Get Paid to Read Emails
I
thought I would put together a collection of different sites that pay
you to read emails. These four websites made it onto 'How NOT to Make Money Online' as they
pay you next to nothing in exchange for reading emails. These websites
are:
www.donkeymails.com/
cashdelight.com/
www.no-minimum.com/
archerfish.co.uk/
I signed up to Donkey Mails after seeing it advertised on various different websites. I also signed up to Cash Delight, No-Minimum and Archer Fish not long afterwards, thinking that I may as well earn some more money along the way. With a low payment threshold for each website, I thought that I would at least get a few dollars / pounds relatively quickly. I knew right away that I wouldn't be getting rich from these sites, but little did I know that after five weeks, I would have accumulated only $1.27 and I could only actually withdraw seven cents from No-Minimum.
The concept for each of these websites are identical; you receive emails in your inbox and click a link which redirects you to a website. Their is a banner at the top of each page which tells you how long you need to wait, and how much you are going to get paid. You typically have to wait 10 to 30 seconds depending on the email (and payment). After waiting the required amount of time, your account is then credited.
The payment for each email is meagre. You are paid 0.1 - 0.5 cents for each email URL you visit! The majority of the time, I was paid 0.1 - 0.2 cents with Donkey Mails, Cash Delight and No-Minimum. I was lucky if I could receive enough emails to earn half a cent per day with each of these websites.
Archerfish pays you slightly more by giving you 0.25 - 1p (about 0.4 - 1.6 cents) for each site you view. However, I only received a maximum of three emails per day from Archerfish and often there were no emails at all. With sporadic emails and a cash-out amount of £3.00, I estimate that one would need to spend over one year to cash-out. This is ridiculous! Your time is worth more than that.
There is also an option to refer people to each site. You then get a percentage of their earnings. You also get a smaller percentage from each of their referrals, similar to a pyramid scheme. However, since each site is free to use, they are not pyramid schemes per se, but they are still a huge waste of time. Ethically, I would not refer anyone to these websites. Sadly, it seems this is the only way to make money with these 'Paid to Read Email' websites.
After five weeks of reading emails from these websites, and also earning
money though their paid-to-click programs, I accumulated:
$0.27 through Donkey Mails
$0.03 through Cash Delight
$0.07 through No-Minimum and
£0.38 through Archerfish (including the 25p sign-up bonus)
The results speak for themselves. I highly recommend steering clear of these types of websites. I quit a long time ago and only wish that I quit sooner. They can keep their pennies! Clearly the only people who actually make any real money with these sites are those who refer dozens of people to them. Of course, I'm sure the website owners have done quite well for themselves too. If I have prevented anyone from signing up to any of these sites, then writing this article was truly worthwhile.
The Bottom Line:
Estimated total amount of time spent: 2 hours
Total cash earned from all four sites: $1.27
In
actual fact, I did not receive a penny due to not reaching any payment
thresholds, except for No Minimum. However, it seemed too pitiful (and
embarrassing) to withdraw seven cents!
P.S I'm glad to see I'm not alone; here are a couple of additional reviews of two of these sites:
Donkey Mails: http://adf.ly/ZEcMH
Archerfish: http://adf.ly/ZEcbY
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