Lockerz – 5x Redemption and New International Shipping Rules

Lockerz is holding 5 redemptions for all their members! Yes, that’s 5 redemptions! The first one went live a couple of hours ago, but you still have time to join the other redemptions.

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Tip: For Philippine residents, the redemption usually happens at around 5-8am.

If you’re eligible to join any of the redemptions, you should’ve received an email notification. If got lost in your inbox, here’s the list of eligibility rules for each redemption:

  • Redemption 1 – Members who joined Lockerz before August 1, 2009
  • Redemption 2 – Members who joined Lockerz before December 1, 2009
  • Redemption 3 – Members who joined Lockerz before August 1, 2010
  • Redemption 4 – Members who have not redeemed in 5X Redemption and who joined Lockerz before March 7, 2011
  • Redemption 5 – Members who have never redeemed at PTZ Place and who joined Lockerz before March 7, 2011

I’m not really sure where I belong. I forgot when I started with Lockerz so I’ll try my luck with redemptions 2-4. :D

Lockerz New International Shipping Rules

If you’re an international Lockerz member (meaning you live or your shipping address is outside the USA), there’s some bad news. Well, actually, for me, it’s good news since you don’t have to worry about having to pay for duties and taxes. I completely understand why they had to change the Lockerz international shipping rules. Here’s a quote from their FAQ:

Why don’t you ship to countries outside the US?

International shipping has proven too costly. Members often have rejected items once they have arrived because they have refused to pay for duties and taxes. Lockerz ends up paying to ship such items twice or abandoning them. Everyone loses as a result.

Now, how can you redeem using your PTZ then? Straight from their FAQ:

Do you ship to my country?

We will ship Redemption items to members with US addresses. Winners with shipping addresses outside the US will receive a substitute cash equivalent based on the item?s approximate retail value in US dollars (USD) via PayPal or AlertPay only. Please note that the approximate retail value upon which we are basing the cash award is non-negotiable by our members and all decisions are final. Members still will be solely responsible for reporting and paying any taxes, duties or fees.

So, to keep it short, you get a cash equivalent of the item you’re redeeming through your Paypal or Alertpay account. Since I’m actually planning on redeeming Paypal cash only, I don’t have any issues with this.

IMPORTANT: For you to receive cash through the 2 payment processors they’re using, YOU MUST make sure the email address you’re using to login to Lockerz is the same email address you’re using for your Paypal or Alertpay account. Just change your email address on your account/profile settings page and confirm it.


When will be the next Lockerz redemption?

Since there are hundreds of thousands of members on Lockerz, they cannot announce exactly WHEN the redemption is happening in advance. They will only tell you it might be happening this day and you have to wait, like the rest of the members, for the announcement that the redemption is live.

If you cannot enter the Lockerzredemption or PTZ place, that means you’re not eligible to redeem anything. Make sure you read the rules that they post on the main page to see if you qualify.

 

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Make Money Online with Nuffnang (Philippines)

One of the third party advertising networks where I earn money online is Nuffnang. I love Nuffnang not because of the money I earn from them, but also because of the opportunities they give to their members (called Nuffnangers) to meet-and-greet and the awesome contests they hold from their advertisers. They even have freebies/giveaways to their member bloggers!

Nuffnang is Asia-Pacific’s first and leading blog advertising community. Advertisers can choose between a graphic- or animation-based advertisement. They have offices in 4 countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and here in the Philippines.

I joined their Glutamax "The New Me" blog-writing contest and I won a pack of Glutamax products. The winner took home an Apple Macbook! It was my first blogger event and I went home full and happy. I met a couple of bloggers, too. Read more about that event on Just Another Pixel.Glutamax gift pack I received from a Nuffnang contest - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

So, now, let me share with you how you could join and make money from Nuffnang. It’s SO easy. What’s best is you get your earnings in our local currency (Philippine Peso) AND the advertisers are local companies. The chances of people clicking on those ads are way HIGHER so your earning potential is higher, too, of course.

