Wednesday, 14 February 2007

Cashcrate

Cashcrate is a PTO program (paid to complete offers).

How it works:
"Companies need consumers to try and review products, services, and websites and are willing to pay money to have them do so. Most of the time you're asked to do this without any compensation, what we do is take the money companies give us for YOUR participation, and give you back up to 75% of it!"

This means completing offers such as a short survey or signing up for a competition. These normally involve filling out a form and giving away your email address. In some offers more information is asked of you, e.g. phone number, address or even your credit card number. It would not be wise to give these away for a few dollars (although members are assured their details are safe) so if you don't feel comfortable with an offer don't complete it.

There are considerably more offers to complete if you live in the USA or Canada. Some offers are available to other countries but not as many.

Referral scheme:
Cashcrate has a referral program where you earn 20% of your direct referrals earnings and 10% of what their referrals make. This is the main method of earning with Cashcrate if you live outside the USA or Canada.

My advice:
It’s not worth signing up unless you live in the USA or Canada and/or are prepared to actively get referrals. Also, create a new email account with Yahoo or Hotmail, which are free and easy to set up. You can then give this email address when completing offers.

You can sign up to Cashcrate here