Anfang Juli ging ein Aufschrei durch die Paid-to-Click Welt. In einem Newsletter von Clixsense wurde die Beendigung der Klickvergütung, für das Klicken auf bezahlte Anzeigen, zum 14.07.2017 bekanntgegeben. Nachdem bereits im Januar 2017 die Auszahlungen über Paypal eingestellt werden mussten, ist das eventuell ein weiterer “Nackenschlag” für die User. Ob es wirklich negative Auswirkungen auf den Verdienst hat, möchte ich heute kurz erläutern.
Zunächst aber der Newsletter von Clixsense im Überblick:
Members, more than 10 years ago we came online strictly as a PTC. As all things go, the ClixSense business model has changed over the years and with the addition of Crowdflower tasks, offers and surveys our core business has shifted. No longer are we just a PTC, but instead ClixSense has grown to be one of the top performing survey networks in the world.
While our survey, task and offer business has grown significantly, the PTC side of our business has been on a downward slide for some time now and more so since the loss of Paypal back in February.
Being in the PTC industry has it’s positives and negatives. The positive side of things is that we can provide you with an easy way to earn a little money and for advertisers we can send a large amount of traffic to their websites for a very reasonable price. The negative side of things is a bit more extreme. This caused us to lose our Paypal account (or so they claim), it places us into a high risk category any time we apply for a merchant account or new payment processor. It gives companies a negative feeling about us because this industry is loaded with fraud. What I mean by that is companies who we’ve approached to partner with us refuse to do so because of our affiliation with PTC. And lastly, from a revenue standpoint, it’s not profitable at all.
With the negatives out weighing the positives, and after 10 years in the PTC business, we have decided to move forward without PTC. Beginning July 15th, 2017 PTC ads will be removed from ClixSense. Along with the removal of PTC we have also decided to remove ClixGrid and the premium upgrades, including the corresponding 8-level commission structure. As of today, July 1st we will stop selling upgrades, PTC advertising and ClixGrid. Those of you who have ad credits on your account may still use them until July 15th. Any member who has purchased an upgrade in the last 24 hours will be immediately refunded today. We are stopping the sales so any remaining ad credits or ClixGrid campaigns can expire.
With the removal of upgrades we will no longer have 2 membership types. Instead, all members will have the same policies and options available to them and this includes cashouts. We have decided that we will raise the minimum cashout for all members to $10.00. This is still very reasonable and lower than many other companies in this vertical.
So what does all this mean?
Well, a lot actually. Any member who had purchased an upgrade in the last year will receive a prorated refund for any unused portion of their upgrade. This refund will be credited back to your account balance on or shortly after July 15th. The amount of prorated refund will be credited at 4.5 cents per day remaining on your premium account.
We know with the removal of upgrades and the 8 tier affiliate program that this may have an impact on some members with a large downline. To compensate for this ClixSense will now pay an incredible 20% commission on all direct referral activities. We will offer a single level affiliate program only and this commission is the same for all members as we will no longer have 2 different membership types. This change makes all members equal so everyone will have the same earning potential. This means if you are a standard member now (not upgraded) this change has given you a 200% increase in affiliate commissions (from 5% to 20%). For those members who are premium this is a 100% increase from your current affiliate commissions (from 10% to 20%).
* Please note, the 20% affiliate commission may be adjusted at a later date. We will keep this at 20% for a short time and then we will review our numbers and adjust from there, if necessary. If we end up lowering the commission, it should not be reduced to lower than 15%, which is still more than a premium member was making.
This new higher commission will generate more money for you than what the 8 tier affiliate program did. The reason is more members will do surveys, tasks and offers than those that would purchase an upgrade. In some cases this change can boost a members earnings significantly.
The checklist bonus will now give a possible 10% bonus to all members and the requirement for clicking PTC ads & ClixGrid will be removed.
Daily Checklist Bonus 7.0%
Activity Extra Bonus 2.0%
ClixAddon Extra Bonus 1.0%
Maximum Possible Bonus 10.0%
We realize this may come as a surprise to you but this is a change that had to be done. ClixSense will continue to be the best it can be and move forward because of your support. We are always looking for new ways for you to earn money and will not stop trying to improve our service.
Along with all these changes you will also notice a brand new look for ClixSense. A new website layout with a responsive design (mobile friendly) that is very pleasing to look at and easy to use.
So to recap:
• PTC ads will be removed.
• ClixGrid will be removed
• Premium upgrades and the corresponding 8-level commission structure, removed
• Minimum cashout for all members is $10.00
• Affiliate commissions upped to 20% for all members
• Checklist bonus will now pay a maximum of 10% if all requirements met.
We appreciate your business and welcome your comments, questions or ideas.
Thank you
The ClixSense Team
Was geht da noch bei Clixsense!?
Zunächst fällt das neue Menü bei Clixsense auf. Die alte blaue Menüleiste wurde entfernt und durch eine neue weiße Leiste ersetzt. Hier öffnen sich jetzt die Auswahlmenüs automatisch, wenn mit der Maus darüber gefahren wird.
Weiterhin ist dadurch ersichtlich, welche 3 Kategorien noch vergütet werden, nämlich Survey’s, Offer’s und Task’s. Alles Aufgaben die zu erfüllen sind, Umfragen oder die Teilnahme an Bonusaktionen.
Der Wegfall des Premiumsegments, der Klicks und der 8-stufigen Refvergütung scheint ein großer Einschnitt zu sein. Für mich allerdings nicht. Durch meine Refs der 1. Ebene, die man behalten hat, habe ich in den ersten beiden Tagen bereits mehr verdient als vorher. Hier scheint sich die Anhebung der Refvergütung auf 20% vorerst mehr bemerkbar zu machen. Das 8-stufige Refsystem war in meinen Augen eine gute Sache aber nur, wenn die geworbenen Refs auch Upgrades ihrer Mitgliedschaft vorgenommen hatten. Ab der 2. Refebene gab es keine Klickvergütung sondern nur eine einmalige Gutschrift von $1,00 wenn der Ref eine Premium-Mitgliedschaft abgeschlossen hatte.
