ThinkBux.com
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Method: PTC
Article by: Phil
Brief History
ThinkBux.com has a similar Alexa chart history to
that of World-Clix by entering the chart at roughly
the same time with a similar fast rate of progress.
However on ThinkBux.com the traffic isn’t showing
any signs of calming which is great for the sites
advertising areas. It seems around 21398 members
have signed up to this site with $3887.61 paid out.
This site has made a lot of progress in a very short
space of time.
Design
This area good be a big contributor to the sites
impressive rate of progress as the design is very
inviting and professional. The layout does not look
too typical of a PTC site and in not way like a
template clone. The layout is spaced out well for
clear navigation with a very workable and simple
corporate ID. The buttons themselves are done well
with some interesting and contemporary animation.
Advertising
On this site you can purchase ads via PayPal,
AlertPay and your own ThinkBux account balance.
There is quite a bug on the ads list drop down menu
as it isn’t wide enough to show all the prices
clearly. 1000 ads appear to be $8.99 and 3000 ads
worth $26.00. These prices are really incredible and
I would hope advertisers make the most of this as
they are nothing short of a bargain. This site holds
good traffic and some of the cheapest prices for
advertising so as long as the owners pitch this site
correctly to advertisers there are no reasons why it
cannot be profitable.
Referral system
Just like the advertising section you can pay for
referrals via the 2 payment processors and your
balance. Unfortunately at the moment there does not
seem to be any referrals available so maybe the site
should also advertise a standard link where ever
they can. On this site 5 referrals are worth $5.99,
10 referrals for $10.50, 30 referrals for $30.00 and
50 referrals for $49.50. Unfortunately the referrals
here are over priced because standard membership
does not include 100% down line earnings which is
what these prices are acceptable to.
What is worse is that the site does not appear to
contain any information regarding what the down line
is for standard members. This should always be
displayed on the main page as people need to know if
they are getting good value for money before making
purchases.
Upgrades
The upgrade package here also works on the same
payment systems and last for 1 year. The price of
this package is $25.99 providing you with the
minimum of 15 $0.012 ads each day with the elusive
100% down line. 5 referrals are also added to your
down line after purchase.
Performance
I found 8 $0.01 ads to click when doing my first
evaluation of this site. The performance could be
better as more and more sites hold standard down
lines of 100% making any site without it much less
competitive towards the leadings sites.
Conclusion
This isn’t a lightweight site however it’s not in
step with the industry standards. The design,
advertising and upgrades seem to be the sites strong
points with the right look and the right prices.
Because this site has already made so much progress
gaining traffic it will be interesting to see how
far that will last without the much needed industry
standard. The advertising on this site could be what
sustains it as the prices here are very inviting.
This site also includes the TOS error which is -0.5
points.
2 more weeks left until the penalty for this obvious
and easy to solve problem is raised. The penalty is
due to go from -0.5 points to 1 whole point. This
bad for business error has infested the industries
TOS pages for far too long. If this error remains in
TOS pages much longer it will make those site owners
look quite lazy.
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