Rating removed
 

FoxCash Update

Article by: Prashant K

The site was hacked… again! This is 3^rd or the 4^th hack on the site which is done since its launch in mid-April and is the
worst so far.Almost all the database has been erased. This means that they have backed-up the site with a much older database.
The user accounts were all gone, their upgraded memberships erased, balances disappeared. All-in-all, they have almost started
from scratch again. Moreover, they do not restore any accounts unless you have legitimate proofs viz. screenshots or receipts
of the purchases you’ve made. If you have neither then all you can do is sit down in frustration which is not acceptable.
The admin is responsible of taking regular backups of the site when it is running smoothly. Failure to do so can result in serious
consequences as we can see.

We give an analogy from real life. If you are a customer of a company and you lose money because they were robbed or hacked,
what will happen? The company has a liability to all its customers to compensate for their losses or face dire consequences.
What’s more frustrating is that there is no way to approach the site’s staff. They have no ticket system. Hence, the only way
to contact the staff is via the Live Chat (which is almost always offline) or the Forum (which the staff can conveniently ignore).

UrOnlineBiz has lost over 15 refs and a pending cashout worth 10.something in this hack. Our post was left un-replied by
their staff after we tried to get their attention via their forum.

We remove our rating from this site and recommend users to stay away from it until the admin finds a way to restore the
older database or compensates the users in some other way.

 

 

FoxCash

 Review by Prashant K

 

This site is a mixed bag to say the least. Read on to find out more.

Introduction

The site was launched some time in mid-April. Since then, it has already suffered a few blows due to hackers hacking their site and AlertPay freezing their account since the same was not verified. However, the admin has come out in the open and spoken to the members, which is a good sign. The site is online now and the admin is fixing the accounts which were spoilt by hackers.

Design

The site sports a simple design – a color combination of red and grey. The script has all of the standard features that can be seen on any PTC site around these days. However, there are lots of errors in english usage and the spellings which give the site an unprofessional look. The FAQ can nowhere be seen on the site. Only after digging deep, we found the FAQ link inside the contact page. But the most haphazard of all is the forum. Various anomalies which spurts out unprofessionalism can be seen here – no rules in the rules board, news section containing news not related to FoxCash.

Performance

This is one section where this site scores above most of its competitors in the business. FoxCash offers $0.015 for each ad a normal member views and $0.01 for the referral of the normal member. Also, the minimum payout is only $5. The incentive per ad is 50% more than the industry standard, which makes the site very lucrative. We found 10 ads for standard members, which is also better compared to the industry standard of 7-8 ads for standard members. The FAQ states that the payments are sent within 10 business days. This adds another point to the performance of the site.

Referral System

The referral packs are clearly overpriced. The pack of 5 refs sells for $10, 35 pack for $40, 100 pack for $110 and 500 pack for $490. This makes the site lose some of its edge that it gained in the performance section. We hope it’s only an oversight that the admin has made when quoting the prices of the packs as “extremely low” as they are way above the industry standard.

Upgrades

The site loses in its pricing of the referral packs, but gains the same in the upgrade section. Since the hacking, the admin has extended the premium membership sale till 5^th of May. During this, the premium membership will be available for a cheap price of $25 for one year. Even after the sale, the premium membership is a steal costing only $50. This is a far better price than the prices of premium membership on other sites. Premium members get $0.02 for each ad click and $0.015 for each referral’s ad click. This is again far better than the industry standard. A minimum of 15 ads daily is guaranteed to the premium members, which is quite decent. Another point to note that the site states no priority in payment for the premium members. Hence, it can be assumed that the same wait time of 10 business days for the premium members is in effect.

Advertising

Packs from 100 member visits to 1,000,000 member visits are available. They are very decently priced with 100 pack costing $1.99 and 1000 pack costing $19.10. The ‘Surf Ads’ page contains a link to the ‘Archive’ which consists of all the expired advertisements on the site. This helps the advertisers build the page rank of their site as various search engine bots crawl the page and hence gives an added benefit to the advertisers.

Conclusion

The site has been marred with problems ever since its release but it is still up and running. The site has enough plus points over-weighing the negative points thus making it worthy of more than just a look. It will be interesting to see how long they can hold the minimum cashout price, the wait-time for the payment, and the price for premium membership.