How long did it take to make your first dollar on mylot?

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@mjasmin (178)
Micronesia
January 30, 2008 10:54am CST
I've been a member for 9 months and I still have not earned a dollar. It seems to me it takes to much time and effort to make money on mylot. How about you how long did it take you to make your first $1 on mylot? Did you feel that the work you put in it was worth it?
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Jan 08
It took me two days to earn more than a dollar on myLot. This is the earning record from my first two days here: Sunday, November 12, 2006 $0.50 Monday, November 13, 2006 $1.01 I don't mean to criticize, but you've only responded 54 discussions so far in 9 months? In the 14 months since I'm a member I earned around $50, and with some periods of inactivity... I'd say myLot really worths the trouble.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
30 Jan 08
I think the most important motivation you get after your first payout. Then, you know the site is not a scam and that every response you post gets you closer to the next payout and everything is natural and easier to do.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Hi stvasile, thanks for your response. Your experience is different from the previous ones. You've manage to make a dollar in just two days, I'm sure that for most people who are active here it took them much longer. I didn't realize that I had responded to as much as 54 discussions since I've joined mylot. You think it's little? I think it's a whole lot. I'm not interested in most of the discussions and since I like feedback I tend not to reply to old discussions unless I'm the one who started them. What can I say mylot is not my favorite forum ever, actually the forum where I spend the most time does not pay me a sent but I still find it more rewarding than mylot and much more easier and practical to use.
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30 Jan 08
Hi, I have to agree with you if you are looking for this to work and gain yourself money you need to put the effort and time into it it looks like to me from reading a number of the different posts and they seem to be making money from this. Good luck to you.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
30 Jan 08
OMG are you serious?! Wow!! My 6th day here I made over $3...mind you that was over a yr ago and the payment system has apparently changed since then but making a $1 in a day or two is definately doable..
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
30 Jan 08
Okay I just noticed you've been here for 9 months but have only made 55 posts...thats your problem right there...In order to make money you have to participate ya know....
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@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Hey there. Thanks. And yes I'm serious. I'll probably put more effort in the participation. Got to run. thanks again.
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@vehaileairu (2286)
• Philippines
30 Jan 08
mylot do pays, if we work hard - and they really will^_^ just put more effort
hmmmm... i answered your other discussion with the same topc^_^ anyways... i really think how long we've been matters.. but how well we perform.. i earned the one dollar for one week, that was one year and four months ago.. after the one dollar sign, i got so excited and got typing non stop.. i continue uploading photos to every discussions and it did pay me well.. so far mylot paid me $70 plus already... i am still waiting for the coming $10 for the next payout.. but there are days and months i do nothing... so got no earnings too, not a cent^_^ you can earn a lot here, only if you work well and hard.. try to participate more mjasmin^_^ take care!
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Hey. I know it's a duplicate actually something happened while I tried to edit my question, it got posted twice more or less I think this one has an added sentence. Thanks for your replies. I'll try to participate regularly but still moderately and I'll see how well my earnings are going to improve.
• United States
30 Jan 08
i have been a member since almost a year ago i have finally made 5.00 but i have never met payout not even once i think the biggest secret around here is how the people some of that i have heard of make at least 250 a month how is that possible i could use a heads up on that i put in alot of work but i dont make squat i think the friends i have made are worth more than any amount of money seeing its the only reason i am still here
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
I've read that when you refer a lot of people who stay active in the discussions you get more money. It's a good thing you made friends because friendship is priceless.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
30 Jan 08
Wow Hard to believe you haven't earned that first dollar yet. At 55 responses and I don't know how many discussions you started, you should have reached your dollar mark by now. Are your responses and discussions too short? The guidelines say to post at least 4 or 5 sentences or they may not count and you don't get any earnings for them. I have been a member for 3 months and I have recieved a payment after my second month of just over $15.00, This is my third month here and I will reach my $10 payout again. I know they pay because i have received money from them so I am now more active and will continue to be so that I get paid every month from now on. Yesterday I posted 12 discussions and 94 responses and I made $1.88. So I know the money is there to earn and I make the effort to earn my share of it.
