Ciao=Bing Shopping=Me Confused!
@greeneyedlady (1439)
Netherlands
July 2, 2009 12:27am CST
I truly do Hate to seem Stupid but I am at a loss! I have had and still have a lot of illnesses in my immediate family recently and have not been able to keep up with all of the "new and improved" on some of the sites that I make money from.
Having said That! I have only just found out that as of yesterday Ciao and writing reviews for Ciao is a No More! Now I find out that they have been integrated with Bing Shopping, which I also have not heard of! But in all fairness to me, these illnesses with my immediate family have been going on for months so I am truly out of "the loop" so to speak!
I have read that I can sign up for a Microsof Live ID account and that entitles me to the Bing Cashback program. Fine! I get it so far!
But then I read on and it says that concerning payments that they are suspending the reward system as of yesterday and my OLD account no longer accrues money from positive ratings, member referrals or any other awards. OK! I get This! No company/site = no money!
But here is where I become a bit fuzzy! I know what I take it to mean but I would just like it if someone or a lot of someones would Please advise me if I am correct in my thinking? 
Am I to understand this correctly when I think it means that there is Not a cash reward program at all for writing reviews for Bing Shopping for any of their products any more?
OR! Does it mean there Is a cash reward program for writing reviews for Bing Shopping but you can no longer accrue money from positive ratings for the reviews that you can write, member referrals or any other awards on Ciao because Ciao is no more?
In other words, to make it simple!
Can you write reviews for Bing Shopping and get paid for it?
I really would appreciate any help anyone can give me with this because I think I am completely Brain Dead and Stupid this morning...Not a very attractive look for me I must say!!
Am I to understand this correctly when I think it means that there is Not a cash reward program at all for writing reviews for Bing Shopping for any of their products any more?
OR! Does it mean there Is a cash reward program for writing reviews for Bing Shopping but you can no longer accrue money from positive ratings for the reviews that you can write, member referrals or any other awards on Ciao because Ciao is no more?
In other words, to make it simple!
Can you write reviews for Bing Shopping and get paid for it?
I really would appreciate any help anyone can give me with this because I think I am completely Brain Dead and Stupid this morning...Not a very attractive look for me I must say!!1 response
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
2 Jul 09
You are not the only one. Ciao was an extremely slow earner for me and I have spent very little time there. Many people have complained and are not happy about the change. I asked one myLot member how things have been going and she said she no longer goes to the site.
It seemed to me that you had to put in a lot of effort before the change for very little return and now it seems there isn't even the little return.
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@greeneyedlady (1439)
• Netherlands
4 Jul 09
Oddly enough I am one of the ones that is going to miss the site as it was a very good earner for me so it will definitely make a hole in my monthly Online earnings intake! That is just one of the reasons I am moving now to Helium to try to make up for that loss and to hear you talk maybe I will be lucky enough to make good like you do! 
I did join the U.K. one for about a minute, but that is not going to work out at all either as it is the same as the U.S. one in that you write reviews and get paid for them but they only pay out through a U.K. bank and not some place like Paypal and in order to get a U.K. bank account when you are Not a resident of the country is very hard indeed. I checked it out and a friend of mine that lives in the U.K. also checked it out thoroughly and it was just too difficult & expensive so I couldn't be bothered with it as it would probably cost more than what I probably would earn in a few months!
Fortunately the one that closed is suppose to pay out all of the old earnings around the middle of the month so here is hoping!!
Thank you very much for responding as always Canellita!! 
I did join the U.K. one for about a minute, but that is not going to work out at all either as it is the same as the U.S. one in that you write reviews and get paid for them but they only pay out through a U.K. bank and not some place like Paypal and in order to get a U.K. bank account when you are Not a resident of the country is very hard indeed. I checked it out and a friend of mine that lives in the U.K. also checked it out thoroughly and it was just too difficult & expensive so I couldn't be bothered with it as it would probably cost more than what I probably would earn in a few months!
Fortunately the one that closed is suppose to pay out all of the old earnings around the middle of the month so here is hoping!!
Thank you very much for responding as always Canellita!! 1 person likes this
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
4 Jul 09
Wow! My Ciao activities were limited to movie reviews and my total earnings the last time I checked were still under $2 after several weeks so I decided my energy and effort could be better spent elsewhere.
Helium does have a lot of reviews. The ones on video games drive me nuts when rating.
