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Before you start
completing offers I highly suggest spending a little
time getting set up. This might seem tedious but in
the long run it will save you an enormous amount of
time and frustration. There is a lot of information
in these tutorials. Don't worry if it seems
overwhelming at first. Just start out slow and
before you know it you'll be a gpt expert!
First:
Set up several junk
email addresses. Freebie offers will result in a
TON of junk email. You won't want these clogging up
your personal email account. While filling out
surveys and freebies you will want to change your
email address often so that survey companies
recognize you as a different user. (Don't worry, the
administrators encourage this as it will help
increase your approval rate). There are numerous
survey companies that host many different surveys.
You may fill out several surveys hosted by the same
survey company. They won't necessarily recognize
that you are filling out separate surveys and may
think that you are cheating. For this reason it is
important that you change email addresses often.
Some people recommend that you change your email
account for each and every offer that you complete.
I don't believe that's necessary but you should make
sure and change your email address when you are
filling out surveys from the same company. The
problem of course is that it can become extremely
time consuming to open all those new email accounts.
Here is the solution:
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Open an email account at
Gmail. Create an email account with the
maximum number of characters (which is 30), by
combining words and names until you reach the
full 30 characters long.
Gmail allows the use of periods in the
address. Doing this keeps the address valid but
makes it appear as a completely different email
address.
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When completing offers place a period in your
email address, moving the period when filling
out each new offer. ie: If your email address is
yourmail@gmail.com each of these addresses
will appear to be a unique email address,
however they will all be delivered to the same
address at
yourmail@gmail.com
y.ourmail@gmail.com
yo.urmail@gmail.com
you.rmail@gmail.com
your.mail@gmail.com
yourm.ail@gmail.com
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Once you
have placed a period after each letter
in the email address, add another one,
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y.o.urmail@gmail.com
y.ou.rmail@gmail.com
y.our.mail@gmail.com
y.our.mail@gmail.com
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Next:
BIG TIME SAVER
Download
Roboform. This is an AWESOME time saver!
Roboform stores all of your frequently used
information then fills out your registration and
checkout forms with one click of a button. It also
creates passcards, storing your usernames and
passwords allowing you to sign in with a click of a
button. It's free, it's easy, and it'll make
signing up at GPT sites and filling out offers a
breeze.
Next:
Filling out freebie
offers will result in a barrage of telemarketer
phone calls. Having a free voicemail box allows you
to sign in online to listen to your messages at your
convenience instead being bombarded with sales calls
on your home phone. Unfortunately, Private Phone is
no longer in business. For those of you who
don't know what Private Phone was, they gave you a
local phone number and voice mail box for free. So
far I have found 3 alternatives K7,
eVoice or
Simple
Voice Box. Each one of these does have a
downside however. Although
K7 and
Simple
Voice Box are both free to use, they do not give
you a local phone number and many survey companies
will not allow you to complete their surveys unless
the phone number that you enter is within your zip
code radius. That leaves
eVoice, which is
not free. It does give you a local number and
personalized voicemail box, but they charge $4.95 a
month. The good news is that they do offer a
one month free trial, so even if you don't want to
spend the $4.95 go ahead and sign up and get all the
surveys done that you can during your free trial,
after you see how much you earn you can then make a
decision as to whether it's worth it for you to keep
the service.
Then:
Download
CCleaner. It's free. This will help you to clear
your cookies quickly. For more information on the
importance of cookies check out the
cookie tutorial. Keep ccleaner open and use it
to clear your cookies between each offer. To clear
your cookies simply click "Run Cleaner." Keep in
mind that when you clear your cookies it will
usually clear your log-in cookie as well, which will
log you out of the GPT website that you are working
in. To prevent this from happening open ccleaner,
click "Options" then "Cookies." The box on the right
is your "Safe Box." Click on the GPT site url in the
box on the left and add it to your safe box on the
right. This will prevent you from being logged out
every time you clear your cookies.
Next:
Sign up for a free
Paypal account. Many GPT Sites will give you
the option to be paid by check, some by
WebCertificates, almost all of them offer payment
through Paypal, and some ONLY offer payment through
Paypal.
Paypal is quick, safe, easy and convenient. To
accept Paypal payments you will need to make sure
your Paypal account has been verified. To do this
you will need to link your Paypal account to your
checking account.
To maximize your
profits and to ensure you receive the highest
possible approval percentage on your completed
offers follow these steps.
