As I mentioned in a previous post, I had been led to Pay Per Post via a possible affiliate trick. I received my official rejection letter from Pay Per Post today, so I now feel compelled to write a review about them.
First, I will say that apparently the only reason I was rejected was because my blog hasn’t been around long enough. I can respect that. They obviously don’t want to let just anyone with a Blogspot account to be able to make money off of them. Here is the rejection letter:
Thank you for your blog submission!
Unfortunately, as per our terms of service, blogs must be live for at least 90 days in order to be eligible for our services. Blog age is counted from the blog’s first post. Please re-submit your blog for review when this requirement has been met. In the meantime, feel free to use PPP Direct and Affiliate tools while you work on meeting the requirements of our Marketplace!
Thank you!
Now I will make this clear - my view of Pay Per Post was not effected by this rejection letter. I wasn’t really expecting to be accepted and after my experience, I wasn’t expecting to use the site anyways.
When I was directed to the Pay Per Post site, it was a normal enough signup. The problems really began once I was logged into the site. I had no idea what was going on. There were banners and lists and a lot of other things going on, and I really didn’t know where to begin. There’s “Featured Opportunities”, “Big Green”, a standard offers area, and a lot more.
I really wasn’t sure how the whole process of getting “Paid Per Post” worked, so I started looking for an answer. Do I get paid just for writing the post? Do I have to send it to them? Am I supposed to just post it up on my site and the money rolls in?
I started clicking some different menu items (”PPP Tools”, “My Blogs”, “My Posts”) but I couldn’t find any answer. The site was proving very hard to navigate and I was getting more frustrated by the moment.
On several pages they displayed menus of buttons with little explanation of where they led. Yes, it had the title of the section, but am I really supposed to know what “Pay Per Post Direct” is? A normal list with an explanation would go a long way here.
Eventually I stumbled across the Affiliates section, and read that over. Here’s what it says:
No worries, it’s not too complicated. Simply tell your friend about PayPerPost by posting one of these badges on your site. The magic all happens when your friend is creating an account. You will get paid $15.00 once the referees first blog posting is reviewed, approved and then finally accepted 30 days later. This means they need to go all the way through the process in order for it to be a legit referral. If they do it right and are accepted we will hook you up. There is no limit to the number of people you can refer so long as we don’t see any fishy business with your account.
Right. No worries, it’s not complicated. Except that I have no idea what “You will get paid $15.00 once the referees first blog posting is reviewed, approved and then finally accepted 30 days later.” means. Does that mean my referee has to get accepted and then write a review of another site? Or does it mean that they have to get accepted and then pay someone to review their site? Does my referee have to officiate a regular season game? I really have no clue.
At this point I had really lost all interest in the process so I closed my window and forgot about it. Until I got that rejection letter, of course.