Before the guide, here are some important information about Nuffnang that you need to know:

  • Minimum Payment: Php 2,000 for Nuffnangers in the Philippines
  • They do not pay out through Paypal. They would either mail you a check OR deposit it directly to your bank account. My first payment from Nuffnang was deposited to my Unionbank EON account.
  • They will charge you Php 20 every withdrawal or payment request. (Update)
  • You can add multiple blogs to your Nuffnang account to increase your earnings.
  • They have three (3) campaigns for bloggers and advertisers:
  • Cost Per Mile / Impression (CPM) campaign
    • Your earning potential here is based on your average unique visitors.
    • Bloggers are arranged into specific "blogger bands" based on the average unique visitors. The higher your blogger band is, the higher you earn PER ad that appears on your Nuffnang ad unit.
    • Here, you earn immediately when an ad is assigned to your blog. No unique clicks are necessary.
  • Cost Per Click (CPC) campaign
    • You earn through the unique clicks by your unique visitors on the ad that are running on your Nuffnang ad unit.
    • Your earnings will be credited and will reflect on your account 3 days after the CPC campaign ends.
    • In short, for this campaign, if the ad unit on your blog doesn’t generate clicks, you don’t earn anything.
  • MCPM (Metered CPM) campaign
  • In this campaign, an advertiser buys a set of unique visitors from your blog.
  • Buffered earnings will appear on your account. You will receive your full earnings from the campaign once you’ve reached the set unique visitors bought by the advertiser.
  • The ads are manually assigned to you. So, don’t be surprised if you don’t see any ads showing up for weeks.
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    How to Start Making Money Online with Nuffnang

    Making money online with Nuffnang is very easy. I’m going to show you exactly how easy it is to setup Nuffnang ads on your blog and start earning immediately.

    1. First off, sign up to Nuffnang. Fill up the form completely.

    2. Once you’re done signing up, you can then go to the Blog Manager to add multiple blogs. On this page is where you can see and manage all your blogs that you’ve already added to your account.

    Blog Manager - How to setup Nuffnang ads - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

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    Lockerz Z List Only Redemption

    If you already have a Lockerz account and you are a Lockerz Z-Lister already like me, then, you wouldn’t want to miss the Lockerz Z-List Only Redemption today, September 13, 2010.Lockerz Z List Only Redemption - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

    However, not all Lockerz Z-list members are eligible to redeem prizes today. Only those who have NEVER redeemed anything in the past can enter the Lockerz PTZ redemption.

    If you are planning on redeeming something, keep posted on the My Locker or Lockerz Hallway, or follow Lockerz on Twitter so you’d know EXACTLY when the redemption will be LIVE.

    I haven’t redeemed anything yet, but, I’m not planning on joining this Lockerz Z-list redemption. As much as I want to, I prefer to continue accumulating points ’til next time. I’m at 2,000+ PTZ already. I was planning on redeeming Paypal cash, but, I can only get $50 if I redeem today. So, instead, I’ll just continue saving those PTZ ’til I can exchange them for a higher Paypal cash amount.

    Lockerz is an INVITE-ONLY website where you earn PTZ for logging in daily, answering the daily question, watching videos, inviting friends or shopping on their website. You can, then, exchange your PTZ for FREE STUFF like Paypal cash, Apple products (iPod, Macbook, etc), and many more.

    If you don’t have a Lockerz account yet and you would want a FREE LOCKERZ INVITE, leave a comment with your email address below and I’ll send you one ASAP!

    I’ve already received my Lockerz Z-list shirt, by the way, so I know Lockerz isn’t a scam site. Anyway, I don’t pay them anything. So, if you’re not yet a member, get a free invite now! :)

     

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    InfoLinks Related Tags – Easy Setup, More Money for your Blog

    Info Links - Make money online by selling in line, in post text link advertising space on your blog or website - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.netHow to Make Money Online with InfoLinks Related Tags

    I have posted a guide yesterday on how to setup and make money online with InfoLinks on your blogs or website. InfoLinks made it very easy for bloggers to integrate it with our blogs so you can start making money online just as easily.

