How Do I Know A Shady Site When I See One?

Here are a few things that will help you, mate :

The most important thing to consider when choosing the best ptc websites is reliability. Will the site be there next month? It does you no good to have a program that pays two or three cents per click if the ptc site is going to dissapear soon after you buy referrals or upgrade. Many new PTC's disappear suddenly and without even a goodbye..

One good sign, is if you see the owners contact info listed on the website in a easy to find place. Another good sign is a quick response from the admin. At a good ptc site the admin will respond within 48 hours. Does the ptc site have it's own user forum? If not, that is a bad sign and I recommend skipping that one. If it does have a forum, go there FIRST and see what the members are saying. Also you need to look at how old the ptc site is and how many members it has. You can find out when the sites url was created by doing a search at whois.net. This will usually tell you how long the ptc site has been in exsistance, and sometimes the owners name and contact info will show in the search. As for how many members they have, most ptc sites put their member stats right on their front page and if you cant find this information anywhere, then I reccomend you do not join that site.

Be carefull spending money right after joining a new ptc site. Spend a small amount promoting it first and see how things go. Then if the math is working out spend more but always remember that anything can happen at a new ptc site..

Don't get scammed again !