ASA, PTSPayPro, 10DollarsWonder, e2ePay, Project PayDay

Drunkonlife has more info on the saga between ASA and PTSPayPro. The gist of it is Jake is stepping down from ASA & handing the reigns to Butch, who's a moderator and PTSPayPro is a good site to avoid. Apparently Will from 24DP is part of PTSPayPro and had hoped to use it as a feeder site to revive 24DP.
Well, I learned the sites that make it to the top of the ASA list, always die not too long after they hit the top. I mainly use ASA to check out what sites are around, get an overview of how they are doing at the moment & to post payout updates. I really don't trust monitor sites. Too much politics.
PTSPayPro, I was never in, although, I was in 24DP. It was one of the few sites I got out of before dying. From the sounds of it, Will & anyone he is associated with, are good people to avoid.

At the top of the 10DollarsWonder login page is a banner advertising e2ePay, a new payment processor. Today I received a warning from the admin at Site Enhancements about e2ePay. Here's the update:

Hello everyone,

I have been informed to be watchful of e2epay. The site does not have the https is the first warning. The second warning is a member tried calling the phone number listed on whois and it is disconneted. The third warning is every site connected to the owner are HYIP or money scheme programs that are closed down.

Be very careful with your info if you are in this site.

Gloria


I think it was a few days ago I mentioned Project PayDay. You sign up & then have to fill out an offer in order to become a member. You will be refunded the s/h for the offer within 24 hours of sending the admin a contact refund request. I sent in my refund request & waited. No refund. So a day or two ago, I sent in another refund request. Received an email my refund was pending & should show up within 24 hours. Yup, today my refund showed up in my paypal account. Cool. Now I just have to call & cancel the offer I signed up for. I signed up for blogging for dollars, so I really hope it comes, since I never bookmarked the page to download the info, just the signup page which didn't have a login link.

The Ultimate Surf, Dolphin, LSG

Payment received from The Ultimate Surf. I re-upgraded for another cycle. Upgrades here are only $1, so after this cycle I may reupgrade with a very small amount for another cycle and then I'm getting out. My plan: no more upgrading until the site dies, get out while you're still ahead.

If you haven't already, be sure to check out the new site from Drunkonlife.

I'm really excited! I checked out Dolphin's blog this morning & boy was I surprised to see a link to my blog. Then I went over to Technorati to see if anyone else was linking to me and LSG is also linking to me. Wow! I can't believe it! They are good bloggers with good info, so I'm really excited they are linking to me. A big THANK YOU to you guys! It's good to know I have readers & I'm not just writing to myself.:)

My Random Downline

Yup, the new site from Leo at Drunkonlife is in prelaunch. He's right, it is a site with a different concept. Not sure how it will work out, but I'll give it a try. Here's some info from the front page:

The lowest cost advertising opportunity on the internet!
Every banner ad in the Net Profits Group network of sites contains a random referral link!
Choose 5 referral links to add into the database. Change these links as often as you want!
Choose affiliate marketing sites such as Clickbank, Paid to Surf's, HYIP's, or network marketing sites as one of your top five links!
Awesome affiliate program that pays out each and every month!
Unlimited potential - The bigger the network grows equates to more page views. More page views equates to more ads seen. More ads seen means money in your pocket!
Monthly contests and cash prizes!

One thing we know, the launch will happen, unlike MoneyMakerDownline. That site has been in prelaunch way too long. Members area says launch will be January 2. That date has come & gone with no word. Good thing I never upgraded.

VivaSurf.us, SolidTrust, Computer-Traffic

Payment received from VivaSurf.us. I reupgraded, but this may be my last cycle. I think I've been staying with a site & reupgrading for too long, that's why I'm losing too much. From now on, I'm only going to stay with a site for a couple of cycles, depending on the terms, and then I'm getting out. I do have a couple low ROI I'm going to stay with for a while. These high ROI sites though, I'm going in & getting out fast and I'm not joining anymore sites with a 50/50 rule. No more site loyalty. Loyalty doesn't get you too far in autosurfing. Look at Dave Cannard, touted as the most honest admin. All of a sudden he closes up shop. No refunds, nothing. Not even a word about the upgrades he took in the day before he closed shop. Yeah, he was real honest.

Solid Trust sites are switching servers, so if you try to access them & they don't load, that is why.

A new site I joined, but haven't upgraded in yet is Computer-Traffic. It's a brand new site run by the admin of MyCowboySurf and his son. 4%, 40 days, upgrades are $5, cashout weekly, no 50/50 rule. I think I will be upgrading as soon as I get some egold in my account. This site is recommended by Surf Bloodhound so it should be a good one.

XLO, SiteEnhancements, Drunk

It's official, XLO has been sold to Bob Krimm's TriStarMedia group and will reopen in a couple weeks. Bob is a big fan of the 50/50 rule, so that will probably be implemented. Instant payments, I doubt it. At the moment I don't have any egold to comply with the 50/50 rule. I may just cut my losses but we'll have to see how badly Bob changes the terms.

Payment received from Site Enhancements. This is a good site so far. Terms have changed concerning the bronze plan. Minimum upgrade was .25, but has now been changed to $2. For the better I think.

Leo at Drunkonlife will be announcing his new site this week, so stay tuned for that announcement.

XLO, TreasureTrooper

I guess the big news is XLO may be sold to TriStarMedia. Not sure this is the best of news. Bob already has a couple of surf sites along with a payment processor. Maybe he's trying to put a monopoly on the surf industry. Face it, no surf site lasts very long. XLO was one of the rare ones which lasted a little over a year. If Bob has this whole network of sites, when they go down, then what. It'll have a ripple effect on other surf sites, bringing them down. I will give Bob credit though. His sites have been around a while & he's still paying. Too late in the game for me to jump into any of them though. I prefer to just stay out, maybe I'm missing out, but I prefer to play it safe.

Just joined Treasure Trooper in the hopes of making some extra money. It's a site similar to Inbox Dollars. I suggest creating a separate email if you decide to join. Filling out offers tends to lead to a lot of spam.