Get Paid to Upload and Earn Money

The "Get paid to upload and earn money" concept is getting very popular.Since there are many online file sharing services around with many 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 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.

Please read on:

1,DEPOSIT FILES

I`ve put D.F as my number one because I`ve made most money (and been paid),from these guys.There is a varying pay scale depending on files size:

Tariffs for 1000 unique downloads:

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 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!

[note]This tariff is for "unique" downloads,as in 1 download per person per 24 hours.This is why to make good money,you have to use more than one file host as most employ this tactic.Try them out and decide for yourself which territorys work best for you and post files accordingly.
Payment is automatic via a paypal account.
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:




2,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.

Again,I`ll come back to this in more detail soon.Check out the site here:

U Got File

3,QUBECASH

I`m liking this service too at the moment & its another new host that I am trying out and so far,its looking good.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.Ideal host for small files like pictures ect.

Hit up the site here:

Qubecash

4,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

5,HOTFILE

I`m still a bit hit and miss with Hotfile.Lots of people like it and some dont.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.They key with H.F is to upload large files regularly and make sure you get lots of downloads and you will be in the green.

[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
[quote]
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



{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 20% 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 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 on the net.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.
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 if you buy a premium account!.Simply download the file first before you buy.thanks..

Rapidshare - Before The Pain Strikes