Tips and Tricks
Don't fail an english test- English tests are one way ptr programs try to keep their sites honest with real people viewing and participating. How do you spot an english test? Just read carefully. You will need to avoid clicking anything like "I am a cheater", "Keep my earnings", "I can't read english" or anything similar. Also don't click banners on the site that say "Don't click here", "Lose your earnings", etc. These are english tests and by clicking them, you could get yourself banned or lose the cash you have in your account. Keep your eyes peeled and you should be fine.
Be/Stay Organized- Keep a notebook with all your info about each site you join. The more organized you are from the beginning, the more time you'll save yourself later. Some things you might want to note about each program you join is : your username/id (you may want to choose the same username for every site) your password (it's best to pick a different password for each site for security purposes) your referral url
Be/Stay Active- If you are active, many sites will send you more emails. Depending on the site, some ptr programs will slow or maybe even stop the amount of emails they send you if you fail to click any links. If you don't have time to click everyday, try clicking at least a link every other day. For most ptr programs, clicking even 1 link will keep the max. amount of emails still rolling in. If you are going on vacation, place your account on "vacation", usually located in your profile section of the site.
Programs With Activity Requirements- Some sites may delete your membership if you haven't logged into your account in 30 days, while others may not allow you to earn your full referral commission if you do not meet their activity level (eg: DonkeyMails requires that you click 10% of the emails you receive if you want to collect earnings from your referrals). This is usually found on the main page of the site but if not, you can always contact the WM.
Don't overwhelm your email account or yourself- Your email account may become overloaded with emails depending on the programs you join (some sites may send you 10 emails daily while others may send 40). In your profile section of most sites, it will give you a choice of where you'd like to receive the emails they send to you. Choose "site inbox" to drastically reduce the amount of emails you get to your email address. Just make a note or even add the sites you join to your favorites so they are at your fingertips whenever you have time to check so you don't forget.
Multiple sources of income- Would you rather have income coming in from 1 place or 5 places? I'd rather 5, no hesitations there. How about 10 instead of 5? Don't limit yourself by joining just a site or two. If you have limited time, choose your programs wisely. Maybe even try programs that allow you to open multiple links at one time (here).
Partner/Sister Sites- In the PTR world, sites are popping up all the time and some sites go under or are gone without notice. If I find a site run by a reliable WM, it's pretty likely that they are paying the members of their other sites as well, so why not signup? Joining multiple sites run by the same great reliable webmaster adds another great income source.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket- If you are only going to join a couple sites, try joining sites run by a couple different WMs. That way, if a WM has difficulties and closes their sites, you wouldn't be as greatly affected. If you join only sites run by 1 WM and that WM decides to close their sites, you will be starting from scratch.
