The "Get paid to upload and earn money" concept is getting very popular.Since there are so many online file sharing services around with many differing options for their free and paid userbase,competition in this area is high and growing rapidly.This is good news and will provide most filesharers another opportunity to get paid to upload and earn money online.Just about any file type can be shared on these sites,documents, music, movies, pictures, photos, etc.As a blogger and webmaster for several years I have used these services numerously and would like to think I can give some ongoing advice on how we can use such sites to get paid to upload and earn money.I know there are numerous sites out there but I will focus on what I think are the best ones as much as I can here… I hope to add another opportunity for you to earn money on your daily travels around the internet.
Some of the information here is from the hosts themselves taken verbatim.The rest is the authors opinions.Any mistakes I apologise for in advance.
Please read on:
1,HOTFILE
I was a bit hit and miss with Hotfile but recently I`m getting very good results with very few files.Lots of people like Hotfile it and some dont.Not that I know why.It could be because they recently changed their pay scale and this miffed a few uploaders off.A year ago or so,I had a really good run with Hotfile,but slowly over time left the service.Now I`m back on it and giving it another go.I think the key with H.F is to upload files regularly and make sure you get lots of downloads and you will be in the green.It seems also imperative you persuade people to buy a premium account because that will keep your rank at the platinum level which is really important since getting 15$ per download (100 meg+) for EVERY download (not 1 per I.P per 24 hours)is really good.
[update 21/08/09]Interesting fact that may help:Since I hadn`t used hotfile in a while,my account was demoted to copper.Fair enough.Thing is when I upped a couple of "hot" files (100 meg +),and got lots of downloads practically overnight,my account went straight up to the platinum scale.Good news!So now it will pay best to put all my 5-10 meg files on Hotfile.7$ per 1000 beats Deposit Files pay ratio for that size and since U Got File only pay out for files larger than 10 meg,its a no brainer.
[update 23/08/09]Whatever you do,dont upload a file without posting a link to it straight away.I upped a file to post the next day and my rank went down from platinum to gold,which affects all files and tariffs.Hotfile dont like their site being used as what they see as "storage".you have been warned!!
Account type Earnings Table:
. . . . . 5-50Mb 50-100Mb 100-400Mb
Copper . .$2. . . . $3. . . . . $4
Bronze . .$3. . . . $5. . . . . $7
Silver . .$5. . . . $7. . . . . $10
Gold . .$6. . . . $9. . . . . $12
Platinum . .$7. . . . $10.. . . . $15
Note: All prices are for 1000 downloads.Updated June 2009
Rules & Conditions
1. Downloads are counted only if done from the following countries: United States, Canada, Norway, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Australia, Russia, Liechtenstein, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Turkey, Japan and Singapore.
2. We pay you 20% from the money earned from affiliates who you referred to the HotFile.com
3. File copies and different download links are supported (After you upload a file you will be able to create copies of it on our site),.
4. We count every successfully completed download, but if a premium user downloads a file more than once, that will be counted as a single download. This doesnt apply for free users downloads - their downloads are counted without limitations (multiple downloads for a file from same IP are counted).
5. FTP upload, Remote Upload, Link List, File Manager (rename,copy,delete,move files)
6. Auto backup for all uploads so file won't be lost
7. 128kb for free users download speed and unlimited download speed for premium users
8. User friendly interface - no popups, no adverts, no tricks
9. We pay every Monday (Epassporte,Paypal, Webmoney). Minimum payment amount is $15.
10. Payments are sent automatically (You don't need to do anything).
11. Detailed statistics of downloads and revenues
12. No restriction for any country - free downloads for everyone are guaranteed
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Your status depends on your conversion ratio which includes:
1. The ratio of uploaded files to number of downloads.
2. The ratio of the users that downloaded your files and the users that become premium based on your uploaded files.
We are trying to encourage the good promoters by increasing their earnings and to reduce the earnings for uploaders that mainly use the free hotfile resources for storage.
