Internet Marketing Business Strategies

I’m constantly looking for ways to help my SFI affiliate team to promote their websites and affiliate pages without having to dip into their earnings or savings. I like the idea of using front-end payments to cover advertising fees and making money from your affiliate program on the back end.

That’s why I decided to look at Buxify, a pay-to-view site where advertisers can get their web pages seen and viewers can get paid-to-view the offers…

Would it give us a viable way to cover our upfront marketing expenses as SFI affiliates?

Read on!

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Buxify

Buxify is a “paid-to-click” profit-sharing site that promises up to 130% return on investment for upgraded members who click on ads. The site has been online since May 2008, which is a good sign.

The Buxify website and forum place a lot of emphasis on proof-of-payment data supplied by members. However, before signing up for an account, I checked Buxify on IMReportCard where it received generally favourable reviews.

Another place to look for information about Buxify is:

• http://buxwiki.com/index.php?title=Buxify.com

Criticism of the Buxify Model

Another useful website for reviewing paid-to-view sites is http://ptc-investigation.com and this website is critical of sites like Buxify that force you to invest in them in order to qualify for a payout:

We believe that members should have the choice to upgrade when they feel comfortable to do so. Whether or not you want to invest is your  choice. That is the difference between these forced investment sites and the sites that do not require investment. You can either work hard and refer people, or take the quick route and invest. The difference is choice. These forced investments sites do not give you that choice. It is either invest or get out. http://ptc-investigation.com/buxify.aspx

Opening A Buxify Account

I’ve been running a free account for a while now. You get $5 for opening the account and I have accumulated another $1.70 or so for clicking ads.

You get quite a lot of ads to click on and “earn” $0.01 per click after twenty seconds.

Buxify has several investment levels. “Iron” is the lowest upgrade level, and costs $10, so you’d be looking for between $10 and $13 back after 200 clicks, plus the $5 bonus for opening an account. Solo emails can also be checked for three cents a view.

For affiliates who don’t want to pay $10 to upgrade to the next level, there is the s-l-o-w option of staying free until you accumulate $25 in credits, at which point you will be able to get “free” upgrade to “iron” level. From that point on you should be able to earn a bit of cash for your clicks.

Buxify points out that you can speed things up by referring some other people and earning cash on their upgrades and clicks.

So, is it actually possible to use Buxify to cover your advertising expenses?

It costs $6.99 to post an ad, which gets you a “guaranteed” 700 member visits. Each visit will last at least 20 seconds, or at least, the timer will count down for 20 seconds irrespective of what the member does during that time short of closing the browser window!

The Buxify Paid-to-Click Test

So, what happened when I tried to invest $10 in an “Iron” upgrade?

The idea was that if I got any mula back I would invest the profit in one or two Buxify ads and track the ads to see what, if anything happens…

IF all goes well, I reasoned, Buxify would at least give affiliate marketers a way to earn a few dollars to cover their ad expenses up front, and if we don’t like the results of advertising with Buxify, we can always invest them elsewhere…

However, I ran into an immediate problem when I tried to “invest” my $10 in the programme.

Paypal Suspended… AlertPay Credit Card Problems…

When you go to the upgrade page you are presented with two payment options…

Buxify appears to give you the choice of paying to upgrade by Paypal or Alertpay. Both buttons are displayd on the upgrade page, as you can see in the graphic, above. Given a choice of using Paypal or Alertpay I always opt for Paypal simply because I use it much more and there are usually some funds in my account.

However, when I clicked on the Paypal button I was taken to a page that showed all the upgrade options had been “suspended”.

When I went back and attempted to use Alertpay to process my order I quickly ran into the “Alertpay credit card processing problem”. The only option for me to upgrade on Buxify appears to be payment through Alertpay using American Express!

Buxify Paid-to-Click Test Status: On Hold!

So, the “Buxify Paid-to-Click” test is now “on hold”. I don’t recommend it to affiliates looking for a viable way to cover promotional expenses.

IF Buxify can resolve their payment processing difficulties (which are actually Alertpay’s credit card processing difficulties, to be fair to Buxify), I will come back and resume the test. Buxify does appear to be legitimate and has a loyal following and proof of payout. But for my purposes, I want to be able to pay, and receive money, through Paypal or Alertpay.

In the meantime, I will be looking at some of the options on the PTC-Investigation.com “elite” list of “paid-to-click” sites that do not force you to invest in order to qualify for profit sharing. The site should also offer advertisers a good deal and enable affiliate marketers on shoestring budgets to cover our upfront expenses without too much toil and effort.

David Hurley

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