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  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Squiggles

    3 Stars Wait Decades For Dollars 11/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Free to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expect a long long wait to reach the minimum payout

    Desktopdollars.com is yet another of those websites that promise to pay you for surfing and viewing ads, and as you may have guessed already from the name, is not British based. However, you can join up from any country in the world assuming you are happy to be paid in American dollars and not good old British pounds So what is it all about? Well it’s basically another of those ‘get paid to surf’ type schemes where you register (completely free) with a user name and password, fill out a few details and then download a small program from the site that runs an advertising ... more
  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 brianlfc

    Member since 08/11/2000

    Reviews written: 285

    3 Stars UPDATED Easy to use, Low pay rates 18/11/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Very easy to use, No need to be surfing, great referal structure.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A very low payrate

    I am now in the process of going through all my “Paid-to-Surf”, Paid-for-Email”, etc programs, that I have reviewed over the last six months and updating them, as you know, these programs can be very volatile and can change with the wind, and also, sometimes they give you a decent impression, only a few months down the line you realise they are useless. I have left my original review at the bottom of the page, to give anyone the chance to re-rate from the original. So what is Desktop Dollars? Well, as you can see from my original opinion, “Desktop Dollars” are one ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    leahslad

    4 Stars Fast Cash 12/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Linking many activities means better accumulation of money

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It's US dollars only. Doh!

    Many of the opinions I have read so far indicate that most people are interested only in the adbar you can download. I wanted to set this straight and talk about the site and a few other options. THE SITE ITSELF: When I got onto the site it reminded me of the BT genie site, mainly for the fonts and colours used. Anyway, it was rather cluttered but the drop down menu's at the top allowed me to figurwe out how to navigate my way to what I needed. I wouldnt recommend going on here for a browse though, it was extremely difficult reading some of the items they put on here. Having found what I ... more
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    cjkace

    1 Star Bastard sons of scum sucking weasels 01/07/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Absolutely none

    Disadvantages Disadvantages HotText, hijacking advertising,

    Bit of an over the top title? Read on and then you tell me. Desktop dollars for the uninformed is one of the few remaining 'get paid to surf' programs, most of the others having withdrawn from the race due to lack of advertising revenue. Basically you download a small program, that when installed creates a bar on your screen that flashes adverts at you. You are supposed to be paid a set amount for every hour that the bar is running, and you are surfing the net. I used it when it first launched but after earning only 50 cents for over thirty hours surfing, I ditched it. My friend who introduced ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kano

    2 Stars IMPORTANT NOTE - no more adbar - why bother then 30/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages games, competitions

    Disadvantages Disadvantages american, no more adbar, lost your money if you collected some

    There are enough opinions here about desktop dollars and their paid to surf adbar scheme. Yes the payout rate is low, yes the bar is a pain in the ass because it makes lots of popups etc etc. Well, now nobody needs to worry about that, because as of the end of July, they will not be paying for adbar usage. AND to make matters worse for us poor internationals, if you have not reached the minimum payout of $100, your balance is deleted at that time too. They claim this is due to too many people cheating the system, like so many other adbar schemes before them. They also state they will ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bebane

    3 Stars FALSE ADVERTISING ? 19/09/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages NONE AT PRESENT

    Disadvantages Disadvantages PLENTY

    I joined Desktop Dollars around six months ago as the advertised Unlimited Hours at around 30p per hour seemed reasonable. Two months later when I received my first payment details the true figures emerged,Unlimited Hours at around 10p Hour! Then came the introduction of being paid per adverts viewed which seemed to decrease the hourly rate further.With a Minimum Payout of £25 ( Paid in US Dollars - Which will incur cheque charges )This equates to around 250 Hours of surfing at least!Unless you are Completely Mad I would certainly not advise you to join Desktop Dollars. ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    abulkalam2001

    3 Stars Not enough dollars 03/10/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Unlimited surftime

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Rates very low

    I joined this company in July after a recommendation from a friend. I have run the adbar for a number of hours (15 ish) in the month of july and thus far have accumulated $1.99 in my account. Just looking at the figures, the rate is of course pretty poor. However, for someone who works from home or generally surfs a lot, perhaps there is a sizable income to be made. One thing, I like about this program is, that it forces people to click on the continue bar every 20 - 30 mins. This is good in that, only people who at least checks his/her monitor from time to time gets paid. The click rate is by ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    PoloFruits

    4 Stars Doesnt live up to expectations 29/12/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good features on the viewbar

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Large minimum-payout balances; don't get paid by the hour

    I signed up with Desktop Dollars a couple of months ago and faithfully logged in to the viewbar every time I went online either at home or at college. In October I amassed what I thought was quite a healthy number of ads viewed but was less than impressed when I recently learnt my earnings for October: just 2 cents. To be fair, it is possible to earn a great deal more money by earning commission on your referrals' earnings but the apathy of other Internet users to the possibility of making small amounts of money for the inconvenience of losing part of your screen and watching a constant stream ... more
  • 0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bank2000

    2 Stars Desktopdollars.com bar isn't worth to use 06/09/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages no limit of hours

    Disadvantages Disadvantages very low payrate

    I Have Joined desktopdollars.com about 6 moth,but i never get any check,desktopdollars.com is not worth to use. In the first,the payrate of it is very low,less $0.10 an hour.the bar isn't ease to use also,it usually can't login,sometimes you just see a blank bar.on the other hand,the period of payment is too long,about two month later that you can see how much of your earn. the dd also have some advantages,no limit of hours and can work behind the firewall,you can use it at work or in the home. I decide give up desktopdollars.com,although i have used for a long time. ... more
  • 0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lmajor

    2 Stars I Don't Like DD 05/09/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages No limit of hours and can work behind the firewall

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Low payrate

    DesktopDollars.com has two advantages,one is no limit on the number of hours that the bar can be used, the user receives a share of the revenue.another advantage is the Ad bar can work behind firewall.So you can run it i the home or office. DesktopDollars.com also has some disadvantages,for example,the payrate is very slow and the payment period is too long,you can't konw how much of your earning till 2-3 month later.I think it don't worth sufring,i don't like it.There are many surf bar you can use: spedia.com,getpaid4.com,etc.they are much better than the desktopdollars.com. ... more
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