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dguy
Traffic Value: $15,993.01608 Canada
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01/07/2017 20:45
big surprise

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. This refund includes those sponsors who have purchased an upgrade for a referral.

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
stra
Traffic Value: $285.59089 Greece
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01/07/2017 20:49
I saw it too, about an hour ago.
Really sad.
I think clixsence is throwing a white towel now.
Crimson
Traffic Value: $1,850.32389 Romania
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01/07/2017 20:54
Maybe,more customers for us?tongue
dguy
Traffic Value: $15,993.01608 Canada
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01/07/2017 20:58
CS was my big star for advertising for PV referrals. I could easily get 15 a day from there.

Now that is gone cwy

That said, I was going to cash out here in order to start up another big campaign but sales for PTC are now closed there. I guess that means the money stays here now.

So already PV gets a benefit. I will probably just buy shares with the money and may start trading them in the future smile
dguy
Traffic Value: $15,993.01608 Canada
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01/07/2017 21:00
I've told them a few times they need to bring in minimum daily clicks. It brings more people to the clicking area and not just the regular clickers.
bigbadmoose
Traffic Value: $520.60691 United States
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01/07/2017 21:08
Was wondering when it was coming since Jim cut off alot of this customer base when he lost paypal. As he has no other option but checks for US members. After numerous idea on how to fix this problem him and his staff seem to just decide it wasnt worth the trouble.

The whole lose of paypal leave a bitter taste in my mouth as the announcement was made the same day paypal said they were increasing their fees on foreign country transaction.  Guess i have to at least go over and see the new clixsense.
jpla1991
Traffic Value: $773.5176 Portugal
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01/07/2017 21:34
So, other than Neobux will Paidverts be the oldest PTC?
druth8x
Traffic Value: $22,417.44153 United States
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01/07/2017 21:49
To me, while it's no longer a PTC, they strongly suggested that they can get more offer companies to partner with them now that they are no longer a PTC.

Which, if one qualifies, is a lot more than the pennies one would get as a PTC clicker.

I think this is a win.

I now might join, finally.

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I wonder if the companies that call them too high risk, also tell Marc and Andraz that PV is too high risk?
war57
Traffic Value: $1,843.08727 Romania
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01/07/2017 22:18
It was expected.
Jim gave hints about closing the PTC part 2 months ago.
dguy
Traffic Value: $15,993.01608 Canada
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01/07/2017 23:32
"So, other than Neobux will Paidverts be the oldest PTC?"


No, far from it. You still have the ancient PTCs like Donkey Mails, My Free Shares and others that have been around for more than a decade.

We will be one of the biggest though and we were probably one of the reasons they closed down their PTC. They were squeezed between us and Neobux
bigbadmoose
Traffic Value: $520.60691 United States
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01/07/2017 23:36
actual Jim been hinting about the idea for over a year now. I am surprised it actual took this long for him to pull the plug on it and reform one of the most outdated business out there. Been there for years and never seen a good reason to upgrade after i did a couple time it was not really making me anymore money.
siddartha149
Traffic Value: $683.06885 India
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02/07/2017 04:09
That's a good move. Adapting to the various changes happening around id very necessary. This move will surely increase their rep. And anyways PTC was just a time waste for many members, except who had large down line.
vultcult
Traffic Value: $437.32954 Portugal
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02/07/2017 05:07
I'm on ClixSense since about 4 years now. Personally, I think most of their traffic comes from PTC sites and, now that they will get out of the PTC business, their traffic will indeed suffer a lot. Anyway, for me, the better thing ClixSense has is the surveys. I made a lot of surveys there, they pay well and in money, so the PTC part doesn't worry me at all.

But, what does this mean for PaidVerts? Well, I'm not able to look at the big picture on this, but I think it could, at least, affect PaidVerts a little bit, and it may be a very positive thing if PaidVerts referrers play it smart. Perhaps we should target this users a present them with an alternative for ClixSense.

Neobux may also suffer a bit from this, as lots of advertisers there are advertising ClixSense. But maybe even this is an opportunity for PaidVerts, by making us able to present a good PTC alternative to Neobux users, with less ClixSense advertisers doing the same.

I don't know. Let's see how the whole thing plays on the long run.
MarcdeKoning - Administrator
Traffic Value: $468,983.12758 Netherlands
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02/07/2017 08:55
You know what i'm hearing? wink

A WONDERFUL chance for an agressive/smart marketer to get 1000s of people to join you on Paidverts, very easily wink

Who ever needs modified banners for this opportunity, just leave your skype down below and we (the crew of mtv) will help you out.
Crimson
Traffic Value: $1,850.32389 Romania
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02/07/2017 09:29
Honestly,i think they do this just to get pp back.There are a lot of other payment processors that can work good even in U.s .Paypal is slowly dying in favor of more better options (cryptocurrencies,etc).
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