I think it would be better if you just offer prizes that are free to you. So, anything besides PTC ads.
You can offer referrals, banner advertising, memberships etc. it's better to avoid costs if you can't afford them.

Most of the cases a member would be happy if you just offer him upgraded membership and/or bonus rented referrals and its actually profitable for you too. If a member receives good rented referrals, he would probably be wiling to pay to keep them. The same goes to the membership upgrades.. if a member realizes that it's really earning him much more than standard then he will probably be closer to invest on upgrading..

It's always wise not to put extra costs to yourself if you can't even afford your current ones..

You need to keep your site up and running and that's not gonna be easy, as it will not always cover the bills itself while it's still small. However if it grows enough it will not only cover the costs but it will also generate profits for you, but you need to make it through until then.

Quote:


Well, since the site is still new there are not many potential referrals here since the same people click the same link many times.
There are many factors also included.. maybe your members act like me when they notice a new PTC.. doing research on it before joining. And from my research they weren't worth the trouble. Maybe it's just that they were not attracted by the design, or the rates, or anything. Maybe because they are new programs and they don't trust them.

We cannot judge when someone will join a site he visits or not.. it's practically impossible.. 

zanderpm wrote on 31^st May, 2013 at 8:01pm:


Glad to help!
Remember I'd love to see your site growing stronger, we're a group of fighters in this industry and we need to win every now and then..   

zanderpm wrote on 31^st May, 2013 at 6:48pm:


For $16 you could have bought 10,000 micro clicks at clixsense. You probably would have received between 10 and 20 signups and maybe 25%(a normal number) of them active

For the same $16 you could have received 20,000 micro/Aprize views at neobux with maybe over 20 referrals signing up

these are the two biggest sites in the PTC industry and you should focus on them not only for their advertising but also because anybody you bring from those sites will also advertise on those sites once they join

Yea, I took down my Neobux ad because I figured everybody who was going to sign up had already.  But it doesn't hurt anything, so I put it back into circulation.  Probably more later.

ruicarlov wrote on 1^st Jun, 2013 at 1:32pm:


Well that is also true.. My best referrals have done 31 clicks in a week earning me ~$0.09 so in about a month at the best case they will have earned me $0.38. So renting them at $0.35 and renewing them at $0.30 is kinda high.. I think it should be $0.25 and $0.20 accordingly to make it attractive.. Since the site has nothing to lose on rented referrals I think it would be ok.

dansbanners wrote on 1^st Jun, 2013 at 2:50pm:


If it was a PTC ad, then sure, it would.
As far as text ads and banner ads, I think advertisers are a bit more tolerant about those, since they are not so much 'in your face' as PTC ads. At least people don't notice so much that those ads are being sponsored.

dansbanners wrote on 1^st Jun, 2013 at 2:50pm:


It could but he would be going for the person who might not necessarily sign up on the front page. He would be wanting to snag those in order to lower program costs. In the future, as the site generates more income internally, he could remove those ads for the benefit of his members.

At this point it is all about survival, income generation and income to generate advertising for his site

BTW, if you ever get into trouble and can't pay your members, PLEASE TELL THEM. I'll bet they will come up with solutions out of your trouble. We have had so many problems with owners cutting and running when they got into trouble. If they would have just sat down with members and explained the mess they were in I'm sure they could have worked out a solution. Many people would trade what was owed for free advertising etc. but in most cases, they just wanted to preserve the huge referral bases they had built. That is what is most valuable to the big promoters.

So, if you ever get into trouble, I hope you consider that option. You will win huge respect in the community if you do