Own The Internet - The Return of the Paid-to-Surf Program ( AGLOCO )

Written by <a href='/community/profile/68-danieleaton/'>danieleaton</a>

Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:01

To: Ephilosopher members and visitors Re: Teaming up with Agloco New Paid-to-Surf Program: There's a new way to earn money just by being online. You don't have to pay anything. You don't have to disclose any personal information. You just need to use the internet as you would normally. Some of you may remember back in 1998 when you could make money surfing the web. The company I'm talking about was AllAdvantage. It was a great deal for internet users, but less so for the company. It paid out over $100 million to its members (yay!) before falling victim to the burst of the internet bubble (boo!). No more surfing and earning. The good news is that several Stanford MBAï¿½s and a few individuals who started AllAdvantage in 1998, have brought this idea back. It's called AGLOCOï¿½. The company is doing this now because the situation today is more favorable for a paid-to-surf program: online commerce is sophisticated, there are plenty of good web communities (like this one), and there is a lot of wealth coming from advertising revenue sources. Whenever you are online, either surfing, blogging, clicking on an ad, making a purchase, money is generated by your activities and transferred to a relatively small number of companies. But you can earn a share of that yourself. Getting Paid to do What you do Already:

Own The Internet - The Return of the Paid-to-Surf Program ( AGLOCO )

Once you sign up below, you will be able to download the Viewbar software, a free toolbar-sized application (half the size of a traditional Windows tool bar) that quietly sits on your desktop without interfering with your normal online activities. Thatï¿½s all you need to do - Just continue using the Internet as you always do. And you can turn it off whenever you want. Just minimize it and the Viewbar stops working. The Viewbar is completely permission based, it keeps your information private through encryption. Here's what it looks like: Own The Internet - The Return of the Paid-to-Surf Program ( AGLOCO )

AGLOCO gets paid by companies to reach their Members through the Viewbar software. They give some of that money back to you. Four Ways you can Earn Money:

Members earn a monthly share of the AGLOCO revenue based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar that month.

Members earn shares in the company based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar that month (currently a maximum of five hours are rewarded).

Members who use the referral system to help build the AGLOCO network will earn more. (AGLOCO only has significant value as a large network and people who help build it should be rewarded).

Members will also get a share of any commissions AGLOCO gets when a Member purchases a product or service from an AGLOCO Sponsor company.

The more people that join, the more value the community can generate for itself. You can accumulate hours not only from your Internet activity but also from those who you refer, and their referrals too. How to Join and Build Your Network: This is all free. All you have to do is sign up, download the Viewbar and thatï¿½s it. Build your network and refer friends, family and colleagues to AGLOCO and earn even more. All told, this is a no-lose opportunity. It's free, you make money for surfing, you can make more if you decide to refer friends and relatives, and you can help support ephilosopher! Try it now. Sign up and start earning:

P.S. Don't get carried away and forget to surf back to the forums. We'll still be here... ;-) Best Wishes, - The Ephilosopher Team [Auf Deutsch]

Updates: April 29, 2007 We will be releasing the AGLOCO Viewbar software soon and want to update Members on how things will work when it is released.

Each Member will get an email informing them that their Viewbar is available. It will contain detailed instructions on the download, which will be done from the agloco.com website. Members will be invited to download in groups of 50,000 a day for a two week period, with Members contacted in the order in which they signed up.

Shortly before the first set of download emails go out, you will receive an email notice that the AGLOCO website will be ï¿½out of serviceï¿½ for a few hours ï¿½ this is necessary for us to move the Viewbar download system from the test server to the main servers.

Also, please be aware of the following:

1. AGLOCO Hours: You will accrue hours in your AGLOCO Member account (current maximum is five direct hours a month). Hours are earned during active surfing on the Internet. The Viewbar has a green light on it that notifies the Member when it is accruing time. Your referralsï¿½ surfing will accumulate hours for you at a 25% rate, meaning if one of your referrals surfs for the maximum five hours you will get 1.25 (0.25 x 5) hours credited to your total referral hours. You can only get credit referral hours up to the amount you directly surf (meaning if you surf 3 hours but a referral surfs 4, you will only get credit for the first 3 of your referralï¿½s 4 hours). AGLOCO accrues these hours each month and also has a cumulative total of all hours earned. These hours are what AGLOCO will use to calculate cash and other distributions. The Viewbar contains a one click inactive button which turns it off and removes it from your screen at any time.

2. Initial Release for Windows: The initial Viewbar release will be for Windows Vista, XP, 2000 Pro and 2000 Server. Later, we will release Mac and Linux versions of the Viewbar. Until that occurs, Mac/Linux users can still log onto any supported Windows computer and accumulate their five hours. The Viewbar works with browsers IE 5.5 or higher and Firefox 1.5 or higher.

3. Cash Distributions: To be a sustainable entity in the long term, AGLOCO makes Member cash distributions from its positive cash flow (revenue minus costs). Therefore, please do not expect a check after the first couple of months as it will take time to collect revenue from advertisers and this revenue must exceed costs in order to make cash distributions to Members. We will be keeping Members informed of our financials and you can visit the Official company blog at http://blog.agloco.com for the latest updates.

4. Multiple Users on One Viewbar: As stated previously, multiple Members may use the same Viewbar on the same computer. Only one Viewbar download will be necessary as the Viewbar software will enable each Member to log in and log out using their AGLOCO Member ID# and password (obviously, only one Member ID# can be accumulating Viewbar hours at any one time). Please note, only one Viewbar is allowed on a screen at a time.

5. One-Time Download: The v1.0 Viewbar is purposely simplistic and minimalist, but it also comes equipped with an automatic self-updating feature. Once you download the Viewbar for the first time, your Viewbar will be seamlessly updated with new additions and features as they become available. These future features include the direct cash back feature when a Member purchases items on sponsor site and a portion of the purchase price is added back to the Memberï¿½s AGLOCO account...

We look forward to your active participation in the AGLOCO community.

Dan Jorgensen Member Coordinator

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