Get paid to surf, get paid to read e-mail

CashSurfers.com

Your Pay Out: 60 percent of advertising revenue.
Referral Tree: 10% / 10% / 10% / 10%
Information: CashSurfers.com actually updates their site frequently. Pay out has now become
extremely low. Currently I make pennies a month off this program and I have thousands
of referrals! What was a promising program is now a waste of time. Only positive thing I can say
is CashSurfers will pay you on time, so that's a plus.

SEE MY CHECK (1) (2) (3)

TitanClicks.com No Payment Alert!

Your Pay Out: For each ad you visit you will receive $0.01.
Referral Tree: 100% (0.01) sign up bonus / 100% (0.01) per click through
Information: Once you reach $10.00 you will be paid via PayPal. All you have to do as a member is to view
advertisements. TitanClicks is under new ownership since then no payment.

SEE MY CHECK (1)

CashCrate.com

Your Pay Out: Varies for each offer up to 75%.
Referral Tree: 20% / 10%
Information: Pays $3.00 on every member you refer! The site looks great. I really, really like this program.
Only downside is it appears to be United States, Canada, and United Kingdom only. This is one of my new favorite
paid to surf programs, I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Payout threshold is
$10.00. CashCrate.com is cutting me a check as I write this update.

SEE MY CHECK (1) (2) April 2009 New Check

MyPoints.com

Your Pay Out: 5 points per e-mail or variable payout per completed offer.
Referral Tree: 100 points for each referral.
Information: MyPoints is a cash for e-mail company that's a cut above the rest. Rest assure if you sign
up with offers or read e-mails you will get a prize by redeeming those points. The prize that I've
chosen in the past and just redeemed last week is the $5 Burger King gift certificate. E-mails come
daily, click on the e-mail for 5 points or sign up to get even more points. Overall I am very pleased with
MyPoints .com for their honesty and quality of service. If you live in the USA MyPoints is the best.

AWARD (1) (2) (3) (4) SEE MY AWARD LETTER (1) (2) (3) (4)

InBoxDollars.com

Your Pay Out: $0.01 - $0.10
Referral Tree: 10% first level, $5.00 per referral
Information: This is a great looking, professionally run site. I trust them more than any other company. They have a reasonable pay scale that will earn you a check in no time. If you click on the "contact us" link you'll be glad to find an actual physical address.
The actual address indicates that InBoxDollars is a real company that will payout to members.

SEE MY CHECK (1) (2) (3)

Winzy.com

Your Pay Out: Prizes up to $100,000
Referral Tree: 100%
Information: Winzy.com is one of my favorite new "paid to search" and "paid to ask" paid to surf programs. You have a chance of winning prizes every time you search or answer a question on Winzy. Prizes range from points, gift certificates, ipods, and even up to $500. I've already won two $5 Amazon credits through Winzy.com. Over the past year Winzy has given out less and less prizes.

SEE MY AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE (1)

SwagBucks.com

Your Pay Out: Swag Bucks are periodically awarded as you search the web.
Referral Tree: 100% up to 100 Swag Bucks per referral
Information: This company was just personally recommended to me by a GetPaid4Surf.com visitor. She said she cashes in $5.00 Amazon gift certificates every week with the Swag Bucks program. Just search using SwagBucks.com, search results are provided by Google and Ask. Swag Bucks are randomly rewarded as you search. Redeem those Swag Bucks for products at the store. Amazon.com gift cards run only 45 SB. Points add up fast, really fast, I've noticed. One of my all time favorite programs.

Other paid to surf programs:

SearchCactus.com
SearchCactus pays you cash for signing up for special offers, referring friends and searching the web.
Agloco.com (CLOSED)
BannerUnion.com (CLOSED)
CashFiesta.com (CLOSED, SCAM)
Ignifuge.com (CLOSED)
PayDate.com (CLOSED)
NetFlip.com (CLOSED)
Spedia.com (CLOSED, SCAM)
SurfJunky.com (CLOSED, SCAM)
ValuePay.com (CLOSED)

*New* Cash for e-mail:

DealsnCash.com
Same web site as Hits4Pay.com except a slightly different payment and referral scheme. $5.00 bonus.
DonkeyMails.com
$10 sign up bonus, $0.25 - $0.75 per e-mail, no min. payout through E-Gold. 5 level referral tree.
EasyAdBucks.com
They pay out frequently and users can view the stats on their web site to prove this. E-mails range in price between $0.01 cent and $100 according to Easy Ad Bucks. The $100 e-mails are called "bonus" e-mails and will be sent out randomly. Very promising program!
GainPay.com
Looks like another great paid to read program. GainPay keeps real time stats of payouts to its members. Payout threshold is only $1. GainPay.com has ten levels of referrals (10%-2%-1%-1%-1%-1%-
1%-1%-1%-1%).
Hits4Pay.com
Pays a $10 sign up bonus. Get paid $0.02 for each advertiser's email that you read from Hits4Pay.com. Earn Earn $0.01 for earch e-mail your referral reads. Get paid monthly when your account balance reaches $25.
InBoxDollars.com
Get paid to read e-mail, complete offers, refer others, and take surveys. This is a great looking site and my favorite paid to read company. Only complaint about this one is once you request a check it takes forever to get paid. I mean it's not that hard to pay in a timely manner, right InBoxDollars?
Matrixmails.com
One of my new favorite paid to read programs.
My Points
Free membership entitles one to discounts and promotional offers to merchandise, travel, and entertainment. Membership sign-up and shopping area.
SendEarnings.com
This site isn't as good, but it's from the same people that brought you InBoxDollars.com.
Cashaday.com (CLOSED)
EmailsForCash.com (CLOSED)
EarningForce.com (CLOSED)
CoinHarvest.com (CLOSED)

Note: I cannot believe how many companies that I posted closed in less than a year. I will look better ones in 2008.

*New* Cash for clicks:

AdPaid.com
They will SPAM the heck out of you so be warned. The positive side to this is you do get paid to click on their e-mails. This program I signed up for because it was reviewed by BeenPaid.com as one of the best programs on the site. Everyone who reviewed the site says they do pay!
Bux.to
Surf 10 ads per day and get 10 cents. Get 20 referrals to surf 10 ads per day and your earnings go up to $2.10. A promising new program.
LinkGrand.com
$0.003 per link clicked.
PaidtoClick.com
Looks promising. Site actually shows how much money it has paid out to members.
TitanClicks.com
For each ad you visit you receive $0.01. For each ad your referral visits you will receive $0.01. Once your account reaches $10 TitanClicks will send your cash via PayPal within 72 hours. One of the best new programs in my opinion.
VelocityClicks.com (CLOSED)

*New* Cash for referrals:

AlertPay.com
See my February 2008 Check.
Blingo.com
Google powered search engine with one exception you win tons of prizes.
CashCrate.com
The best thing I like about this program you get $3.00 bonus for every member you refer.
GetPaidtoTry.com
Get paid cash by signing up for random offers. They pay directly to your PayPal account.
iWON.com
Search engine that gives away cash prizes daily, monthly, and yearly. One of the oldest paid to search programs. The one thing I hate about iWon is it's so freakin slow. It's a poorly designed site which makes using the engine impractical.
MaviShare.com
Get paid through PayPal by completing offers.
MediaDollarz.com
They pay daily which is something I've never seen done. Worth checking out this one.
Moola.com
Get paid to play games and refer your friends.
MySony.com
GetSearchPerks.com, Search Perks
Search Microsoft's Live.com or MSN and get prizes. There is a 500 point sign up bonus and a maximum of 25 points per day.
SwagBucks.com
Search and receive Swag Bucks for exclusive prizes in the Swag Store.
Winzy.com
Search and win cash and prizes. I am not just saying this to gain referrals to this program, but Winzy.com is hands down my favorite paid to surf programs to date. I already won two Amazon.com gift certificates in about 3 months. Seems like they are giving away less prizes now. Cash prize dropped to $500.
GansterGreed.com (CLOSED, SCAM)
SwatCash.com (CLOSED)

*New* Cash for surveys:

American Consumer Opinion
To make money taking surveys, visit American Consumer Opinion, join paid opinion survey panels and fill out surveys for money. They have always paid me on time, I trust them as a company.
OpinionSquare.com
Online market research community enabling members to earn cash and prizes for participating in surveys.
SurveyClub.com
Survey Club pays you in cash and prizes by filling out short online surveys. Companies need your opinions to improve their products and services, and in return you get paid for surveys in your spare time.
SurveySavvy.com
Pays between $2-$20 per survey. See actual check from SurveySavvy.com.

*New* Cash for writing:

HubPages.com
You get paid to write content. Earn 60% of total revenue.

Note: I don't normally list programs that cost money, but I decided since many free paid to surf programs don't pay may be the paid ones do. These programs I have not used I just want to relay the information to you. These programs are USA only, no international. Sign up with these untested programs at your own risk.