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Use your main email account when
signing up for GPT sites. You want
them to be able to contact you when
they're running a hot offer or
important notices.
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If you have a web accelerator
turn it off.
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Never use false information when
filling out offers or surveys. This
will get you banned from GPT sites.
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Only do an offer once. Do
not do the same offer again on
another GPT site. This is
considered fraud and will get you
banned from both sites.
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Don't try to work every GPT site
you find. Sign up for several,
then work with them for awhile.
You'll find that a few of them
will become your
favorites. Concentrate most of
your efforts on those. However,
get ALL of your referral links
out there. Just because a GPT
program didn't work well for you
doesn't mean it won't become
someone else's favorite! You can
earn referral commissions even
if you aren't actively working a
site. There's nothing cooler
than coming back to a GPT site
that you haven't signed into for
a month, to find that your
referrals have earned you $20!
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Offers can take anywhere from a
few minutes to a few days to credit,
so if one doesn't credit right away
don't panic! Just keep checking
back. If after a few days it
still hasn't credited try the offer
again.
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Most GPT Sites only allow U.S.
Citizens to complete offers, however
many do allow international members
to earn money by referring other
members. Check individual GPT Sites
for more information. One GPT site
that I am aware of that allows
international users to complete some
offers is
Instant Profitz
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Use either Internet Exlorer or
Mozilla Firefox to complete your
offers. DO NOT use
AOL or Netscape. They generate a
non-static/dynamic IP address. This
may cause the system to show you as
having multiple accounts, which is
against the TOS at all GPT sites.
This will result in your account
being frozen and most likely
completely deleted, in which case
all your earnings will be forfeited.
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To accept
all cookies in Internet
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On top of the
browser click on "Tools"
and then "Internet
Options"
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A new window should
pop up. Click the
"Privacy Tab," there
should be a bar under
"Settings," lower the
bar to "Accept All
Cookies."
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To accept
all cookies in Mozilla
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On the top of the
browser click on "tools"
and then "Options."
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A new window should
pop up. Click the
"Privacy" and then the
"Cookies" mini-tab. Make
sure the "Allow Site to
Set Cookies" box is
checked and the two
boxes below are
unchecked. Also, make
sure they setting "Keep
Cookies" is set to
"until they expire."
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Disable all Pop-Up blockers.
This will not compromise your
computers security. To turn off your
pop-up blocker in IE:
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To disable
Pop-Up Blockers in Internet
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If you have installed
Service Pack 2, then you
have a popup-blocker in
Internet Explorer. To
turn it off, click on
Tools in the menu, then
click on Internet
Options. Click on the
Privacy tab and uncheck
Block Popups.
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To disable
Pop-Up Blockers in Mozilla
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Go to
Tools, then Options.
Once the Options window
is open, click on Web
Features. Next, UN-Check
the Block Popup Windows
Box. Click OK at the
bottom to accept the
changes.
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Freebies are a great
way to start out. These are various offers that do
not require a credit card, making them completely
risk free. There are MANY free offers that pay
anywhere .40cents to $6.00 (occasionally more).
These typically involve requesting more information
about a product or service, requesting a free life
insurance or auto insurance quote, asking for more
information about a home based business, etc. As I
said, this is a great way to start out. Once you
seen how quickly you can earn money you may choose
to venture into Trial and Product Offers, but
initially starting out with freebies is a great,
risk free way to learn the ropes. Here are some tips
to help you get started and maximize your profits.
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BIG TIME SAVER
Some surveys have lists of offers
that you need to click yes or no
that seem to go on forever! To save
time and answer NO to every offer on
the page press ALT and the =
button. This will fill in all of the
radio buttons with NO.
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Make sure to read
the instructions carefully at
whatever GPT site you're working
with. Most will typically give
instructions on what you need to
complete to earn your reward. Some
require you to complete the survey,
others only require that you enter a
phone number. If you fail to read
the instructions you may end up
spending 5 minutes on a survey that
you could have received credit for
just by submitting your email
address.
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All About Cookies - Read
the tutorial. I can not reiterate
enough how important cookies are to
your approval ratings. Make sure to
read this tutorial to find out why.
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Clear your cookies in between
EVERY offer that you complete (but
NOT during).
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Since many surveys are owned by
the same company, and therefore
considered to be in the same
"family". When completing these it's
important to use a different email
address.
