I’ve been signing up at a few review sites, some I’ve signed up with months ago and some just this last week. All in search of making some money online doing reviews of products and/or websites.

I’ve got to say I’m not sure this is the most reliable way to make money online. Actually, I know this way would seriously suck and I’m not sure there are many out there who are rollin’ in the dough doing it.

Who I’ve tried so far:

PayPerPost : You’ve probably heard of them. They came out with this system and they got caught in the whirlstorm of conflict about disclosure. What should be said when you write up a review - do you tell people or do you mask it as apart of your everyday content. Well, things for the most part got sorted out and I think as far as the players in this game go - they’ve got a good selection of reviews.

Positives: Good selection of Reviews
Negatives: Low payouts.

ReviewMe : They were actually the second review site that I signed up with. I was EXCITED to be apart of it. When I got the email from Patrick Gavin about this site, I thought that this would be a great way to make more money, why not right… Patrick was behind the Text Link Ads site and I was making money with them.

I found at the beginning I had more opportunities than I do now. I don’t know if it’s over-saturation of the site, but it’s been a desert wasteland for opportunites with them as of late. I think it’s been almost 2 months and nada. I actually turned down an opportunity, because it had no relevance to this site. I didn’t think the sponsor of the article would get much value out of me reviewing their site. So I said no. Since then - I’ve had no offers. That seriously sucks. I wonder if I blew it by turning them down. Well, I guess all I can do is wait and see.

Positives: Good payouts for written articles
Negatives: Offers are few and far between. It could be because of the type of site content I have. Maybe the whole thing is a bit over-saturated at the moment?

BloggingAds : Many moons ago I found Blogging Ads and they asked to advertise certain sites in a quick paragraph at the end of a regular blog article I wrote. I thought this was a great way to make a few dollars and my site at the time didn’t have Text Link Ads on it or was it monetizing for me. So I took them up on the offer. Now they’ve got an actual site and I just signed up with them again and I’m waiting for this blog to be approved. Not sure what offers await. So I’ll keep you posted.

Positives: A consistant number of reviews per month.
Negatives: Low payout. Not alot of offers each month.

Smorty : A new site to the scene and I just signed up with them and approved for this site. There weren’t a lot of offers available - yet. I’m thinking that this site is still pretty new and I’m hoping that it will pick up and be competitive with the likes of PayPerPost. I found this site thanks to 45n5.

Positives: New to the scene.
Negatives: Low payouts - which would mean they need more offers to build up a good payout for the blogger.

Sponsored Reviews : Another site similar to Review Me.   Unlike Review Me, Sponsored Reviews offers bloggers a chance to browse potential offers and make a bid.  The advertiser then has an opportunity to accept or reject the offer from the blogger.  Seems like a good concept and I was excited to try it out.  So far I’ve got nine review requests in - and I’ve had only one response.  The advertisers are VERY SLOW in responding.

Positives: Opportunity for bloggers to pick reviews and offer a price for the review
Negatives: Advertisers are incredibly SLOW at responding.

There are a few others that I’ve signed up for and I can’t even remember them… tells you how often I hear from them to tell me something new is available. If I don’t get a reminder or an offer… I forget. My bad.

But when I remember - or get that reminder. I’ll be posting what I think.

What do you think of review sites? Have your experiences been similar to mine or have you actually hit the golden jackpot?

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