A few Ciao Tips

@amerie86 (148)
October 17, 2008 6:31am CST
Hello anyone who is a member of ciao should be fully aware of the terms and conditions and guidlines to stick by. You can get kicked off the site if you are reviewing your friends Helpful, Very Helpful or Exceptional on the terms that they give you a postive rating. You can rate as many reviews as long as you like, providing you are rating honestly. Please please please do not copy and paste from other sites. It is ok if you get some basic information and turn them into your own personal words but by coping and pasting this is known as plagerism and is highly unnaceptable at caio. If you would like to read or add me as a friend or need me for any help or advice on your reviews. Feel free to add me under the username of tanyablack
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15 responses
• United States
17 Oct 08
Hi, could you tell me exactly where it say's in the terms and conditions that they will kick you off the site if you rate your friends helpful,very helpful or exceptional on the terms that they give you a positive review? I just spent awhile on ciao reading the terms and conditions like crazy but I have failed to see this mentioned anywhere. Maybe I'm not looking in the right spot or something. But if that is the case then Ciao is probably banning most of it's members daily because I see that happening sooo much all the time. I was told by a member on ciao that they will ban people who post too many reviews at once, but again, this is something else I did not see in the terms and conditions.I know somebody that got banned recently and the only thing she can think of of why she got banned was because she posted too many reviews within a 24 hour period. I have heard sooo many crazy so-called rumors and rules that ciao suppose to have that I don't know what to believe. So now I'm paranoid who I make friends with on ciao, who I should and shouldn't review and rate and I'm deleting messages from people begging for ratings just in case ciao reads my messages ( which I was told they do).. So I'm thinking about just cashing out my money now just in case some user get's me banned for pestering me for reviews.
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@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
It does not state this in the terms and conditons however I emailed Ciao asking if my reviews were okay by their standard as I wanted to stick to their Terms and Conditions as I have heard of so many people getting kicked off. They recommended I speak to a certain member on Ciao about this. As I did so this morning she gave me great advice. Supposedly it is called Cartel ratings when people do this to help their friends out. I have not seen it happen although I have heard it happening. Also writing too many reviews I'm also not so sure about. I think if you make at least 10 meaningful reviews and get them rated well then you should have no problem getting the money up.
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@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Can I just state to anyone about multiple accounts as reviewed above, yes your right you are not allowed multiple accounts however if you have someone else in your family that would like to join up under the same i.p address this is acceptable. This is what I have done.
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@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Main thing to remember is stick to the terms and conditions, rate honestly, review honestly and on a personal level. Added to the list DO NOT make multiple accounts like I said above I emailed Ciao about letting my sister join up and this is totally acceptable. If you review on other sites then please state this on your reviews otherwise they can note this as plagerism. Thank You
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@curiousman (2427)
• Malaysia
17 Oct 08
You have two ciao accounts! I didn't know tanyablack is you. Thanks for the info. Happy Reviewing!
@jerzgirl (9327)
• United States
17 Oct 08
Multiple accounts are NOT allowed. They will delete them and pan the person as soon as they learn about it. It is an abuse of their generosity and trust, so don't think of doing it.
• Malaysia
17 Oct 08
I don't know. I think you can. Amerie has done it. Oh... Amerie, the more I look at your picture, the more I feel like flying to the UK to see you
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Haha no that was an old account I no longer have that account anymore so you can delete it if you like. That was a test account for me as like I said I have been doing my research into this site. :o)
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
17 Oct 08
Hi Tanya. Well, I did accept you as a friend at ciao before going thru ur discussion here, and now i take this opportunity to put u some questions about mylot. Well, I did join ciao, a few days back and have already put up some 5 reviews. My earnings have already exceeded 5$, and have requested the payment, but i am not quite sure, whether my request has been submitted or not because, i don't find a notice or any kind of deduction in my earnings. do you have any idea about this? About reviewing others reviews, I haven't really done much of that but after reading ur discussion, i will take utmost care in this respect!! By the way, have you been paid yet by this site? And one more thing, since i have already requested my payout now, do you think i will be still eligible to request for my payout by the end of this month if i earn another 5$ or more! Hey, i hope i can frequently get in touch with you on the site itself. I really hope, that the site pays for our work!!
• India
17 Oct 08
Hey thanks tanya. Well, i guess you are really into this site. Because i can see u online there. So, you joined recently, wow and you ahve already secured over 1000 community points. Goging gr8. Well, i did ask some of the CIAO members about the payment request and even they mentioned the same thing that u mentioned. So, i guess we will have to just wait and watch for the 15th of November. till then, lets rock!!
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Hello, first thing is first I have not yet been paid from this site and I have also only joined up recently. I do know they pay so stick with it. Also I think you should check the FAQs of the site about your cashing out question. I don't see a problem with you cashing out twice but that is basically my own opinion this may be different for Ciao itself. Feel free to email them about any queries they are rather quite friendly and helpful. I hope this is of some help to you.
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@insulin (2479)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
HI there..:-0 I was kick by ciao last month and I am not doing copy paste why is that? can I still make another account so that I can start again? I am confuse because I did not violate any regulations but it seems they are blocking me..
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Im sure you can make another account however it would have to be under a new email address I assume? Another thing you can do to help keeping in with the rules is if you are on another review site and are posting the same review you should state at the bottom of your review that you can also read this review under the username of .......