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NEVER pay to do surveys! Any
website that asks for money to take
surveys is a scam. And NEVER pay for
survey lists or ebooks that tell you
how to earn money taking surveys.
You don't need to pay for that
information. If you don't find all
the information you need on this
website (for free), just email me
and I'll either be able to answer
your question or find the answer.
Joining GPT forums is also a great
source of information. Google it.
You will find TONS of GPT forums.
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Leave your survey window open
for a few minutes after each offer
to make sure you get credited
properly.
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I'm not comfortable giving out
my social security number online so
I skip the offers that require a SS
number. That's a personal choice -
you'll have to decide what you're
comfortable with.
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Don't complete a large number of
freebie offers all at one time. Do
10 to 15 of them at one sitting then
come back later to do more.
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Only complete a few free surveys
from one "survey family" (for
instance Big Buck Surveys) at one
time. Do a few from each
survey family at one sitting then
come back later to complete more.
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Some free surveys ask if you'd
like to sign up for trial offers
like Netflix or Blockbuster, etc.
Don't do this! If you'd like to try
these offers complete them through a
GPT site where you'll be paid to try
them.
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Many surveys have an asterisk
next to several of their survey
questions. These are the questions
that have to be answered in order to
complete the survey. Save time by
only answering the questions with
asterisks.
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A tip for Brandarama Surveys.
When you reach the end page, click
one of the offer links, then leae
both open for a few minutes. This
should dramatically help your credit
approval.
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Big
Time Saver Keep your
gmail account open in a different
tab or window at all times when
completing surveys. Many offers
require an email conformation.
Keeping your gmail window open will
allow you to easily switch over to
your email to confirm, saving you
time.
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Take a break! Many survey
companies are now timing how long it
takes you to complete a survey, due
to some people abusing the system by
using bots. If you find that
many of your offers aren't crediting
well, think about taking a break for
30 seconds or so in the middle of
filling out your survey. I
take a few seconds to write in my
blog or check email.
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Many survey's lead you
to believe that you need to complete seemingly
endless pages to receive credit, but who wants to
spend15 or 20 minutes on a survey only to earn .40
cents to a dollar? On many of the free survey's all
you need to do is submit the second page (which
contains your email address, phone number, etc).
Other survey sites do require that you complete
several pages, but not all, and some require that
you reach the end of the survey. Many GPT sites give
you clear instructions on how far you need to go on
any given survey to receive credit, however for
those GPT sites that don't this guide will help you
save time by knowing just how far you need to go to
complete an offer.
Until you become familiar with these I highly
recommend that you print this list out and have it
handy for easy reference while filing out freebie
surveys.
Click Here to open a new window containing this
list.
(BBS) Big Bucks Survey - Continue the survey until you see the message in black at the
top that reads, "Thank you. Your information has
been received successfully..."
(BSP) Brand Survey Panel
- Submit 2nd page
Brandarama
– Submit E-mail/Zip. Submit 2nd page.*
(CB) Consumer Beat - Continue the survey until you see the message in black at the
top that reads, "Thank you. Your information has
been received successfully..."
(CDS) Consumer Direct
Savings
– Submit first page*
(CE) Consumer Expression - Continue
the survey until you see the message that reads,
"Thank you. Your information has been received
successfully..." There will be an additional survey
beneath this message. You do not need to do the
underlying survey.
(CIR) Consumer
Incentive Rewards
– Continue until you get to the page that says “Last
Step.”
Consumer Promotion Center - Submit the second page.
(CRB) Consumer
Research Bureau
– Submit first page*
(FS) Franklin Surveys – Submit address
page and one offer.
(FB) Freebie Brands
– Submit first page*
(FCG) Free Consumer
Gifts – Submit first page*
(FGW) Free Gift World
– Submit E-mail/Zip. Submit 2nd page*
(MPG) Mega Promotions
Group – Submit address page (usually page 3)
(MER) My Elite Rewards
– Submit 2nd page.*
(MID) My Insider Deals
– Give info and choose offer on 2nd page
then submit.
(MSG) My Select Gifts
– Submit 2nd page*
My Elite Rewards - Submit 2nd page.
My Insider Deals - Give your info and
choose an offer on the 2nd page. Submit, and your
done.
My Select Gifts - Submit the 2nd page.
(NP) Net Panel
– Continue until the progress bar in the upper right
corner shows completed and when you see “Exclusive
Bonus Offer…” at the top of the page. (when you get
to this page the progress bar will be empty again,
but you are done)
Opinionnaire
- Continue the survey until you see the message in
black at the top that reads, "Thank you. Your
information has been received successfully..."
