What is Readbud?
This website enables people all around the world a chance to earn money by reading articles. Their philosphy is if you are going to be online, why not be awarded?
How to get started:
You will fill out a basic form that includes your name and e-mail address. After submitting that information, you will be sent a conformation link. This link must be clicked on in order to validate your membership and thus being able to get credit for articles you have read. Be sure to check your spam folder if you do not see an immediate response.
On the website, you will select up to 50 topics that are of interest to you. Readbud will do it's best in supplying articles to you that meet your areas of interest.
What is the pay based on?
Article content word count and corresponding rewards:
Under 100 : 1 centBetween 101 and 200 : 2 centsBetween 201 and 300 : 3 centsBetween 301 and 400 : 4 centsBetween 401 and 500 : 5 centsBetween 501 and 600 : 6 centsBetween 601 and 700 : 7 centsBetween 701 and 800 : 8 centsBetween 801 and 900 : 9 centsBetween 901 and 1500 : 10 centsBetween 1501 and 2000 : 15 centsOver 2000 : 20 cents
What this means is that you are paid based on how many words the article contains.
What is threshold for payment/method?
You will need $50 in order to cash out your earnings with this website. Honestly, it may take a while but when you have a spare moment read up on article and you can get paid anywhere from 0.01 cents to 0.20 cents. Money is money!
Readbud pays through Paypal which is an acceptable form of payment with many and me! It is easy to track your earnings by clicking on your account or simply clicking the balance button located in the top right hand corner.
Are there any referrals programs/incentives?
With Readbud, you will earn $5 per referrals that successfully reaches the $50 threshold for the first time. From reading it seems like you will only earn the $5 once and it will not reoccur with the same referral.
Readbud also offers an affiliate program which basically means if you own a website or blog you can simply post your affiliate link/banner and then the same rule applies with a referral.
Can I write articles for Readbud?
Absolutely! When you want to promote your products or services or get your opinion out there, Readbud encourages you to do so. It does come at a cost and you will have to pay 0.02 cents per click but you are able to control your budget with ease by prepaying with PayPal or major credit card.
Final thoughts...
Readbud seems like any other site out there that offers you easy money with hardly any work from you. With that being said, this is definitely something that would be used for getting extra money and in no means a stable income. However small, steady streams of income from various places sure do add up.
I will be continuing on with this to see how it goes and how long it takes to reach the $50 threshold. I find it a lot easier than taking repetitive surveys and I learn something a long the way.
To get started with Readbud...please click here!
5 comments:
I have earned $2.00 so far for just one day of reading articles!
I know it isn't much but that is pretty good considering I am hardly doing anything on my part!
Good luck everyone :)
This is a great review of the company Katie but this company isn't all that it's hyped up to be. My advice would be to not waste anymore of your time with them. I've accumulated $50 with them last summer and was never paid. You can Google search reviews on Read Bud for more info. There's a similar site to Readbud called Beezag except they actually pay you to watch videos. I love your site by the way :)
Thank you Carla, I appreciate the comment.
I have read reviews here and there about some people not getting paid and some who have.
I am one of those who like to try it out and see for myself because you never know.
I am sorry that your experience has been a bad one :( and honestly I don't waste too much time on it and some of the articles have actually helped me!
I appreciate your compliment :) It is still in the working progress and I hope one day it will be amazing!
Katie you are just like me. I too wrote a review and everyone told me it was a waste of time...they rarely pay out... Here is what I did with my review!: http://wahadventures.com/2010/09/readbud-be-paid-to-read-and-rate-articles.html
I too suggest not wasting your time. But I understand, cause I am like you and I had to figure it out for myself. lol
Ha! I did not know you had already reviewed it! So much for researching huh? lol
I'm glad someone else knows how I operate and function haha.
I will probably stop doing it as much but I do like the articles that come up on my screen so I might still read some here and there!
I appreciate all the feedback guys :)
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