Is MyLot.com (My Lot) A Scam?
We all have various passions and interest. I personally have a passion for gadgets. I love my Treo 700p and all it’s all-in-one functionality. I couldn’t imagine watching TV without my Tivo and my Ipod might as well be surgically attached to my hip. You get the picture. Most of discuss our passions or interest with co-workers or family members. But many people also discuss their passions online in places dedicated to a given interest. There are probably hundreds of websites and blogs dedicated to the show "Lost".
People gather at these websites and babble on about theories and feelings regarding a given episode or character. We do it for the love of our passions. But personally I would prefer to get paid to jabber on about treos and my favorite shows. Well now I can and you can as well!
Mylot.com is basically a glorified message board that pays its users a portion of the revenue they earn from ads placed on the site. A message board for those of you have never participated on one is as follows; It’s basically a webpage where people post a comment or topic very much like you do with email. But instead of going back and forth sending emails to each other, the comments and responses are posted on the webpage. Anyone can start a topic or respond to one that is currently being discussed. But most message boards won’t pay you for doing this.
Mylot.com is very different in that it does pay you to discuss anything you’re passionate about or anything you want to respond to. So if someone is talking about how a certain politician is a war monger and total idiot 
then you can chime in and give your two cents about it. Or let’s say you just saw a great movie and want to tell the world? You just log in to Mylot.com and post your comment and get paid!
Will you earn a lot of money participating in Mylot.com? It all depends on how active you are and how passionate you are about the things in your life. But even if you’re not really much of a yapper, you can still earn some nice money just referring some of your other buddies and friends that love to be online and yap about their interest. Because you’re paid based on how much money Mylot.com makes on advertising revenue there is no set fee per message you post or response you make. But it ranges from a few cents per posts, which doesn’t sound like much but adds up really fast the more you participate. And if you don’t want to participate that’s fine. Just refer people and you’ll still make money for their participation!
Is Mylot.com a scam? Nope, I’ve been paid a few times by Mylot.com. That being said, they’re definitely not my top money maker. However it’s still nice to get a few extra dollars per month even if I’m not actively babbling about why my TIVO is the greatest invention since sliced bread. If you’re one of those people that spend a lot time on message boards or even emailing people. Then you really might want to consider MyLot.com! It’s totally free and you can earn some money. But keep in mind it’s not going to make you rich or be enough to support your family! Hope you’ve enjoyed my review of Mylot.com
Update: I’ve created a video about mylot so you can see how it works and actually see how much money I’ve made if your skeptical. Click here to watch the video.
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May 29th, 2008 at 10:35 am |
Be careful with this mylot i have $12 in there and now i am unable to post anything nor i can change the payment information details. It is a sign of a bad luck for everyone in there.
There’s gonna be a lot members will be disappointed after they find out they won’t get paid for a single penny. Beware don’t waste your time.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am |
Hi Ayotollah,
Thanks for chiming in. I’m sorry to hear that this is happening to you. Did you contact them to see if you violated some rule unknowingly?
I’ve been paid by them multiple time in the last few months. The most recent was for $26.35 in May of this year. I finally felt confident enough in them that I created a video showing some of my recent earnings:
www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/05/21/finally-make-money-typing-at-home-well-sort-of/
I know there is also minimum payment amount so that could be it in your case. I just logged in and I was able to change my payment details with no problems. So this sounds like an isolated issue and not the norm as you’ve implied. With every company there are always seems to be a situation where someone experiences issues like this so I don’t necessarily think it’s a red flag.
If I wasn’t paid every month for the last several months I’d be concerned about what you described but it seems like they may have singled you out and it may be for something you’re not aware of.
So I would try contacting them directly to see what the issue may be. Don’t make generaliztion or assumptions based on this because it doesn’t mean that everyone else will experience the same thing.
I can go to best buy and have a bad experience where I’m having problems getting a refund and then 100 others can go in and have no issues. So we all have to be mindful that there are always exceptions to the rule with any company you will work with.
In any event, I hope you can work out this problem with Mylot. As always there site is a little slow but keep trying to contact them to see if you can get some insight. Don’t be accusatory when you do contact them. Just let them know you’ve been experiencing issues in.. and you’re hoping they can help you.
Eddy
June 10th, 2008 at 3:05 am |
Heya Ed
Im living in Egypt at the moment and have spent close to all night browsing through your recent posts on finding work from home to data entry (which, I realise, you hate). Im at a complete loss as I am considerably poor and yet feel I have alot to offer! At the moment Egypt doesnt pay me much at all and so I thought I could lend my hands on the net to see what I can come up with. Ive been scammed! was narrowly avoided 15 times and I really am starting to give up hope
A very disgruntled netoid!
June 10th, 2008 at 4:41 am |
Hi minx0r,
Thanks for your comments.
The reason I hate data entry jobs is because just don’t exist in great numbers if it all and so many good work at home seekers waste your time searching for it when you could be making money other ways. Furthermore it causes people to get desperate and to buy products that feed into this desperation but end up leaving you short of what you want.
So that’s why I’m so anti-data entry and typing jobs with the exception of medical transcription:
www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/03/26/besttypingjob/
So when you’re reading my articles, www.workathomenoscams.com/articles I will continue to beat in everyone’s head that chasing after those jobs is pointless. But at the same time I always provide you guys alternatives. So as long as you’re open minded and actually want to work at home, most people will take action on the other options I provide.
Now in your situation it’s more difficult because many of the things I recommend are U.S Based with the exception of the following two opportunities:
www.workathomenoscams.com/blog_profits_blueprint_recommended
www.workathomenoscams.com/wealthyaffiliate
But in your case, you may want to visit the following section: www.workathomenoscams.com/international
It should help you get started.
If you have have further questions, try reading our ask us a question page: www.workathomenoscams.com/ask
I’m sure it will help.
Good luck to your Minx0r. I wish I had a magic cure for your situation but honestly I don’t because of the geographic barriers. I have enough problems finding companies looking to hire americans. So I’m sorry if I couldn’t be of more assistance.
We appreciate the fact that you’re actually reading through all the material and taking action. I’m sure it will help you succeed in the future.
Eddy
June 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am |
I have been paid once by MyLot but haven’t posted or replied much since then. MyLot is not a scam but it takes a lot of work to make only a little money.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm |
Hi Keith,
I’m in the same boat. lol I’m just too busy with other things and make more money with other opportunities. But I think it’s great for someone that wants to get their feet wet and are really frustrated with not being able to land a work at home job. By the way I created a video on mylot: www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/05/21/finally-make-money-typing-at-home-well-sort-of/
That you may want to check out.
Thanks for your input. You’re totally right, it takes a lot of work to make money but it’s better than nothing for some folks.
Eddy