Would you like to get paid to surf the web
instead of paying to surf the web?

I recently stumbled upon an ad for a company that claimed that I could actually get paid to surf the web. Intrigued, I clicked on the banner to get more details on how the system works. It turned out to be quite simple. You have to download and use a free software program that displays ads on a small portion of your screen. Advertisers pay the company to have their ads appear on your screen and the company then shares a part of its advertising revenue with the users of its software, according of course to the number of hours you have been looking (or not :)) at the ads.

Since the day I first saw that ad, I have found a few companies offering such programs. In most cases, they claim to pay their users between 40 cents and 60 cents per hour. But what's really interesting is that if you refer someone you know to the program, you also get paid for every hour that this person spends on the net! Of course, you don't get paid as much (10 cents to 20 cents per hour in most cases.) But that's not all! If the people you refer also get some of their friends on the program, you get paid for their time too, and so on for four to six levels, depending on which company you choose. The larger your downline, the bigger your monthly paycheck can be! I even found a few programs that do their advertising via e-mail instead of displaying ads on your screen.

Example downline:

diagram example

This might look like the infamous pyramid scheme at first, but believe me, it's not. You don't even have to pay to enroll in these programs since the companies get their money from the advertisers.

Now don't get all excited over this. :) Some of these programs look very promissing indeed, but I doubt you can bid farewell to your job tomorrow. I have just recently begun using them and thus, I have no idea how well most of them work. I have subscribed to all of them (yes, you can use more than one simultaneously) and will see which one(s) I will ultimately continue to use. If I choose not to use one of the programs to which I have subscribed, I will simply stop using it. It's as simple as that.

If you choose to subscribe to one of these programs, please use the links on this page so that you are correctly assigned as one of my referals. And remember: for this to be profitable to you, you must tell your friends and have them subscribe to the programs too. Good luck!


Banner programs

ePIPO

Description:
This one appears to be one of the most interresting ones. The program has not been released yet, but you can still subscribe now. In fact, I encourage you to subscribe now because the program will be made available on a first come, first served basis when it is released in a few weeks.

How much you get paid:
This program pays you 60 cents an hour for up to 50 hours, and an additionnal 10 cents for every hour your referals and their referals spend on the web, for up to 5 levels. Checks are sent monthly, unless you have accumulated less than $20. If you had the downline illustrated in the example diagram at the top of this page (a very plausible diagram), you would get paid $2/hour for surfing the web and looking at a few ads in a corner of your screen.

Subscribe:
Click this link to subscribe to ePIPO

GoToWorld

Description:
This one is also very interesting. Unlike most other programs that only display banners on your screen, GoToWorld is also a full featured web browser! This is kind of like Microsoft Internet Explorer in disguise. In fact, Internet Explorer 4.0 or above is required for GoToWorld to run. While you use the browser, a floating window displays the ads. If you don't want to use the browser, you can choose to display only the ads. As long as there is some activity in the browser, you will get paid for your time. If there is no activity for more than five minutes, the program will tell you that it has stopped counting your time.

The GoToWorld browser is available now. In fact, I've been using it for a few weeks and find it to be quite usable. You can download it immediatly after subscribing and start making money right away!

How much you get paid:
You get $0.40/hour for your time (for a maximum of 40 hours), $0.10/hour for your level 1 referals, $0.15/hour for your level 2 referals and $0.20/hour for your level 3 referals. If you had the downline illustrated in the example diagram at the top of this page, GoToWorld would pay you $1.75/hour for surfing the web. Please note that GoToWorld says that these are maximums and that they can adjust these values if their advertising revenue doesn't allow for these amounts to be paid. So far, they haven't been paying that much, but that may well change as more advertisers join.

Subscribe:
Click this link to subscribe to GoToWorld
Please make sure that you enter the number 1031170681 as the partner ID who refered you. This number will be written in your browser's address bar when you click on this link, so you don't have to memorize it.

DesktopDollars

Description:
This program is available now. The current version of the program can not be moved on your screen if it's in the way, but DesktopDollars says that a new version will fix that problem very soon. As a matter of fact, it may already have been fixed since I don't update this page every day. The version I looked at also required me to login every time I launched the program. This is a minor annoyance, but you might as well know before registering.

How much you get paid:
For every hour you spend on the net, you get paid 50 cents. You also get paid for up to 6 levels of referals. You get paid 10 cents per hour for your direct (level 1) referals and 2 cents per hour for all other indirect referal levels. Taking the diagram at the top of this page as an example, you would get paid $1.02 per hour for your internet time. You get paid monthly unless the amount you have accumulated is less than $20, or $40 if you live outside the US.

Subscribe:
Click this link to subscribe to DesktopDollars
When asked to enter the e-mail address of the person who refered you, please enter [email protected] if it is not already filled in for you.

UtopiAD

Description:
Yet another banner program. From what I've seen, the program looks very interesting and the payment method is different from the other programs. The CashBar (the company's software) does not appear to be very cumbersome either. Advertisements are sent to your screen based on the demographic information you provide.

How much you get paid:
UtopiAD does not pay a fixed amount for the time you spend using their software. Instead, they pay a certain percentage of their advertising revenue. Let's say you look at 1000 banners and the company gets paid $30 for those 1000 banners. You would then get paid 40% of that amount ($12). You can also accumulate 4 levels of referals. Assuming your referals view the same banners as you do, you would get paid an additional 10% (level 1), 5% (level 2), 2% (level 3) and 1% (level 4). Checks are sent quarterly (every three months) for accounts of $20 or more. Your balance is automatically carried-over if you don't have $20 yet.

Subscribe:
Click this link to subscribe to UtopiAD