Do Bukisa pay out or are they a scam?

Writing content is a good way to make an honest but relatively small online income, if you are clever about it then you can re-post the same work on several different sites and make extra money out of it.

Bukisa are more similar to Helium with the type of articles present and they have a system of earning based on what is known as the Bukisa Index. The Bukisa Index seems to pay around $3.40 for 1000 page views according to various sources, however although some people do claim to have been paid out online, I'm yet to know a reliable source that has informed me that they've been paid from this Israeli based site.

I've signed up and posted some stuff and I'll be sure to let you know what the situation is, once I've made payout.

Review Stream - A review site with a difference

Reviewstream.com seems to be coming in for some bad stick, I was recommended to it by a fellow dooyooer and appreciated the advice. Reviewstream works in a similar way to dooyoo but both its interface and the way it works is quite a bit different. First of all, unlike on Igougo and Ciao, you can't simply copy over your review that you've used there. That's not to say that you can't write about the same product that you have done on here but it has to be original work.

Next up, the layout of the website is pretty scrappy and unlike here where you have a given username, there you have a temporary pen name and an e-mail address which is tied to the review.

It's a common mistake to assume that all review sites want the same material but just because reviewstrea say they accept reviews on everything from Paris to your grandmother's cat, it doesn't mean they'll pay well for it. In my experience - reviews of around 300 words or more of things like restaurants, hotels and airlines will earn you the $2 a review. Reviewstream.com can reject your review if they don't want it or find that it's not specific enough and they may also pay you the bulk rate which is usually $0.40 - if they do want it but it's not as good as they'd like.

Once you've reached the $50 limit, you receive payment - I've not got that far yet but I hear they pay relatively quickly.

I like the facility where you can check the progress of your review by typing in your e-mail address. With a little bit of practice, it's easy to find out what sort of reviews float their boat and make a tidy profit from the site. The payment status is updated usually within 72 working hours since the submission of the review, although in my experience they don't always keep to their promise.

If you want to sign up, click here

Build up your blog with reviews and earn money from Amazon affiliates

If you are one of many of the review writers on consumer sites such as dooyoo and ciao, then you may be overlooking a very simple and straightforward source of income. Cross posting has probably become a nice little earner for you but there's an additional way of earning more.

Here is the lowdown on what to do:

1/ Choose your niche - French films, Sony electronics, old computer games, books of a certain genre.. it can be anything.

2/Title your blog appropriately - both the title and the url should bear some resemblance to the topic.

3/Use an interesting template for blogger from btemplates.com

4/Begin writing posts designed around your site and then re-post them on review sites. Try to do at least one a day, preferably a few more.

5/Add adsense to the blog

6/Sign up as an amazon affiliate and begin including advertising links to the product you or reviewing, above, below or to the side of your review. They pay 10% of sales that come through your site and if you have enough traffic, this can soon mount up.

7/Treat the blog as your baby - do everything in your capabilities to fill it up with good unique content and gain traffic. Put thought in to your niche, layout and content.