Author Topic: Paid to surf program, $30+/day, just look! (Read 27392 times)

emdkay · « **Reply #40 on:** March 15, 2005, 03:06:41 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 15, 2005, 03:00:07 pm

If I were Emdkay, I'd be nervous for the next 4 months, cuz that's how long it will take before he gets his money back prior to withdrawal. I say this because in the next 4 months this company will probably disappear with his $3000.

Did you bother to research where the business is registered?

Yea the next 4 months is the risky part. Other people have gotten past this hump and from that point on everything is profit, with no risk. The business is registered in Panama to avoid taxes, and Studiopay, where they send payments from, is located in NY. It won't kill me if I lose my money, but I'm confident enough to take the chance.

emdkay · « **Reply #41 on:** March 15, 2005, 08:56:29 pm »

Some snippets from the latest newsletter...

The change in the StudioPay system signals a secure and stable program. We have great plans for StudioPay. StudioPay has made around $20,000 profit just from StudioTraffic alone this month. With the introduction of debit cards, we are confident StudioPay will hit $50,000 within 3 months. We are preparing to open StudioPay to the public in approximately 2-3 months time. With a wider target market, we are looking at around $100,000 - $200,000 of pure profit per month within a year from now. Annually, we are looking at around $2 million in profit with revenues of $25 million within a year.

We have decided to open this office in the Niagara region of Ontario, this location has been chosen specifically for several reasons, one of the main reasons being cost effectiveness. It is still our goal to keep our expenses as low as possible and if we were to set up office in one of the main cities, such as Toronto, the operating costs would be through the roof. A small 1000sq foot office space in Toronto costs between $2000 and $3000 a month + utilities. The same office space can be acquired in the Niagara area for between $1000 and $1500 a month + utilities. As we will be employing upwards of 20 staff we feel that it is not necessary for us to have to bear the high real estate costs that come with a big city. We are an internet based company, and we pride ourselves on being able to keep our costs to a minimum in order to keep the funds flowing back to our members.

Within the coming 3 months, we will focus on building StudioPay. We will also start an aggressive promotion campaign to increase our customer base from thousands to millions. Our radio station at Studiorocks.com will also launch next month, we are confident of drawing lots of new members to all Studio Programs. The foundation of Studio Programs is growing stronger and stronger every passing day.

I am proud to announce that our reserve has hit all high. After deducting everything, our reserve is nearly half a million, sitting there doing nothing. We will continue to grow our reserve which will reinforce the stability of all Studio Programs.

Cheers,
John Horan
StudioTraffic.com

Effayy · « **Reply #42 on:** March 16, 2005, 02:51:58 pm »

Keep this in mind...

Visit Studiorocks.com and check out what's there. In my opinion, a purchase option wrapped around a Winamp Shoutcast radio stream won't bring in the kind of revenue that will drive this company.

Visit SurfnStore.com ... The items they plan on selling won't keep the company afloat for long. (Mugs, Hats, Keychains?)

What WILL keep the company afloat are new members willing to invest. The new money will funnel to the older members, paying them. Once the influx of new members can't keep up with the existing demand for money, you have a pyramid collapsing on itself.

Essentially, you've taken a bet that the site will be around 3 months from now, and to be honest I think it will be. From the looks of things, membership is still growing.

Collect your monthly pay, don't roll anything over until you've made back your initial investment. Then take turns each month between rolling over and withdrawing. that way you'll be sure to catch your profits every 2 months, before the site tumbles.

And don't use StudioPay, only use PayPal. StudioPay is run by them, and a scammer with credit card information is evil indeed.

- Effayy

cholin · « **Reply #43 on:** March 16, 2005, 06:27:01 pm »

Well earlier on when I went to www.myfreephotoipod.com I got sent over to this site after a little message saying the site was under investigation, so I looked into this studiopay thing. Later on, I see this forum, so sounds convincing. I signed up like 10 minutes ago, ate a few chips downstairs and came back up. I've viewed 52 sites so far with like 26.5 credits. Lets see how this baby works out. Just letting you know, through this thread alone, they've made money. Think about it. They gave one person a deal, who invested 3 grand. He then told people, and they probably got 10 new referrals, etc. This is how the companies plan to grow.