    With InfoLinks Related Tags, they make it more possible for us to increase our earnings through the informational tags that we can insert wherever we want. The Infolinks algorithm will choose the BEST and most relevant keywords to your contents and display them within the Related Tags cloud.

    What’s good about using InfoLinks Related Tags is you can insert it ANYWHERE within your blog posts or contents. You have full control. For instance, I want to place the Related Tags below this paragraph.

     

     

    There! All I have to do is insert the InfoLinks Related Tags script wherever I want, as long as I have already integrated the InfoLinks script for my blog (click here for the guide). Below is the code for the Related Tags:

    <input type="hidden" name="IL_RELATED_TAGS" value="1"/>

    You can find this script on the Related Tags section when you login to your InfoLinks account, as shown below.

    InfoLinks Related Tags - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

    Because you have full control over the placement of the InfoLinks Related Tags script, you can make adjustments whenever you want if you think that the current position of the ads doesn’t bring you that much revenue.

    Another reason why I like the InfoLinks Related Tags is its layout or format. They’re not in-text links. It appears as a related tags cloud so most of your readers will be more inclined to check out and click on the links. This will greatly increase my revenue, especially on this blog. As I’ve mentioned in my previous post about InfoLinks, they’re my main source of income on Pinay Online Money Maker.

    One thing that I would like to see as an additional feature though is a full look customization option for the InfoLinks Related Tags cloud. I also want to control how it looks, the same way as the regular InfoLinks hyperlinks. For instance, I would like to add a border around the Related Tags cloud or change the colors of the links so I can highlight them within my contents. That way, my readers would easily see the related tags. I believe that if given this option, they would be more inclined to check out the related tags.

    I have just recently implemented the InfoLinks Related Tags cloud on this blog and I am really expecting higher revenue. I am now in the process of adding InfoLinks Related Tags on my most popular / most read posts here on Pinay Online Money Maker so I will share with you in the coming days how it affected my overall earnings. I have already implemented in-text ads in my other blogs in the past months and I’ve seen big improvements in my earnings so I know using InfoLinks Related Tags will definitely boost my earnings.

    How to Setup and Make Money Online with InfoLinks

    Info Links - Make money online by selling in line, in post text link advertising space on your blog or website - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.netHow to Make Money Online with InfoLinks

    One of the many ways I make money online nowadays is through InfoLinks, especially with this blog, Pinay Online Money Maker, because I don’t monetize from the traffic this blog gets. Well, except for the referrals I get, InfoLinks is the main source of income on this blog.

    If you’re not yet familiar with InfoLinks, they offer a pay per click in-text contextual advertising and the highest revenue share to bloggers or website owners. What happens is once you’ve integrated InfoLinks to your blog or website, they’ll insert text links within your content. Below are some screenshots of the InfoLinks hyperlinks you’ve probably seen on this blog:

    InfoLinks Hyperlink example 1 - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

    When a visitor hovers or places their mouse on top of the InfoLinks hyperlinks, a floating informational bubble / window will open. If the viewer clicks, they’ll be directed to the advertiser’s landing page and you earn revenue. If the viewer moves their mouse away from the hyperlink, the bubble will disappear.

    InfoLinks Hyperlink example 2 - PinayOnlineMoneyMaker.net

    If you ask me, how InfoLinks work is not at all obtrusive so I don’t think it’ll affect your readers’ experience, especially when they’re just reading your contents. I also set it up in a way that the look of the InfoLinks hyperlinks are different to my blog’s actual links. I’ll be discussing how to do it later on this post so read on.

    At the same time as not being obtrusive, InfoLinks is also a great way for you to monetize your blog or your contents because, like in my experience, the ads that show up on my InfoLinks hyperlinks are very relevant to my contents. So, the possibility of a visitor clicking on the ads is way higher, most especially because the links appear within your posts. Your visitors will have a tendency to get interested by the InfoLinks hyperlinks and click on the related ads.

    Another thing that I love about InfoLinks is how easy it is to set it up. Let me show you how to do it.

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