Does anyone know if this actually works? So far ive only earned 75c from 1 click, and I find that unlikely as I got a couple of people to click on the link.
Social Loot?
Lapexplosive on 17/11/2011 - 11:22
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Feels a bit like the pyramid scheme and/or spam at a higher tier!
"Introduce your friends and we will give you a cut of the profit"But of course, I've never heard of the site can't say if it really works or not!
The video was so basic and didn't really explain how one would make profits… lol.. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Feels like a scam. Theyve only given me 1 click so far
For a bit of a laugh, they also seem to own the domain name - harrystoysonbotanyrdalexandriasucks dot com
I guess that there is 1 store out there that isn't their favourite!
Same tech admin also registered cash4comment dot com, socialchaching dot com and a bunch of others in a similar tone. Domain name tends to reflect the desired business model?
Hi
I represent Social Loot. We are not a scam.
The way it works is simple. We have over 700 Australian businesses so far that have signed up and are prepared to pay referral fees to average people. Basically, you promote any of our businesses of your choice and if you friends on facebook,twitter,blogs,email etc click the link you earn money.
Each partner company sets what they are prepared to pay per referral on average and we make this known to you before you post anything.
Then as your friends click, we tally up the numbers and when you reach $50, we pay you.
It is very important to know that we also have a lot of fraud protection measures in place to protect our partner businesses (who are paying for genuine referrals). So, for example, if you click your own link 100 times, that will show up as one click, which I trust you would agree is fair.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask - we are very transparent on how our system works and have nothing to hide.
Hi socialloot,
While it's a great concept and good that you have some protection for your merchants/advertisers as well as no-spam policy, however any sort of referral scheme can be potentially unpopular here at OzBargain. If someone post a link — how can I be sure that your member has actually used the services there and is recommending them? Or just wants to get some referral commission?
All the best.
Hi Scotty,
Whilst it is true that a user may make a post about a business that they have not used, they are doing that to their friends who they have to see/speak to again so it is not a common occurance.
We also have a very complex algorithm that runs in the back ground to weed these people off the system very quickly. In summary, we analyse how many posts a user makes (if these posts cross over to many different categories), how many clicks each post gets (how many of the clicks are duplicate or fraudlulent), we look at how the traffic they generate interacts with our partner businesses (ie: are they there for a second or a few minutes, do they buy etc). All this helps us determine if the member is using the system genuinely or just trying to make a quick buck.
Now based on the info we 'learn', we offer more money per referral to the good guys and less money to the not so good guys and completely suspend the dodgy ones.
Our aim is to develop a genuine, honest referral program that benefits both our members and our partner businesses.
Regards
Social Loot
are you still reading this post socialloot? tell me exactly why so many people don't get paid? tell me your definition fraudulent
+1 - Feels like a scam to me too…
I've been using for about 6 months, and only just reached their redemption threshold of $50. However, I have since not had any contact from them and no payment received…seems very scam like
BEWARE - seems you'll just be anoying your facebook friends for nothing!sounds like the age old AllAdvantage scam…
i got my check with alladvantage
my account was suspended, how can i control if same person click the ads, how do i know who click the ads on my facebook. for me socialoot is a scam.
just beware, initially they offer you higher click, you might get $1-2 / click, after certain time the value of the ads drop to 5 cent to 20 cents only.
i guess they just suspend my account because my balance is close to the minimum payout. scam scam scamThats interesting - and a good point about not knowing who clicks and when - I've tried to chase up payment with them over the last couple of days and have no reply.
It looks like they are happy for you to place ads for them but unwilling to pay once you reach the threshold, which is very high to begin with…
Definitely avoid!
I have been doing social loot for the past 2 months and today when it is payment to be recieved, I had found that my account as well as several other friends account had been suspended. I have contacted social loot, with no response by them. My first month i had an invoice sent to my email and for this month nothing as well as no payment. Seems that i have bee scammed along with annoying my friends in the process,So therefore social loot have got free advertisement for nothing. Be warned everyone that if you involve yourself with social loot you are spamming your wall daily with advertisements for nothing and using up your internet for nothing as well as your time. SOCIAL LOOT IS A SCAM!!!
just got this email today, OMG
how do i know who click the ads? i have thousand twitter follower and facebook, if they don't want higher click, then don't play on this social network in the first place. what a stupid system.
post on your twitter and your facebook, but control the people who can click or not, how can you do that?
SCAM SCAM SCAM"Thanks for getting in touch. A temporary suspension was placed on your account due to a high level of duplicated clicks being detected by the platform.
Our aim is to maintain an honest and open platform for both our Socialites and Businesses. This is why we tell our users to only post about things you believe both you and your friends will honestly benefit from. We understand that this platform is new to you and sometimes users are unaware of how they are permitted to use these sites. As a part of our fair go policy, we have lifted the suspension on your account however we remind you to ensure your use of the plaform is in line with our terms and conditions of the site (http://www.socialloot.com/terms_of_use).
You will also receive another email shortly with your login details.
Please don't hesistate to respond to this message if you have any questions. Our teams goal is to develop a better user experience for all on Social Loot.
Regards,
Platform Operations
The Social Loot Team.
You must comply with our terms and conditions at all times which can be found at (http://www.socialloot.com/terms_of_use).
Further to this, here is a simple guide for you to follow when participating in Social Loot.
- Only post about things you like or you believe your friends will honestly benefit from.
- You can only post a maximum of 2 times on each social channel (ie 2 times on Facebook and 2 times on Twitter).
- Your post is made about a business and must be in the best interests of that business.
- You cannot attempt to manually or automatically create multiple clicks on your links.
- You cannot place a post in a forum that encourages people to click for no reason.
- You cannot create clicks in any other dishonest or fradulent manner.
Regards,
Platform Operations
The Social Loot Team."
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my mum and i got paid for the first month and then on the second month we got suspended on our pay day and me sista got suspended when she give it a go onher first pay day to.I rang the social loot phone number and it was disconnected. all a scam dont waste ya time to make others richI was actually paid closed to $400 for a few months but since then, they have closed down my account for no reason. They simply said that there are fraudulent clicks in my account. When I asked them what fraudulent clicks, they couldn't answer me. If they can pay me close to $400, what fraudulent clicks do they mean? Feels contradicting for their side. In fact, I realised that once you reached the $70 earned, they will simply suspend you and you have to query them. I did ask my facebook and twitter followers if they have been clicking non-stop but all of them indicated that it would be a waste of time clicking more than once on their ads. So in short, socialloot is a scam who refuses to pay up and suspend people's account. I pity those companies joining them as I doubt they know the true colors of socialloot. These companies will definitely pay socialloot but not knowing that socialloot did not pay to the end users. All those terms and conditions listed on socialloot are just child's play. Join at your own risk!
You might wish to give some context:
http://www.socialloot.com/
Looks like the kind of website that OzBargain needs to be very careful about :) We already have heaps of sockpuppets to fight everyday and now Social Loop shills?!