A Detailed Comparison of
Get Paid to Surf the Web and
Get Paid to Read Email programs

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Earnings Comparison

Name Levels Lvl
1
Rate
Lvl
2
Rate
Lvl
3
Rate
Lvl
4
Rate
Lvl
5
Rate
Lvl
6/7/8/9
Rate
Max Hrs
per
Month
40 Hrs/Mo Scenario
#1
(see below)
40
Hrs/Mo Scenario
#2
(see below)
40 Hrs/Mo Scenario
#3
(see below)

GET PAID TO SURF PROGRAMS

mValue

6

.50

.10

.05

.05

.05

.05

10
(100 is goal)

$148.00

$170.00

$206.00

Urge2net

6

1.00

(estimate)

.10

.05

.05

.05

.05

$50 per month at Lvl 1
(No limit on Lvls 2 thru 5)

$104.00

$166.00

$226.00

VIPBenefits

4

.60

.15

.03

.02

---

---

15
(35 is goal)

$47.20

$127.20

$243.20

Spedia

2

.54
(Sep rate, rate varies)

.135
(Sep rate, rate varies)

---

---

---

---

???

---

---

---

GoToWorld

4

.40

.10

.15

.20

---

---

40

---

---

$346.00

Ignifuge

5

50
(All
money
quotes
here are
estimates
per 10
loads of
the
igniguge
home
page)

.20

.10

.10

.10

---

300
loads of
the
igniguge
home
page
per
month

---

---

---

AllAdvantage

6 .50 .10 .05 .05 .05 .05 25(Sep)
40(goal)
$148.00 $170.00 $206.00

ePIPO

6 .60 .10 .10 .10 .10 .10 50 $272.00 $272.00 $272.00

DesktopDollars

7

.50

.10

.02

.02

.02

.02
.02

40

$50.40

$101.60

$168.80

DeskTopHorizon

6 .60 .05 .05 .05 .10 .15 40 $308.00 $220.00 $148.00

it-ads-up

6

.50

.10

.05

.05

.05

.05

60

$148.00

$170.00

$206.00

Utopiad

5 40% 10% 5% 2% 1% --- --- --- --- ---

SharkHunt

5 25p
.41
10p
.16
5p
.08
5p
.08
5p
.08
--- £20
$32.40
£138.00 $223.56 £160.00 $259.20 £196.00 $317.52

ValuePay

6 .50 .10 .05 .05 .05 .05 $50
limit per month
--- --- ---

AllCommunity
(also pays for reading email)

5 .50 .10 .05 .05 .05 --- 40 $84.00 $146.00 $206.00

DotAd

7 75% 5% 4% 2% 2% 1%
1%
??? --- --- ---

Surfing2Cash

6 .60 .05 .05 .05 .03 .02
(.02)
10 $109.60 $128.80 $148.00

SurfMiles

5

30p
.49

6p
.10

3p
.05

3p
.05

3p
.05

---

60

£88.80
$143.86

£102.00
$165.24

£123.60
$200.23

GET PAID TO READ EMAIL PROGRAMS

ClickMail

2

.80

.60

---

---

---

---

one a day

$1,156
assumes 62 referrals

---

---

Spedia
(also pays to surf, see above)

2

.045 to .09
(Sep rate, rate varies)

.011 to .022
(Sep rate, rate varies)

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

MoneyForMail

2 $.20 to $2.50 per email 5% --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

SendMoreInfo

2 .05 .02 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

AllCommunity
(also pays to surf, see above)

4

.03

.01

.01

.01

---

---

---

---

---

---

 

Currency Conversion - SharkHunt & SurfMiles pay in pence. 25 pence = .25 £ (British Pound). The exchange rate on 9/16/99 tells us that 25 pence per hour is equal to 41 cents per hour, likewise £196.00 is equal to $317.52.
Name - Name of program.  Click here to visit their site.  
Levels - Number of levels of Referrals that you earn money from
Lvl 1 Rate - Rate that you get paid (per hour or per item).
Lvl 2 Rate - Rate that your immediate referrals earn for you.
Lvl 3 Rate - Rate that your next level of referrals earn for you.
Lvl 4 Rate - Rate that your next level of referrals earn for you.
Lvl 5 Rate - Rate that your next level of referrals earn for you.
Lvl 6 Rate - Rate that your next level of referrals earn for you.
Max hrs per month - Maximum hours per month that any one person can earn at their Level 1.
Earnings Scenarios - These calculations are done in good faith and are believed to be accurate.

Programs that pay based upon a % of revenues cannot be compared as exact revenues are unknown. GOTOWorld was only included in scenario # 3 because it only goes to 4 levels & can not be easily compared to the others in scenarios #1 & #2. SurfMiles only goes to 5 levels so we will assume that the number of members at level # 6 in these 3 scenarios exist at level # 5 (still totaling 63). 

The following 3 scenarios represent the 3 schools of thought about how many referrals will come to exist at each level. Scenario # 1 assumes that the number of people at each level is greater than the prior level.  Scenario # 2 assumes that the number of people at each level is relatively the same. Scenario # 3 (we consider this most likely) assumes that the number of people at each level is lower that the one above it and (to facilitate the inclusion of GoToWorld in the comparison) also assumes that all 63 people exist in the first 4 levels only.  


    
40 hrs per month scenario # 1 - to compare apples to apples for those programs that we can directly calculate returns for, we could assume you refer 2 people, who refer 2 people, who refer 2 people, etc. to 6 levels giving a total of 63 people (including you). Next let us assume that each person surfs for 40 hours in a month. Keep in mind that currently AllAdvantage limits people to 25 (target is 40) and the limit is 10 for Surfing2Net and ExtraBuck. This scenario is just to compare the potential earnings based upon the various pay rates at each level for each program. Using the formula 1*Lvl1Rate + 2*Lvl2Rate +  4*Lvl3Rate + 8*Lvl4Rate + 16*Lvl5Rate + 32*Lvl6Rate)* 40hrs gives us the dollar amounts in the chart above.


    
40 hrs per month scenario # 2 - a more likely scenario is one where the number of people is not increasing geometrically at each level.  Referrals at the lower levels are less likely to promote the program as actively as the person at level # 1. For this reason we will create a scenario that still has 63 people but where the # of people at each level is roughly equal.  So Lvl1=1, Lvl2=13, Lvl3=13, Lvl4=12, Lvl5=12, Lvl6=12, for a total of 63 people (including you). Here the formula would be 1*Lvl1Rate + 13*Lvl2Rate +  13*Lvl3Rate + 12*Lvl4Rate + 12*Lvl5Rate + 12*Lvl6Rate)* 40hrs gives us the dollar amounts in the chart above.


    
40 hrs per month scenario # 3 - the most likely scenario (in our opinion) is one where the number of people is actually less at each level.  Referrals at the lower levels are less likely to promote the program as actively as the person at level # 1.  This scenario has 63 people but the # of people at each level is less than in the prior level.  So Lvl1=1, Lvl2=31, Lvl3= 21, Lvl4=10, for a total of 63 people (including you). Here the formula would be 1*Lvl1Rate + 31*Lvl2Rate +  21*Lvl3Rate + 10*Lvl4Rate)* 40hrs gives us the dollar amounts in the chart above.

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