Sunday, January 20, 2008

First, get an email address that you don’t use for anything personal. Either an old one that you don’t use anymore or sign up for a new one. Reason being, you will get TONS of junk mail with this program and it’s best to use an address where you won’t care about the junk mail. Some people say that alternating between email addresses when completing the surveys helps the approval rate. I alternate between 5, but you do whatever you feel comfortable with. If you sign up for gmail, you can use the same name for all of them with a slight variance. Say you choose ttisgreat@gmail.com. The various email addresses you could use are
ttisgreat
t.tisgreat
tt.isgreat
tti.sgreat
ttis.great
ttisg.reat (etc. move the dot over one space each time)

They all go to the same email address (ttisgreat@gmail.com) but when filling out offers all count as different addresses. Again, might be best if it’s not an email you use for personal things. You’ll still get tons of junk mail.

Second, go to www.privatephone.com and sign up for a free voicemail number. That way you won’t have to give out your home or cell number. This free voicemail number is only voicemail. You can’t call out from it, but people can call and leave messages.

There are 3 sections in which you can make money. Cash offers, Cash shopping, and Cash surveys.

Cash offers
*There are hundreds of these. They range in earnings from $0.50 to $70. You can complete as many as you want per day, but it is suggested not to complete more than 5-6 per day.

*For the smaller offers (50-75 cents) you usually just have to enter your email address and go through a quick survey. Frequently the survey has nothing to do with the title of the offer, so don’t worry about that. I click “none of the above”, “no thanks”, or “no” to everything. Sometimes you have to click yes on one offer before getting to the next page, so I do, but then on the next page, you can skip that offer or click no thank you. Typically, you don’t have to go through the whole survey. You’ll start to learn the system. For the smaller offers, typically you only have to do the first 3-4 pages and then you can close it.

*For offers that are worth more, you usually have to sign up for something such as a free trial offer. I’ve done a few of these. Some get approved, some don’t, so don’t freak if it doesn’t. I usually try ones that have very low shipping, but are worth a lot in TT.

*Not all offers get approved which is why it is suggested to only do a few a day. (Why do 30 if only 5-7 get approved?) It’ll email you to the address you signed up with when an offer gets approved. The money goes into an account and is mailed the following month (around the middle of the month.) You have to have $20 in the account by the end of the month before they mail you a check. (The money will roll over into the next month if you only end up with $18 or so)

*This is very important!!! Between every offer you complete, you have to clear your cookies on the computer. Only after you complete an offer, not during!! If you don’t know how to do that… while on the internet, click tools, then internet options, then clear cookies (delete cookies). Between every offer! Helps approval rate.

On some of the sites, you do need to go all the way through. Here are some screen shots so you know what to look for.
If you ever get to these screens, it means you’re done!!

Cash surveys
*They allow you to complete one per day. On every 24 hours. You don’t have to sign up for anything. No junk mail (woo hoo!). Simple survey. Usually 10-20 minutes long. You have to do all the pages in this one (unlike cash offers). Each one is worth $0.75 -Simple, easy money! It might keep saying you don’t qualify or “click here to be connected to our partners.” Just keep going until you get the pop up message from TT saying you’ve complete the survey. Sometimes, you won’t qualify for anything they are offering at that time. Try back later in the day. If you refer someone and they only do these ones you won’t make anything off of them. You only make money when they (your referrals) do the cash offers or cash shopping.

Cash shopping
*In this category, if you purchase from these stores online, you get a commission back into your account. Let’s say you sign into TT and buy something from walmart.com- If they are offering 3% back, you’ll get 3% back into your TT account from the total that you bought at Wal-Mart. They offer tons of companies. I ordered flowers for Valentine’s Day and made an extra $2.00 in this section. This is all I’ve done in this section so far.

Gems
Topaz is given to you after you complete 10 daily surveys.
Ruby… You have to buy it.
Diamond…if you buy a secret in the trading hut, it’ll tell ya where to try to find it.
Sapphire…through offers. The journal page will tell you how.
Amethyst…through cash shopping. The journal page will tell you how.
Emerald…through referrals. The journal page will tell you how.

Ranking
There are 5 different ranks.
Each correlates to the number of approved offers.
I believe these are the requirements for each rank.
0-9 = Wishing Well Spelunker
10-19 = Metal Detector
20-29 = Grave Robber
30-59 = Relic Hunter
60+ = Treasure Trooper!

Tips
Fantastic website for tips! www.treasuretroopertips.com Lots of good information.
Also, there is great information on the TT site! (www.treasuretrooper.com) Under the forum and frequently asked questions there are all kinds of users giving out good information.

Money!!!!!!!!
You get 20% of everyone earnings that you refer to the program. It doesn’t take 20% from them, you just get an additional 20%. If your referrals refer someone, you get 5% of everything that person earns. Refer, refer, refer!