PaidSurveysEtc.com
SurveyScout.com
HighestPaySurveys.com

*New* Randomizers:

Note: July 2005 update on randomizer web sites. It seems randomizer web sites such as: PayPalRandomizer although extremely popular among the get paid to surf the web surfers are going offline. For what reasons is anyone's guess. I've already taken down the two most successful programs. These programs are now completely closed down, probably due to the legal issues.
WebStars2000.com (CLOSED)
BidFix.com (CLOSED)

*New* Travel Deals:

TravelZoo.com
TravelZoo.com Top 20 Newsletter. Free to join, shows best travel deals. It's what I use to find travel deals.

*New* Cash for webmasters:

ReviewMe.com
Do you blog? ReviewMe.com pays you money to review web sites on your blog.
XY7.com
Become an affiliate marketer and put banners up on your web site. When someone clicks through your banner and make a purchase you get paid. I use XY7.com they pay more than your average affiliate network.

Get paid to surf the web facts and history:

(As I've experienced it as owner of GetPaid4Surf.com)

Getting paid to surf isn't a new concept on the Internet. During the dot com boom the Internet was rapid with companies promising riches on the web simply by surfing the Internet with an ad toolbar on your screen. Everyone hopped on the band wagon and starting to use and promote these paid for surf or paid to read e-mail programs. Many paid out very well initially, but then eventually the income generated by these programs began to dwindle. Companies once promising 50 cents an hour could only promise pennies. The stock market tanked and eventually all, but only a few paid to surf companies survived. The business model remains to this day, but the demand for these programs isn't as nearly as high as it was at its peek with the collapse of AllAdvantage.com. I've seen companies come and go. Many companies that I've promoted on GetPaid4Surf.com I've generated income with, but have failed to pay me. The ones remaining especially the pay to surf programs marked "editors choice" I feel are the best the Internet has to offer.

Pay to surf programs are evolving on a monthly basis and I vow to continue to post the best companies at the forfront of these new trends. Although only a fraction of the Interest that these programs once generated exists today I still am fascinated by making money from the Internet. For this reason I still operate this web site today.

Where have all the paid to surf programs gone? Is this a faulty business model? It seems they are a dying breed on the Internet. If you disagree with this statement and have suggestions for new programs shoot me an e-mail I'd like to hear from you. I'll even promote your referral link for a week on GetPaid4Surf.com if I like the program enough to post it.

There seems to be a paid to surf revival on the internet with these paid to surf or auto surf programs. They are basically traffic exchange programs where an advertiser pays money to advertise on the site to their visitors who sign up to view ads. One site called Paid-Surf pays 1% daily to its visitors for 365 days. Paid-Surf is able to pay their members by collecting advertising fees and off site investments. I haven't listed more auto surf traffic exchange programs on GetPaid4Surf.com because many are scams. Some are ponzi schemes. Many auto surf programs pay out way more to visitors than they could ever hope to earn from advertising revenue or investments hence the reason they are labeled ponzi schemes.

If you would like to suggest a new company for my consideration or link exchange e-mail me: daniel @ getpaid4surf.com. I believe and of course I'm just slightly bias that GetPaid4Surf.com is one of the best paid for surf review directory sites on the Internet. The only problem is GetPaid4Surf.com isn't #1 yet on all the terms I optimize on and I'd like to change that! If you like my site and you want to improve this site's web rank or improve your paid for surf related web site's ranking I'd like to trade links with you. Please send your link exchange requests to the e-mail above. Also, if you would like to advertise on GetPaid4Surf.com I'll post your link for $4.99 month. Or if you would like to advertise on any other of my web sites 9malls.com, CashSherpa.com please contact me.

Other paid to surf resources on the Internet:

If you've searched for anything online in the past few years you probably know About.com is a great resource for all sorts of information. They seem to have researched almost everything known to man. They have even research paid to surf programs and offer a comprehensive list of the top paid to surf programs. Some programs listed on About's page I do not have listed on GetPaid4Surf.com. They may be reviewed and added in the future in the mean time visit here for more information.

A newly busted business model:

I had never heard of 12dailypro.com until a few weeks ago. I guess they guaranteed a 44% return on your investment in 12 days. Sounds too good to be true? Yes... But that doesn't mean it wasn't immensely popular with the site raising 50 million from more than 300,000 investors. With this kind of money being poured into one web site the authorities got curious and the SEC shut this ponzi scheme down. Read more about 12dailypro.com here.