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@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Hi chrislotz. Believe it or not I still haven't reached the dollar mark. Since this discussion seem to have caught fire maybe that will earn me the extra cents needed to reach $1. Then again I don't know maybe the popularity of the discussions you start doesn't count. But I do enjoy keeping a thread alive more than I do starting new ones so I don't start too many at a time. Thank you for sharing.
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@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
2 Feb 08
well i think i've been here maybe a week or 6 days, i have earned 1.38. it just got updated just now. so i definitely feel that my effort was worth it. i don't post much too. i think it might amount to around 20 a day but later on i can't tell as i'll be quite busy in a mth's time. but with those posts, i notice that i seem to earn around 20 to 30 cents more or less. today it was 40cents. hope it works out for you. best of luck.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
2 Feb 08
Thank you sminut. You've done pretty well on mylot.
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
2 Feb 08
thanks a lot. it just needs effort and interest on our part to make something that's all. good luck to you.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
31 Jan 08
My Earnings records start in October 2006, though I believe that I joined in April. These are my records for the last few days of October (the earliest shown): Thursday, October 26, 2006 $0.11 Friday, October 27, 2006 $0.43 Saturday, October 28, 2006 $0.62 Sunday, October 29, 2006 $0.53 Monday, October 30, 2006 $1.20 Tuesday, October 31, 2006 $1.39 At the time there were many fewer members and the payments were rather higher (I seem to recall $0.05 to $0.07 per post on average), so it was easier to make $1 a day. About $1 of the figures above was due to referrals. My referrals have since gone inactive!
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
2 Feb 08
You seem to be doing pretty well indeed. I've made close to nothing with my referrals.
• India
31 Jan 08
intially it was very difficult it almost took me three months to earn a dollor and an year for my first payout!!! its very difficult to earn here at mylot.u need to spend a lot of time.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Hi anjalisk. Still at three months for $1 you did better than me. Indeed I'm not sure I'm ready to spend too much time here since the activity is so repetitive.
@katisaurus (1038)
• Canada
31 Jan 08
When I first joined mylot I was making nearly .20 a day. So I had my first dollar in like a week. I was new, raising my post count and all that. Now it takes me forever to hit a dollar. You need to be active, if you've been here 9 months and only have 55 posts, you need to start posting. Goodluck. :)
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Hi katisaurus. I'll try and be more active starting next month than I can compare my earnings and see if my effort is rewarded or not.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
31 Jan 08
i think i like mylot very much. it took me about 15 days to reach. its not amount of time but the amount of poast you do here. I can see you have 55 to your name. I think mylot is worth of all. So try to be active more. Start, response discussions well and you will earn soon.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
2 Feb 08
I'll try and spend more time replying to discussions and I'll start one every now and then.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
31 Jan 08
55 posts after nine months.... that is 1 post every five days. I do 55 posts a day (or try to) and am upset when I don't make at least $1/day just from myself.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
2 Feb 08
One post every five days is one in a work week. I can think of, write, and respond to a post in less than an hour (if it is a good post). With everyone below helping and doing the same thing that is not bad at all.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
2 Feb 08
One post every five days that's a whole lot if you ask me. 55 post a day is something I can't even begin to imagine.... Anyway you seem to be doing pretty well.
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• Canada
30 Jan 08
I haven't made 1.00 yet but I am not here for the money. If I was I wouldn't be here. I dont earn enough, fast enough. I have been here for about a month and some days I'm more active then others. I'm only at .52 cents but I have made some nice friends, got some good advice and had alot of fun :)
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Thank you shootergirl for sharing your experience with me.Interesting... I initially came here for the money but it became clear early on that I wouldn't be earning much of it from participating in discussions. Since I do enjoy participating in forum discussions in general, I still come to start threads or respond to them. My mylot experience seems to be different from what most people here seem to be saying. I have not made any friends here and I find it hard to do.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Thank you shootergirl for sharing your experience with me.Interesting... I initially came here for the money but it became clear early on that I wouldn't be earning much of it from participating in discussions. Since I do enjoy participating in forum discussions in general, I still come to start threads or respond to them. My mylot experience seems to be different from what most people here seem to be saying. I have not made any friends here and I find it hard to do.
