Below are my suggested criteria to consider when evaluating which GPT sites to join and frequent.  Also included are obvious red flags indicative of potential sites with issues that should be avoided.  These criteria (below) are listed in the order in which I, myself, prefer to choose my favorite sites – your “order” may differ depending on your own preferences and requirements:

1. Site Stability, Honesty, & Financial Health / Backing
   Sites that look great and have great advertisements with superlative headlines boasting that they are the best site may not necessarily be the best choice.  I will do you little good to join a nice looking site, spending time earning to reach a significant internal account points balance only to find that you’ve ultimately been duped into a basically unsupported long-forgotten stagnant site that never pays out not matter what you do – chances are such a site is being milked by an administrator that:
   1. has lost interest in the site and rarely bothers to take the necessary steps to pay its members but leaves the site standing in the hopes that one day seen he/she may again suddenly start to care; and/or
   2. is disorganized or incompetent resulting in incessant excuses, delays, partial payments, and general headaches from the member’s perspective to such an extent that the site is basically useless as a reliable source of income; and/or
   3. has become financially insolvent  though he/she may have every intention of eventually paying the site’s members, never seems to have enough money when the time comes; and/or
   4. tends to delete accounts, steal from (reduce) the member’s account balance, never (or rarely) approve or credit member’s offer completions, or ban members when they have or are about to reach the minimum cash out requirement amount (playing dirty tricks); and/or
   5. is unscrupulous (fraudulent to a criminal extent) by allowing new members to join and present members to continue completing surveys and offers without any intention of ever paying those members for the work they have done while still collecting regular payments from the sponsors and pocketing it.

   How can you tell if the site you are evaluating may suffer from stability issues?  Look for red flags that may merit further investigation such as:

   1. Sites offering only private support options (a BIG tip off!) such as “contact us” forms or a private “support ticket” system while providing no publicly visible support such as a proper open support forum where gripes from present members can be openly read and evaluated (or having an open support forum but suppressing (deleting posts / banning complaining members) all gripes/complaints regularly; and/or
   2. Sites with an excessive amount of scam complaints posted elsewhere on the internet.  Take the time to Google the site name and take a look at what others are saying about the site.  Granted even the most legitimate and stable sites will inevitably have a few gripes out there from people who will never be satisfied (such as former members banned for fraud, etc.) or past issues that have been dealt with and solved but remain public because they reside within Google’s cached results or the original complaint had never been removed from the source web site; and/or
   3. Sites listed on GPTBoycott.com’s Watch List or worse, Boycott List.  GPTBoycott is an industry standard member complaint based voluntary pseudo-accreditation program offering trusted credentials to stable, paying sites while revoking credentials and publicizing issues related to sites with serious stability problems and those with documented allegedly fraudulent activities perpertrated on members.  GPTBoycott publishes a list of programs supporting their efforts and also has a rather informative and popular open discussion forum.

DrGPT is a GPTBoycott supporter!

GPTBoycott.com – Fighting the Get-Paid Scams!. There are many companies on the internet which promise to reward or pay you for various activities. Some require you to read e-mails, click links or to complete online surveys, while others require you to participate in investment programs or to shop via their website. These types of website are known as “get paid” programs, and are the focus of GPTBoycott. Many users have found that by joining and participating in these “get paid” programs it is possible to earn some extra money each month. This reflects the fact that most online “get paid” programs are honest and pay their members as promised. However, there are other sites which look to take advantage of their users by acting dishonestly, improperly or fraudulently. The aim of GPTBoycott is to name the offending ‘get-paid’ companies, and to urge our visitors to stop using them. If you’re tired of companies stealing your time and money, and if you want to know which sites to avoid, take a look around this site, and help us stamp out fraudulent behavior online!

Gone are the days of waiting days, weeks, or even months for payments from GPT (get paid to…) and paid survey sites.  Dietzel & Dietzel (the NetworkLagoon people of CashLagoon and GamingLagoon fame) have recently implemented exciting sweeping new improvements to all of their cash based GPTs:

CashLagoon | PayByOffers | GetPaidTo | FreeBucksSite | UnderwearCash | PageantCash

1) INSTANT PAYMENTS – All cash-based NetworkLagoon GPT sites pay instantly (within 15 minutes) to PayPal.  Yes, no more waiting – instant gratification!  You may also request a promptly mailed company check or choose from a wide variety of other prizes (sent out every business day.)

2) NO MINIMUM CASH OUT – Yes, all their cash-based GPTs now have no minimum payment amount that you must reach before you can request a PayPal withdrawal (yes, if you have a penny, you may request a penny.)

3) AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS – All these sites no allow you to set an option in your profile to enable “Auto Withdrawal” of your account balance.   You may choose to be automatically paid to PayPal or promptly mailed company check.  This is especially helpful for those who gather referral earnings (no need to log in to cash out.)

4) REFERRAL POINTS TRANSFER – Neatly tucked within your account “Referrals Area” you may now notice a new option to transfer points you earned from referrals (only) to another NetworkLagoon site (including AnotherFree, DomainLagoon, GamingLagoon, HostingLagoon, PhoneLagoon, URLSavings, VideoGameLagoon, VoiceLagoon, ScubaLagoon, BabyLagoon, NascarLagoon, LagoonMusic, FreeDVDStore, AnimeLagoon, PCLagoon, NxDaily, GasLagoon, ClothingLagoon, or FreePrizeSite.)  Are you just shy of a prize you’ve been eyeing on one of the prize sites, no problem.  In addition, all the prize sites also now include the option to transfer your referral earned points to the cash sites for cold hard cash!

