ABOUT PAID TO SURF PROGRAMS:

What is “Paid to surf”?   
Why are all these companies willing to pay me for nothing?
Do I really get paid for referring people to these programs?  
How can they afford to pay me for referrals?
Can I join more than one program?
Can I run more than one Viewbar at the same time?
Can I use different computers with one program?
Are these programs available all around the world?
Will my private information be protected?
Are these programs pyramid schemes?  
Will I get loads of junk e-mail? 
Will I be asked to give my credit card details? 
Are there any common rules or restrictions?
How much money can I make?
How do I get paid?
How can I get more referrals?
Glossary of terms

ABOUT RAININGCASH.COM:

What is Rainingcash.com?
Why is Rainingcash.com providing this service?
Why are some of the pay rates listed labeled as “approx."?
Why are some of the referral rates listed as a percentage?

Answers:

What is “Paid to surf”?

Basically: you sign up for free, download a “viewbar”, view ads and get paid.

Why are all these companies willing to pay me for nothing?  
Advertising.

All of the “Get paid to surf” companies and similar programs are paying you to view or listen to advertisements.  They are simply paying you a percentage of their advertising revenue.  Advertisers are constantly paying large amounts to promote products and services to people such as yourself.  The theory is that the most effective way to get you to see these ads is to pay you a percentage of the advertising dollars. 

Do I really get paid for referring people to these programs?  
Yes.

How can they afford to pay me for referrals? 

It’s a fairly straightforward system.  You get paid for the hours you surf as well as a small portion for the hours your referrals and indirect referrals surf.  For example, if a paid to surf company is paid $1 for every hour you surf, they may pay you $.50, the person who referred you $.10, The person who referred him/her $.05, and the person who referred him/her, $.05 and the person who referred him/her $.05.  That is a total of $.75.  The paid to surf company would then keep the remaining $.25 as a profit. 

Can I join more than one program?

Yes.  You can join as many programs as you want. 

Can I run more than one viewbar at the same time?

Yes.  You can run as many as you want.  However, the more you run at once, the smaller your Internet browser’s window will get.  A few Rainingcash.com users have even bought an extra monitor that they use only to run Viewbars while surfing the net.

Can I use different computers with one program?  

Yes.  However, You have to make sure that you never have two computers running the same program at the same time.  All of these companies will immediately assume you are cheating their program and they will cut you off immediately. 

Are these programs available all around the world?  

Some are. Some aren’t.  We’ve indicated below each program its international availability.  Most programs that are only available in the United States but plan to expand to other countries will still allow international users to sign up and collect money in their account.

Will my private information be protected? 

In most cases: yes.  Most of these companies will not sell your information or give it away.  They may however, keep track of your interests to help target ads to you in the future.  If you have any concerns, please be sure to check each company’s Privacy Policy before signing up.

Are these programs pyramid schemes?  

Absolutely not. You don't have to buy anything or pay a fee and none of these programs rely on recruiting new members to make money. You will earn money even if you never refer another single member to the program. With these programs, no one loses anything. In fact, there are only winners.  Click here to see what the United States Federal Trade Commission’s site has to say about pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing plans. 

Will I get loads of junk e-mail?  

The mail you will receive will depend on the options you choose when you sign up with each program. You will be asked about your various interests and whether or not you would like to receive future notifications or promotions that are tailored to your interests.  Most of these programs also have their own optional newsletters.  If you do not want to receive any mail, be sure to fill out all of the forms correctly and pay attention to every question and option.

Will I be asked to give my credit card details?  

No.  You would only ever be asked to provide this information if you specifically request to purchase something.  The paid to surf  programs do not cost anything and therefore do not require you to provide a credit card number.

Are there any common rules or restrictions?

1)   Absolutely no spamming. (sending unsolicited or unauthorized e-mail or bulk e-mail or posting messages to discussion forums or newsgroups)

2)   Only one account per person

3)   No “fake surfing” or attempts to cheat the program in any way

4)   Some companies require you to be 18 years old

 
How much money can I make? 

The potential is unlimited.  There are a number of factors that determine how much you can make:

1)      The number of programs you are running

2)      The number of hours you are using each program

3)      The number of referrals you have

4)      The number of hours your referrals use each program.

Most paid to surf companies pay between $0.20 and $0.80 for every hour you surf. Some of them will limit the number of hours you can surf in a month.  But there are more than enough programs that there aren’t any overall limitations on getting paid to surf.  Most companies will pay between $.08 and $.10 for every hour your direct referrals surf and between $.01 and $0.07 for every hour your indirect referrals surf the web.  Some companies will pay you for as many as 7 levels of referrals.

How do I get paid? 

Most companies will send you a check at the end of each month or when your account reaches a specific dollar amount (ie. $30).

How can I get more referrals?

1) Tell your friends and family about these programs.

2) You can make flyers or cards with your referral numbers on them to pass out to your friends and family.  You must be very careful not to hand out flyers to people who you don’t know or who aren’t interested because that may be considered spamming.  You should also be careful posting flyers on bulletin boards or in public places.

3) Place links to the programs on your web site if you have one.  Most of these companies will provide you with a referral link url that allows them to automatically track your referrals when they sign up. 

4) Place a small ad in your local paper with your referral link address.

Caution: Do not post to discussion forums or chat rooms even if it says that it is ok. Many people have recently been reported for spam.  Most of these companies are very arbitrary and will cut you off immediately if one person reports that you are spamming.

Glossary of terms 

Viewbar: 

A free software program that will display ads usually above or below your Internet browser

Pay rate:  

The amount of money you get paid (It is usually calculated by the hour) 

Affiliate:  

A member of a referral program (sometimes called “Affiliate Program”

AVR: 

Advertiser Visit Ratio.  The ratio of ads viewed to ads clicked.  (ie. A  0.4% AVR means that you have clicked on 0.40% of the ads shown on a viewbar.

CPM:  

Cost per thousand impressions.  This is the most common unit of measurement in the online advertising industry.  Every time you view a banner ad, it counts as an impression.

Downline:  

All of your direct and indirect referrals.

ABOUT RAININGCASH.COM:

What is Rainingcash.com?

Rainingcash.com is the ultimate guide to making money on the Internet.  Our goal is to find out and keep track of every possible method of making money on the Internet and provide that to our users.  If you know of a way to make money that isn’t listed on our web site, please e-mail us at: cash@rainingcash.com 

Why is rainingcash.com providing this service? 

Every time you sign up for one of these great programs, we ask that you help us out by using our referral ID.  Money that we earn through our referrals will be used to make the rainingcash.com web site bigger and better.  We are constantly striving to be the ultimate guide to making money online and your assistance is greatly appreciated.  We also plan to create our own affiliate program in the future as a thank-you to our loyal users for referring our site to others.

Why are some of the pay rates listed labeled as “approx.”?  

Some of the companies will pay you a percentage of their overall revenue each month.  With these systems, the pay rate will fluctuate from month to month.  We have provided an estimation as to how much you can expect to earn on average. 

Why are some of the referral rates listed as a percentage? 

Some of the companies pay you a percentage of the hourly payout of your referral or indirect referral.  To make it easy to understand, we haven’t provided approximate hourly rates.  Here is an explanation of a typical rainingcash.com listing:

Pay rate: $.50 per hour
Referral levels: 5
Referral pay rate: 20%, 10%, 10%, 5%, 5% 

This program would pay as follows: 

Direct Referrals: $.1 per hour
Referral level 2: $.05 per hour
Referral level 3: $.05 per hour
Referral level 4: $.025 per hour
Referral level 5: $.025 per hour