.publifacil.com/members/?id=5166118

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A few other sitess are being tested, and will be reviewed at a later date.

NOTE:
I did have one failure in the first 30 days...After clicking EVERY paid-script link in every email from RocknRollptr.com for 2 weeks, I checked my account balance and found that it was EMPTY.
They gave a $5 sign-on bonus (a bit cheap compared to the Top4 above), and that was the only credit showing.
When I wrote to the webmaster, she basically threw me to the breeze...Don't know, Don't care.
*Personally, I believe that if you're gonna be in business online, you owe it to your customers and yourself to be as educated as possible in the fields that apply to running that business.

I offered to test for 1 more week, and now it has been a few days past 3 weeks and my acct still shows a Zero Clicks credit...so I'm not wasting another minute on them.

AVOID ROCKnROLLPTR.com

*to be fair; Peggy answered my email quickly, and their scripts are from the same source as the Top4 (though not the same type of script).

[Webmaster]

If you have a pop up killer this may be the reason.

did you also wait for the box which says you have been credited?

give proof are the username you are trying to test so it can be varified.

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Pop's Reply:
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1: Popup killers do not affect a framed timer script...I thought you were a real webmaster..?
Anyway, the killer was on for exactly half of the tests, and no change occured in results.
Also; Testing includes 6-9 sites every day, and yours was the only one to fail Every test.

2: Of course I waited; Often long after the timer should have credited, and your script does not.
You are not using the Perl scripts as the others, but a simple HTML link...therefore, no timer to expire.

3: As stated earlier, I sent my username and a copied link from your most recent email for your own test.
This was not one incident, but multiple DAILY tests, and ALL failed.

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End Pop's reply
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[webmaster]

also before you start trying to slander sites, make sure you have proof as this can be produced in a court of law

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Pop's reply:
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First, there is no "slander" here, only accurate testing results, and all have been both verified and saved.

Second, taking personal offense from the truth is not very professional or businesslike.

Third, As a customer I am entitled to the benefit of doubt, and it is your responsibility to immediately respond to and rectify my negative experience.

While you did respond to my email quickly, your reply was a simple "Must be Your fault, can't be mine".
...and that attitude clearly has not changed.

Customers are merely intrigued by advertising...but it's professional competence that keeps them coming back.

As for the "court of law" remark, please reference the first catagory of these boards...Specifically, the SamIam and it's disclaimer.
...and if that doesn't clarify the issue at hand, bear in mind that you have violated our mutual contract by first failing to satisfy your agreed clauses, and then later thumbing your nose at my request for your compliance.

Of course if you're the "hard-headed" type and still want to pursue legal recourse;
My business attorneys would be happy to earn their fees. (Yes, even my big brother bills me for consults!)

["Pop" Stran]

Email2Rewards:

A deliberate scammer has surfaced thru testing, both by Pop and independent affiliates.

Tom (using the membername "TheMann" at other PTRs) has been accused of repeatedly denying to payout for ANY members, but worse of all for his Gold members!

These are his top recruiters, and he has outright scammed them out of hundreds of dollars...My few bucks mean very little after discovering this.

You can read the results/venting from independent operators here:

www.getpaidforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141356

["Pop" Stran]

Teating has completed, and the ads have been un successfully. Results have been posted.

Recent changes to PTRs have caused a few new additions to the list, and the current favorite is noted below.

Many new PTRs are offering remarkable payout rates, such as "$10 per email", "No email under $2", etc.
...Naturally, I had to see this for myself...

HugeMails www.huge-mails.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts makes just such a claim, and so far has been true to their word.

My first member email consisted of 3 links, and paid a total of $20.
When you consider the $10 signup bonus, and a $500 payout, this could be well worth the time...but Please note the word "Could";
I've been burned before by PTR, and dragged many trusting people along for the ride...so Huge won't be endorsed by us until we see an actual deposit.

More to follow...

[Pop]

OK, forget the promises and claims...Math is truth, and Numbers don't lie:

When you're reading paid emails at 2 cents each, on a 30 second timer, you're earning 4 cents per minute or $2.40 per hour...Anyway you cut it, that SUX...and we're assuming that you can run 120 email links end-to-end, amd that the PTR is sending enough paid links to keep you working for an hour or more.
This, of course, is very unlikely.

The cherry on top is the fact that it's going to take you 3 months to get a check for $20!

The new breed of PTRs are offering from $5. to $100. per email, and with a reasonable payout level this could mean a very rewarding experience.

Payouts vary, but before you signup you should do some simple math with regard to payout...For example, at $10 per email and a payout level for free members of $2,000. you will need to read/click 200 emails.
With an average of 10 emails per day, that's means a check for Two Grand in Twenty days...and who wouldn't give that a try?

Here's our current favorites of the new breed:

1: $5 emails-$500 payout: (Fastest payout, 100 emails)
www.500cents-500dollars.net/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

2: $100 emails:
www.100dolarsmail.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

3: HugeMails: $10-$100 per email
www.huge-mails.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

www.npamail.com/pages/index.php?refid=popsgifts

[Spyder2]

After LESS than 30 days, have reached payout level with 5cent-500 program
Requested payout (link offered is a "reply by email" button) today (11/06/04), and awaiting reply.

Followup post ASAP.

***NOTE: Was away from email for a few days, and upon return this PTR had sent over 40 pieces, with a minimum of $5 each...Quite impressive, to say the least...so in essence, I earned the majority of payout level ($500.) in about a week!

[Karmalize]

NPAmails is no longer;
the host has suspended their acct...either they will come back with new hosting (although it's been 3 days, and not yet), or they hold the record for "flash in the pan" business.

["Pop" Stran]

Checked the 500-500 acct today, since we haven't heard from them re: payout, and acct shows a debit/payout of $500.

This indicates a good-faith payout on the webmaster's part, However...

Payment method of choice is set to EGold, but no deposit is showing there yet...

Could be timing, so we'll give it 24 hours to show up.

Updates will follow

["Pop" Stran]

Beginning to worry a bit now...

Emails to 500-500 are going unanswered, the last was "baited" with compliments intended to trigger a response of some sort, letting me know that someone was actually reading them...

Egold acct shows no deposits or attempts to deposit, yet the $500 has been debited from my acct at the PTR's site indicating a payout has been made two weeks ago.

Just when I was about to fully endorse and promote the first PTR to sell me in years...the ice is starting to look thin...What was it my mother told me about something that's sounds too good to be true..?

No decisions or judgements just yet.
They send a lot of mail, so I'm sure they're very busy...but the simple truth is this:

Getting Paid is the only reason they have eyeballs to rent to their advertisers, and if they slip in that part of the business, all the rest will crumble around it.

Will send ONE more email today, and give a reasonable time for an answer...and then we move to stage 3; Promotion or Poison.

Updates in a few days.

["Pop" Stran]

This board is getting a bit long, and since I hate scrolling as much as you do, the Stage2 PTR group will have it's own board.

Made a THIRD attempt to collect due payout from 500-500 about 5 minutes ago, form message is pasted here:

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Hi again,
My acct shows a payout was debited 2 weeks ago, but egold still shows no deposit.

Just requested a second payout, and am beginning to worry about the first...Please put my mind at ease.

Thanx,
JB.
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Email is busy from this site when it's for an advertiser...but I've been waiting 2 weeks for a simple reply.
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All further updates will post to the new board catagory:
PaidToRead progs, Generation 3

Thanx for following along,
JB.