| Of all the ways I thought about earning money online, I | | | | sure to trip you up later. |
| have broken it down to a few: blogging, freelance | | | | It is also important that you don't give bogus |
| professional work (like web development), and other | | | | information when you register for the site, as well as |
| forms of self-marketing and promotion. The second | | | | with all of the offers and surveys. Your info will have |
| one is the only one where I had moderate success in, | | | | to be verified if you want to take full advantage of the |
| since coding is more of my element and still not so | | | | site. They are strict about abusing and exploiting the |
| much marketing. | | | | incentive system, and it's highly recommended that you |
| However, I recently found a website, Points2Shop, | | | | register on the computer you regularly use (multiple |
| which is approachable for those not very good at | | | | accounts for the same IP address will have all the |
| marketing. (Though if you are serious about profiting | | | | accounts banned). As long as you follow these basic |
| with this site, marketing is essential). Even though it's | | | | rules, using Points2Shop should not cause any |
| not the most lucrative income source and you won't | | | | problematic experiences. |
| make thousands in a month right away, it does give | | | | Features |
| you a good incentive to start jumping right in. | | | | One thing that puts Points2Shop in a bragging position |
| GPT overview | | | | over other GPT websites is in its selection of manual |
| Points2Shop is basically a GPT (get paid to) site | | | | offers. No other GPT sites can claim they have them, |
| where you can earn points as compensation for your | | | | or at least not nearly as many as Points2Shop. These |
| time participating in the website. The main focus of this | | | | are offers that are manually approved by the website |
| is in the exchange of promotions between you and a | | | | staff, not advertisers, so your chances of earning |
| group of advertisers. The advertisers pay the website | | | | points through approval are much higher than regular |
| to drive traffic to their offers. By giving your time to | | | | offers. You must first achieve a certain honor level |
| take their offers, you will take part of the website's | | | | (rank) before accessing manual offers. This gives |
| profits. Sounds win-win. | | | | members an incentive to participate more in the site. |
| Points are used to purchase a variety of products, or | | | | Another quality that I think makes this a standout site is |
| optionally, convert to cash. And you're not limited to | | | | in its community. Right from the home page, you can |
| getting dinky little items- in fact, most of their inventory | | | | see that it's busy with testimonials, and a live shoutbox. |
| directly comes from products sold on Amazon, so | | | | Combined with its family-friendly forums, Points2Shop |
| there should be no shortage of the quality of things | | | | does a great job at presenting a bustling community |
| that you can get. People have claimed products | | | | within the site. This makes it very iviting to participate |
| ranging from video game systems to home appliances | | | | and also return for many more visits. Even if you are |
| to makeup kits, and they have the users to prove it. | | | | not into chatting with the other citizens of P2S, the |
| Make no mistake, this website is legit about its | | | | shoutbox also serves as a very convenient way to |
| presence, and to prove it, you get 250 free points to | | | | get quick basic answers for some of your questions. If |
| start with, which gives you a chance to claim small | | | | you are unsure about something, ask and you'll usually |
| prizes such as a dollar bill (which helps verify your real | | | | get a prompt response from a moderator or another |
| address) or iPod accessories. | | | | knowledgable member. |
| Their sister site, Cashle, works the same way except | | | | The bigger money seems to be in referrals, and their |
| that instead of getting points you get cash to use | | | | upline system goes three levels deep. Just get active |
| however you want. What's convenient is that if you | | | | referrals and you can start making passive income |
| sign up for one of these sites, you're automatically a | | | | right away. Imagine you're doing okay with referring |
| member in the other. But the most attractive part | | | | friends and other people to the site, but if you refer |
| about these websites is that you can start earning | | | | just one guy who is a natural, you will still get earnings |
| right away, and with no minimum for payouts. In the | | | | from his whole bunch of referrals that are two levels |
| case of Cashle and Points2Shop, you don't need | | | | below you. Although the site has been around for |
| money to make money. | | | | around two years, participation has boomed since the |
| How To Start | | | | start of 2009 and it's still growing. The sooner you join, |
| If you are net-savvy you are probably hard-wired to | | | | the sooner you can start pulling in referrals and |
| ignore prize giveaway ads. Get ready to unthink all of | | | | working for prizes. |
| that, because many of these offers will be drowning in | | | | My final opinion |
| them. I suggest you get acquainted with the help | | | | Do a Google image search for "Points2Shop", right |
| articles and forums, as they will help you how to | | | | now. You could see that a few of them are |
| complete the offers (while at the same time learning | | | | photographs of things that look like the just arrived in |
| how to manage the spam). They are usually identified | | | | the mail. That's people thanking Points2Shop for their |
| in similar patterns so you can start learning how to | | | | items. It doesn't get more credible than that. |
| best complete them and approved for participation in | | | | My own experience with Points2Shop has been |
| them. | | | | around a month. I can sum up the experience so far |
| If this sounds daunting to you, it gets easier when you | | | | as a slow but steady process for earning points, |
| have enough points and a high enough rank so you | | | | especially when you are just completing offers. For |
| can leverage earning points in other ways, particularly | | | | now I can recommend using it whenever you have |
| in flash games and lotteries. There are also daily | | | | downtime, although it becomes a more passive activity |
| surveys that you can complete, which can guarantee | | | | as you get better at it and start referring people. But |
| you a steady daily revenue if you complete them | | | | as a source for getting some extra goodies for |
| properly. There are often long but more worth it. Don't | | | | yourself, Points2Shop isn't a bad way to go. |
| cheat on them though- if you lie in part of a survey it's | | | | |