Lack of forum sites that pay members

peachpurple Level 1

September 1, 2017, 11:45 am

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There are many forum sites to participate online but many are not paying members because the forum owners could not afford to pay either. Only TheForumWheel , Forumcoins and Postloop are paying members which is the reason why these forum sites are still active until now. The rest of the forum sites are dying due to lack of interaction of members.

What other forum sites do you know that pays members?

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

peach,
Actually, you listed the only ones that I am even aware of. I am doing okay and am pretty consistent on postloop, but it days pay very little. I think all of them are like that, and understandably so. I am curious, as well, as to other forum sites out there that pay--there must be more than just these three, of course, right? Anyone have any suggestions here for further exploration?

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

The reason why forum posting websites are dying because you get low quality posters that want to post spam your website with low quality posts. And as a forum owner there is nothing worse than watching your hard earned money go up in smoke over low quality forum posters. So people quit paying these forum posting websites and then they die out and people wonder what happened.

@JoeMilford this wasn't directed at you I just couldn't find the reply button to make my own thread.

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mar06

mar06

Yes that's true some forums are not able to pay those member who are working on that forum. They just scammed those who are willing people to work in their forum. Instead of that, they should close their forum if they no responsibility on what forum the have.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

Maybe I'm wrong (who knows? haha!), but... I think currently, there is nothing like the PostLoop system and TheForumWheel. If it exists, I think it's not something - yet - well known.

I believe they must be very complicated platforms to keep working properly and so there aren't many of them available.

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TheArticulate

TheArticulate

I haven't found any other services like Postloop or TheForumWheel, but there are several forums that operate on the same system as ForumCoin does. You could check out BeerMoneyForum.com, where you're paid in BMF coins for every topic you post and every reply you make, which is kind of neat. It seems to be a pretty thriving community right now, and a great source for other work from home opportunities as well.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

I know BeerMoneyForum, but just like ForumCoin, the amount paid for posts is very low.

I'm fully aware that the intention is not to get rich, but I think they should value the work of employees / members better because this would - possibly - attract new members to the forum.

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TheArticulate

TheArticulate

The draw to BeerMoneyForum is not necessarily to get rich by posting, but to be able to share online revenue options with other users. Their community facilitates discussions on other online earning opportunities like affiliate marketing, survey sites, writing jobs, etc.

I don't think you're ever going to find a forum that pays you a really good amount to just post threads and responses.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

TheArticulate,

I know how BeerMoneyForum - and the others sites similar to them - works (in general, the values are always low) and no, my intention is not to get rich. What I can currently earn is already very good so far. I can't complain about anything.

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peachpurple

peachpurple

yes, these two forums pay very low but I love the community members who are very friendly and supportive. If you want to get rich, I think Postloop should be the one.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

Articulate,
I haven't heard of this one yet, but lord knows I need more beer money, lol. Yet another resource to explore. Does it work like postloop? Also, apparently, you can find even more work from home online resources there? Thanks for the suggestion.

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TheArticulate

TheArticulate

It's an actual forum, not a forum posting service, so it's a little different than Postloop. However, there aren't daily limitations to how much to can post there like at Postloop. The more you post, the more BMF coins you get which can be cashed in at some point. You're paid less for posting there than on Postloop, though.

Yes, they have tons of resources for online resources. They share leads to survey sites, marketing techniques, writing sources, and the likes.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

Cool--thanks so much for the clarification here. I see.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I used to make $5 a day with PostLoop but the number of forums has slightly dropped recently and some of the sites over there that are owned by the PostLoop staff have reduced the amount you can post per day so my daily target has dropped a bit. Right now it's around $2.50 a day which is not bad but nothing great either. I'm not aware of any other sites like, to be honest. I know there are actual forums that pay to post but not sure of any sites similar to PostLoop or TFW.

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peachpurple

peachpurple

Yes there are more than I had mentioned but I only know those three that pays members. As for others, the owner don't pay at all.

