NeoBux Review

I stumbled on to this site and saw that they paid their members up to $0.02 per advertisement. That was enough to get me to sign up and see what’s going on. After 8 days of trying, I think I’ve seen enough to make a call on this one, and that call is not a positive one.

Company Background

Neobux is a company based in Herndon, Virginia. The domain was registered in March of this year so it is a relatively recent company. Judging from various traffic flows websites, this site seems to have gotten its peak flow of traffic around August of this year and has since died down to about half of its peak flow volume. I interpret this as the members aren’t as active for one reason or another.

The company emphasize against cheaters and hackers. There are a lot of very different anti-cheat mechanisms to ensure people are not cheating when clicking on their ads. It’s not really a big deal but it does take an extra click here and there. And, every click takes time. I understand why they would implement such a system but I also have to account the time to take extra clicks into my evaluation of the site. After all, time is money.

One big problem with this site that I’ve noticed is that the site is very unstable. I’ve encountered numerous site crashes as a member of the site. There are times where I would not be able to log on to view my advertisements. As modern as this website tries to come off as, I certainly hope they figure out what’s bringing down their site and fix it.

How to Earn Money

Members can click on ads to earn credit in their account. Members get $0.01 for each advertisement they read and they receive $0.005 for each advertisement their referrals read. It also has a referral renting where a member can pay to have someone as their referral on a monthly basis. Another way members can earn is by purchasing jackpot tickets to play for cash prizes or referrals.

A good thing going for NeoBux is that they have a very low minimum payout limit at $2.00. However, the major drawback that I didn’t notice when I signed up was that this company only pays through AlertPay. AlertPay is a third-party financial transaction site much like PayPal. However, unlike PayPal, AlertPay is a company that is located in Canada. Even though many people have used the company without a problem and many paid-to sites use it, I am very weary of giving out my financial to a company outside the States. As a result, I’m staying away from sites that only use AlertPay for the time being. Maybe I’ll change my mind in the future, but for right now, this is a big minus in my book.

My Impression

At this point, I think this isn’t a site that’s really horrible. The earning power of the site may be a little bit low but still manageable if one is able to build a large enough referral base. However, the biggest things that stood out to me is the instability of the site and the sole use of AlertPay as the payment method. Just in writing this review, the site was down two additional times in the span of about 30 minutes. It’s really hard to predict when the site will be up. Also, I’ve pointed out my negativity towards using AlertPay. So, I will not recommend people to use NeoBux unless they really are expanding their list of sites that they are participating in.