Just thought Id make it noticable. Now i gotta do some reading: what do referrals get you? How many sites do I need to leave open each day

DrewKaree · « **Reply #44 on:** March 16, 2005, 07:31:23 pm »

Quote from: cholin on March 16, 2005, 06:27:01 pm

what do referrals get you? How many sites do I need to leave open each day

Referrals get you squat - they don't increase payments like that. They may get you cents on the dollar, but they aren't building their base through referrals like THAT...they're scamming us through sneakier methods

You don't have to leave ANY open each day OTHER than your browser window that's refreshing every 20 seconds. Use Firefox and open that thing up in another tab, and when it's done, it'll beep and pop up a message about surfing away from the page and blah blah blah your computer will blow up if you don't stick with our page blah blah.

You won't even notice you're following their instructions if you do it like that. If they ever change it, just leave that window open and open up another instance of their browser. You don't have to look at the web sites unless you have a fetish for online impulse purchasing

cholin · « **Reply #45 on:** March 16, 2005, 08:08:30 pm »

Just checked it out. I was doing the firefox thing, I meant how many does it have to go through

Misworded that

Apparently, I need at least 200 and at most 200, leaving me at.....somewhere around 200

Referrals get you money if they upgrade...so if someone happened to upgrade $3000, thats one hell of a referral!

emdkay · « **Reply #46 on:** March 16, 2005, 08:20:18 pm »

Referrals do indeed get you $. If a person that you referred upgrades their account, you get 10% of the upgrade. Somebody upgrades by $1,000, you get $100.

Yes, as a free member, you have to surf 200 sites a day. As a higher level member, you need to surf less - the minimum being 50 sites/day.

emdkay · « **Reply #47 on:** March 16, 2005, 08:21:12 pm »

By the way, you are allowed to refer yourself and open a second account. Refer yourself and put in $1,000 - earn another $100 bonus.

cholin · « **Reply #48 on:** March 16, 2005, 08:23:18 pm »

That sounds great, except one part: I dont have anywhere near $1000 to spare, I probably have 10 or so if I look hard enough -- but that will be spent within the next few days Im sure.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #49 on:** March 16, 2005, 09:03:07 pm »

Yeah, bad explanation of the referrals. The referral ITSELF doesn't pay you anything, the referral needs to "invest".

Thanks for clearing it up, guys.

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #50 on:** March 23, 2005, 11:26:13 pm »

so what's the status of this program for you guys?

Any money yet?

DrewKaree · « **Reply #51 on:** March 23, 2005, 11:34:05 pm »

I won't be able to collect for a WHILE, but my account IS increasing.

I know, that's a rather underwhelming response, hey?

quarterback · « **Reply #52 on:** March 24, 2005, 01:58:04 am »

Quote from: GreenKnight37 on March 13, 2005, 06:36:02 pm

cholin · « **Reply #53 on:** March 24, 2005, 07:24:17 pm »

Well, thats why theres free accounts. I have a free one with 90 cents built up in it. Whatever money I make from ads, Ill invest into this, meaning, whoever I signed up under will get a few extra bucks after Im done spending!

emdkay · « **Reply #54 on:** April 15, 2005, 04:34:55 pm »

I got paid twice today - once from my regular job, and once from StudioTraffic

My check for surfing in March:

GGKoul · « **Reply #55 on:** April 15, 2005, 04:39:37 pm »

Congrads!! I have to sign up!!

gprime · « **Reply #56 on:** April 15, 2005, 04:41:13 pm »

Wow, good job!

But... 3 months to go to see if they are legit

emdkay · « **Reply #57 on:** April 15, 2005, 04:41:53 pm »

Quote from: gprime on April 15, 2005, 04:41:13 pm

Wow, good job!

But... 3 months to go to see if they are legit

Indeed! Almost there!

