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Autosurf sites are a new way for people to make money. It is definitely not a get rich quick idea. The basic concept is that someone signs up for a site and then watches ads. Only so many ads are watched per day and a percentage is earned by watching them. It is usually only about 1% so it takes a long time to make any significant amount of money. The belief is that someone watching the ads may see something they wish to purchase and visit the site, thus generating a profit for the site. This is how the autosurfer gets paid, from sales made at the site. It is actually a relatively new concept in terms of bringing internet traffic to a site, even though it has been around for several years.

Some autosurf sites work by also paying the person a percentage of those they recruit to watch the ads. So in a way it could be listed as a pyramid program. The idea here is that the surfer will earn more money by having people under them, watching the same ads. Many sites charge a fee to join before allowing someone to watch the ads. In essence that person is helping to pay for another person's ad watching. It also helps out the site owners by letting them keep more profit from gaining watchers without paying more out of pocket. The fee can range and higher fees can give access to more ads, to entice the surfer to think they will earn more money faster. For some this is the case, especially someone that does not need to work outside the home and has long hours to sit in front of a computer doing nothing. Of course there is also the fact that many sites don't require any feedback or acknowledgement that a person actually saw the site, and thus someone could just have their computer on but be doing something else.

There are questions of if an autosurf program is nothing more than a Ponzi scam with different terms. This stems from places that charge to join and then pay older members from the newer ones join fees. They have also been called pyramid scams when someone will earn more money by having others under them. It is similar to robbing Peter to pay Paul. People should be wary when seeing an offer to make money just by watching ads. Many places have payout amounts that can take months to reach, so that it is not really worth the time that will be put in.