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
I used a test email address when I first signed up to Ciao to test out the rules. Now that I know them I can start properly with my new reviews.
@zenki08 (700)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
I have not joined this site yet, honestly I don't know anything about ciao. how does it work and does it pay real money? I'm trying to be very careful in joining some site i'm afraid I might get scammed or something.
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
Ciao is a site where you can review a lot of things. Ciao pay you $1 for each review you make based on their rules. If other people rate your review you also get money for this. They pay you on the 15 of every month depending on when you cashed out. Minimum cash out is $5 dollars. If you cash out on the last day of this month you will get your money on the 15 of November however if you cash out on the 1st of November you will not get this until December.
@zenki08 (700)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Oh ok thanks! Last question or questions. How do they pay and do they accept International members? Is this a referral type site?
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
To be honest about the referrals i'm not sure. I have never took interest in the referall game although I know it helps. Yes they accept international members. Yes it pays real money :o)
@cutleave (45)
• Thailand
17 Oct 08
hey amerie i found you in ciao yesterday but today they blocked my user id because of some review i did copy paste i am feeling very very sad what i do to get my id back please help meee!!!!
• India
17 Oct 08
Hey, I am a new member at CIAO. Can you let me know, as to how much time after posting a review (which is copied from another site, do they block ur account? As per ur case, when did u post that review, and when did they block ur id?
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Aw, plagiarism is a federal crime. Heehee. Just kidding. But generally, it's a very bad thing to do you know? Scary as it is, we can do nothing about it. Yeah, you can send a plea saying you'll never do that again, just a freak accident or something like that. Hopefully they'll return your account. Good luck, and hope to see you in Ciao again.
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
I'm not sure you can get your i.d back as Ciao are not very understanding to plagerism you could maybe email them saying that you did not read the terms and conditions properly and apologise hoping that they might give you another try.
@unuzzz (1273)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 08
hi amerie86 wow, i never heard about ciao before but after i read your discussion, i think i'm interested with ciao and i think i'll give it a try hehee.. hey, i add you up in ciao, my username is the same as my name in mylot maybe i'm going to need your help on this site hehee, please mind me if i ask lots of thing to you in the future thanks.. :D i've just confirmed the registration, and now on new my profile still confused what to do first.. hehe
@amerie86 (148)
18 Oct 08
Hello everyone and good morning if you have any more questions please ask it on ciao and I will try to help you out. As i'm more on Ciao than mylot.
@satyakam (1112)
• India
17 Oct 08
Thanks a lot ameri for sharing nice tips,but do u know one day i rated one girl there some what helpful as she had written wrong information about a movie and after that she continuosly rated me thrice same rating in revenge and i din't complain but one day she wrote about a flop hindi movie that it is good thing in story ,music every where and i rated some what and given comment with reason then she reported abuse against me and i intimated this thing to CIAO authority tey told me not to involve in mutual rating and i beg apology to them even i i had not done anything wrong then after 7 days again that girl rated one of my film review not helpful.can u imagine,how can one be so mean?but i didn't tell anything remained silent.What you have written about copy/pasting is right as ciao is paying good amount they can't tolerate it.
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
exactly and don't worry about people revenge rating you. The joke is on them if they want to be that immature let them. You just continue rating and reviewing truthfully and i'm sure Ciao will deal with the rest.
@owelm0408 (1011)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
hi, i signed up at ciao just this morning and has a few review of the products that i actually used or had used.,i'm still learning the art of posting reviews, thanks for your tips and reminders.how long had you been a ciao contributor?i'll take note your username and add you on my friendlist.thanks
@amerie86 (148)
17 Oct 08
I am only a few days old at this review site however I have been searching it for a few weeks now as to see whether I should spend my time writing reviews. Now that I am fully convinced they payout I am happy to write reviews that hopefully help people with what they are researching.
@Metalchick (1391)
17 Oct 08
Have been a member with this site for couple of months now and it seems to me you can only start earning more money per review once your community points have grown significantly.
@Lexus656 (672)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I have a question that no one seems to be able to answer. Last month I joined Ciao and I wrote two reviews and just started back on it last night but for some reason I cannot remmebr how to post a review like where do I do to start posting reviews again. I don't know what happened I guess I have just been on so many sites since then I just can't figure it out could you please let me know how to do it again lol i hate having to ask lol but you know how it goes.
@Lexus656 (672)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Can you please tell me how to post a review on ciao I have asked a thousand people and no one can tell me.
• United States
18 Oct 08
Hello lexus, go to the member center above beside "my ciao" and you can see their categories there. Hope it helps..
@cutleave (45)
• Thailand
17 Oct 08
hey i got my new user id in ciao please add mee (i am new again) user id- mycuteleave i need to find new friend again
@jelai24 (221)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
good day day madam...anyway i am a new member of ciao....sometimes i will visit this site but i don't know how will i start...i have no friend yet there...can u please help me how?thanks in advance madam...
@rainmark (4302)
17 Oct 08
Im a member of ciao and got paid from them last 15th, i do aware of that issue in ciao that's why i never send any mutual friends messages stating to read and rate my reviews coz they may going to kicke you from the site. But some of my friends are keep sending me messages about to rate them. Happy posting.