While searching for ways to earn online, one of the things I discovered is Affiliate Marketing.

ClixSense has now ceased offering PTC ads. And I think this is permanent.

Based on their announcement dated July 1, 2017, they will stop offering PTC ads beginning July 15 and will continue as a survey and task site. ClixGrid is also gone, since earnings there are also from PTC ads.

So can we still earn at ClixSense?

Yes, by way of surveys, offers, and CrowdFlower tasks. If you've answered the Survey Profile and have earned from surveys before, you'll receive some and earn from them still.

CrowdFlower is another way to earn; just complete the tasks and you can earn from them. Same with the offers.

Surveys, offers, and tasks, as well as their corresponding rates, will depend on your location.

Also, the minimum threshold for withdrawal has increased to USD 10. It's a bit of work, but if you're up to surveys and tasks, you can reach this one easily.

How to withdraw earnings?

ClixSense ceased to use Paypal as payment method since the latter does not want to lift its limitations to ClixSense. To cash out, you can use Payza, Tango Card, Skrill, and Payoneer. Checks are only available as cashout option for US and Canada residents. Just choose the one that you can use from where you are.

You can still earn from referrals with ClixSense. Although you have to be outright in telling them that this is not a PTC site anymore but rather a survey and offers site.

It's pretty sad because ClixSense is one of the better PTC sites around. But this is a change that was inevitable and I guess we, members, have to live with that.

My last post talked about myLot as one of the sites where I try to earn online. To be honest, earnings are quite slow -- and that's MY FAULT. Earnings in myLot is based on interaction, so if you post and comment a lot, you get to the minimum withdrawal threshold fast. But if you're not always on the site, well...

See? MY FAULT. :)

Anyway, today, I'll be talking about another site where I try to earn online: ClixSense.

What is ClixSense, exactly?

For many who have been in paid-to-click (PTC) programs, you're probably familiar with it. ClixSense is a popular PTC site wherein members from around the world click and view ads.

There are other ways to earn through ClixSense. There's the Clixgrid game where you randomly pick a square tile from the grid for a chance to earn a few more cents. There's also the Offers and Surveys wherein, if you qualify and finish them, you're paid bigger than the ad clicks. ClixSense also has an Affiliate Program for its members. You can earn from it if you refer someone to sign up for ClixSense.

How much can you earn from ClixSense?

Members can earn up to USD 0.02 per ad click (this more likely varies per location because I usually get USD 0.0001 ads). The Clixgrid lets you win up to USD 0.10 if you pick the right tile.

The Offers and Surveys let you earn bigger than the ad clicks. By experience, the earnings range from USD 0.25 to less than a dollar per Survey or offer.

Premium members earn bigger, whether from commissions, referrals, or doing tasks. But that means you have to pay for your membership every year (as opposed to the regular members who signed up for free).

How do you get paid?

You have to reach the minimum threshold of USD 8, if you're a regular member. Premium members can withdraw their earnings once it reaches USD 6.

Electronic payments are through Paypal, Payza, Paytoo and Neteller.There will be deductions when they process the payment, so don't expect to receive the full amount. But it's minimal and negligible.

My ClixSense experience

I joined ClixSense around 2013, the time I got convinced to try PTCs. I've read reviews that they were legit and that members have been paid. I signed up and did ad clicks ONLY back then, so my earnings were slow. I think I made only USD 0.10 in 4 or 6 months.

The first few weeks were quite okay, but then, the repetitive ad clicking got boring for me, so I stopped.

It was only last year that I thought of resurrecting my ClixSense account. I found out from a forum that they were still alive and paying their members.

This time, I tried the Offers and Surveys tasks. I didn't have much luck in the Offers. But it was another story with the Surveys.

I answered a questionnaire that lets the system pre-qualifies me for a survey. After that, I got my first survey. And I got to complete it.

After that, another survey came. And another, and another.

There were surveys that I got qualified, some I got declined because I wasn't qualified or because there were enough respondents for it.

So yes, the key is that if a survey alert arrives, answer it immediately.

Anyway, so I just kept doing surveys and clicking ads. After just 2 months of surveys and ad clicks, I met the minimum payout of USD 8.

I GOT PAID.



Wow! I didn't expect that. But yes, ClixSense is legit and it PAYS.

A tip: the way to bigger earnings with ClixSense is through answering the Surveys. And by experience, this is what you should focus on, along with the ad clicks.

ClixSense is legit, not a scam! But it's not a get-rich-quick program!

Again, when earning online, don't expect earning big and fast. See the payment for the ad clicks and surveys--it's not huge, but the extra money helps.

Join ClixSense here and earn by viewing ads and doing surveys and tasks!

myLot is one of the sites that I'm participating in to earn online.

What is myLot, exactly?

myLot is an online community in which members from around the world create and participate in discussions on different topics. It's basically paid-to-write, in the sense that you earn from starting discussions and commenting on others' topics.

You can also learn from doing Offers, if you are eligible.

How much can you earn from myLot?

According to their FAQ, it depends on how interesting or valuable the myLot community finds it. The more comments and likes your post makes, the more money it will make.

How do you get paid?

You have to reach their minimum threshold of USD 5, payable to Paypal only. That's why it's important to be active on the site and to have a Paypal account (which you can configure later).

My myLot experience

I joined myLot around 2008 but wasn't really very active. That time, I was happy with the social activity of joining discussions and making my own posts. And then a year after that, they underwent new management and before I knew it, they stopped the earnings scheme.

Fast forward to the present, after backreading emails, I found myLot again and thought of checking it out. Last 2013, the site had another facelift and the earning scheme was back again, but only for discussions and offers. Way back, members were able to earn through referrals, but that's not possible now -- at least not yet, according to the FAQ. That's probably going to happen down the line.

Have I cashed out? Not yet. I was halfway through the cashout when they decided to stop payments way back. Now, I'm almost at the USD 2 mark, but that's because I'm not always there like the other users (because of my day job and mom duties). But there had been members that cashed out. One of them even said that myLot did not deduct anything when she cashed out, even at the minimum threshold. So that's one positive thing about the site.

I plan to continue using myLot because I find socializing there fun. The members are very nice to talk to and sometimes they are able to help you with things. Just keep everything clean and friendly, and you'll enjoy your time at myLot.

myLot is not a get-rich-quick program!

I believe there is no such thing as a get-rich-quick scheme. If a site offers that, it's probably a scam. At myLot, you have to participate and work a bit extra to earn online. But don't forget the fun, it's what will make you stay at myLot.

Join myLot here and have fun socializing with people from around the world!

(this isn't a referral link -- they don't have an affiliate program just yet.)

Yes, it's not the first time that I've tried earning online. I've done so in the past, sometime during my early years of blogging. But I didn't take it seriously... unfortunately for me.

I don't know why, I just lost my "mojo." I got a bit busy with work as well and lost more time blogging. Then I gave birth to my first daughter and got even busier.

Time. The lack of it. That was what happened.

I lost track of the opportunities I signed up for. I became less active until I completely had no time for them.

Looking back, maybe when I continued, I would have been more successful in earning online.

And today, I'm hoping it's not too late for me.

For now, it's back to zero. Or maybe one. I've started to do some things I've done in the past.

Hopefully, even if slowly, I can get on track to earning online again.