Internet users at one time or another wonder whether they can make money off of the Internet. They might consider blogging or selling things on eBay. Then there is the less creative intensive tier of people who visit sites like swagbucks. These are commonly known as "paid to click" PTC sites and "get paid to" GPT sites.
These sites are meant to generate enormous amount of hits from users attempting to get points in order to redeem prizes. In other sites, you can get miniscule amounts of money to complete services, for example 0.05 cents for completing a survey.
Swagbucks specifically attracts users to do search using their own search engine. For those registered users, if they search enough, a random point system awards them points for using that engine. A gift directory is provided for the users to redeem the points for prizes. Prizes range from a $5 gift card from Amazon.com to an Xbox 360. Prizes like the Xbox 360 require an enormous amount of points to redeem.
This need for a lot of points also brings people to use the referral system. Referrals on these sites are another hook for user. You can email the link to register to your friends, along with your name attached to the url which gives you credit for the referral. The referral then allows you to get points that your friend gets, similar to a pyramid scheme.
This system of "paid for clicks" require the attention of users willing to give up their time in exchange for a few dollars. Many people have tried to abuse it and many others have used the sites to scam users. Take for instance the videos flooding Youtube that offer cheats and hacks to circumvent sites like swagbucks. On the other hand, many sites have stopped paying out to their users or have never paid their users for the points and money they owe.
There is a directory of these sites provided by ptc-investigations. It seems there are a few good men and women who care about right and wrong. They take the initiative to investigate sites suggested by users in order test for themselves the legitimacy of the sites.
They determine the validity of the sites by looking at the pros and cons of the site. Some of the factors include whether the site is available in your country. Another factor is whether the investigator was able to successfully cash out when they tried to. Ultimately ptc-investigations acts as an third-party reviewer that can help keep scammers from taking the money and running.
When you take a high-level look of the way swagbucks and other sites make their profits, and the prizes they offer to people, there is a lot of risk involved. In comparison to other shady sites, swagbucks is considered a good site. It has consistently paid out to users who redeemed prizes. Other sites have not been so honorable. What you have to take into account is that there is no Internet police. Fraud at this level is usually not given any attention at all and those that spend a lot of hours trying to garner points will feel cheated.
So I suggest taking a look at the ptc-investigations site and trying out only sites that have been verified to be reliable.
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