Get Paid to Surf the Web - Beginner's Guide/Reviews/Tips

Youkoso, welcome! What you are currently doing is surfing the web. And you can get paid for doing this simple task! No kiddin', you've probably heard that everywhere, huh? Fear not, this site is completely different than others, by a special quality; friendship. I will try my best to make you feel comfortable here, and assist you. That's my promise. Will you trust me? Then take my hand and let us begin --just don't get all mushy on me! ^.~

Below are a list of the best companies in the web right now. The stats of each company are how much they pay per hour, an monthly hour limit (if any), referral levels, and some extras. And each are provided with a concise description of their program and a review.

I would be more than happy if you make sure to put my referral ID in (if not already automatically entered) when you sign up for a program! But that's all up to you, my job here was to help you understand what "Paid to Surf" is, and hopefully, I fulfilled that! However, you can thank me by leaving my ID in for your referrer! ^_^ Thanks for your time everyone! I wish you all a good fortune!
~ Tseng

Current Payrate: $.53 /hour    Monthly Hour Limit: 15 hours

Applicable Regions: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Untied Kingdom, and the Unted States and various US territories.

Referral Levels: 4 Levels       Referral Rates: $.10 Direct, .5 from Level 1-4 indirect

Minimum Payrate: $20.00      Availability: Viewbar(TM) is out now.

The one that started the entire business of pay-to-surf! And by far the best (and that's a fact). It started in March, 1999, they are the biggest company (over 2 milliom members), and best funded company (33 million dollars). I recommend you sign up with these guys. Those checks in the 'how to' section were from AllAdvantage! Since the limit is 15 hours(will raise) you can easily get them over with by the first 3-4 days of the month! Very easy and user friendly! People are making $700-1000 every month! Need I say more? Actually, yes I do! AllAdvantage has now shifted into a "Sweepstakes" system.

Current Payrate: $ .25 - 10.00                             Monthly Hour Limit: None

Applicable Regions: Anywhere                             Referral Levels: 4 (Indirect)

Referral Rates: 20% for Direct, %10 Indirect (4)     Minimum Payrate: $20 (US)

More Stats:
- get paid for feedback to advertisers (Answer 8 questions: $10.00, 7 questions: %7.50, 6 Q's: $5.00, 5 Q's: $2.50, 4 Q's: $1.50, 3 Q's: $1.00, 2 Q's: $.50, 1 Q: $.25)
- $.05-.10 for Instand Ads (TM)
- Adsenger(TM) Available now

First of all, you should know that Adsenger is pays the most (and quite generously) next to BePaid. You download their software, but unlike other "Pay to Surf" programs, you can say when you want to view an ad. You control it! And after watching an ad you give them feedback. So if you could watch maybe 8 adds within the hour and give back 8 answered feedbacks, that's $ 10.00 in your pocket in one hour! Its so easy! These guys seem very professional too, so if you are still skeptical, browse around their web site!

Current Payrate: $20.00 - $100.00 Monthly Hour Limit: Unlimited

Applicable Regions: US, UK, Iceland Referral Levels: Direct & Indirect

Referral Rates: 13% for Direct, 7% for Indirect (All) Minimum Payrate: $20
More Stats
- you don't get paid for time on the net, but by how many ads you've seen

No! Those aren't typos! You've read correctly, you can make a minimum of $20 an hour! Perhaphs even as much as $100 an hour! You download a special program that plays commercials for you, not like the other ones. You get paid .5 cents to 2.50 per ad, so within the hour, you can make lots of money. With over 1,100,000 members, BePaid has become the highest paying program out there. It's sister network, Adsenger is almost identical to BePaid. Their AdVision Control(TM) was released in July, so its now available!

Current Payrate: $5.00, $2.00                           Monthly Hour Limit: Not Applicable

Applicable Regions: United States                        Referral Levels: 4 levels

Referral Rates: $5.00 (Direct), .25 B, .50 C, 1.00 D        Minimum Payrate: $25

More Statistics
- get paid 5.00 for the first 20, then 2.00 for the rest
- limit of earnings is $25,000
- must spend $250 of every $1000 earned in their market

Current Payrate: 1 - 10 cents ($1.00)                    Monthly Hour Limit: Not applicable

Applicable Regions: Anywhere                                Referral Levels: 5 levels

Referral Rates: .1 cent for ever page views (All)   Minimum Payout: $100

More Stats
- use their web page to go to web sites, and watch a full page add between visiting the page
- Millenium Special: $1 per referral

One of a kind. GoThruUs, is literally what its name means! What you do is use their site to go to other sites. And how do you get paid? When you type where you want to go, you watch a full page add and then hit your destination! The adds aren't too long either. What's nice is you can they have a search engine too! You earn $.01-10 per ad you see! It may sound small, but if you get in the habit of using their site as a main page, you wont even notice anymore, and you'll be making lots of money before you know it! But the best part is that they are giving $1 dollar to every referral you make! But hurry, this offer only lasts until they give away $1,000,000!