Some questions I've been asked:

1) How long have I been receiving checks from various paid to surf companies that I have listed on GetPaid4Surf.com?
Some companies I've been receiving checks for years, some since 1999. Such as: Cashsurfers or Spedia. MyPoints is probally the most legit company I have listed, they are very professional. The paid to read business model tends to be much more profitable than paid to surf.

2) How did I become interested in the "paid to surf" industry?
The Internet in general fascinates me, it creates new business models and opportunities out of thin air. I like to keep up on these trends, such as the "Randomizers" which sprung up around 2004. Some of these randomizers have made their members a lot of money.

Letter to GetPaid4Surf.com:

I just visited your website and wanted to tell you how impressed I am with the professionalism! :-)

I've been making money online since 1999 and have been doing PTR for over a year. Only one thing I feel I should tell you... you have two well-known scams listed on your Getpaid4surf page - CashFiesta and Spedia. Both of these will not pay members, they have been scamming people since 1999 (that I know of - perhaps longer) (Just for the record Spedia.com has paid GetPaid4Surf.com once) Their modus operandi is to let members view the advertising, raking in money for them - then when a member tries to cash out, they're sent an email telling them that they "cheated" and won't be paid. But for some reason... they refuse to explain exactly HOW the member cheated. Do a search on google "cashfiesta scam?" and view the many, many results from people who have been cheated by these theives.

Caroline
Make an extra $120+ per month

- Thank you Caroline for the information! This above information is one's opinion and is not necessarily the opinion of GetPaid4Surf.com you should do your own research before signing up for any programs listed on GetPaid4Surf.com. GetPaid4Surf.com tries its best to pick the best companies for its site, but companies change and go through many different changes. So an organization might be great when I signed up for it years ago, but in the future it might become a dog. I will post any information sent to me on GetPaid4Surf.com and promote a link of your choice in exchange for the content that I deam relevant to GetPaid4Surf.com. So if you have any information or ideas please send to daniel @ getpaid4surf.com.

Letter to GetPaid4Surf.com:

The info you give on your site is just great, thanks! The one thing I find a bit frustrating about GetPaid4Surf.com is Cashsurfers.com being strictly a US/UK program. If CashSurfers.com were to change into a global program that would be great.

Madhu
SurfJunky.com
DownlineIncome.com
RotatorQueen.com

-Thank you Madhu I too wish that all program were global, but this obviously isn't the case. GetPaid4Surf.com receives many visitors specifically from India and pretty much ever were else around the world. If all programs were to become global overnight GetPaid4Surf.com would be even more popular than it already is. Listen up all paid to surf business owners make your programs international there's a strong demand for it!

Letter to GetPaid4Surf.com

Two days back I happened to see your email in a website. I also came to know that you have the best knowledge about genuine paying autosurf websites. I did autosurf with many web sites for the last 5 months, but none of them paid me anything. Some of the web sites already vanished. I am an Indian, retired and I need to make some income to meet my growing expenses. I have spent lot of time in the computer with these web sites for nothing. So I request you to kindly let me know atlest 10 websites of autosurf who will definitely pay me if I work.Your help in this matter will be of great use to me. Simply as a senior person in age, I wish you all the best. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!

Murali
SurfJunky.com
DownlineIncome.com
ProfessionalSurf.com

-This letter was from a visitor in Bangalore India. Thank you by the way for all the support for GetPaid4Surf.com from India sometimes it seems I have more international visitors than US visitors. It's nice to know the information I have listed on GetPaid4Surf.com can be useful to someone. You are not alone with paid to surf companies not paying you I know this all to well. One thing I've found that works is if a company isn't paying you first send them a e-mail, if that doesn't work which it usually doesn't try to find a phone number. Most of the time a phone number won't be listed on their site if it is call their customer service department. It's much easier to get someone to do something if you talk to them in person. If there isn't a phone number on the offending web site search the WHOIS database for the owner of the domain name. In the Google search box type in "WHOIS" then put in the companies domain name. If WHOIS doesn't work for you there is another online resource called Alexa.com just enter the domain name into this web site and you'll usually find the companies contact information here as well. OK, so once you get someone from the company on the line or in your e-mail explain to them that you haven't been paid and more often than not they will send you a check. If you're really serious about getting paid contact the US Better Business Bureau and complain to them about the company. I can't recommend 10 auto surf sites, but I will recommend two. They have paid me on a consistent basis and have had higher payouts than other companies. I don't know if they pay international however. The two companies I'd recommend are MyPoints.com and SendMoreInfo.com. To tell you the truth I'm pretty much done with paid to surf companies that only will pay you if you if you search with an ad bar on the computer screen. I think that this was once the best paid to surf business model, but in my opinion it has become obsolete.

