I started PTR back in 2006, joined a few PTR sites and made an extra $10 - $20 a week with little to no referrals. For a 20 year old college student like me, that's enough to buy food and gas.

I had noticed that many others who joined many sites had built webpages to promote all of their search PTRs. They said you could earn $150, $200, $400, or even $600 a month. And I would find that users page and join every program on the list.

But right after I joined like 15+ programs, the earthquake happened. And link values went down. I didn't mind that part. But the part i did mind was that before the earthquake, I never had to worry about links expiring if I was away from my computer all day.

This earthquake happened in Taiwan/China, where a lot of the search PTRs are based. Because of my school and work schedule, I am away from my computer a lot. And I don't get to click links every day. So it may take me over 2 - 3 weeks to reach a $3 payout.

How come American POs don't make these kind of sites? They are not affected by the earthquake. They can send out 30+ 1¢ links if they wanted. Even if they sent mostly their own search links, they could afford to put the money into, and be much more sustainable than the PTC sites.

Good point. I honestly don't know though. Taxes or certain laws perhaps?
Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

Thinking about your situation I would suggestion skipping ptr/ptc. If you can't get to the mail everyday or every other day, it's very hard to reach payout often enough to make it worth your time.

I would highly suggest PTSU.

It ROCKS!!!

You can log in and do offers when ya can, and the money you make is 10x as much as ptr. And it's free, and pays by paypal.

You cant go wrong. Monsterpayscash and Dealbarbie are my all time favorite sites.