Current Payrate: $.25 /10 visits Monthly Hour Limit: None

Applicable Regions: US & Canada (soon expanding) Referral Levels: 4 Levels

Referral Rates: $.10 /10 visits for Direct, .05 /10 visits for Indirects (3 levels)

Minimum Payrate: $20

More Stats
- get paid for having Ignifuge as a start page
- you are paid .25 cents per 10 visits to the page (10 visit per day limit, 300 per month)
- soon expanding Internationally
- new iCash program, earn easy cash just for signing up for free programs

Fast and easy! Like the banner says, they pay you to have their webpage as your start up page! If you don't know what that is, open your Internet Explorer, Netscape, or whatever browser you use... wait for it to load. Now, that is your start up page! So, why not get paid for having one! They pay you on intervals of 10 visits (meaning, you open you browser to the page), and you only get a limit of 10 per day. And the max is currently 300 visits per month. Its really simple, fast, and easy. And this new program that pays you to sign up for free programs; iCash. If you sign up for all their programs (which are free, and only take a minute or so to register for), you can make a quick $98.05 within an hour to an hour! Ignifuge is getting very popular and their goal is to pay $0.50 per ten visits!

If this is your first step into the world of PTS, or Paid to Surf, then I suggest taking a stroll to the Beginner's Guide! Where's that? Use above sector as the navigator. 3 Sections, but they'll expand soon. You are currently at PTS Programs, which is also the home page. I *really* recommend going to Tips & Tricks, beginner or expert before signing up for anything. Bookmark this place now because I make an effort to update it weekly! Enjoy!

Current Payrate: $.03/ search, $2.00/ referral Earning's Limit: Unlimited

Available to Regions: Anywhere Referral Levels: 3 Levels (+Direct)

Referral Rates: $0.45/100 searches by Direct, $.24/100 searches by Indirect Lv.1, $0.39/100 searches by Indirect Lv.2

Minimum Payout: $20.00 (request check, uses PayPal)

More Stats:
- get paid $5.00 to join, and $2.00 for every person you sign up

ePilot, one of my favorites, and favored by all my friends. They pay you for every search utilized by their search engine. Its the dream of any paid-to-surfer! I stummbled upon ePilot when looking for a better search engine, and found that ePilot was the one! And then after some time, I discovered that they pay you for your searches! ePilot pays you $5.00 just to join and $2.00 for every peron you refer! So far, I've been averaging $10.08 an hour by doing 1 search every 10-20 seconds, and that's only because I have a bad modem... =P So you probably will make more if you take an hour of your day by just doing straight out searches. They use PayPal as a payment method which is great! Instead of waiting a month just to get a check, PayPal automatically puts the money on your credit card or bank account! For more into on PayPal, keep moving down the page.

Current Payrate: $0.35, .20 (double, single bar) /hr    Hourly Limit: 35 hours, 60 hours

Available to Regions: Anywhere                              Referral Levels: 5 levels (+Direct)

Referral Rates: $.06 (for all 5 levels)                             Minimum Payout: $24

More Stats:
- get paid $.35/hour if running a double bar for 35 hours/month, get paid $.20.hour if running a single bar for 60 hours/month

Epipo might not seem like they pay much, but let me assure you, they do! This was the first company I ever signed up for because I had the most trust in this one. This program has two options: two banner bars, or one. If you run the double-banner then you get paid $.35 an hour for 35 hours! That's more hours than Alladvantage. Now, if you run the single-banner, then you get paid an equal $.20 per hour for 60 hours. Now its all up to you! I prefer the single because more hours to me means more work, but you get paid fairly either way. What's most impressive is that ePipo pays you 6 cents an hour for referrals 5 levels deep! A very trusting and professional company, indeed.

Current Payrate: $1.00/minute/survey                           Earnings Limit: None

Available to Regions: Anywhere                                    Referral Levels: 2 Levels (+Direct)

Referral Rates: 5% for Direct, 1% for Indirect              Minimum Payout: $25

iCameo pays you $1.00 for every minute it takes to do a survey! Sounds too good to be true doesn't it? After signing up you must fill out your interests, so that it makes it easier for you to get targetted by a survey. Then, when you are selected for a survey, they will notify you by e-mail so you can take it at their website. Though only 2 levels of referrals, you can still make quite a lot of money off iCameo. Now they have an offer for $50 if you find a person or company that wants to purchase (not take) their surveys. And if you want a survey conducted, I must admit, they have the best prices, and you can get an instant quote -- hassle free! Ah, and when you first log in, they'll ask who referred you...

