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March 13, 2008

clicksia.com

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Method: PTC

Article by Dave

 

I last reviewed Clicksia.com back in early February and gave them the rating of +4. Since then I have visited the site regularly and found it to be a nice design but could do with a performance boost. Most people will know this is not one of 2008 new comers as Clicksia.com has been going since mid 2007 which show how well this site has adapted to the industries changing needs and expectations.

When this site started it was using a very basic design and script and had none of the extra features people expect of a PTC site today. Their forum which is certainly growing is one of the new additions to the site which help it attain a very modern setup. Although I find the design of this site very functional and professional I do feel that the performance is lacking after my tests.

The site fails to state what the down line % is here which is a little misleading given the price is set to that of a site holding 100% with down line earnings. The problem is I don’t think it is 100% here because of my 13 referrals there I have only gained $0.08770 which is a bit disappointing for just over a months use.

Going down hill further I am afraid to report that earnings are not likely to improve much from your own clicks either. This veteran PTC site is now running light weight ads with their earning area. I have been unable to find any $0.01 ads as most of them are only worth $0.001 which is way below the standard we expect these days.

The problem is these lightweight ads are a thing of the past which was very common on PTR sites. They seem to have moved the site forward on every aspect except for the performance which is very low as a result of these light weight ads and what seems to be a very low down line too. The fact that the price is that of a site holding 100% down line earnings means they are over pricing their referrals here.

If the down line on a site is 50% it means I will earn far less from them of that of 100% down lines. If the general standard price for down lines of 100% is $10.00 for 10 referrals I do not expect to have to pay $10.00 for 10 referrals with a site that only has 50% on referral earnings. Because 50% is half of the expect industry standard the price of 10 referrals should be $5.00 in this case.

With the performance still low and the referrals found to be over priced I am reducing my rating of this site from +4 to +3. I admire the longevity of this site and the way the owners have managed to modernise the design and content as time has gone by. I just feel they have failed to do the same for the performance which is of course the most important aspect of a PTC site. Without good performance they dramatically slip out of league with the major PTC sites around today which is where most PTC earners spend their time.

Sites with below average performance probably feel they are making life easier for themselves and less at risk of having more outgoing that incoming. The highest performing sites around only prove that sites that are not to such a standard are being over cautious with their business or just lacking the effort to modernise such a crucial aspect of their site.

Feb 12, 2008

clicksia.com update

Raised rating!

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Method: PTC

Article by Dave

 

It’s fair to say UrOnlineBiz.com didn’t give clicksia.com much of a chance the last time we reviewed it. The industry at the time was a very unforgiving and untrustworthy place with a high number of scam sites that caused a wave of paranoia throughout the industry. Clicksia.com was unfortunately one of the sites that became victim to this wave but has powered through it and improved so much as time as gone by that they are not set to climb up the Alexa chart again.

One of the first noticeable improvements to Clicksia.com is the professional design that has been worked into it. The script has been heavily debugged and the sign up process improved to help security. It must be said that this site has also moved with the times by holding a forum and site stats. This instantly gives new people the impression that this site not only has the right content but also is run as legitimate honest service.

You can see from the stats this site has come along way now boasting a total of 10,384 Members with a very impressive $ 1,704.01 paid out so far. The purchase system includes some incredible prices that were not evaluated the last time round. Here you can purchase 1000 link ads for only $3 and 5000 for $15. These prices are very generous given that this isn’t a newbie PTC site. Advertisers would be wise to use this service and make the most of the bargain at hand.

Not only are they selling advertising and referrals here but you can also purchase paid to sign ups which also include some great prices with 5 sign ups for $2.5 and 20 sign ups for just $10.00. Having this purchase option gives Clicksia.com an advantage over most PTC sites as variety of purchase options is still quite rare in the industry.

Also included in the advertising packages here are banner ads, featured ads, link rotation and the old paid to read. On none of these packages does the price get ugly which shows a lot of consistency with this sites value for money. For upgrades there is one life time membership fee of $55 which includes such benefits as 100% down line earnings, 5% bonus on referral purchases, 10000 link ad and PTR credits, 100000 banner ad credits and more. This package is great for those who wish to advertise.

 

Performance

The ads here didn’t quite reach the industry standard $0.01 however of the $0.001 ads we found 21 links running including some points as a bonus. With ads here run under the GPT network script you are required to click one of 4 numbers once the ad timer has run out. This is the only way to get the ad to count on your stats. This is a simple extra security measure to stop auto clickers.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that this site has come along way since last year and the improvements are very impressive. If it’s feasible for the website we recommend they include some $0.01 ads just to give them a boost on a performance and help them improve further. The prices of promotional related packages here are what really sell it and its no wonder they have been able to hold so many advertising deals.

This site is also 100% legitimate with a high rate of payouts so far. The forum also helps us see their proof of payments which are plentiful. We give Clicksia.com the much deserved upgraded rating of +4 for a professional design combined with great advertising offers.

 

Clicksia

Method: PTC

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On this site we found they were part of the GPT network which meant the scripts were not going to be unique. Once we checked their terms which were alright we entered the earnings area which confirmed a cloned script was in use. This particular script had given us some bad luck in the past by not updating after clicking ads.

We couldn’t really fault the design of the site after some of the recent LW PTR sites we had seen. A great feature to this site is their multiple earning options where you can get paid to click ads, paid to read ads and paid to sign ups. You also have the option of PTR on this site which starts turned off by default.

 

Performance

Back to the issue we had been having with GPT network account areas. They never work for us and here was no exception. We spent awhile clicking ads to no effect on our account area. We tried to contact their admin about this issue but after 2 days we have yet to get a reply.

Evaluation

 

The fact that we have been left with no answers here only leaves us to wonder if this is just a simple scam. We always get the same problem with GPT network scripts which means we need to go to all of the sites that use it and see if we can get a response there too. Clicksia wouldn’t have got marked down if they had responded swiftly but given the situation here we have no option but to give Clicksia rating of -1