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Paid To Read Programs: The Ups, Downs, Ins, Outs, And PTR Scams

Need some help sorting the pros and cons of paid to read (PTR) programs and weeding out PTR scams? Not a problem.

This page will help you along the way by taking a good, hard look at the ups and downs of joining a PTR program. To get the ball rolling, let's address the issues of scams.

If you'r looking for reliable programs to join, you're in luck. WAH-Scam-Avoidance has put together a great list of PTR Programs.

PTR Scams

Essentially, there are two types of scams that loom large in the world of paid to read. The first type is characterized by a company's failure to pay its participants.

Obviously, when an individual running a PTR program intentionally fails to pay participants in order to pocket larger profits, the program is a scam.

If the failure is due to programs sheer inability to pay all members, it may simply be a terribly-managed company.

The second type of PTR scam is known as a failure to deliver. In instances of these scams, an operator will often collect payments from individuals desiring to join a PTR program, but then he or she never lives up to the obligation of sending paid emails to the participants.

A variation of this version would be the operator merely sending paying members to illegitimate PTR sites (perhaps even those of the first scam variety mentioned above).

Fortunately, there are a few simple steps you can use to avoid these scams. First off, never pay to join a PTR program. There are plenty of free-to-join programs out there just waiting for you.

Secondly, never join a program without checking it out beforehand. GPTBoycott.Com is a great site for seeing what paid to sites should be avoided.

Also, sites in our Investigative Resources Page may also contain information concerning a program in question.

PTR Pros

In this section, we'll take a look at a few of the benefits of belonging to PTR programs.

For starters, there are dozens of programs which are free to join. This means you won't have to worry about any out-of-pocket expenses.

Secondly, completing your end of the obligation - that is, reading the ad – doesn't take much time.

Lastly, unless you are working the affiliate end of a PTR program, there is little effort on your part to open and read the ads sent to your inbox.

PTR Cons

The most obvious of the drawbacks to PTR programs is the compensation. Unless you are acting as an affiliate and drawing in earnings from your downline, the money generated by the reading of each ad is considerably small. To combat this, it isn't entirely uncommon for one individual to join many PTR sites.

Another problem with these programs is that, if joined in bulk, they will clutter your inbox faster than you can possibly imagine.

You will most definitely want a separate email account to handle your PTR ads. Moreover, you will want to stay on top of them to prevent a massive backlog of ads.

Thirdly, some people are of the opinion that all PTR programs are inevitably doomed to failure given a long enough window of time. Whether this is true or not, it does beg consideration for those on the fence about joining a PTR site.

In the end, when it comes to legitimate PTR sites, only you can decide whether the time is worth the payoff. You must evaluate your own needs and desires in order to decide whether such a program is right for you personally.

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