Current Payrate: $5.00                                         Earnings Limit: Unlimited

Available to Regions: US (exapnding)                    Referral Levels: None

Referral Rates: None                                           Minimum Payout: Any amount

More Stats:
- get paid $5.00 just to join
- get paid $5.00 when your referral confirms a e-mail account and a credit card or bank account
- request a check or have the money put into your bank account for any amount anytime (must be over $0.00)

Big cash can be earned through here! Have you noticed that the "pays to refer others" programs seem to bring in more dough? Heh, anyways, what PayPal is, is a new and much faster payment method. There are some PTS companies that are using PayPal, instead of manually issuing checks, they send the money through PayPal and they direct it straight to a bank account or credit card! And now, PayPal themselves have become their won PTS program, by giving $5.00 to sign up and confirm a bank account or credit card! And $5.00 for every person you refer who confirms their bank account or credit card! You might be thinking that your information might not be safe, but to make you confortable with them, they now have a $100,000 insurrance if anything were to happen (though I promise nothing wont.) They have over three million users now, and they've had no problems at all.

Current Payrate: .30 Euros/ .50 USD Hourly Limit: 40 hours/month

Available to Regions: PayStart, PayMail, & PayPoints are available everywhere. PayStation is only available to U.K., The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Norway, the EU, US and Canada.

Referral Levels: 5 levels (+ Direct) Referral Rates: $.10 Direct, $.05 Indirects

Minimum Payout: 47 Euros/ $70 USD

More Stats:
- get paid to have their site as a start page (like Ignifuge)
- get paid a percentage of cashback that your referrals get when purchasing on the net

PaysU is a United Kingdom based company that pays just like AllAdvantage but with a 40 hour limit! Unlike most companies, they don't give you that many hours! PaysU has various ways to make money; get a percentage of money that your referrals get cashback on from making purchases online, have their site as a start page (similar to Ignifuge)! If you live in the US, you'll be paid in USD, so don't worry.

Current Payrate: $0.70 per hour                            Hourly Limit: Unlimited

Available to Regions: Anywhere                            Referral Levels: 6 levels (+Direct)

Referral Rates: 10% for direct, then 7%, 5%, 2%, 2%, 1% (indirect, levels 1-5)

Minimum Payout: $20.00 (50.00 for non-US)     Availability: Ready for download

UniqueSurf is one of the highest paying companies in the PTS business. They are new, but their adbar is ready to download. I was going to give it a 8/10, but they are beginning to prove their future will be bright, so stick by with these guys for a while. Like the banner says, you can probably make $1000 per day, but remember, that's with the help of referrals! Ah, and can anyone fill me in on what's this thing about pagers...?

Huh? Deja vu? Hah, Imandi is exactly like eLance but pays $5.00 per referral up to 20, then $2.00 there after! These two programs are really great. Check out eLance, above, for more info, they pretty much identical!

Current Payrate: Varies Earnings Limit: Unlimited

Available to Regions: United States & Canada Referral Levels: 5 levels (+Direct)

Referral Rates: 10 cents per 10 paid visits by Direct, .002 cents for Indirect (4 levels)

Minimum Payout: $20.00

More Stats:
- earn $150 within the hour for signing up for "FastCash" programs (similar to iCash)
- recieve $3.00 to join

Get paid to search and visit! Yep, this company is great, though I find ePilot much easier, they really pay off in their referrals and FastCash. When you do a search, you'll see prices by each site, these are how much you get if you click on it. The FastCash system works just like iCash, sign up for free programs and make lots of money in no time! $3.00 just to join, what have you go to lose? ^_^

There you have it! These are, by far, the best Paid to Surf companies on the net right now. And like the Internet, they'll always be growing. There's a list of companies on the side bar if you want to check out more!

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New Program: CashWars! Refreshing, fun, and a new twist! You earn money by stealing from other's bases! Don't worry, everyone wins!

12/9/00 - Added CashWars info! Beginning sign-ups for the Newsletter!
Note: There will be major updates in the following week, so stay tuned!

Current Payrate: Varies Earnings Limit: Unlimited

Available to Regions: Anywhere Referral Levels: 4 levels

Referral Rates: 10% = direct, 5% = lv. 2, 2% lv. 3 & 4 Minimum Payout: $20.00

More Stats:
- unlike no other, pays you to steal
- pay-date is a different day every month

This is the best thing I've seen since AllAdvantage!! I can't believe how fun a reshreshing this is! You play this game in a virtual world and make money by stealing from other bases! Its much, much more fun than it seems. CashWars is revolutionary in the PTS industry. You'll see that they have an innovative way of implimenting several "characteristics" of a PTS program into a game world! Trust me, you'll love it, for it is now my favorite program! I spent hours on Saturday playing this with a friend (got a bit carried away, and yes, I do have a life! ^.~)! Oh!! And join my defense team! Just look for "Kuruyami!"