PPC, PTC, CPA, WTF?
Ok. There are so many abbreviations that these different terms can get a bit confusing.
I come bearing good news today. One program I started up with at the end of last year did pay me! The winner today is Hits4Pay. I was confident I’d get paid, but you know the proof is in the pudding. I wanted to add a screen shot, but paypal is having issues right now displaying my payment history. They paid me a couple of months ago, so I’ll have to wait to give you the shot at a later date. I can assure you, they did pay me. I got a gal on the phone, and she was able to tell me the company, date and amount.
What kind of program is Hits4Pay? They are considered a PTC or Paid to Click. They send you email alerts that there are ads that need to be seen and read. That is all you do. You log into your account, click on the ad, read it, and you get paid a couple of cents for every ad you look at. Really, it’s not rocket science. If you get others to sign up under you, you get a penny for every ad those people look at. Ok, I know what you’re thinking. A penny here, a penny there. Well, some people actually do very well with this program. These are the people who stick with it, refer their friends, and really do “work it.” If someone has never made a dime online in their life, this is a no brainer. It is so easy a child can do it. I personally like Hits4Pay because I can see new products released, squeeze pages, and keep an eye on what is hot on the web. I see it as getting Paid to do research which I can use to better my own business. So that is PTC.
PTC is not to be confused with PPC which is Pay Per Click. PPC is where you sign up an account with Google, MSN or Yahoo and you pay everytime someone clicks on an ad you’ve put up on the search engines. PPC is done with programs like Google Adwords. There is Adsense as well where you get paid when someone else clicks on an ad on your site.
CPA does not stand for Certified Public Accountant when it comes to affiliate marketing. CPA does stand for Click Per Action. Did you ever find an offer on the web for get a free computer or get a free ringtone? If you’ve ever followed the trail, you were probably pulled into some kind of CPA. The affiliate gets paid for every action the person clicks to get closer and closer to the free thing they are looking for. I was stuck on one of these merry-go-rounds for about 40 minutes one day, just trying to obtain some information. I was ready to shoot someone and just gave up. I’m not much for this model, but to each his own.
So there you have it. Good news for PTC and Hits4Pay. Did I mention you get 10 bucks just for signing up?
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