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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

HTMail Changes Payment Terms

Discovered this on one of the boards I visit frequently. Double-checked on HTMail's web site and, sure enough, it's true. I've highlighted the terms that were changed.

You are credited US $0.10 (UK £0.05) if you click a link in one of our email ads to go to the advertisers web site and return our feedback form or US $0.01 (UK £0.01) if you do not visit and just return our code number from the advertisers email - but you also get US $0.05 (UK £0.03) for each feedback form returned by someone you referred AND an additional US $0.02 (UK £0.01) for each feedback form returned by THEIR referrals.

You may choose to be paid in UK Pounds or US Dollars.

The method of payment will be by cheque/check or Paypal (your choice).

Payment is made every 3 months on

March 15th
June 15th
September 15th
December 15th

Provided you have a minimum of US $25.00 (or UK £15.00) credited to your account if you wish to be paid by check/cheque or US $15.00 (UK £10.00) if you wish to be paid by Paypal - you will automatically be paid on the above dates. If you have less than these minimums then the balance is carried over until the next payment date. You can specify a higher minimum payment than this if your country has a high cost of currency exchange.

If you wish to be paid the money owed to you before you reach the minimum simply ask us to pay you at the next payment date - BUT if your account is below the minimums quoted above, a charge of $3.00/£2.00 will be deducted from the money owed to you to cover manual processing costs, and you will be paid the remainder. If the money we owe you is less than this charge - then we reserve the right not to pay.

Summary:
  • Payment for reading email lowered to $0.01. I believe it was $0.03.
  • Payment every 3 months. I think this was monthly if you made payout.
  • Payout raised to $25 for a check and $15 for a PayPal deposit. It was $10.

The "Get Paid Geek" is not happy. I had earned about $8.90 so far and was close enough to that previous $10 PayPal payout to taste it. Not quite sure how long it will take since it's been raised to $15. I'll leave HTMail on my paid email page for the time being because $0.10 per returned feedback form is nice but I will monitor this one closely.

Cammie

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