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The State Of Paid To Surf Programs After The Stormpay Crackdown



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hat a difference a year       recoup the money they have        
can make.                     expended, with profits soaring to 
                              fantastic rates in such short     
12 months ago, auto surf programs     periods of time. And the          
were at their peak. More and more     companies were able to amass      
people were investing some            enough capital to finance their   
serious cash hoping to multiply       operations.                       
their money by as much as 12                                            
times within a few months. At the     But that was then.                
center of this craze was                                                
Stormpay, the payment processor       2006 welcomed the paid-to-surf    
of choice by most of these            industry with the grimmest news.  
paid-to-surf programs. Stormpay,      Stormpay froze the accounts of    
you see, caters to a more global      auto-surf programs, and up to     
market. Whereas PayPal operates       this writing, a lot of investors  
in selected territories, Stormpay     have yet to receive the money     
has a wider reach. At that time,      that have accrued to them. For    
it was the best choice for auto       those who managed to receive      
surf companies, given the fact        their pay in their accounts, they 
that Stormpay would open the          cannot withdraw the same as such  
doors for more people to join         amounts are traceable to the auto 
their programs.                       surf companies.                   
                                                                        
And it worked.                        Why did things come to this?      
                                                                        
The auto surf industry became a       There are two sides to the story. 
bustling field, where the             Stormpay claims that some of      
companies as well as the              these paid-to-surf companies are  
investors enjoyed unbridled           using the pyramid model, which is 
success. Investors were able to       generally outlawed since such     



companies do not have real            target="_blank">assets. The auto surf companies       color="#001000"                   
are claiming that Stormpay is         size="-2">http://12dailypro.commerely using the alleged              font> is the epoch of the     
irregularities as a smokescreen       issue, as they are the ones who   
when the truth of the matter,         were targeted by Stormpay’s       
according to them, is that            sudden crackdown.                 
Stormpay doesn’t have enough                                            
funds to cover the withdrawals        But here’s the deal: why penalize 
from the auto surf companies’         the innocent investors? If        
investors.                            Stormpay wanted to cut its ties   
                                      with the entities it perceives as 
If you would conduct your own         unlawful, why bring down the      
research on the matter, you’re        investors as well, when such      
bound to get more spins to these      investors under such reasoning    
tales. Which is true? We’ll never     would be considered as “victims”  
know until formal investigations      rather than “accomplices?”        
conclude and a judicial decision                                        
is reached.                           Again, the matter needs to be     
                                      resolved before we could derive   
Hardest hit in this controversy       some conclusive answers.          
is href="http://12dailypro.com"          Nonetheless, a lot are wondering  
title="http://12dailypro.com"         what the state of the             
target="_blank">color="#001000"                       after the Stormpay crackdown.     
size="-2">http://12dailypro.comfont>. We could even say that     For starters, more people are     
title="http://12dailypro.com"         They are now afraid to invest     



their money, since, as Stormpay                                         
has demonstrated, their funds         No, it is not. It suffered a      
could be frozen at any time,          setback, from which many lessons  
without notice at that.               can be learned. But it has,       
                                      almost instantaneously, made a    
But the crackdown on some             comeback. The current players are 
paid-for-surf programs have           a mixture of old and new parties, 
opened the doors for new players,     but the concept remains the same, 
as well as established ones that      albeit with more caution against  
weren’t affected by the               possible attacks. This caution is 
controversy. Investors who have       now borne by both the companies   
tasted the potentials of an           as well as the investors.         
opportunity like this have                                              
quickly jumped to other programs      The Stormpay-12dailypro incident  
offering the same system but          may not be pretty. But it did     
without the frightful possibility     leave us with something that will 
of getting killed. You may have       prove beneficial in the long run: 
received unsolicited emails           the moral of a tale that would    
advertising emergent paid-surf        make the industry sturdier.       
programs. Though spam mails like                                        
this are quite irritating, they       NOTE: You have full permission to 
may point out to a resurgent          reprint this article within your  
industry.                             website or newsletter as long as  
                                      you leave the article fully       
The question in everyone’s mind       intact and include the "About The 
is this: is the auto surf             Author" resource box. Thanks! :-  
industry dead?                        

                              




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