Check the site via this link:
Hotfile
2,DEPOSIT FILES
I`ve put D.F as my number two because I`ve made most money (and been paid),from these guys over a longer period of time.Their service is pretty stable,its just a pity nobody on the team took english lessons!There is a varying pay scale depending on files size:
Tariffs for 1000 unique downloads:[note]unique is 1 hit per I.P per 24 hours..
File Size Tariff
1Mb .. 4Mb - $2
5Mb .. 9Mb - $3
10Mb .. 49Mb - $5
50Mb .. 99Mb - $6
100Mb .. 249Mb - $8
250Mb .. 2000Mb - $10
For example: if you have 5 files each of 1 MB, 10 of 50 MB, 15 of 100 MB and 15 of 250 MB, your average tariff will be $7.5 for 1000 downloads! They pay for downloads originated from U.S,Germany,Spain,Great Britain,France,Italy,Portugal,Netherlands, Belgium and Canada amongst others.Minimum payment is $10. They pay through paypal
(automatically)or webmoney.You can also earn 20% of you referral’s revenue also,so it pays to get a friend or two to sign up as well.
[update 26/08/09]D.F have just added a remote upload service of their own.I`m testing it out right now!
Try them out and decide for yourself which territories work best for you and post files accordingly.
I will come back to D.F and update as much as possible,but for now,I want to quickly move on.Check out their site here:
3,U GOT FILE
Bit of a "New kid on the block",but I think the future is rosy for this Aussie based company.I`m getting good results from this service.They pay UPTO 10$ per 1000 downloads of any file (depending on territory),and if you become a premium member,the remote upload service they offer is to die for.You can transfer files from most other hosts,(like Rapidshare,Megaupload,Hotfile ect)into your U.G.F account really quickly and then serve those new links.And get paid for them.The beauty of this is sometimes its worth trying other peoples links!Use their hard work and upload time!Naughty,but effective..
Payment is made upon request via paypal.
U.G.F also works on what they call a "cookie" system and you get paid per download from the countries downloading your file accordingly:
Cookies are rewarded for the following countries:
Country Cookies/DL :
United States 10,Liechtenstein 9,Luxembourg 9 ,Monaco 7 ,Switzerland 5 ,Canada 5United Kingdom 5 ,Australia 5 ,Netherlands 4 ,Norway 4 ,Italy 4 ,Sweden 4 ,France 3
Guernsey 3 ,Faroe Islands 3 ,Jersey 3 ,Ireland 3 ,Kuwait 3 ,New Zealand 3 ,Qatar 3
Finland 3 ,Belgium 3 ,Austria 3 ,Antarctica 3 ,Satellite Provider 3(?) ,Germany 3
Denmark 3 ,Brunei Darussalam 3 ,Bermuda 3 ,Iceland 2 ,Bahrain 2 ,San Marino 2
New Caledonia 2 ,United Arab Emirates 2 ,Poland 2 ,Andorra 2 ,Isle of Man 2
Europe 2 (?) ,Spain 2 ,Hungary 2 ,Gibraltar 2 ,Greece 2 ,French Guiana 1 ,Oman 1
Estonia 1 ,Portugal 1 ,Israel 1 ,Saudi Arabia 1 ,French Polynesia 1 ,Singapore 1
Slovenia 1 ,Slovakia 1 ,Netherlands Antilles 1 ,Cyprus 1 ,Bahamas 1 ,Croatia 1
Hong Kong 1 ,Japan 1 ,Korea Republic of 1 ,Chile 1 ,Guam 1 ,Lithuania 1
Czech Republic 1 ,Greenland 1 ,Martinique 1 ,Argentina 1 ,Mexico 1
Again,I`ll come back to this in more detail soon.Check out the site here:
U Got File
4,QUBECASH
I`m quite liking this service too at the moment & its another new host that I am trying out and so far,its looking fairly good.They say they pay 20$ per 1000 downloads (U.S),and 15$ for the other "main" countries (GB, CA, AU, NO, DK, NZ, SE, PR, DE, ES, IT, FR, CH, BE, NL, AT, FI.)which at the minute,is top dollar.There is only one company to beat that.(see below).A good point on this one is that there is no minimum file size limit that i can see,so possibly an ideal host for small files like pictures ect..
