On January 23, 2012 I joined
ClixSense. It only took one day for me
to decide to upgrade to a premium account; so on January 24, 2012 I was
officially a premium member on their site. With an increased amount of
ads to click and the ability to have an 8-level affiliate downline I was
extremely excited to say the least. To make money not only off of my
direct referrals, but also off of theirs, was a huge selling point for
me. I believed this website would actually make me money. Oh boy was I
wrong!
It’s only been 16 days since I have joined, but I am still at 0
direct referrals. Like I said in a different blog, it doesn’t matter if
you have been on this website for 8 days or 8 weeks, without
significant advertising you won’t get referrals, period. With that in
mind I signed up with Bidvertiser a couple weeks ago to help promote my
blog and some of the other PTC websites I’m on. Before I even started
advertising the other sites I concentrated on
ClixSense. When I
realized there was no option to rent referrals I panicked and knew my
only option was to advertise, advertise, and advertise some more. It’s
not like people will become my direct referral without some type of
advertising, right? I signed up for Bidvertiser for one simple reason;
they were offering a free $20 account for any new signups. Depending
how much I wanted to spend per click I could get a serious amount of
people looking at this site. I went ahead and set the bid anywhere from
$0.05 on upwards of $0.55. I wanted to fluctuate the exposure to see
what works and what doesn’t. Remember, I’m paying for people to click
on the ad in hopes they sign up. After nearly 100,000 impressions
(views) and 90 clicks I still have 0 direct referrals. Bidvertister
creates exposure for your ad whether you want to use it for your PTC
website or to promote a product or a blog. I know this site works
because I have received referrals for other sites. Yet, I haven’t
received anything for
ClixSense.com.
That brings me to my next question; why? Why aren’t people signing
up for this website? The site itself has been around since 2007 which
makes it one of the oldest PTC sites around. The longevity of the site
should pull people in alone; that’s excellent security in the PTC
world.YOU CAN’T RENT REFERRALS! Sure it can be a waste of money, but so can
spending time clicking on the ads and only getting $0.001! Direct
referrals are extremely difficult to get unless you have some elaborate
system or if you’re an admin of a different PTC website. After netting
all those views and clicks I have some serious doubts about this site.
My goal the rest of the way forward is to try and hit the $15.00 mark
(to essentially get my money back) than leave.
ClixSense doesn’t offer
enough opportunity to make a good profit. To me it’s not worth a few
dollars a year, especially if their isn’t an opportunity to grow. If
making a few dollars this year meant making $200+ next year this would
absolutely be worth it.
To give you an idea of what I am doing here are my numbers as of 10:48 am (CT) on February 7, 2012:
- Membership Level - Premium
- Invested - $14.95 (for membership upgrade)
- Account Total - $2.4840
- Net Loss - -$12.466
- Referrals - 0
If you’re okay clicking on 3, 15, 30, and 60 second ads then this
site is for you. If you are doing that in hopes to one day get
referrals, stop and realize your wasting your time. I won’t say this
site doesn’t work because it did make some people a little money early
on. At this point in time that site is past its prime. My advice, if
you’re going to sign up for
ClixSense do it to help fund your other PTC
websites, but DON’T UPGRADE TO PREMIUM! I do sincerely hope my opinion
of this website changes. However, that’s looking highly unlikely right
now.