5) HIGHEST SURVEY / OFFER PAYOUTS – Yes, why bother going to those “other” sites that only pay dimes and nickels for surveys and offers that NetworkLagoon sites pay you much more for?  NetworkLagoon has cultivated high volume business relationships with all of the popular sponsors and sponsor networks.  They get paid higher per completion and they pass the higher incentive on to you!

CashLagoon | PayByOffers | GetPaidTo | FreeBucksSite | UnderwearCash | PageantCash

6) BEST APPROVAL RATE POTENTIAL – While those other GPT sites may check with the sponsor to see if a particular survey or offer completion has been approved for 24, 48, or 72Hrs max (after which they will deny you credit – even if they get credit for your work later) Though most approvals for credit happen within 15 minutes NetworkLagoon sites keep checking for a minimum of seven (7) whole days (sometimes longer for certain offers.)  This gives you the best possible probability in the industry for your hard work to count (approval!)

7) ALL SITES NOW INTERNATIONAL – Yes, if you live pretty much anywhere that can be considered “Earth” then you are eligible to become a member at all the NetworkLagoon sites and start earning legitimate cash and prizes! (Our sites are open to only United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, India, Virgin Islands, U.S., Germany, Bolivia, Netherlands, France, Israel, Spain, Panama, Chile, Bahamas, Argentina, Dominica, Belgium, Ireland, Belize, Brazil, South Africa, Seychelles, Tanzania, United Republic of, Egypt, Rwanda, Algeria, Swaziland, Ghana, Cameroon, Madagascar, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Mauritius, Togo, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Liberia, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Benin, Tunisia, Japan, Australia, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Korea, Republic of, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Brunei Darussalam, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Czech Republic, Russian Federation, Cyprus, Norway, Austria, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Denmark, Portugal, Turkey, Georgia, Belarus, Iraq, Armenia, Lebanon, Moldova, Republic of, Bulgaria, Finland, Oman, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Slovakia, Jordan, Hungary, Kuwait, Albania, Lithuania, San Marino, Bhutan, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Costa Rica, Macedonia, Malta, Gambia, Malawi, Slovenia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Azerbaijan, Monaco, Haiti, Guam, Jamaica, Micronesia, Federated States of, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Yemen, Virgin Islands, British, Saint Lucia, Syrian Arab Republic, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Guatemala, Venezuela, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Uruguay, El Salvador, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Bahrain, Cook Islands, Gibraltar, Paraguay, Antigua and Barbuda, Lesotho, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Palau, Qatar, Cambodia, Anguilla, American Samoa, Turks and Caicos Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Uzbekistan, Macao, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Guyana, Cuba, Congo, Barbados, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Suriname, Aruba, Fiji, Montserrat, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Chad, Faroe Islands, Somalia, Mali, Burundi, Guinea, Ethiopia, Comoros, Mauritania, Martinique, Niger, Holy See (Vatican City State), Turkmenistan, Mayotte, Burkina Faso, Andorra, Antarctica, Greenland, Wallis and Futuna, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, French Polynesia, Maldives, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, French Guiana, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga, Niue, Tokelau, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Myanmar and Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Residents. You and your computer both must be physically located in one of those countries.  Your must be 18 years or older OR 13 years or older with parental permission to participate.)

EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT – The Lagoon sites are all professionally staffed by a full time crew of administrators, programmers, forum moderators, and customer service representatives that are eager to assist you with any questions or issues you may have.  Support concerns are handled via a robust professionally moderated (24/7) support forum at www.ForumLagoon.com and (for more personalized support) a trouble ticketing system (conveniently accessible through the “Support” menu option within your account.)

9) CORPORATE STABILITY – These sites are not “mom and pop” in any sense of the term (like so many (most) other sites are nowadays.)  Dietzel & Dietzel, Inc. / NetworkLagoon operates out of a bona-fide office complex (not a bedroom.) Click here to view their office webcam.  In these uncertain economic times you can rest assured that you won’t come to the site one day only to get a “web page not found” or “this site has been suspended due to non-payment” message usually indicative of the “mom and pop” site owner becoming financially insolvent (fly by night.)  NetworkLagoon has paid millions of dollars to its hundreds of thousands of happy and active members over the over a decade they have been in business.

10) LUCRATIVE REFERRAL & AFFILIATE PROGRAMS - Every site offer’s you a very generous opportunity to earn extra cash by referring friends and total strangers to the site using your standard referral link or a custom referral link that you set (optional.)  The referral system on all sites is three tiers deep (20%/20%/20%)  Earn a steady income from the work of others!   For those more active referrers and webmasters there is also the Dietzel Affiliate Program.

CashLagoon | PayByOffers | GetPaidTo | FreeBucksSite | UnderwearCash | PageantCash

Some highlights of GreedyClicks…

• No Minimum Cash Out to PayPal
• Instant PayPal Payments
• No PayPal Fees Take Out
• Regular “Mega-Bucks” Contests
• Personalized Support & Member Support Forum
• Extremely Accurate Automated Crediting / Payment System
• Totally International GPT (Get Paid To) Site

These bullet points are just some of the many features that GreedyClicks has. Now before I go on, let me say this is not some newly launched small site. Hundreds of users have already been paid, as you can see from their payment proof and testimonials forum section. I can tell you right now that this site is going to be around for awhile. The owner knows what he is doing, and knows how to properly market GreedyClicks. Through GreedyClicks corporate funding, the site is able to maintain its power and financial stability while other GPT sites are falling and closing left and right due to the economic status. This just reinforces the fact that GreedyClicks isn’t going anywhere. This is a site that is here to stay! Sign up for GreedyClicks and Enjoy the No Minimum Cashout!

[Article originally authored by MrGPT - Edited /appended by DrGPT on 06/17/2009 to update site details]