brightidea.com

Advantages: ~avenues to write ideas in
Disadvantages: ~management, lost of integrity

When I first approached brightideas.com, I was very excited. I thought, how nice. A place to get some great information on all types of avenues in life and make a few cents for your time. For a few months, things panned out. I had acquired quite a file there, and received payment. The information I received on many things was a great benefit. But, something happened, the site went caos, people lost earnings, and the management at brightideas.com ...
...{understated} members who have not been able to cash out their money. Midway through my joining, the site without warrant, was redesigned and a new members status was incorporated. Instead of the usualy trust or distrust avenue on a lot of writing sites, members were forced against each other and levels of this particular society of the site were elevated. Selected members were kept lower on the status pole even though they indeed wrote wonderful ... Read review

Advantages: Fun Site;Pays for Ideas;Easy to Navigate;Lots of Categories
Disadvantages: Has become slow;Non US members must accumulate US$100 to redeem

Brightidea.com is a US-based site that pays you to submit ideas. There are three categories, viz, Share, Compete and Develop. The vast majority of members participate in the first category, ie, in sharing bright, quirky, wacky or even silly ideas with other members. The compete section involves you competing against others in competitions on specific ideas, eg, new ideas for hand-held computers with total prize money of US $2,500 - a recent winner ...
...to say the least. However, brightidea.com is an interactive site which has considerable appeal and it's not bad, getting paid 3 cents for an idea which may just comprise a paragraph. Update 21/05 Sadly since I wrote this opinion this reward site has gone from bad to worse. It now only pays one cent per bright idea, the E mailing of members has all but ceased, payments have not been forthcoming, and ideas are increasingly being rejected. There is ... Read review

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: don't pay

I was surprised to see find this site listed here. It is one of many that I have been with and been screwed by. It started out great, there was a bunch of categories to write about even silly odd things and you could write as much as you wanted. You built up your list of people you read and ones that read you and these were sent by alerts or you could choose to go by your list.For me being in the states I could cash out every ten dollars and that ...
...verify the info and that was it. The next week the check would come and most weeks I got several checks. Then they change the rules. Gave us levels and started us all at level 1 and you had to work your way up sort of like here with the dots. They wanted only marketable ideas. In other words you figure out a way to improve a product or come up with an invention that they could get paid for. Really now, who is going to write for pennies and let ... Read review

Advantages: Pays
Disadvantages: Might not last

I had never heard of brightidea.com until very recently, surprising considering I am a member of most other sites of it's nature. The premise is not that far removed from what we are all doing now, namely a pay for opinions site. As the name suggest though, the site concentrates less on opinions and more on peoples ideas on everything from politics to products. Unfortunately I seem to have joined the site at a problematic time. There are a lot of ...
...have not received cheques, and worst of all - emails are not being replied to. This could all be innocent, or it could herald the downfall of the site. However, it doesn't fill me with confidence - do I really want to start on a new site if it may be on its way out? Anyway, according to the site all is good and well, so what does it offer? The premise of the site is ideas, not writing, although writing is obviously how you will put your ideas across ... Read review

Advantages: VERY GOOD SITE, GOOD POTENTIAL
Disadvantages: SLOW AT TIMES

...by: Everytime a registered Brightidea.com member rates your idea, you earn a cash royalty. The more members that rate your idea, the more royalties you earn. The more ideas you share, the greater your chance to have them seen by more members – and the greater your chance to earn even more royalties. You can then redeem your royalties, once you have $100, although it’s a US site it’s a good way or earning a few bobs. I don’t ...
...for me but the tips on this site are worth reading. You get 3 cents for every idea you submit, and you can earn quite a lot per idea depending on how good it is. The rates are really good and some bright ideas get up to 60 hits. The site is really good to visit and signing up is really easy. Easy to navigate and well designed. The only think is that it can be a bit slow at times, very highly rated in the US and has a lot of members worth checking ... Read review