[update 26/08/09]If I`m honest here (and that is the point with this blog)I dont really trust whats going on with these guys.For starters I think they`re "shaving" downloads because I`m getting plenty of hits but only a fraction of downloads,that turn into cashmoney.There is also no separate download count per file which seems a little dodgy at best.It would be better if you could tell what country the hits were coming from and how many downloads you were getting at the very least.I`ve used this service because I just wanted to try it and try out their remote upload systems,but take note you need 10$ in your account to activate it.Still trialing.Check back soon for more info.
[update 27/08/09]I can`t seem to get the remote upload service to work.Seems you cant bounce files from hotfile,D.F ect,but you can from Rapidshare,which is OK but not ideal..I`ve emailed them also about getting a seperate count/breakdown for each file,so we will see how that goes.If it was me running things at qubecash I would totally reinvent the user interface..Its not much good and if some time and energy was spent sorting it out this could be a really good host.Time will tell.
Hit up the site here:
Qubecash
5,SHARECASH.ORG
I`m still trialing this one too,but it looks good.The top payer of the bunch,paying between 30 & 60 cents per download.Only problem,if it is a problem for you,is that before a download commences,the downloader must fill in a survey.A good service if you have some premium content you dont want to go everywhere for free.If people aren`t interested in doing the survey,they dont deserve whats at the end of the trail do they?..Thats the bullish opinion.In reality you could quickly alienate your readers by solely using this service,so my advice would be to use it sparingly whilst using top notch content.And warn your readers in advance too.They require an email address and some personal information from your readers.60 cents per download is still a helluva lot of cash if you can pull this off.1000 downloads will give you $600 or so.Nice.
Check it out here:
Sharecash.org
{note}All these file hosts so far work on a 5-20% referall commission (and pay out via paypal)and the links above are my personal referer links.By clicking on them it will not affect your future earnings whatsoever,but it will give me a percentage of what you earn.Then you can do the same when you refer your friends and aquaintances!!I`m hoping this guide will help you in your uploading and earning.All you have to do is click my links as a maybe a small thank you.This guide will be updated as regularly as possible with news of other services and links to the sites as they come online.In theory this should end up the ultimate guide to the best "paid to download" file hosts out there!
Good luck!!
So that initially covers some of the main "Get Paid To Upload and Download" file hosts.There are more and they will be covered over time,so keep checking back.This blog will be updated as frequently as possible,but for now,time to move on again.
There`s one file host that hasn`t had a review yet.Time for the lowdown on:
RAPIDSHARE
Love it or hate it,you cant ignore Rapidshare.In my opinion,if you are going to get into file sharing in a big way,you`re going to NEED a Rapidshare Premium account.
How you pay for it is upto you.Since you probably are going to be working with a paypal account you can either bite the bullet and buy a years` subscription or use the revenue from the other file hosts to pay for it.
Its not all bad news though with Rapidshare.You can actually make some cash back for yourself via a referall system that works surprisingly well(this works via tracking cookies).If someone downloads one of your files hosted on R.S. and then buys a premium account,you get 2 euro`s.This system has only been in place a short time,but I`m doing ok on this.Without trying,to be honest.
[update 26/08/09]The referall system is changing.I wish i knew what they were upto.
Another way R.S gives you a little something back is via their rewards program.You get a certain amount of points per download (depending upon whether its a free user or premium customer)that can be redeemed against gifts.If you save enough points up you can get cool consumer electronics like digital cameras upwards!
The points can also be swapped for a premium account which is very handy as well.
Thats the basics of R.S.More info soon.Have a look at their site if you are not already familiar with it.The link below is to a small collection of images in a zip file that will give me that all important 2(?) euro`s if you buy a premium account!.Simply download the file first before you buy.thanks..
Rapidshare - Before The Pain Strikes
[Footnote]I`m not going to go into download speeds and upload speeds as yet.Same goes for speeds for premium and free users,because they are all different,and depending on which country you are in too.Its a mini minefield which I wish to avoid at the minute.Also referer`s income is important and I hope to go into more detail with that soon too.There are just not enough hours in the day..
