A Smorty update
I emailed Smorty about my referral money that is due to me. In total, it is only around five bucks but still - it’s my money dammit!
Smorty responded rather quickly. They are trying to pay the “we paid you your referral payments with your regular payments” card. I’m not falling for it. Not only do I keep meticulous records of my online income, but they have a payment history tab. And that payment history details the exact thing you were paid for and the amount.
I responded that they still owe me. And now I wait.
Enough is enough
I decided that enough is enough. I could be earning interest on the money that Smorty owes me. Instead, those bastards are earning my interest. So, I shot them off an email inquiring about it’s status. Let’s see if/when they respond.
Here is my polite email:
Just wondering how long it takes to get paid for referrals. I have referred someone that I know has approved posts yet I have not seen any referral income.
Please advise.
Smorty announces new income stream; I announce that Smorty owes me referral money
Smorty is an money making venture that should really be avoided. In fact, I need to take down the link to it that I have in my sidebar. You see, Smorty apparently does not like to pay. It is like pulling teeth to get regular payments. And then there are referral payments. I know I have referral payments due to me. Yet they are no where to be found. I sure wish they would pay up.
Apparently the money that they have been withholding was being used to develop a little something new. Here is the email I just got from them…
Dear Smortians,
We have an exciting new feature! Digxa Mini Stores.
Publish contexual click through advertising on your blog with Digxa Mini Stores. This customizable solution allows you to place both standard and pop up product banners from related words within your posts. For example, the words “mobile phone” may generate a visible link that pops open a banner advertising a “mobile phone” if the visitor places their mouse over it. If this product is clicked on, you will receive a commission ranging up to $0.60.
Login to your Smorty admin panel to get started today for free! https://members.smorty.com/
The new http://www.smorty.com website is also ready. Check it out for all the information you need.
Good luck and happy blogging to you all.
Team Smorty
Douchebags.
Smorty owes me money for referrals
About a month ago I wrote about wondering is Smorty is having cash flow problems. I wrote that because they owed me money at the time and had not paid me in several weeks. Eventually they did pay me. Sort of.
You see, they paid me for the opportunities that I had taken. However, they have not paid me for my referrals. Sure, it is not a lot of money. But I would rather be making that measly interest off of it than let them!
The verdict is in - stay away from Smorty if you want to get paid.
Smorty and Blogsvertise paid me…finally
After my complaining, I finally got paid!
Both Smorty and Blogsvertise have paid me. However, I am still awaiting a small referral payment from Smorty.
Even though they have paid up, this gringo plans on staying away from these sites in the future. You see, I could be earning interest on that cash instead of them.
And hopefully, I will get the hang of this affiliate marketing thing and not need to use sites like that any longer!
Success!
Today I got my $6 payment from Blogsvertise! Woo hoo!
And I got about half of what I am owed from Smorty! No clue why they only sent half. After all this time they could at least not be total douches about it and send me the full amount.
I think it is safe to say that I am officially done with both Blogsvertise and Smorty.
Instead I am trying to get away from the work of doing the sites that pay you to blog about this or that. Instead I am working on getting some great content on my other sites. And I just bought three more domain names that I will need to work on. The goal is to get some true passive income working for me.
Blogsvertise and Smorty owe me money
It is hard to make some pesos when people are holding them hostage. Here I was last month looking for new ways to make money. I thought I had found some. Turns out I just found some places that end up owing me money instead of paying me.
Blogsvertise was supposed to pay me on 3/23/08. I have not yet been paid.
And Smorty still has not paid me the $125-ish that they owe me.
Is Smorty having cash flow problems?
Smorty owes me around $125. According to their blogger FAQ bloggers get paid on a weekly basis as stated below.
I have been waiting on my payment for about 3 weeks now. And it seems that I am not the only blogger in this not getting paid boat. There is an entire thread about it on the Smorty Forums.
So what gives? Is Smorty having some cash flow problems? Has Smorty turned into a scam? Now, I have gotten paid by them before. In fact, I got paid a little over $100 last month. Of course, nothing has come my way this month. And, well, I’d rather earn interest on it than let them!
Some people on the Smorty Forums report getting rude email replies when they have emailed to inquire about the payments. Maybe advertisers should be made aware of this payment issue with Smorty.
I can’t say that I will continue to use Smorty as a way to make money online. How about you?
A tale of the busy little gringo
That would be me - the busy little gringo.
This little gringo has been haulin’ ass to make those pesos. The good news is that there has been progress. The bad news is that I am still not at my needed $250 per day average.
¡Qué lástima!
Seriously.
So, what the chalupa have I been doing? Makin’ pesos!
I have been doing my usual. But I have also been trying out new things.
Smorty
I have tried out Smorty. Not a lot of opps but still enough to make it worth it. Sign up here and help me make some referral pesos.
My review of Smorty
I like Smorty. Since signing up with them earlier this month I have made $54.00. That is not a huge amount, but it is better than my Blogsvertise earnings so far. Plus Smorty pays out way quicker than any of the other places that pay you to blog. The highest dollar opp I have gotten from Smorty has been for $9.00 and the lowest has been $6.00. I think I could make at least $200 a month with Smorty. I admit that I have not been using it all that much this month, so I really do think that my earnings could go up.
My complaint about Smorty is that it logs you out too quickly. I like to leave the places that pay you to blog open in a tab that I can refresh every so often. But with Smorty I have to sign back in like every 15 minutes. And you see a lot of the same advertisers on Smorty that you just got paid to blog about from another site.
My loves about Smorty - Smorty also has a nice referral program. When you sign up you can only give one URL. But after getting approved you can add more and they get approved quickly.
Conclusion - Smorty is a keeper for me!
Blogsvertise
Blech is what I say to that.
My review of Blogsvertise
Big waste of time. Seriously. I have gotten on opp from them so far. And it takes 30 days for payout. And you can’t add more blogs to your account for like ever.
Conclusion - this is not a money maker that I will actively pursue. What a waste.
In Smorty vs Blogsvertise, Smorty wins big!
More ways to make more money online
After realizing that I needed to up my online income by five I have been looking for new ways to make more money online. Like all of the other schmucks that are trying to make money online I read a bunch of other people’s blogs that have to do with making money online. Sadly though I seem to be the only one on the quest for one million pesos. Don’t people have goals anymore?
Well, after reading the latest post on Mike’s Money Making Rants & Raves I saw a lot of things that he is doing that I am not. So, I got to work. I signed up with
and I am hoping to get approved for that for my blogs. It would only let me submit one blog though, which is kind of a bummer. From what I can tell it seems like a good way to make some cash. What I like most about it is that they seem to send you the opportunities for peso makin’ by email. That’s great as it means I do not have to sit and hit refresh all day long to snag an opp. And I also signed up for
However I found their rules to be a bit over the top. I do not see us having a lengthy love affair, but I thought I would give it the benefit of the doubt.
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Current: 64,288.69 MXN
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The exchange rate
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The goal? 1,000,000 Mexican Pesos.
Current exchange rate as of 4/15/08 is 1.00 MXN = 0.10 USD.
So, 1,000,000 MXN = 95,350.23 USD.
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