Yuwie: Getting Paid to Network - Could it Work?

**trackshark** · 12-08-2007 05:43 PM

Yuwie is a relatively new social networking site and has really taken off. The site doesn't differentiate itself with the features it offers or the market that it trying to capture. On the contrary, Yuwie differentiates itself by paying its members for using the site for every action they take on the site, and even the actions resulting from them.

Why do I get paid?

Yuwie argues that others social networking sites are making an estimated $20 million a month while the users do all the work (social media ain't it?) and that unlike these other sites, they want to share there revenue with the users.

What do I get paid for?

You get paid for every action you take on the site. Every change you make to your profile, every picture/blog/video you post, and not only that, you get paid for every time another user looks at your profile or content that you have created or posted. On the 15th of each month, Yuwie decides (based on how much they made in the previous month) how much will be given out to each user, an amount that you can track from the 'earnings' section of your profile.

The revenue share rate for the month of August was $0.47 per thousand views.

How much money can I make ?

watch the video to find out Yuwie

Seems like a great idea. With most of the features of your average social networking site offered on Yuwie and the added benefit of getting paid to do what you're already doing, does the prospect of making money while making friends seem enticing?

**LiveWise** · 12-08-2007 06:22 PM

$.47 for thousand views? So if you had a top site and got 100,000 views, you would get a whole $47? Wow! I should quit my job. Actually, my time is worth more than the effort it would take to make that few dollars.

If you are doing it for the money, you are doing it for the wrong reason. It seems to me like you would do a lot of work and have to recruit a lot of people just to make a few dollars.

If you would use it anyway and occasionally recieve a check, then that would be cool. It might benefit college students. Seems like a college student living on Top Ramen would be able to splurge once in a while and get chili instead of Top Ramen.

**dfveteran** · 12-08-2007 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by LiveWise

$.47 for thousand views? So if you had a top site and got 100,000 views, you would get a whole $47? Wow! I should quit my job. Actually, my time is worth more than the effort it would take to make that few dollars.

If you are doing it for the money, you are doing it for the wrong reason. It seems to me like you would do a lot of work and have to recruit a lot of people just to make a few dollars.

If you would use it anyway and occasionally recieve a check, then that would be cool. It might benefit college students. Seems like a college student living on Top Ramen would be able to splurge once in a while and get chili instead of Top Ramen.

LOL, I don't think it is worth it either. I have been watching this for a while.
Yuwie Scam

A lot of work for a little amount of money. 10 weeks to make about 100 dollars.

**BusinessAdviser** · 12-09-2007 12:36 AM

You're exactly right. I looked at it, as I have been hearing more and more about it. Yes, it is free money. However, my time is worth more than what I could earn with Yuwie. It'd be great if I could make $500 a month with the site, but if it takes me 4 hours a day every day to earn that money, I'm essentially working for a little more than $4.00 per hour. If that's the case, I would be best off by not spending a single minute on Yuwie, and instead allocating my time between a higher paying job and free time.

**suave2** · 12-09-2007 03:42 AM

you guys obviously dont understand the referrals system. but nope, if your ONLY doing it for the money than its no good lol. but many many many many people use myspace or something like that for more than hour every day and if they would use yuwie like that just for fun than it would be really good.

**LiveWise** · 12-09-2007 05:17 PM

Go ahead and use Yuwie. I hope you make lots of money! In fact, quit your job and just Yuwie for the rest of your life since you are making so much money.

I think the people that have posted here understand the referral system perfectly--a lot of businesses grow with the fastest rate by referrals. Referrals are a very important aspect of business. However, with that being said, they also come at a price. The price for most referrals is time and reptuation
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To me, the time that would be required is not worth the benefit. If is is a benefit to you, then go ahead. I'm not going to stop you. (By the way, how much are you making and how many hours are you putting into it? So what is your hourly rate? I like my hourly rate much better.)