ClixSense launches promotion to celebrate 10-year anniversary

On Feb. 22, the popular rewards website ClixSense will celebrate its 10-year anniversary. In celebration of this, the company is running a special promotion starting Monday that will run until the end of the month. [Full story]

ClixSense removes PayPal as payment option

The popular online rewards website ClixSense has removed PayPal as a payment option for its users due to new policy changes at PayPal. [Full story]

Computer hacker changes account balances on ClixSense

A computer hacker was able to change the names and balances for some member accounts on the popular online advertising website ClixSense, company officials announced Tuesday.

In a message posted on the ClixSense website company officials said, “I apologize for taking the site offline without warning but it seems this hacker was able to find an exploit and was able to remotely change the names and balances on some accounts. Some of you will need to reenter your names. None of your personal account information was exposed. We were able to restore many account names but we did not want to restore this information from our backup because it would mean much longer time offline so we made the decision to have some of you re-enter your first and last name.

“We understand this is a major inconvenience to all of you as this person is causing us much grief. But, on a side note, we've opened an investigation with the FBI and they are now investigating to try and find this person.

“Again I am very sorry for all of this and please be patient with us. We are doing the best we can to restore things back to where they should be.”

ClixSense members get paid for viewing ads, answering surveys, or viewing websites and videos posted by advertisers.

Related story: ClixSense hacked, redirected to a porn site

ClixSense hacked, redirected to a porn site

The popular online advertising website ClixSense was hacked recently and set to redirect to a porn site, company officials announced Monday.

“Members, as I am sure you have heard a hacker took over our DNS and set ClixSense to redirect to a porn site,” ClixSense owner Jim Grapp said in a notice on the website. “This hacker has been giving us trouble for over a month now first with the program CSAdViewer (we think), then with viruses in ads and now the DNS hack.

“Please note that none of your information is at risk or has been exposed. This person did not gain access to our servers or database. We've heard that other sites have also been hacked and we will follow up with the authorities on Tuesday and give them as much information as possible about what this person has done to ClixSense.

“We are truly sorry that this has effected your ability to participate here at ClixSense and also please know that extra security measures are being put in place to make sure this sort of thing does not happen again.

We appreciate your support during this terrible time and thank you for being a member of ClixSense.”

ClixSense members get paid for viewing ads, answering surveys, or viewing websites and videos posted by advertisers.

ClixSense relocating to North Carolina

The online advertising website ClixSense will shut it's doors for good in Rome, N.Y., this week. “We are relocating the business to Hampstead, N.C.,” company officials said in an announcement posted on the ClixSense website Tuesday.

“On Thursday, Aug. 7, ClixSense will shut it's doors for good in Rome,” company officials said. “The ClixSense ownership will remain the same, as will the ClixSense staff. Two of our staff (Becki and Aaron) will remain in and work from New York while myself and Joe will continue to run the business from Hampstead.

“This move was more of a personal decision rather than a business one. But because North Carolina is one of the top states in the U.S. to conduct business (according to Forbes.com), we feel this will be a fantastic move for ClixSense. We look forward to continued success from North Carolina.”

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ClixSense enhancing its affiliate signup commissions

In an effort to provide their users with an opportunity to earn more commissions, the website ClixSense announced Monday they are enhancing their affiliate signup commissions for all members. ClixSense is a website that provides a fast, fun and easy way to make a little extra money with paid surveys, micro task, free offers and paid-to-click (PTC) advertising.

“With our old commission structure only premium members earned a $0.50 signup commission once their affiliate has earned $1.00 in PTC ad clicks,” ClixSense officials said in a notice on the website. “With the new commission structure all members (standard and premium) can now earn from their affiliate signups as follows:

• Standard members will now earn $0.50 for each affiliate that has earned a total of at least $10.00 from his own activity.
• Premium members will now earn $1.00 for each affiliate that has earned a total of at least $5.00 from his own activity.

We are also making this retroactive for all active members, meaning we will be crediting you with signup commissions for all of your active referrals who have met the above criteria.

We've made it easier for you to earn more money and we have more exciting changes coming your way very soon.”

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