As you've already noticed, I split PTC sites in 4 categories: legit, new, suspicious and scam PTCs.
I consider:
- legit PTC sites are those sites that do pay, pay on time and are online for more than 6 months. A must for a PTC is to have a forum, so members can get support from admin and other members, and can share their experiences with the other members of the site. An exception is Clixsense but its good reputation has been established for a long time.
- new PTC sites are those sites that do pay, pay on time but have been online for less than 6 months.
- suspicious PTC sites are those sites that encounter one or more of the following statements:
- contradictions on what it's written on FAQ, TOS, Upgrade Account page, Home page, etc;
- in TOS it is written - "We have the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time, for any reason (!!!!) and without warning or notice.";
- the request of the PayPal and /or AlertPay (or other payment processors) email on the registration page;
- non-payment periods from various reasons - we cannot know how real the reasons are;
- investment request in order to be able to cash out. Take care! - there are PTC sites that penalize if you request payout without fulfilling their conditions;
- withdrawal fee is more than 10% of the payout request;
- the site uses its own currency and not a real one;
- the pay per click value is too high;
- the pay per click value changes in time;
- the minimum payment changes in time;
- the owner pays only some of the members;
- members are paid not their total request but a just a percentage;
- admin's long absence on forum;
- when you want to post one message on forum and get the message that your post has to be approved by the admin / moderator;
- the message you have written in forum is deleted.
- scam PTC sites are those sites that encounter one or more of the following statements:
- they do not pay;
- disappearance of all persons responsible for the site (owner, admin, forum moderators, etc.)
