The latest concept for the internet entrepreneur is pay tosurf. Do I mean you get paid to sit on your butt and surf webpages? Yes, absolutely! I know many people would think itimpossible to get double digit returns on their money daily,but that is in fact what is promised by these sites.

How do they work? The concept is very simple. You establish anaccount with them and then start surfing. They display pagesthat others want advertised on a timer of anywhere from 15 to60 seconds per ad. You can either look at them or go get acoffee, but after a certain number have displayed – you getpaid!

Each pay to surf program has a time span that they hold on toyour money. It may be 7 days, it could be 60 days, you decidewhat’s right for you. After that time period, they transferyour earnings to whatever service you use. Each program has afavored processor on the idea of Paypal – it’s hooked to yourcredit cards and/or bank account.

My advice is to investigate them thoroughly! A good sign is acorporation owner that is traceable and in the same country asyou, or at least in a country that will hold them responsible.You should look at the actual payout percentages, and thenumber of participants. The Alexa ranking of a page is also agood indication if they have as many participants as theyclaim.

Many of the pay to surf programs are affiliate based as welland you can get a percentage of the funds that people you referput in. Be sure you know what qualifies you for the referralbonus and how many levels deep you get paid. Even one level canbe a whole lot of money if you refer serious people!

Look for some kind of track record, meaning that they have beenin business for more than a week. This is a fairly new conceptto the mainstream internet, but there are some companies thathave been in business for several months, maybe some for ayear, but I haven’t seen any yet.

As with any new concept – especially one that pays out at thatlevel – buyer beware! Obviously, this is a high riskenterprise, but my attitude is that if it crashes and burns inthree months, at least I will have made back MUCH more than myinitial investment.

I would definitely like to hear good and bad about theseprograms. They are certainly going to get a lot bigger beforethey go away. The Internet certainly had its detractors in thebeginning and there was also the dot-bomb situation of 2001,but it doesn’t mean that there won’t be a lot of these pay tosurf site around for a long time. I’m diving in!

About The Author: Ron LeBlanc, PE spent 20+ years in scienceand engineering when woke up to his true potential and beganworking from home. He lives in Boulder, CO and works out of hishome. He enjoys helping other people learn to do home basedbusinesses. Get his tip-filled newsletter and some specialoffers at http://www.be-do-have.com