A GPT or “Get Paid To” site (sometimes called a “free
paid survey” or “offer” site) pays its registered members rather substantially to
perform specific online tasks such as responding to a simple survey, completing
a free trial offer, ordering products & services you may already be seeking, visiting
sponsor’s web sites, viewing advertisements, signing up for newsletters, and such.
GPT sites are an excellent source of easy spare-time
money. These sites will definitely give you a healthy boost of income proportional
to the time and effort you put into them. Many, including myself, have made
GPT sites their full-time job replacement allowing you to be your own boss while
paying the rent and all of life’s expenses with money to spare (though getting to
this stage requires much devotion, time, attention, and the wisdom that comes over
time in exploring and getting an expert feel for how these sites operate.)
Many of the trial and purchase offers are for products
and services you would normally buy – Only at GPT sites they pay you an incentive
to try or buy them through their sponsors. It’s almost like shopping at a
steep VIP discount. Their sponsors pay them for the marketing exposure and
they pay you for your time and consideration – it’s really that simple.
By giving your opinion and through your feedback
on the free paid surveys the GPT site sponsors (many are large well known corporations)
gain valuable insight into a potential customer’s thought process that assists
them in making improvements and getting a feel for a potential new product’s
probable initial reception. GPT sites are valuable resources for sponsors
to do informal cost-effective market research at a moments notice without a
lot of lead time, preparation, and personnel resources used.
The vast majority of legitimate GPT sites will never
ask you for any sort of registration fee. If a site does ask you for money
up front (rare, but they are still out there) then I would advise you to leave that
site and place it in your “something’s fishy about this site” category. There
are, however, many free to join GPT sites that offer optional membership upgrades
that offer benefits such as free referral credits, increased referral percentage
structure, advertising package discounts, and exclusive offers – I would advise
you to get a feel for the site for a while (several weeks) before/if you opt to
pay for an optional upgrade.
Now please don’t confuse the GPT sites (sometimes
referred to as PTSU “Paid To Sign Up” sites) with your standard extremely low paying
PTC (Paid To Click), PTP (Paid To Post), or PTR (Paid To Read ) sites that are generally
a big monotonous unhappy waste of time – and usually only offer fractions of a penny
per action. These are definitely not the GPT sites I speak of.
With such a diverse reading audience I wouldn’t presume to
declare that I know which sites, or which types of sites are best for everyone.
I, myself, do however have a rather grounded set of qualities I like to
see in GPT sites I frequent. For your consideration (in order):
- Don’t EVER
Pay to Get Paid – Yes, you may have
seen this said in various ways throughout this site and others. Honest,
legitimate GPT sites never require payment for registration nor will
they require you to purchase an account upgrade to enjoy the full benefits
of the site. If you encounter a site that requires any sort of payment
related to your GPT site member account I would suggest that you stop
to ponder what makes this site tick.
- The GPT business model allows a wide enough profit
margin for both the member and the site to earn a rather substantial
income while providing the sponsors with a worthwhile bang for their
buck.
- If a GPT site requires payment then it says to
me that the inside site content and the incentive opportunities
it displays may not be as fully developed as the webmaster’s urge
to make a quick buck on people paying to become a member of the
site.
- This also goes for sites selling lists of GPT
sites C’mon people, just Google. There is plenty of information
posted freely all over the web on the subject of legitimate GPTs.
- Low (or
No) Minimum Cash Out – I truly don’t
understand why GPT sites that have a required minimum cash out amount
of greater than ten-dollars ($10) still exist – shouldn’t they have
been extinct by now? There are plenty of established legitimate GPTs
out there that are now sporting minimums of less than two-dollars ($2)
– some next generation GPTs now don’t even bother having a minimum cash
out amount that must be reached before requesting payment – that’s right
no minimum cash out! Not only don’t you have to worry about leaving
any of your hard earned money behind in the site’s hands (yes, it’s
YOUR money the minute you earned it), but I find it’s simply a much
more rewarding experience not having to deal with minimums.
- Don’t Wait
for Your Money – Instant gratification
is where it’s at today (especially in these demanding economic times.)
There is a whole new crop of next generation GPTs out there (most from
long established trusted networks) today that have raised the bar on
the GPT site industry by offering instant (as in NOW!) automatic
payments (most also with no minimum cash out!) How long it
takes to get paid is now one of the first crucial pieces of information
I search for when evaluating a newly discovered GPT – this comes after
a few past encounters with sites that will only pay you after days,
weeks, or even months of waiting (for no apparent reason.)
…to be continued.