SOAPboy · « **Reply #58 on:** April 15, 2005, 05:21:15 pm »

Quote from: emdkay on April 15, 2005, 04:34:55 pm

I got paid twice today - once from my regular job, and once from StudioTraffic

emdkay · « **Reply #59 on:** May 08, 2005, 12:38:05 pm »

Paid again, $30/day for every day in April. Where's everyone that called this a scam?

quarterback · « **Reply #60 on:** May 08, 2005, 01:43:52 pm »

Quote from: emdkay on May 08, 2005, 12:38:05 pm

Where's everyone that called this a scam?

gprime · « **Reply #61 on:** May 08, 2005, 04:30:34 pm »

How exactly are they making money? Do you just give them your money, do absolutely nothing, and then they they slowly pay you back with other peoples money?

Still not sure if I understand how this works :S

emdkay · « **Reply #62 on:** May 08, 2005, 04:44:41 pm »

Quote from: gprime on May 08, 2005, 04:30:34 pm

How exactly are they making money? Do you just give them your money, do absolutely nothing, and then they they slowly pay you back with other peoples money?

Still not sure if I understand how this works :S

It's a pay-to-surf concept. You surf the minimum number of sites every day depending on your account level (I surf 50 sites/day, or about 15 minutes/day) to earn 1% of the amount in my account. I put $3,000 into my account, so that's $30/day for every day I view those minimum number of sites.

They're able to pay people with the funds that others use to upgrade. They also keep 2% of the money that they pay out to others at the end of every month- this also helps to pay all members. They have other programs such as StudioPay, StudioWalker, debit cards will be available soon, etc. These are all other programs they have that also keep the program alive.

It looks like nobody on here is willing to take the risk and still believes its a scam or will crumble, and it isn't for those who won't be able to eat if they lose some money. If you decide to join, only put in what you're comfortable with.

gprime · « **Reply #63 on:** May 08, 2005, 04:56:04 pm »

I would invest, but I would probably forget to surf every day and end up losing all my money.

emdkay · « **Reply #64 on:** May 08, 2005, 05:00:45 pm »

Well when you have a lot put into the system and will earn $30/day for about 15 minutes of your time, you tend not to forget. Also, you wouldn't lose any $ by forgetting to surf for that given day, just not make any.

gprime · « **Reply #65 on:** May 08, 2005, 05:02:02 pm »

I just signed up to see how it works. I clicked something in my profile and now Im watching these pages refresh. Every site so far has been "StudioPay.com." Is this normal?

emdkay · « **Reply #66 on:** May 08, 2005, 05:09:20 pm »

Quote from: gprime on May 08, 2005, 05:02:02 pm

I just signed up to see how it works. I clicked something in my profile and now Im watching these pages refresh. Every site so far has been "StudioPay.com." Is this normal?

I don't remember the sites you see when you first create an account, but watch your "sites surfed today" number go up in the top-right corner and keep surfing until you hit the minimum number of sites for your account level:

Free member

gprime · « **Reply #67 on:** May 08, 2005, 05:32:57 pm »

Bah I was about to test it out, but they denied my credit card. Apparently they don't take PayPal anymore, so maybe they don't like PayPal funded credit cards either.

... guess I'll have to get a *real* CC one of these days (which is hard to do, being a student without existing credit) ...

tmasman · « **Reply #68 on:** May 08, 2005, 11:59:38 pm »

Emdkay,

Do the pages automatically refresh? Or do you have to click on the links?
If it's automatic, couldn't you just leave the page open in the background?

What types of sites is it sending you to?
Has there been anything fishy about the site/company that you've noticed since you've been involved with it?

I'd be willing to give it a try, but I'm worried that it would tank before I got my investment back out of it. I'd probably go in @ the $1000 level, but to really be a viable income (mor ethan just a little extra play $$$), it'd need to be at least $3K-$4K invested ($900 - $1200/month).

I just wish I had the balls to get in a few months back... That way, I'd almost be in the black by now & wouldn't have to worry about the stability of the "company" so much.

