PTC Blade - PTC's Made Personal

Overview

Just a few things you should check before you start doing this. First off please make sure you have read the How to start, FAQ's & Custom Guides pages if you are new.

These are my referral links, which means every time you click I get some money also. The money doesn't come from your account however and you can actually earn more money if you join as my referral (Check the My 50% offer to you page).

Sustainability in PTC's

Whether a PTC site will stick around or not can be determined by several things, one of the leading factors is the sustainability of a site. Sustainability in short basically means is the site is making enough money from advertising alone to be able to pay you? Here is a simple formula you can use to determine this (The true determination of if a site is sustainable or not is a lot more complex then this formula but it's a simple guide to whether the site will end up running away or not).

Basically you get how much the site pays you per ad you click plus how much the site pays the person who referred you per ad you click mutliplied by 1000 and that's the max amount of money the site has to pay it's members to click the ad 1,000 times assuming the person who purchased the ad paid for it to be seen 1,000 times. (Obviously some sites have varying amounts of ads which pay differently and not everyone who clicks was referred by someone but you get the general idea).

Once you've figured out how much a site has to pay per 1,000 click ad you check to see how much the site sells a 1,000 click ad for then:

(Money made from the sale of a 1,000 click ad) - (cost of paying members to click that ad) = Profit/loss

If the site is making a loss from the advertising alone then they usually make it up somewhere else like in the sale of referrals and premium upgrade packages which classifies the site as a ponzi scheme and not a PTC site. Once the sales of these packages dry up the site can no longer afford to pay people and therfore runs away. While I do my best to provide you with sustainable sites I will occasional join less sustainable sites from time to time as not all "ponzi schemes" (but the majority) will run away in the short term and if you know what you're doing you can profit from it but I don't recommend you try to do so unless you have a moderate to advanced degree of PTC knowledge.

Time to use one of these sites to test this out and determine if the site sustainable or not.

LinkGrand

Cost to pay members to click a 1000 click ad
$0.003 + $0.0009 x 1000 = $3.90

Site profitability
$5 - $3.90 = $1.10

As you can see this site makes money every time someone buys a 1,000 click ad for it's members to click and therfore are able to pay each and everyone of it's members so you can be sure it will stick around for a long time (LinkGrand has been around for years unlike many other sites that end up running away in less then 3 months of opening.)

[Fast facts] Descriptions of sustainability levels

In the fast facts section of each site there is a part called sustainability level and this section explains those levels.

High Risk
The site is losing a lot of money every time someone buys a 1000 click ad and all the members click it. Usually these sites need to sell referral and premium upgrade packages to be able to pay it's members and once these stop the site will most likely run away. With these sites you can make more money the the other two types of sustainability but unless you know what you're doing you won't profit a lot so these are more recommended for those who are dedicated, knowledgeable and are prepared to walk away before it's too late.
Estimated maximum life span: 1-3 months

Moderate Risk
The site is only losing a small amount of money every time someone buys a 1000 click ad and all the members click it. The same applies in regards to the sale of referral & premium upgrade packages as High Risk sites but usually since the loss is minimal or subsidised somehow they tend to last a lot longer but still run the risk of failing due to the sustained losses made. You can almost earn as much as High Risk sites and are recommended for medium to advanced users as you tend to have a bit more time to work on building yourself up before the site could run away.
Estimated maximum life span: 1-6 months

Low Risk
The site is actually making a profit from it's advertising sales so it can afford to pay it's members to click the ad. Sales of referral & premium upgrade packages aren't the sole or main source of income for the site so if these are slow the site won't be in the shit and can still pay it's members. Recommended for novice's and pro's alike.
Estimated maximum life span: 1-12 months and beyond