How Much to Expect from Paid Emails and Ads

When it comes to paid emails and ads, those trying to find referrals to add to the pyramid often claim that you can make up to $50 per week. And from what I've experienced, that claim just isn't true. While searching for work this summer I looked into a few of these services. After finding blogs about the best ones I joined quite a few, including Hits4Pay, InboxDollars, DealsnCash, CashMoneyEmail, TitTikCash, Adbux.org, Bux.to, and a few others.

The first five are paid email services. They send you emails, you click a link within them, and then view the ad, thus confirming that you've viewed the email. You are usually paid pennies for each view. This will add up more quickly on sites that send you ads regularly, but not all of them do this. On many of the sites you can also complete offers, some of which ask for personal information, so completing these is obviously a personal decision. These offers can pay lots, though--if I'd completed any of the offers on one of these sites I would have earned over $100. Many of these sites give you a bonus of $5 or so just for joining, which is helpful since it'll take a while to actually make that on your own if you really don't do anything but read the emails and click the ads.

Adbux and Bux list ad links on their sites that you can click on for usually less than a penny. What I've noticed with these is that many of the ads tend to show up at hours when people aren't awake, so you miss the majority of them. Some people run bots that auto click the ads for them. I'm not sure if that's legal, but it's sure to be more effective than trying to catch all the ads yourself.

With all of the sites I've signed up with, I've probably made, at most, $30 since June. So why do people claim you can make more? Well you can if you get active referrals, but most of these sites require you to upgrade your account for a fee in order to do that. But they also usually promise that they'll send active referrals your way (inactive referrals won't make you any money). when you have referrals, you get paid every time they click something, and if they refer someone, you get paid for that too (this cycle does stop at a point).

All in all, you may get a little gas money after several months, but paid emails and ads aren't going to make you much unless you're willing to invest in it first. Plus, you have to make a certain amount of money before you can receive a payout, so it may be awhile before you actually get to hold the cash you earn. Additionally, I suggest creating a new email account so you can do spam control without your main account getting flooded.