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Pixie06

Pixie06

There are many other paid to post forums. I have a friend who used to post at forum called ''Paid Forum Posting'' and he was making a good amount on there. As for me I consider the best paid to post forums to be Postloop and The Forum Wheel. I recently joined Beermoneyforum and I can see some members earning a good amount on there.

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LeJayJ

LeJayJ

There is another site out there that pays for forum posts, albeit not all that well. It's called BulkComments. I am not sure if they are taking on more forum posters or not, or how even, to apply to write for them as I was invited to it by an old forum webmaster who liked my posts. Right now the website is under construction for some revamping but it should be up and running again within a day or two. Along with paying writers to post comments on forums and blogs, it offers other writing opportunities after you have made a certain number of posts. The most common of these is sentence rewrites for which they pay reasonably, but do be aware that they are very picky about grammar, punctuation, following their format/layout for sentence rewrites and submitting the completed work on time. They pay out very promptly and the minimum for payout is very low. They also pay in US funds which makes the low rate of pay slightly higher if you are Canadian.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

This sounds great! This is right up my alley as a part-time English professor. I have not yet heard of BulkComments until your post just now. I wonder if they use PayPal or not. I would be willing to edit sentences--I do that for a living already with my students, so this might be the most optimum site for me to experiment with. I love writing anyway, so this could be a pretty good opportunity for me.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

Could you send me the url or link for this site? I try googling it and I get all sorts of stuff!

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

Both forum coin and beermoney forum are not worth the effort and management is very sketchy with regards to beermoney forum, I was banned on my first day because according to the admin I copied my post. Well I didn't copy it, it's all original and I typed it straight into the reply box, it's all done freehand and the I was told that plagiarism is not allowed, it was a relatively long post and the guy probably thought I was copying it. Anyway, reviews are telling me that it's not a good paying platform. And there's a lot of forums that are paying good this days.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I think the main reason is that a forum should not have to pay a member to post over there. TheForumWheel and PostLoop are not forums themselves but just a service that lets you earn money for posting on certain forums. And those forums do not normally pay you to be a member, it's just that they want a few posts and are willing to pay for them. It would be nice to have more forums where you can earn money for posting but I doubt there will be many.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

Exactly.

People still confuse the functionality of systems such as PostLoop and TheForumWheel. The situations are totally different and usually, because of lack of knowledge, the same people end up commenting wrong things about them.

People should do more researches before forming a conclusion.

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Tronia

Tronia

I completely agree with you.

When I first began participating in forums which was like 15 years ago, no forum paid you anything. Ever. There weren't even any giveaways and so on. Nowadays, true, most forums don't pay their members but plenty of them have nice giveaways such as games.

Postloop is a service and not really a forum. It helps forum owners that want or need more members and better posts, etc. You already mentioned all of the sites that do pay though, sorry.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

For the owners who can't afford money as "bargaining chips" for member collaborations, I think gift cards are excellent choices and work very well for many people.

Depending on the interest of each person, may be something that is even better than money (considering the amount paid by each forum).

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

That's because the days of forums is over. I am a forum owner and I can tell you without a doubt forums are doomed but as long as I have daily posts on my forum I am happy. Even HUGE forums such as the Official Xbox and Playstation forms have taken a HUGE hits over the years. Posts use to be so fast on the Xbox and Playstation forums that there was no way to keep up with ever post. And these days they don't get enough posts.

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galegatling

galegatling

I wonder what's wrong with people lol. Do they think that there are actually forums who pay their members for posting? I haven't even heard of one! Well there is one actually; it's a gaming forum but I forgot the name. I saw this forum before when I was looking at a guide or walkthrough on a game which got me confused and the search result lead me to that certain forum. They have these forum credits wherein if you reach a certain level or amount of credits, you will have the options to use those credits such as withdraw it as amazon gift card, steam wallets and others which I think is pretty awesome.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

I don't know any other than those you have mentioned and honestly, I don't miss more "forums" because I'm quite satisfied with the values that I have managed to earn.

