Not Sure I Can Tolerate You-Cubez

I signed up just a few days ago at You-Cubez. You can read that post for basic information about You-Cubez.

As I mentioned there are two kinds of cash there: cube cash and real cash. I am learning the difference between them. I was hoping to earn enough real cash to buy by first cube without putting money into the system. That is probably unrealistic. The first day, I was shown 6 cash cubes to click, usually at a value of £ 0.0025, which I clicked. The banner says be sure to check back often because there will be new cash cubes available throughout the day. Since then, four days ago, I have had no other cash cubes to click. I have earned £ 0.0225. To buy a cube of my own, I need £ 1.00. This would take an unreasonably long time to reach by this method.

It's pretty easy, although tedious, to earn cube cash. I've earned some, which remains in my account until I buy a cube. You click on cubes, play games, and occasionally can sign up for offers. The clicking is annoying. You often have to enter validation codes which are small and hard to read. The cube cash builds slowly. I haven't worked very hard at it, but I have £ 8 after 4 days.

I could upgrade for £ 4. Thus for a cost of about $10 I could have a cube and a premium membership. Part of me thinks that I should buy one cube and give it a chance to see how much traffic it generates for me.

But I'm still not convinced that it's worth it. The You-Cubez frame takes up a third of the screen, so even if you had the patience to actually look at the web sites you are being shown, you can't see much unless you scroll. The whole thing just lends itself to opening a bunch of tabs, clicking without looking, and leaving. The value of cubes on the first page is in the £ 5-10 thousand range. So I would have to spend a lot of time to get a cube up there. There are 7,256 cubes (as noted in their stats as I write this). Now some people may look farther down the list, but I suspect most people just click of the top few pages. You can also select to sort for the newest, so newbies probably get more clicks as well. The middle ground is probably something of a purgatory. Active clickers may do ok, as you can also sort for cubes that have recently moved, ie. added more value.

And most off-putting is that the site is completely dominated by money-making sites. Each screen has 100 cubes, and on average 2 or 3 of them are for web sites that are something other than promotion of PTC, matix schemes, online gambling, or similar stuff. When I saw the ad for You-Cubez, I thought it looked like an interesting and valid way to promote a blog. But unless the admin wants to reject 97% of their participants, it will never be that way. Too bad... it could have been a fun way to see new blogs.

Due to the low incentive to actually look at what is on a visited page, and the amount of time it would take to work a cube up to the top tier, I just don't think that You-Cubez is worth the effort.

You-Cubez

web ad income Dec 1 (4 blogs, 2 web sites, writing): Adsense $.03 Adgitize $.75 Project Wonderful $.02 Clixsense $.07 Swagbucks $10.00 Neobux $.04 ______________________ Total: $10.91

 
 

web income Nov actually cashed out (4 blogs, 2 web sites, other writing): Adgitize (income - ad cost) -$3.83 Swagbucks $30.00 Shared Reviews $107.81 Associated Content $3.95 ______________________ Total: $137.93

Signed Up with You Cubez

I signed up with You-Cubez today. The site is a place to create a backlink to your web site or blog. The more your cube is worth, the higher it will be placed, and thus the more likely to be clicked. You can also earn cash. It is interesting, and even fun, but I am very disappointed in the quality of links on the site.

This is a British based site, so all the money values are in £s which are worth about $2, so you can estimate the US value by multiplying dollars by 2, or halving the pounds.



This is what their home page looks like, with the mouse rolled over one cube. You buy a cube for 1£, choose your colors and start working your way up. Actually you can join and then earn enough money to buy your cube. So if you are patient, you don't have to put and cash into the system.

Be careful! There are two kinds of cash. There is cash you can actually cash out and there is cash that goes toward the value of your cube. You earn towards these accounts by clicking regular cubes, and cash cubes. You can earn by playing games, or signing up for offers, and other means. I don't understand it all yet!



You earn actual cash by clicking Cash Cubes. The number you can click is limited by the level of your membership.

You-Cubez' unique twist is that you can build up the value of your cube and then sell it to someone else for an actual profit.

Pros of You-Cubez that I see immediately:
You can see what web site you are going to click on rather than being served random sites as in a traffic generator.
You can start without putting any cash into the system
If you buy a cube the link will last for a year even if you do nothing
Low payout- just 6£ for standard members
There are ways to win a cube- it can be a fun site.

Cons of You-Cubez that I see immediately:
Almost all of the site links are money-making junk. I thought it would be a place to promote a real content site. There are a few- about 4 per page of 100 cubes shown, but you have to hunt for them.
It could be a real time waster. You can earn 1£ for playing 40 games. I played 4 just now, so I haven't earned anything yet since they only show increments of whole pounds, but you don't have to play all 40 at once. The number is recorded, and I assume will convert to value when I reach 40 total. It also takes time if you want to hunt for content sites.

I received a nickel at Neobux for signing up, so I decided to try it out. As always, I'll keep you posted.

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web ad income Nov 27 (4 blogs, 2 web sites, writing): Adsense $.03 Adgitize $.87 Project Wonderful $.01 Clixsense $.04 Neobux $.05 ______________________ Total: $1.00