MyLot help

United States
July 30, 2007 8:49pm CST
Hi everyone I just started on here today July 30, 2007. If you don't mind can you provide any suggestions or help with the site. I don't know about how to make money, referrals, or even what works???? Thank you for all your help.
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9 responses
@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
31 Jul 07
Hello jerrybearjr! Welcome to mylot:-) First of all do read the guidelines here: http://www.mylot.com/o/topguidelines.aspx This link contains further links to guidelines about discussions, photos and blog. Try to go through at least the discussion guidelines. In addition to that, I would suggest you to respond to as many discussions as possible before starting many of your own. Try to be descriptive and helpful in your responses giving quality responses. Quality means that your response is to the point, answers all questions in a meaningful way. If you are asked for help, give the relevant details and information with appropriate resources; If asked for opinion, give whatever your honest opinion is, with the reasoning; If a question is asked just reply it meaningfully. You will earn a reputation here and will make some good friends by this way, who will get to your discussions then. Try to make your post a "discussion", by participating with the responders, commenting on their responses and getting back to them when they ask for explanation or some question. If you are not clear about something, ask it. That's what the idea of discussion is. Also, after some suitable time select a best response for your discussion. It gives responders a confidence about you that you are more serious with the discussions and value the participation of the responders. You can upload photos in your profile as well as in discussions and interest areas. Photos added to your profile are not paid by mylot. Whereas all photos added in a discussion and interests are paid by mylot. When you will get to 500 posts, you will also be able to post photos in your responses. you will also be able to copy paste. Try to take care of copy rights of the photos you add. Mylot would have provided you with a referral link, you can use this link to get as many referrals as it pleases. You can add that link as a signature to your outgoing emails, to your blog, or to any other forums you are a member of and you are allowed to post such links. I hope your experience here will be enjoyable and fulfilling. I wish you best of luck:-)
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• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you kamran12 for all the help. Your comment was very helpful as well as informative. I have read several of the other discussions since starting this one on the amount of money people are making, and this seems more of a chance to voice your opinions and get a few ideas out there instead of a chance to make money. I appreciate your help, and I am going to use your link to read more about the guidelines of this site.
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
31 Jul 07
I will really suggest that you put the money factor aside as a secondary thing and enjoy the discussions, debates and friendship here. You will see that money will come easy and better this way. But, I would not like to keep you in delusion about the fortunes that you can make here. This can be just a pocket money at best. I have earned around $50 with these 900 posts and a lot of time was spent. I wish you best of luck:-)
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• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you again, with 900 posts making $50, I should use this for fun instead of to make an extra buck.
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@Ricko82 (584)
• Philippines
31 Jul 07
First of all, I would like to welcome you at myLot. So, WELCOME my friend... I hope you'll like your stay here as much as I did. I know how you feel being clueless on everything here in myLot. Luckily for me, I was coached and tutored by a fellow myLoter when I start out here. So, I would like to pass on the gesture to you. But I'm gonna do it one by one OK? Tip to earn number1: If you feel like you can not write any discussion, just try and respond to the ones already posted. And dont give out too short response. Try to make it 3 to 4 lines. That way you'll still earn even during the days when your brain seems to function below its optimum. ;-). I will add you to my list of friends now, what we so to our friends here in myLot is check their discussions out and post a response to them. And oh, if you see people responding to your posts, try to respond 1 or 2 of their posts to. That way you'll repay them back of some sort. Don't forget to add them as friends also. So, there's more of that in the comming days OK? Just dont hesitate to send me PM or posts a discussion, we'll answer you from there. Keep safety!
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• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you Ricko82 for all the advice and the welcome. It is nice to have someone helping you along the way, since I am sure that I still have lots to learn. I hope to read and share in your discussions soon. I have heard different thoughts on referrals and the money made here. Seems that making $10 a month is hard to do. What do you think?
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@alexsis (2149)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Welcome to mylot. Like most of them said, you will not make a lot of money on mylot. But if you want to earn a little post quality discussions and responses. Try to have four or more sentences in your discussions and responses. Upload a picture when you start a discussion, make sure it is pretaining to the discussion. And yes, check out the FAQ under mylot. Don't count on referrals, most of them are inactive, so they will earn you nothing. Enjoy and happy mylotting!
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• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you alexsis for your help and comment. I have found out that you only make cents a day for posting and starting discussions. I figure that I am going to use this for more fun than to thicken my wallet. Hope to read and comment on your discussions soon.
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@apuroy11 (59)
31 Jul 07
Wellcome to mylot.com.I am also a new member here.But my some mylot friends gave me very important advice to me.What I want to tell u also. First you have to response other discussions & in this way you will able to make friends in mylot.When you will read other discussions you can know how to write,other interest etc.After learning those you can srart a good discussion.
• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you apuroy11 for your knowledge. I am trying to read other discussions and reply when possible. Best of luck to you and keep in touch, I will do the same. That way we can help each other out with new information. Thanks.
• United States
1 Aug 07
Yes I have started to see a few sites that are offering money to do these things. From reading emails to doing surveys. I guess if you signed up for several of them and started spending more time on the computer you could make enough to make a difference in time.
• China
31 Jul 07
first,you should know that,my lot is not a place to earn too much money,and it's just a site to discuss with other people from different countries.because the payment of your discussions or responses is not as high as you think.if you start a discussion or response one,you will get 1 to 5 cents,but you can hardly get 5cents.if your earning is more than 10 dollars,you can get a referral.you can see the aetails in FAQ of mylot.enjoy your mylot time!
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• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you for your help. I will look up the details in the FAQ section. I have already had a great time in some of the discussions.
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
31 Jul 07
Hi jerrybearj! A heartily welcome! :) I'm sure you'll enjoy the amazing and wonderful world of myLot community. There are lots of thoughtful and helpgul people around here. (",) Just post discussions that you love to discuss. Just anything that you want to talk about and share with people around here. :) And for more info, you can also visit myLot FAQs. Here's the link: http://www.mylot.com/o/faq.aspx Feel free to send me a message if you still got questions. Best of luck! Enjoy! Happy posting! And God bless! :)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Thank you sr0415 for your help and response. I have already enjoyed spending time on this site and look forward to taking part in several discussions. Let me know if you need anything as well.
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
1 Aug 07
Make sure to fill out your interests. It makes it easier to be able to find discussions that you will enjoy, rather than just creating posts for pennies. I also found that adding friends who share the same interests as mine helped me find discussions to reply to.
@mindyja25 (180)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Hi Jerrybearjr, welcome to mylot. I'm still pertty new here too. I will admit I was sent to this site because I was looking for paid sites, but the money is not that great but ok. I do like reading the post and responding. I have made a few post myself, but I really like reading what others start.
• United States
1 Aug 07
Yes I have found out that the money is not great either. Well it is hard to complain when you get paid for getting to write and read blogs and get paid for it. I am going to keep looking around and see if I can get into around 5 sites, then I could actually pull in around 50 a month. After a year I could use that for a vacation or something.
• Canada
31 Jul 07
Hi I jsut got here and I seen your post, I am trying hard to get my picture up on my profile, can you help me out with this one?
• United States
1 Aug 07
Hi I had some trouble getting some pictures on here but not my profile picture, so here is what I did. Go to myLot in the top right hand corner of the page. Then go to myLot Faqs at the bottom of the page. After that there is a link to something like Profile change or Customizing your profile. Then go to Changing your avatar. This should work. I can't post the link since I don't have a rating of 500 yet. Thank you for your question. Hope this helps.