I prefer the stability of serious platforms that stand firm and always working properly than platforms that emerge promising "rivers of money" and simply disappear.

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Painterly

Painterly

I would argue that the paid forum sites are dying because they've failed to keep up with the times. They rely on an outdated preoccupation with forums, which at one time was a central part of the whole internet experience but which now serves a more ancillary role. These sites need to break free of their antiquated infrastructure which holds them back from opening into new avenues, like paid Reddit or Facebook posting. It is social media where the real money lies in modern SEO. For these businesses to stay afloat in the future, they're going to have to provide organic link backs and comments via modern services.

Likewise, forum owners who use these services need to understand that there is a minimum budget which will have the desired effect on their sites. Too many will buy one round of posts, groan about how it "didn't work", and give up. Producing the amount of content necessary to get noticed by a search engine and listed meaningfully isn't a two-day operation. It takes a long time to build and thus, any investment you're making in the forum must be suitably large that you can facilitate your writers.

There are people on both sides of the line who won't be happy with this post. I'd remind them, I'm not Google, or its changes to the way their search algorithms work. Neither am I society and its endless penchant for change over time. I am simply the unfortunate fool who has to bear the bad news. It is every business owner's responsibility to negotiate these changes thoughtfully or face the consequences of failing to compete in the economic Darwinism that so thoroughly characterizes commerce on the web.

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RedVelvetJuliet

RedVelvetJuliet

I agree so much. I always see so many forums here always popping up and leaving. I have been on ones that even kicked me off the forum or just disappeared because I suspect they were running out of cash and didn't want to pay too many people. The whole idea of a forum doesn't work in 2017. Social media is where the money is. I would love Reddit posts or even Facebook posts. Unfortunately, I don't think there is any system like that yet. Only time will tell.

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Painterly

Painterly

There is no way to automate it the way you can on php boards as Reddit and Facebook aren't likely to think highly of a request to add third party software to their sites for commercial purposes!

But there is always personal verification! Sold as a premium service, it would certainly be possible to hire a few people and assign them the job of verifying that said user made x number of posts on social media. Plenty of other successful services do this. The main hurdle is a lack of vision! Too little back-end selling is done. These paid forum posting sites do little to groom their clientele so they understand what works, and what does not. They are missing opportunities for up selling to these proposed premium services they could be offering in the process!

That is just a shame!

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peachpurple

peachpurple

yeah, some of the forums are dying because lack of traffic and members. Nobody can sustain the loss unless increase of members and traffic. I agree that cash flow is the main cause of flopped sites. Social media didn't collapse, not even one. Amazing.

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

I can tell you for 100000000000000% sure that no amount of money will make a forum be popular. I know someone who spent $40k real life dollars on forum posting, advertising, and seo and he made it to 150k posts. And the minute that he stopped paying for posts his forum died and he gave up on it. So the moral of the story is a forum is either going to take off or it's not no matter how much money that you spend.

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TheArticulate

TheArticulate

There was a forum a while back that was listed on Postloop called BeerMoneyForum which paid users in BMF coins for every topic they created and every post they made. I checked them out just a little bit ago and it looks like they're becoming quite a thriving community. Not to mention it seems like a great source of finding work at home opportunities as well.

You might check them out!

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peachpurple

peachpurple

Thanks, I have long heard about this site but not yet register because I needed to know anyone was paid or not.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

That's actually how I found out about them as well. They are great although the pay per post is a bit lower especially when you compare it to what you earn when you post on TheForumWheel and PostLoop. I actually managed to cash out from it before although it was only $1. The payment was extremely quick as well so I would definitely recommend the site to anyone.

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iamawriter

iamawriter

myLot is another site that pays regularly. It is a revamped site. It stayed away paying for atleast 3 years and has returned with new management since over a year. i have been there right from 9 years .
myLot pays very little but they pay and promptly too. It is more of a chatting site.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

Thanks for mentioning this site. I had not heard of this one either yet until today. I just took a look at the website, and it looks pretty promising at a first glance. Per your suggestion, I think that later tonight I am going to sign up and give it a shot. Hopefully it will pay off in knowledge, fun, networking, and a little bit of money.

