GET PAID TO (GP2)

GET PAID TO

The GP2 (Get Paid To) market is a very crowded space with many sites and various offerings to members. By signing up with them you can make money without a website - and by simply surfing websites, reading mail or doing some task that the site you sign up with requires you to do on a daily basis. They generally have a daily list of tasks or site visits you have to make - and in return you get paid.

The original business model of these sites is highly questionable because they used what is called as “Ponzi Schemes” - which is illegal in most countires including USA. A Ponzi Scheme is basically a business scheme that asks member to invest $x in their company, and in return promises members a multiplication of their investment at y% - if they recruit other members. There is no real product or service offering. The company basically does nothing but recruit people through people promising retruns on invested money. Eventually, as the market saturates and no more members can be recruited - the business model topples over and fails - as there is no more influx of money coming in from newly recruited members. This causes the investment of many people - specially those who keep putting their interest earned back into the system to get more interest money - to become unavailable as the business shuts down due to lack of funds. Usually the owners of the business at this point have already withdrawn a % of money that gets invested (mostly claiming that these are operational costs to run the business).

A famous company that made over $30 million revenues within hardly 12 months is 12dailypro - which is now under litigation and lawsuit by members and the FBI. The model these sites adopt are called “autosurf” models. USers sign up, put money in, and need to then login daily into their website account and the control panel shows them a series of automated and rotates them through 12 sites (or how many ever pitched) for about a minute each on a daily basis.

Cleaver entrepreneurs have found a loop hole in the law that can save them from litigation of being a Ponzi Scheme - which is illegal. One such example is that they ask members to invest the money for advertising units on their network. So effectively, they are selling a service or product. In return they tell members they can earn commissions on this investment by inviting others. This way they have found a loop around the purely Ponzi Scheme model.

The barrier to entry for setting up such a service is very low - and anyone with $50 to $100 can setup this business with available scripts online. On the other hand those who do not wish to setup their own business or company or website can still participate in the GP2 websites that are still operational. Typically GP2 sites reward members for -

• Visiting a website to complete a survey
• Reading Email advertisements
• Referring a friend to purchase a product
• Opening up a free user account on the website
• Purchasing a refundable trial product or subscription
• Giving an email address for a newsletter

Some of the early pioneers in the get paid to industry like Cashcrate and CashonTap are still around and their member base has grown considerably, but many have shut down. The key to making money with these offerings is to invest in a large variety of sites - and not to just put all your eggs in one basket. That way, if any one packs up - you still keep going. The income you can generate from these get-paid-to websites can be substantial. According to some forum threads posted by members, you can make a minimum of $100 to $2,000+ a month. This amount of monthly income is possible and can be achieved with effort.

Tips -

• Dont use your regular email address while signing up. Get a throw away address from Gmail or hotmail etc.
• Read sites and blogs that reveiw GP2 sites to make sure you dont sign up and invest in a scam.
• Get a free private phone number to avoid excessive telemarketing.
• Stick with sites that have a good response time for your questions and are friendly, but still be wary and watchful
• Start with about 5 different websites and get a taste of how this works first, before you go with more websites. Feel the pulse and ride the wave!
• Open an excel sheet and track your earnings and tasks on a daily basis on a one page glance basis… otherwise it can get very confusing.
• If you can recruit other members (referrals) you may not even need to log in daily to some of these websites to make your money grow.

Below are some GP2 sites that you may want to visit. This is not a personal recommendation, but is just a resource list for you to start doing some initial research. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions of each site and clearly understand their offerings before you put your money in and sign up with any of them.

The Get Paid To - Resource List

1. CashCrate
2. CashonTap
3. Gangster Greed
4. Treasure Trooper
5. Instant Profitz
6. Deal Barbie Pays
7. Raid The Bank
8. Rapidloot
9. Cash Lagoon
10. Monster Pays Cash