My Online Earning Journey: 2017

What I've Done So Far: Affiliate Marketing

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

What is Affiliate Marketing?

A search on Google will tell you that Affiliate Marketing is "a marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays a commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from its referrals." In this program, the online retailer allows people to sign up as an affiliate who will be the ones to promote the link of the retailer. When a user clicks on the affiliate's link and purchases the retailer's item from that link, the affiliate will get a percentage of that sale.

As an affiliate, you don't have to create a product or maintain an inventory. All you have to do is promote your affiliate link.

Affiliate marketing is a good way to have passive income. If you have a website, you can post your affiliate links there and also promote them on your social media accounts (just check the company's guidelines on what's allowed and not regarding promoting affiliate links).

I have joined a few affiliate programs recently and I have earned from some as well. Here are a few websites where I have enrolled in their affiliate marketing programs:

Lazada Philippines
Pangalan.com (Philippines)
TravelBook.ph (Philippines)
CreativeMarket.com (International)
RU Affiliates (Philippines)

I'll talk about them one-by-one in my succeeding posts.

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ClixSense Update: No More Ad Clicks

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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.

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