Get Paid For The Things You Buy
I know this sounds a little odd when I say it at first but when I finally saw this little business opportunity I decided to give it a shot and see what I could do with it.
The name of the website is ciao.com. I recently came across this site when someone had suggested it on twitter. At first I was a little standoffish, but once I made it to the website I decided it would be worth a further look.
What Is CIAO
Ciao is a product review site the allows consumers to review products and even get paid a small fee for doing it. Ciao is coined the consumer community, not just a place for people to do reviews but also to talk to friends, share opinions and even buy products.
You can review everything from appliances to video games. With Ciao you don’t need to have your own website, blog, or even do any advertising for that matter.
In fact, Ciao is completely free to use. It won’t cost you one red cent to get started with this little opportunity. So if money is tight, I definitely recommend this money-making idea.
How Ciao Makes You Money
First off, let me say Ciao won’t make you a ton of money but it will make you enough to pay a few bills or have a little extra spending cash. So with that said, let’s dive into a few ways that you can make some money.
The first way you can make money is obviously with writing reviews. However, you won’t make money with every review. Some reviews will pay more and some will pay little if any at all. In fact if you’re the first person to review a product you will make double the money.
Why?
I’m really not sure but my guess is that companies who put their products on Ciao are paying more up front. Ciao also pays for good reviews. The better the review, the more you make. If your review is genuine and unique, it will gain more popularity, which in turn makes more money.
I wrote several reviews on Ciao and the most I seemed to make was around a dollar per review, providing they were paying me much for that review.
The second way you can earn money is by rating other people’s reviews. You might be thinking, ‘why would this be so important?’ Well, companies who are paying to have their products on this website being reviewed want to know what the best reviews are.
With a good review, you can make a few cents per rating. Now that might not sound like much but if you had a few hundred people rate your review, it can add up quickly. In fact, I had several people request to be friends within my first few hours on the site.
So think about it, if you could write one review and get 250 friends to review it you could make a few extra bucks every day. I’m not guaranteeing you success here but with a little hard work, this could definitely be a possibility.
However I should mention one catch here. The friends that rate your reviews must rate it at least exceptional, helpful, or very helpful in order for you to make the money. This is why it is so important to write good reviews. I’ll go into how to do this a little later.
Over time, you will gain trust with certain people on Ciao and you may want to keep track of them more than other friends. Ciao allows you add friends to what is known as a circle of trust.
For example, you may have a friend that rates all of your reviews and as a result you do the same for them. Doing this separates your close-knit friends from the duds. These are the people you want to add to your circle of trust.
What I Like About Ciao
Ciao is an anytime, anywhere business. You can write or rate a review in the morning before work, on your lunch hour, or at night after you put the kids to bed. I do that a lot. This opportunity is about as flexible as they come.
I also like the fact that it doesn’t cost you anything to join. Most business opportunities aren’t this way. With most businesses you have to pay to play.
Finally, you can get started fast. No lengthy sign up process, just fill out the basic information and your off. I signed up and had my first review done in a half hour. With most business opportunities you don’t make money for a few months maybe even longer. I made money with Ciao within the first hour of being in the program.
What I Don’t Like About Ciao
With all the great things about Ciao there are still some down sides. First off, there is a low retention rate. A lot of people sign up with Ciao everyday and a lot of them quit every day. This is the sad truth.
People come to Ciao looking to make a quick buck and once they see that they have only made a few cents from someone rating their reviews, they see this as more work than they really want to put in. However, I feel people who have quit are only looking at the short term reward and not focusing on the long term vision needed to succeed here.
Finally, the spammers who don’t care about the reviews or rating them. These people just want to have everyone join them and rate their reviews and not pay back the favor. They also will spam or copy other peoples reviews and basically abuse the system. Don’t let this get you down if this happens to you. 
Getting Started With Ciao
Getting started with Ciao is easy. Simply click on the ‘join now’ button on their home page and follow the instructions. You’ll need a name to go by, an email address, and you’re ready to go.
Write A Review
Next, write your first review. What I like to do here is just do a search for something I use regularly. For example, I reviewed a few movies I like, a few digital things like laptops, even appliances I’ve used around the house.
Once you’ve found the product you like you can write a review, add the item to your Ciao list to do a review later, or even do a video review. I haven’t done a video review but I’m sure these pay just as well.
So for now just click on ‘write a review’. When the page pops up you will see several things. First, you will need a title, above that you will need to rate the product with a five star rating. Next, you will see an area below to write a review however you will want to watch the word count on the review to make sure it is at least 120 words or more. In order to get paid it must be that long. If you’re not sure how to write your review, there are a couple of links at the top of the review section that will show you how to write and format your review.
After that, there may be some specific criteria the merchant may want to know. This section is located next to the review section. There may be a number of things the merchant wants to know about their product. Just answer them honestly and move on.
Below the review section you will have to give one disadvantage of the product and one advantage of the product. If you know a lot about the product this shouldn’t be too tough.
After that it will ask if you would recommend this product to a friend, once again answer honestly and move to where it will ask you to confirm the review. Check the box and that’s it. That’s all there is to it.
Add Friends To Your Community
Once you get started with Ciao you will want to make friends with others in the community. In fact, you may have some requests from people to add them to your community.
During my beginning stages, I accept just about anyone but over time you will want to add those that actually help you out the most into your circle of trust.
Once you have built up a solid network of friends, it will be easier for you to get ratings on your reviews and in turn earn more money.
With very little effort and cash flow involved in Ciao you can get up and running in no time. So take some time to check it out, the link is below.
Chris