• Canada
31 Jan 08
i joined a day before i earned 4 cents for my first day. sounds good but i got lot of valuable information from this site
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
2 Feb 08
It's seems that I'm a head of you at this time. I wish you'll continue to find valuable information here.
• United States
31 Jan 08
just keep trying.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
I will, I'll probably reach the dollar mark by next month but a payout is still far away....
@Liasonfan (1702)
• Canada
30 Jan 08
Hi again mjasmin. Did you realize that some of your posts are appearing twice? Just thought I'd let you know. Yes as far as the money goes, I can see your point. Basically I have made my mind up to relax and enjoy posting here, and as I have done that, I feel the words are flowing just so much easier now than they were at first. No, we will never be rich from posting here, but it is a great place to talk about whatever you want to, and make a little money on the side. A secind, or third income, not an only income, I am able to do this and devote as much time or as little time as I have a wonderful hibby who makes a 'comfortable' living for us, and he and I both are just much happier when I am at home rather than working out of the house. It works for us, but I can see how it does not work for all and it is great for women, men and all couples to have a choice of how you want to live and work.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Hi Liasonfan, the discussion got posted twice while I was editing and one of my comments got posted twice because of a retry after my internet was not working. Yes indeed a relaxed attitude is probably the best. I'll keep on posting for a while and see how much money I can make in let's say 2 months if I post more or less regularly.
@trinale (1479)
• United States
31 Jan 08
Hi Mjasmin. You're right about it taking alot of time to make a dollar. So, if you're looking at it as primary or even a secondary source for a income stream, you might want to re-think it. Unless of course, you're prepared to invest 6-10 hours daily. I've been with myLot for just over 19 months and so far (have 23 referrals - none active), I'm up to $5.27. I only get about 2-4 hours daily online daily and have other interests to take care of so I don't have the time to invest to earn that $5 even in one month. My best advice is to come here as often as you can and post as often as you like to discussions you find interesting and can comment on, but don't consider the money as a factor. One day, you'll hit the payout point and then you can enjoy a fast food combo...or get a couple gallons of gas courtesy of myLot. Cheers, Ed
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Hi trinale. Actually for now mylot is mostly an experiment. I'm testing to see how much money I can make and how much effort I need to put to earn that money. After a few months of trying to post as often as possible I'll reach a conclusion and see how much time I should dedicate to mylot discussions. If I don't consider the money as a factor than I'll only come here once is a while when I have a question to ask or just to look around the discussions without even paying attention to the earnings.
• Australia
31 Jan 08
Sigh...I still haven't earned $1 yet....8 more cents to go!!! : )
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
You've been here 3 months so you've done much better than I have so far. And I have about 40 cents to go before I reach $1.
@mrsjbelle (1640)
• United States
31 Jan 08
It doesn't look like you post very much so thats why! :) It didnt take me long to make a dollar maybe a few days? I've earned .50 cents in a day though before.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Well I've yet to earn 50 cents in a month, the most I've done was about 30 cents in a month, quite a performance for me. But I will try to be more active at least for a month and see how my earnings evolve.
@honeylore23 (1081)
• United States
30 Jan 08
I got my first $1.00 here in my lot, after two weeks. Even though I am not earning much, I still like to posts here because there are many posts which are relevant and very interactive. Learnings could be made possible too just be reading posts. But I observed that days passed my performance here in mylot becomes better, and so with my earnings. I figure out at 1 month I would get $2.00 dollars base from my previous earnings, but now I got $2.43. I think we just need to put an effort here, post relevant replies and add pictures to discussion. I have read in one of the replies here, that in one day, they earn $0.40 dollars that is really amazing, how you do that? Me, the highest earnings I got since I am here is $0.21
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
31 Jan 08
Hi honeylore. Thank you for sharing. The month is ending today and I'm still behind the $1 mark. Maybe next month I'll reach it. I'll try to post more regularly and see what happens.
@Agent001 (242)
• India
30 Jan 08
I am currently at 0.37$.I have been member for only a week.To earn more get referrals,do lot of discussions.
@mjasmin (178)
• Micronesia
30 Jan 08
Hi. Thanks for the advice. I've read that referrals do get you more money than just discussions but my friends are not interested in mylot. Even when they join just for me they never participate in a single discussion.