I'll always live in fear of losing my money... This sucks.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #69 on:** May 09, 2005, 12:54:54 am »

Quote from: tmasman on May 08, 2005, 11:59:38 pm

Emdkay,

Do the pages automatically refresh? Or do you have to click on the links?
If it's automatic, couldn't you just leave the page open in the background?

I use firefox, and I opened the links page you have to view in another tab. It scrolls through various site links.

Indeed, you CAN just leave the page open in the background. It DOES sap some bandwidth, but if you're earning money for it, you can deal with it. It's just hard to remember to do it if you DON'T have tall cash invested like emdkay. To think, in another few months, I might actually get a nickel check!

RayB · « **Reply #70 on:** May 09, 2005, 06:07:37 pm »

I recently heard (2-3 weeks ago) about a company that was in hot water because of something like this. Apparently the advertisers are getting pissed off that their sites are merely being clicked to (in an automated fashion) rather than actually "surfed".

Is it this company?

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #71 on:** May 09, 2005, 06:26:10 pm »

it's only a matter of time before this cookie crumbles.

there have been a lot of these types of programs. they last for 6 months to a year and go under.

cholin · « **Reply #72 on:** May 09, 2005, 10:54:37 pm »

Wow, Ive been slacking on this program, when you realize how slow your free account builds, it hardly seems worth it. I don't quite get one thing though:

It says you need 100 dollars to pay out, yet it also says you need 5 dollars to pay out, which one is it!

hyiu · « **Reply #73 on:** May 16, 2005, 03:43:56 pm »

sorry to be negative, but my instincts tells me this is a scam...

a scam that is very close to a scheme called "pyramid selling"
(that's how its called in Chinese...)

and yes, the company WILL pay out cash, in the beginning...
because new users are signing up, and probably there are other
guys like you who are putting $$ in !!!...

They use those cash to pay out, DRAW A HUGE AMOUNT of ppl to sign up, and invest in... then they'll just fold....

do ppl make $$ out of it ?? Of course, they do, but only the creator, first group of ppl who jumped in, and they have to PULL OUT FIRST also... anyone who is a bit greedy, or jumped in too late... too bad...

ps: as stated in their rule, they can change the percentage anytime, or I can see they can also change the withdrawal minimum (or any rules...)

anyway, good luck on all the guys who jumped in....

------------------------------------------

to tell you a similar story happened in Hong Kong before,

a company stated that a plant is VERY much needed for medical purposes... and they're willing to pay people to plant a plant for them for cash...

what they do is... you buy a small plant for like $20, take it home, water/sun/care for it for 4 wks, and once there are like 5 leaves comes out (or something like that, they'll buy it back and pay you $120....) (amount is not exact... but close...) also, they give precise instructions on how to care the plant, and its not hard at all....

a few people says, what the heck, and tried, and it works, plant is not hard to keep alive and grow, and they got paid !!!...

words spread fast on these deals (as you can imagine...), espeically housewifes who doesn't have much to do.... they buy LOTS of those small plants, and the company was paying out for a few months....

and then Wham.... they closed down.... owner fled the country...
Then after a few yrs, the owner was tracked down and he actually came back to Hong Kong !!! People lawsuited him... and he won... because after a couple of years, noone even kept those plants and the company is already closed... owner ruled not responsible...

bottom line ?? the owner of the company makes sh!tload of $$, a few people did make some $$ (non-greedy ones...) but sh!tload of people lost sh!tload of $$....

sad story....

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similar here... by clicking, you're not BUYING anything on those sites, (generating traffic, yes, actually helping the company that pays for ads to make $$ ?? NO....)

In this case, it is defying the very basics of a business...
(you're making $$ but you're not generating revenue...)
and the red light bulb behind my head is FASHING badly...

please beware....

sorry for such a long post, I don't post often anymore, but I do care about people on this site. So, I really would hope everyone THINK 100 TIMES before putting your hard earn $$ in....

spending some time clicking... etc... I guess its ok... but losing hard earn $$... bad....

emdkay · « **Reply #74 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:00:04 am »

Quote from: tmasman on May 08, 2005, 11:59:38 pm

Emdkay,

Do the pages automatically refresh? Or do you have to click on the links?
If it's automatic, couldn't you just leave the page open in the background?

