readbud, do you think this website is legit?
By kingparker
@kingparker (9673)
United States
April 3, 2010 11:28am CST
I have no problem making extra money, especially it is a great opportunity to earn some more. But with this new launch website "readbud", you only need to read the articles of your interest, and rate it according to your opinion. Simply, you can make $1 a day as long as there are articles for you to read. I am also afraid that might be a scam, or I might waste all the time and effort there. What is your opinion?
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6 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
3 Apr 10
The site is run by an Australian company and all of the articles are collected from article distribution sites (most of them are already published many times elsewhere on the Internet).
The earnings are fairly 'generous' at around 5 cents per article (depending on article length) but, if you want to stand any chance of actually being paid, you MUST be consistent in your reading and rating of the articles. I can see (from the Terms) that it is very likely that they won't pay if there is the slightest evidence of a member trying to scam them and I doubt that there would be any mileage in trying to argue the toss if they decided to invalidate any or all of what you had earned.
The $50 minimum payout means that we shan't know for about two months whether our time is wasted there or not but, in the mean time, one has a chance to learn how to be critical about article writing and, occasionally, to get to read some interesting and useful material.
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@common_man (1799)
• India
3 Apr 10
i also doubt weather that site will be legit. I fail to understand their business model
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
3 Apr 10
Suspicious, and I don't know should I invest my time and energy into it or not. Because would I be wasting money? What if it is legit, and would I missing an earning opportunity? That is the dilemma I am facing now.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
4 Apr 10
Wow! so you might use some of those ideas from those articles to start your own writing or something like that? That might be a smart way to start.
@common_man (1799)
• India
4 Apr 10
HI
That is a good idea indeed, to write improvised articles based on articles available there. It will definitely an good investment of time.
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
6 Apr 10
Hello, Kingparker. I've joined Readbud, and I'm averaging a dollar a day. If it is a scam, it hasn't cost me anything to join, and I don't spend hours on there, so it's no big deal. I think it's worth the risk, and I have got a few ideas for articles from there.
@oxio10 (135)
• Philippines
17 Apr 10
I joined readbud just today and I earned $1.20. I cant believe it, you can earn more than a dollar per day without taking so much time on it. Me too, I dont spend an hours reading all the articles. I agree its worth the risk. Just take it as a venue of ideas, honestly I enjoy their articles. So its worth my time, I just enjoy reading it and I dont care if it is a scam. If it is legit then ok but if isnt then no deal.
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
3 Apr 10
Hi,
I am a member of this site too.I read and rate articles everyday.At present I have a little more than $5 in my account and it is a long way to got till the payout which is quite high.But I hope the site will pay.I read somewhere in this forum that someone has already got paid so I am keeping my fingers crossed.Some of the articles make for an interesting read too,so I am sticking to the site.
@lifeafterdeath09 (2043)
• United States
3 Apr 10
well it seems like that site is legit to me. i have heard some people say that they have been paid by them before. although it seems like its too easy to earn that much money from. but i guess its a possibility. 
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
6 Apr 10
I haven't yet seen any credible payment reports. The top users (as shown on the Home page) should have received something of the order of $350 ... but the numbers don't seem to change so I don't believe them a lot.
Payment 'proofs' are easily faked. Hearing some people say they have been paid is little better; even the fact that a few people really have been paid doesn't automatically make s site genuine.
@dzeanne (79)
• Philippines
4 Apr 10
I'm already a member of readbud for a couple of weeks and I've earned $10. I'm also not sure if it's legit but the articles there are interesting and I think the site is still worth my time, legit or not. I'm being positive about this and still looking forward to receiving my $50 at the end of the month. Maybe I'll tell you then. :D