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iamawriter

iamawriter

That is one place where you do not have to bother about your spelling and grammar nor can you point out mistakes of others (lol)
There you get paid for what others contribute and not what you write.
That is why you need to have a great following there.
See you there.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

The comments I've read about MyLot are always positive because even though the amounts paid by the site are low, they seem to be consistent (and for everyone trying to make some money online this is something essential).

Do you think it is worth investing time in it?

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iamawriter

iamawriter

If money is what you are after then you need to think again. Unless you have scores of friends to help you fill up your coffers your earnings will be extremely slow. But if you want a laid back site and enjoy interacting that is the place for you.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

Thanks for the feedback.

It seems to me to be an interesting site. I took a look and there seem to be people from all over the world. I think this is a very positive factor for those who like to write because it offers different points of view on the same subject.

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iamawriter

iamawriter

There is so much emphasis on earning not realising in life we need other things such as good interactions with the world at large. I cannot thank enough for the opportunity I get at myLot to interact with so many all over the world. I used to long for penfriends in my younger days and now at a click of
the mouse I have them at my door step so to say.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

iamwriter,

I'm seriously considering the idea of starting to use this site (myLot). This interaction with people around the world makes me very excited. It's like you take a trip without leaving the chair, haha.

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iamawriter

iamawriter

It sure is. You may not get too much interaction to start with but if you keep commenting on discussions of others that is how it starts. You could also post discussions of your own.

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RedVelvetJuliet

RedVelvetJuliet

I think Postloop is better for this purpose then. I don't have to worry about hordes of people having my back. I earn money for the amount of work I put in, and the pay is higher too on POSTLOOP. Unfortunately, on sites like this, you won't make as much as a real job, but I'll take what I can get.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

RedVelvetJuliet,

I think making those earnings online a real job is a very risky thing because there are a lot of instabilities on various websites. This doesn't seem to be the case for Postloop because so far I have been very pleased with my results / earnings.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

Seems to be an interesting place but if the pay is not much like you said then it's probably not the best site to be using. I read a post on there that someone managed to make a $1 after posting quite a lot for a day. That doesn't sound too good especially when there are better alternatives like PostLoop and TheForumWheel where you can make a lot more than $1 per day for very little work.

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iamawriter

iamawriter

That place is for lazy bones and for those who also want to vent out their frustrations that they come across in real life. They seek solace and they get it.

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peachpurple

peachpurple

Oh yes, I am a member there now. It does pay, I was paid twice and am happy to announce that Mylot is a legit site. However, it isn't a forum site, more of a discussion site

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

myLot? I haven't heard about this site before, maybe I would look into it and see how good it is in paying its registered members who work on the site.

I hope I can find testimonials thread on the site just to review writer's views on how good and prompt the site is with payout.

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Authord

Authord

Well, I don't think you will find a forum that pays you for being a member, and that's actually why most of the forums are getting dry. And postloop or forumcoins and co, are not actually forums, there are web services, where forum and blog owners, who need interactive sessions on their blog or forum come to and get members.
It will be difficult to see a forum that directly pays members, without a third service gateway. And paying members directly is not recommendable, it's odd.

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Painterly

Painterly

I would like to point out the credit of your last statement by citing the example of alt-currency sites like Steemit. They run a business model in which they have a blockchain which is built on by posting content on their site that the community finds valuable. This has lead to some of the lowest quality, junk data posting I have seen since the days of key-word stuffing back in the late 90s. The site is rife with scammy "let's all make money" posting, fringe political conspiracy theories, and blatantly false information posing as authoritative sources. On these paid posting sites, value is inherently based on a cult of personality more so than the quality of your posts. No one should be happy about this.