What types of sites is it sending you to?
Has there been anything fishy about the site/company that you've noticed since you've been involved with it?

I'd be willing to give it a try, but I'm worried that it would tank before I got my investment back out of it. I'd probably go in @ the $1000 level, but to really be a viable income (mor ethan just a little extra play $$$), it'd need to be at least $3K-$4K invested ($900 - $1200/month).

I just wish I had the balls to get in a few months back... That way, I'd almost be in the black by now & wouldn't have to worry about the stability of the "company" so much.

I'll always live in fear of losing my money... This sucks.

As it comes time to for me to get paid again, I'll answer some questions in this thread the best I can.

You can leave it open in a separate tab or browser window. You don't need to actively click or even view the ads. Most sites in rotation are referral/commission sites in one fashion or another.

emdkay · « **Reply #75 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:00:55 am »

Quote from: RayB on May 09, 2005, 06:07:37 pm

I recently heard (2-3 weeks ago) about a company that was in hot water because of something like this. Apparently the advertisers are getting pissed off that their sites are merely being clicked to (in an automated fashion) rather than actually "surfed".

Is it this company?

I keep up on studiotraffic and haven't heard anything like this. Most advertisers are actually other users of studiotraffic.

emdkay · « **Reply #76 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:01:08 am »

Quote from: Magnet_Eye on May 09, 2005, 06:26:10 pm

it's only a matter of time before this cookie crumbles.

there have been a lot of these types of programs. they last for 6 months to a year and go under.

They're going on three years now..

emdkay · « **Reply #77 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:03:26 am »

Quote from: cholin on May 09, 2005, 10:54:37 pm

Wow, Ive been slacking on this program, when you realize how slow your free account builds, it hardly seems worth it. I don't quite get one thing though:

It says you need 100 dollars to pay out, yet it also says you need 5 dollars to pay out, which one is it!

I don't think you fully understand how it works. Starting your account at $1,000 turns into $3,600 in one year. That's if you withdraw your earnings every month. If you put your earnings back in, you can easily earn $6,000+ in one year on an initial $1,000 upgrade.

$1,000 on an average savings account will turn into $1,040 in one year if you're lucky.

Also, you can withdraw funds whenver you want, as long as your account LEVEL (the amount you upgraded) is at $100 or more.

Your BALANCE (or earnings) must be at least $5 to withdraw.

emdkay · « **Reply #78 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:06:40 am »

Quote from: hyiu on May 16, 2005, 03:43:56 pm

sorry to be negative, but my instincts tells me this is a scam...

a scam that is very close to a scheme called "pyramid selling"
(that's how its called in Chinese...)

and yes, the company WILL pay out cash, in the beginning...
because new users are signing up, and probably there are other
guys like you who are putting $$ in !!!...

They use those cash to pay out, DRAW A HUGE AMOUNT of ppl to sign up, and invest in... then they'll just fold....

do ppl make $$ out of it ?? Of course, they do, but only the creator, first group of ppl who jumped in, and they have to PULL OUT FIRST also... anyone who is a bit greedy, or jumped in too late... too bad...

ps: as stated in their rule, they can change the percentage anytime, or I can see they can also change the withdrawal minimum (or any rules...)

anyway, good luck on all the guys who jumped in....

This claim has been made numerous times and simply isn't true. You're saying the creator and the first few people who joined will actually get paid. I joined three months ago and been paid $900 every month since. I was roughly the 144 thousandth (144,000) member to join since they started about three years ago. After this point, every penny I make is pure profit. If the company crumbles tomorrow, I still walk away with profit.

gprime · « **Reply #79 on:** May 31, 2005, 05:26:55 am »

Congrats, you beat the system


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