TrekPay
About TrekPay -
Based in Sunnydale, CA, TrekPay is still in pre-launch, although it has over 100,000 members. The basis is targeting ads which are placed on members websites. Alternately, advertisers can go through Trek Advertising to pay for their sites to be viewed, and their ads to be clicked.
Users can select which types of ads they want to see, and each ad clicked is worth credits (1 credit for viewing, 3 for clicking on the ad). Revenue is pooled and divided among the credits, depending on a ranking system. You get ranked higher by clicking on more ads, referring new members, or referring advertisers to Trek Advertising. The higher your rank, the more you get paid, maxed out at $200/month, paid out via PayPal. Higher revenue can be accumulated, however, by referring advertisers to TrekAdvertising (you get 12.5% commission on what the advertiser spends).
Cost -- 
FREE
Results --
After spending several hours visting sites and clicking ads, and promoting in attempts to gain referrals for a week, we managed the following: AK gained rank 8551/103050 and about 900 credits, netting a whopping $4.63. TS gained rank 10460/103050 with 760 credits, for a staggering $3.84. JD probably listened to us complaining and only gained rank 41020/103050 with 260 credits, earning $1.02.
TS scored a TrekAdvertising referral and made us look bad the second week, adding over $8. JD and AK increased only slightly... and the next two weeks were very similar.
Granted, we COULD have spent more energy promoting, generating referrals, but for the piddly payouts it was hardly worth it. After a month the 3 of us spent a total of over 60 hours and made $83.
Analysis -- 
(2/5 stars)
This is a legit business, not a scam, in that they pay out as promised and don't promise to make you rich. The basic premise of clicking ads is easy, and requires no training or intelligence, and very little effort. It also pays almost nothing. Promoting it as an affiliate CAN produce some money, but the same effort could be spent promoting other products that are more profitable.
The business model also seems to be frowned upon by Google and other ad providers, and advertisers run the risk of having their Adsense accounts banned for advertising (since it's basically organized click fraud). For this reason, the future of TrekPay and TrekAdvertising seems iffy. However, if you simply have a product to promote and are not an adsense site, then this could be a legit platform for you.
Scam Factor -- 
(1/5 threat level)
No cost, no risk. Payouts as promised, but slight risk company might not have a future.
Dollars per hour equivalent -- 
(1/5 income possibility)
$1.50
Effort required -- 
(1/5 effort)
Easy, boring work for basic. Promotion requires some more effort, depending on knowledge level.
Experience required -- 
(3/5 experience level)
None for basic. Intermediate for promotion.
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