Opinion Direct - Continue until you see the message in black at the top that
reads, "Thank you. Your information has been
received successfully..."
(ORC) Online Reward
Center
- Submit E-mail/Zip. Submit 2nd page.*
(PD) Prize Draw
– Submit first page*
Rewards Gateway - Submit 2nd page.
(SN)Survey Networks - Continue the
survey until you the message in black at the top
that reads, "Thank you. Your information has been
received successfully..."
(SL) Savings List
– Submit 2nd page (choose offer)
(SS) Serving Surveys
– Submit first page*
(SFF) Surveys For Fun
– Continue until you see “Thank You! Your
information was received successfully and you have
now bee entered to win.”
SurveyandGifts.com
– Continue until you see the “Congratulations! To
qualify for your Gift Card, start by fully
completing any 2 of the Silver offers listed below!”
page. (You do not need to continue on to complete
the 2 silver offers.)
(SN) Survey Networks
– Continue on until you see a message in black at he
top of the page that reads “Thank you. Your
information has been received successfully…”
(WM) Win Moolah
– Continue until you see the “Congratulations and
thank you for your participation!...” page.
WSHTS – What She Has
to Say
– Continue until you see the “Thank You! Your
information was received successfully…” page. (Make
sure to answer all of the questions that have an
*asterisk next to them.)
(WS)Winning Surveys - Continue the survey until until you see the message in black
at the top that reads, "Thank you. Your information
has been received successfully..." (I've actually
had these surveys approve after the 4th page, where
it asks about your housing 'own, rent, etc.' You may
want to experiment with these. Complete a few of
these through the 4th page and see if they credit.
If they don't credit for you, you'll need to
continue these until you reach the "Thank you...."
message.)
*Just to be safe I always complete one more page
than I’m asked to on 1 and 2 page submits.
(YFOG) Your Free
Online Gifts
– Complete the entire survey
Although you can
definitely earn several hundred dollars a month
filling out Freebie Offers, you can really kick up
your earnings by completing trial offers and product
trials. The key to making a lot of money with these
is organization, organization, organization. Oh, and
did I mention ORGANIZATION?
Trial offers and
product trials require little or no money up front
but do require a valid credit card or debit card
number. As long as you cancel the trial before the
trial deadline your card will not incur further
charges. If you fail to cancel before the deadline
you are basically agreeing to continue with the
service and giving the company permission to charge
your credit card a fee, usually on a monthly basis
but this can sometimes can be weekly or annually.
I don't feel
comfortable giving out my credit card number for
Trial Offers and Product Trials so I use pre-paid
Visa or Mastercard giftcards. Look for more
information on this below.
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Keep accurate records. This will
prevent unwanted credit card
charges. It will also help you in
the event your offer fails to
approve. In that case you'll need
this information to file a manual
credit request. There are three ways
to keep good records. 1) Some people like to
keep a notebook on their desk to
write down pertinent information
about each off they complete. 2)
Print out the confirmation page
and/or the TOS page of each trial
you participate in. Make sure it
includes the phone number, email
address or url to cancel. Write the
date you'll need to cancel by on the
top of the page for easy reference.
File them in a file folder. I keep
two file folders, 1 for trial offers
I need to cancel, the other for the
ones I've already canceled. I
file them in order of cancelation
date so I can easily pull out the
ones that need to be canceled each
day. 3) I
prefer using Excel. By using Excel
I'm able to quickly sort by my
"Cancel Date" field. This makes it
fast and easy to check every morning
for any trial offers that need to be
canceled that day. Or if I don't
remember if I have completed a
particular offer, I'm able to sort
by the "Company Name" field to
quickly and easily find that
information. If you aren't familiar
with Excel, Fear Not! Video
Professor will gladly come to the
rescue! (You'll find great
trial offers for Video Professor at
most GPT sites.)