All of this is bad enough without considering the high probability that Steamit is being manipulated from the top by its owners.

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Authord

Authord

Exactly. Couldn't have said it any better.

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galegatling

galegatling

I don't think that lacking is the right term for this. You can pretty much find a site that pays members by posting on forums such as the ones that are mentioned above. But if you are looking for sites that pays you to post, really, I suggest you go to freelance markets and offer your services there. There are companies and clients who hire freelancers to post comments or make posts on their blogs or websites.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

I think people still often confuse a lot of forum with site. This ends up generating a certain conflict that implies precipitous / erroneous conclusions about their function.

In my opinion, this is a clear lack of reading / interpretation of things.

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galegatling

galegatling

Yeah. Although some websites also pay their subscribers to post or review things depending on what they agreed upon, there are obviously a lot of differences when it comes to websites and the forums.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

I don't think it's so complicated to realize the difference between them, but unfortunately... Many people can only see in front of them one thing: the possibility of them making money in some way.

This, somehow, seems to leave them somewhat blind.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I agree. A few people that I have met here or on other money making forums such as ForumCoin seem to think that all forums should be offering money for their posts which I think is silly. Not all forums have to pay. There is a difference. There are a lot of normal forums just for discussions that do not reward users. And there are also a few SITES out there that will pay you for your posts.

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

The aforementioned forums or sites mentioned on this thread are actually paying writers and there are a lot more that still pays which I have participated in and earned quite a lot from. Some of these sites are as follows ;

Prize rebel
Pont2shop
Shutterstock

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DenisP

DenisP

I was recently reading up on a site called Paid Forum Posting (pretty literally title, I know) that still seems to be somewhat active. I found it after doing a simple Google search on sites that are hiring writers to post on forums. It seems that there is a pretty consistent stream of people applying for work so I would assume that it is still functioning to some degree. I've been meaning to check it out but simply haven't had the time as I've been preoccupied with other work. It seems to be on top of many lists of recommended sites for such similar work.

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mar06

mar06

Having lack of forum is great for those people who have a small rating. Though having lack of forum can make you harder that usual because you should to pay attention in each forum you see. So there are also disadvantages despite of advantage of having lack of forums.

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Judas2018

Judas2018

I think there are more forums looking to hire people as administrators or moderators, as opposed to posters. Running a forum is tough work.

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

Paid Forum Posting is the highest paying forum posting site that I've encountered so far. You have to post 7 trial posts first and each one should be perfect to get in, if you fail, then get another device and email and use your wife or brothers name (with their consent of course) to reapply. It's worth it.
Postloop I think is the best, seconded by The Forum Wheel when it comes to mainstream paid forum posting. Paid Forum Posting is number one in specialized postings. My Lot well I like My Lot, it's an easy site that pays you for one liners but the most you could earn from it is from $5-$7 per month. But it's fun and zero pressure at all, it's a chat site, you get paid by chatting and by creating new threads on any kind of general topic you like.

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

Paid Forum Posting is a good site from my perspective as I know lots of people who are actively participating and earning from the site. There are other sites that pays well like prize rebel, beer money forum, swaggerbucks, etc. The only problem some of these sites have is restricting it's membership to few countries.

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DenisP

DenisP

It's been over eight months since I made that comment, and I still haven't gotten around to checking out Paid Forum Posting. I'm at a point in my life where I could really use a bit of extra money to fund some side projects so I think I might have to give it a try finally. It's encouraging to hear that you know people who are active members and earning.

But yeah I've heard of Prize Rebel and Swagbucks, but neither seem to work in the country I currently live in. Prize Rebel gives me an error anytime I try to sign up, and Swagbucks won't even load. Maybe one day they'll expand their list of compatible countries, as both sites wouldn't be bad for making some pocket change in my spare time.

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

I've tried them all and in my experience nothing compares to Postloop. All the others are suffering from lack of forums and are having trouble staying afloat and paying their posters. While some so-called paying forum sites are really not worth the effort.

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