- GetPaid4Surf.com Blog Notes

Added 02-05-06
- Making lots of money in life isn't just about making it, it's about saving what you keep as well. I found a blog that I'd like to share with GP4S visitors called Dual Income No Kids. The blog covers issues regarding making money as well as saving it.

I think the best idea to come out of the get paid for surf business model in a long time is a company called Winzy.com. It's a search engine that pays you to use it.

Added 05-22-07
- I new program that I really like and is well run is called Winzy.com. This program really is one of the best paid to search, paid to surf programs that I've ever seen. The search engine is very good, the results I'd say are better than ASK.com or at least on par with ASK. I've already won a $5 gift certificate for Amazon.com through one of my referrals. That's one of the nice things about the program when you're affiliate win you win and there is no limit of how much you can win per month. So yeah, please visit Winzy.com and sign up Winzy is a great search engine and paid to search program. The banner for the program is on the top of this page.

Added 05-24-07
- I was noticing with the new paid to surf programs, the new ones are nothing like the old programs. The old programs always seemed so amateur and you would be lucky to ever see a check from these companies. Now the paid to surf programs look highly professional, the owners look like they meticulously thought out their business models. It seemed back in the old days of the internet just having a web site with a concept was enough to impress someone. Now the internet has matured, its users are much more advanced; it takes a lot more than just a web site to impress the new generation of users. I believe the paradigm has shifted where once the Internet was a trusting community of small grass root type sites to the new paradigm of a corporate internet. If your site doesn't look professional or "corporate" as I call it now matter how good your idea no one will take you seriously. The internet now mirrors the legal and structured real world instead of the subculture it once was. I think it's sad in a way because it shuts out the little guy, I think with any new market (if you look at the Internet as a market) the more in matures the more money factors into the equation to gain exposure and market share. Just some thoughts let me know what you think. I enjoy reading your e-mails!

Added 10-24-07
- Paid to surf as a business model continues despite its frequent setbacks. I noticed that the best programs right now are hands down paid to read programs. I'm actually making decent money with InBoxDollars.com, my favorite paid to read program. In addition I'm really liking a new business model where users are paid to look at a web site for a set amount of time. The newest program added to GetPaid4Surf.com following this new trend is TitanClicks. I have purchased advertising from this company so when you join part of the money you will be receiving is mine.

Added 12-14-07
- Avoid the paid to surf scams with GPTBoycott.com. For the last 7 years this site has been devoted to helping its visitors avoid "get-paid-to..." scams online. Rob sent me an e-mail suggesting this company. Great resource!

Added 01-17-08
I'm doing some updating today January 17th 2008. I've been looking around the Internet lately and I'm realizing that pay-per.....whatever is alive and well. Getting paid on the Internet is different now that just surfing on the Internet with an ad toolbar on your screen. Getting paid online now included uploading videos on sites like Revver.com and MetaCafe, getting paid to write blog entries at PayPerPost.com, and getting paid to write comprehensive reviews on companies at ePinions.com. For a while I thought paid per.... on the Internet was dead, but I'm now realizing more and more that's it's a stronger more legitimate business model than ever. It's a great time to be living right now. People all over the world can equally benefit from this continuing trend. It no longer matters where one lives. I know this is an old argument, but I think we are only seeing the beginning of this idea. Moving towards a one world economy where everything is connected. If you would like to learn more about this idea I'd recommend a book that I just finished reading called The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman. I'm also interested in the one world economy because I now contract out web development with a company in India. As always I enjoy reading everyone's e-mails and suggestions.

Please visit this site. BeenPaid.com lists paid for surf sites that have actually paid. It's a rating system for this industry. Check it out!

Added 02-13-08
I've removed the paid to surf programs that are no longer paying off the main home page. If the program is on the home page now I believe in the company.

Added 04-23-08
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Added 05-12-08
Getting ranked better on Google!!! I'm really happy about that. I'm glad my web site is finally getting more visitors. I believe my paid to surf site has more current and honest information than any of the other BS paid to surf sites out there. Trust me most of the other paid to surf sites don't have a clue what they are talking about. All they want is a quick referral.

Added 09-10-08
It seems all around the world now, starting in the United States, economies are weakening. I remember back in 2000 when the Internet bubble burst virtually all paid to surf companies went out of business. It will be interesting to see how paid to surf companies weather this new economic storm. The paid to surf genres of web sites is already an anemic industry in which light patches of economic weakness tends to lead to bankruptcy with a quickness. The winds are picking up… how many companies will get blown away?