Mediadollarz is a ‘get paid to complete offers’ (PTO) program, similar to CashCrate and TreasureTrooper. What a PTO program is is briefly outlined in my CashCrate review.

I was requested to review Mediadollarz by a contact on Mylot. At first glance it would seem that Mediadollarz has some potential. It has a simple but functional layout. On the homepage they claim to have 4856 members as well as an earnings potential of $20,890 and 2834 ‘media points’.

Media points are simply an extra form of earnings that can be exchanged for small amounts of cash ($1.50) or electronic prizes. What is interesting is that there are 2834 available, but only the first few ‘media points rewards’ actually cost less than that, which means all the others are not affordable!

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but something’s not quite right there.

The screenshot below is of the ‘three simple steps’ it takes to earn.

I delved deeper and tried to complete a few offers. I started with a big $22 offer where I had to sign up to a dodgy looking site where I was apparently going to get my future predicted by an ‘online psychic’. (The things I do in the name of a fair review!). I did all this and submitted the offer and it told me it had been added to the pending list, but … it hadn’t. It is quite possible I did something wrong, but maybe that means the system should be more simple.

I tried a couple more offers (cheaper ones) but they didn’t appear in my pending list either. This suggests I did make a mistake because if they were out to scam me they would surly add it to my account and then tantalisingly refuse me the withdrawal.

If you do use PayPal/Egold you can withdraw your money each day! Not that I experienced this.

The affiliate program
The affiliate program has three tiers. You earn a solid 15% of your first tier earnings, 3% of your second tier and 2% of the third tier. Even in three their affiliate programs percentages like 2 and 3 are too low to be worth getting exited about. Both CashCrate and TreasureTrooper pay better (but don’t have a third tier). There are also referral contests. The screen shot below shows the prizes from the last contest:

A top prize of $50 is a bit low, but it’s better than nothing of course.

Conclusion
I do not believe Mediadollarz to be an ‘internet scam’. I would not recommend it anyway for a number of reasons.
1. Lower affiliate commission rates than competitors, it is defiantly not a top paying affiliate program.
2. Suspicious media points system.
3. The number of members is less than 5000, which means the program is either very young or hasn’t ‘taken off yet’. This can never be a good thing.
4. Unclear method of offer completion. I can accept that I may have done something wrong, but if I did it should not say ‘it has been added to your pending list’ when it hasn’t.

If you are looking for a PTO program to participate in and promote as an affiliate I would recommend CashCrate, none the above points apply to it. If you want to read my review before you blindly sign up (which would be the wise thing to do!) then you can read my CashCrate review.

Read the Mediadollarz update here.

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