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This is the
information that I keep on
each trial offer that I
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The GPT that I did
the offer through |
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The company name |
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Company email
address |
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Company phone number |
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Any other contact
information I find
on their website |
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The date I signed up
for the trial |
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Trial length and
date the date to
cancel by. The
general rule of
thumb I use is this:
on a 7 day trial I
cancel on day 5, on
a 10 day trial I
cancel on day 8, and
on a 30 day trial I
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Fee for activation
or Shipping and
Handling charges if
that applies. For
example: You may
want to try a weight
loss product which
is free but requires
you to pay $3.95 for
S&H |
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Reward for
completing the offer
- Using the example
above you would earn
a reward of $19.00
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My net earnings for
this offer. Again,
using the above
example my net
earnings would be
$15.05. You will
want this
information for a
few reasons:
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To keep
track of all of
your expenses so
you have a clear
idea of how much
money you are
actually making.
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For tax
purposes. The
GPT site will be
sending you a
payment of $19
for this offer
but you really
actually made
$15.05. You
certainly don't
want to pay
taxes on the
entire $19!
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Monthly or weekly
fee if you fail to
cancel. |
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The actual date you
canceled on. |
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The name of the
person you spoke to. |
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Cancel confirmation
number. |
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If this all looks a bit
overwhelming to you don't
panic! You'll have the hang
of it in no time! It only
takes me a few minutes to
look-up and record all of
this information. Not bad
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TIME SAVER
If writing your offers in a
notebook or tracking them in
excel don't appeal to you
there is another option.
For each offer that you
complete simply print out
the terms and conditions
page. This will have
all the information you need
on it to be able to cancel.
Write the date the trial
ends on the top of the page,
and also the GPT program you
did the offer through.
Keep your pages in a file
folder, filing them by date,
with the earliest dates in
the front of the file.
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- Never repeat the same offer at
different GPT sites. Keep track of
your offers.
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When you do trials make sure you do
not cancel before you have received
the product, or before logging into
their website and taking a closer
look at what your membership
involves. You are supposed to
complete offers that you are
legitimately interested in. This is
absolutely not hard to do... with
the hundreds of offers, products and
services listed on GPT sites I never
run out of things I am truly
interested in finding out more
about. By participating in product
trials I'm able to try out scores of
products and services not only for
free, I actually get paid to do it!
Not a bad way to earn extra money!
When you do an offer and cancel
before receiving the product then
this lets the advertiser know that
you only did the offer for the
incentive. The advertiser can revoke
your earnings.
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- Although I
have never personally had a problem
using my credit card many people
prefer using a prepaid Mastercard
or Visa giftcard for any offer that
requires a credit card. You can buy
these at Wal-Mart, CVS, Longs, etc.
But I have found the most convenient
place to order one is online at
Simon.com. I DO NOT recommend
pre-paid credit cards as they often
allow insufficient charge purchases.
Unlike prepaid credit cards, prepaid
gift cards can not be recharged so
they need to be replaced after
they've been used up. This is a very
minor inconvenience when you
consider the amount of earnings you
can achieve using these cards, and
the fact that this all but
eliminates any risk of being charged
any unauthorized charges. Purchase a
Simon Gift Account and have it
delivered via postal mail within 7
days for $6 or purchase a virtual
card which will be delivered via
email within 24 hours for $2.
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Important Note About Pre-Paids Recently there has been quite a bit
of debate about the use of Pre-Paid
credit or debit cards. Many
advertisers are STRONGLY
recommending to the GPT site owners
that they not allow their
subscribers to use pre-paids, even
to the point of not paying people
that are using pre-paids. This
has forced may site owners to mark
people as cheaters and close their
accounts if they use a pre-paid
credit card. This problem has
arisen as a result of many people
using pre-paids irresponsibly.
Often people use their pre-paid
knowing that when the trial expires
they can't be charged any fees, so
they never bother to call and cancel
their trial. If you do use
pre-paids USE THEM RESPONSIBLY.
Also, MANY gpt sites have now
revised their TOS and will close
your account if you use a pre-paid
card. Don't risk losing your
account. Make sure you read the TOS
at EACH site you plan to use a
pre-paid at before using it.
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Every Get Paid To
site offers cell phone offers. These often
carry the highest payout, with good reason. If
you read the fine print on these offers, you'll see
that you are agreeing to a monthly charge on your
cell phone bill. To many people get their cell
phone bill and just pay it without scrutinizing the
charges. I know of many people who have paid
their bill for months before they realized that they
were still paying monthly for a ringtone service
that they signed up for. I just don't do these
offers, but if you choose to make sure you remember
to write down all of the information on how to
cancel, then call to cancel before you're charged.
Here's a list of
important downloads to help you stay organized and
keep your survey taking efforts running smoothly.
Gmail
Roboform
CCleaner
PayPal
Simon
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