Two exciting changes for CashDuck!

1 - As of July 1st, CashDuck is now being run by its new owner, Keith!

2 - From now on, payments will be made on a weekly basis!

I'm really excited to give you guys this news - CashDuck has a new owner, Keith, who is now officially in charge. He's a great guy with a lot of experience who is going to do you guys right. Most of CashDuck's features will remain the same, with Quackers, Disney Dollars, feathers prizes, and great contests as usual. There's one important change that I think you will all appreciate - payments are going to be made on a weekly basis. Instead of waiting more than a month to be paid, payments will be sent out each Saturday. So no more waiting!

I've really enjoyed my time as the owner of CashDuck and I know that our members are some of the greatest people anywhere. I'm moving on with other projects, but I will stop in to check on CashDuck many times, I am sure!

Early payout and new contests for March!

I got paid a little early, so I thought I'd pass it along.. happy early payouts day, everyone!

Next month I'm going to break it up a little and have three ten-day contests, so that everyone gets a shot at winning. Plus, after a 28 day month, a regular one just feels really long. At least to me. So hopefully this will make it a little more fun!

I thought the banner ads were getting boring, so...

Traditionally the banner ads on CashDuck have been for informational purposes only. However, that's really boring, and I don't know about you but the fact that these handful of banner ads have been seen over a million times kind of says something. :)

So I have decided to allow members to put up their own banner advertising on CashDuck. I know lots of our lovely ducklings run your own blogs, websites, or have your own small businesses. So if you would like to show CashDuck what you've been up to, you'll need a 468x60 banner.

You can use either Paypal or your internal balance of cash or feathers to pay for the banner. Rates are $1 or 20 feathers for 2000 ad displays or $2.50 or 50 feathers for 6000. Please note that advertising for other GPT sites is NOT allowed and all ads will be reviewed before they go up.

If you're interested, click the little "Advertise Here" link under the banner ad and follow the instructions. I'm really excited to see what we come up with. :)

Why CashDuck isn't an instant-payout site.

I recently had a longtime member ask if CashDuck was going to become an instant payout site. CashDuck has never offered instant payouts although in the past there have been differences between cash and gift card payout speeds. The basic reason is that I don't get paid by the advertisers until the end of the month after the month in which you completed the offer. So all of the activity from October offers will be paid to me at the end of November, when I will turn around and pay it out to you. The longer reason is that some of what's going on in that period of time is that the advertisers are reviewing the leads, especially for trial offers, and checking for any bad addresses, fraudulent credit cards, etc. Now this is not a significant problem for CashDuck, although we have been hit by fraudulent users in the past. But a good portion of the reason that CashDuck doesn't have a lot of problem with fraud is because if someone intends to sign up for offers with stolen credit cards, this will be found out before they get paid and they won't get paid for those offers. If you have an instant payout site, it not only means that you can't avoid paying the fraudulent users, but also that people who intend to use bad credit cards and bad addresses will actually seek out your site and do offers there much more often. To avoid losing lots of money, you end up paying everyone less, since you're taking on a lot of risk that you'll lose money on the bad seeds. And this kind of carries over even to freebie offers like surveys, where you're almost never going to get a reversal. This is why most of the bigger GPT sites are still on the monthly payout system.

A few examples of how much less instant-payout sites have to pay (these are all prices from one particular site that I know of.) Most of their offers are in about the same proportion to what I pay out, these are just a few that we are both running.

ID Promise (30 day trial, $1 cost): CashDuck - $11.50 and 5 feathers, Other - $4.55

Identity Guard (30 day free trial): CashDuck: $14.00 and 5 feathers, Other - $5.95

eFax (30 day free trial): CashDuck - $9.00 and 3 feathers, Other - $3.15

Quiz Jungle - Spongebob: CashDuck - $0.70 and 1 feather, Other: $0.30

Daily Survey - Absolute Rewards: CashDuck - $0.40 and 1 feather, Other: $0.18

It's a brand new day!

So as you may have seen, CashDuck is now fully open and ready for you! There is an earnings contest going on right now for Disney Dollars prizes, Oct 1st through 15th, and a referral contest through the end of October too! I'm very happy to see so many familiar faces and get such nice messages from members old and new.

News from the last week!

- I have added a Daily Clicks section - this is great for getting that last few cents you need for a cashout, and will add up over time. There are a limited number of clicks available each day, so stop in early!

- Many trial offers now have higher payouts, since I was able to negotiate a higher rate on them with the advertisers. More in your pocket!

- Most of the offers I've put up are new, so I've been pruning those that don't seem to be working properly (ie, a few people have done them and they haven't credited.) But also, if you see an offer that seems to be directing to the wrong thing, or is expired or a broken link, please report it! As always you'll get a feather for helping out and making the site better for all of us.

Coming soon...

Just as an FYI for anyone who is stopping in before we are ready to go live once more.. CashDuck will be back soon. I am looking forward to greeting experienced and new ducklings alike!

Referral contest is tied up!

The referral bonus prize has so many people that are very close that I have decided to split it into separate prizes. There have been some issues occurring when the referral did a daily survey so this seems fairer to everyone to have a shot at some extra bonus money.

The month-long completions contest and the daily-survey jackpot are still going on, so there is a chance for everyone to get great prizes!