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Hello All.  I would like to take a few minutes to explain some things about Yuwie that everyone is confused with at first when joining Yuwie.  I'll put is as simple, yet thorough, as I can.  To start, if you did not watch all 3 intro videos, please click the HOME button at the top, and click the Man under "WHAT IS YUWIE?"  Watch that video, click next, watch that one, click next again, and watch that video.  After watching those 3 videos, what I'm going to tell you next will make a little more sense.

Earnings are based on Page Views to Your Profile (wall comments, messages, pic comments, pic views, profile views, profile ratings, blog views, blog comments).  Thus, the more activity you bring to your profile, the more you will make.  This means that pictures and blogs are a great idea as they will bring you more Page Views.  The amount you are paid will very from month to month based on the RSR (Revenue Sharing Rate - the Ad Revenue) and the Page Views you have.  I will get into how to figure that out in a second.

Let me say something first before I get into all that What You Could Make jumbo lol.  You must understand that Yuwie is first and foremost a Social Network.  This social network though does pay its members for their activity.  Please don’t get the impression that there is fast money to be made here.  This is not a get rich quick scheme.  If you are on this site just to socialize, then add friends, socialize, and have fun!  The money will add up on its own on the side and it will just be a perk to you.  If however you are looking to make some decent money from Yuwie, there are a few things that you should know and understand.

Like I stated, Yuwie is not a get rich quick scheme.  If planning on making money through Yuwie, you must think long term…2-3 years down the line.  If you watched the videos, if not please go do so now before continuing to read this, you will have heard Kent (the guy in the video and YGUY’s brother) say that “The Power of Yuwie lies within Referrals” or something to that tune.  What this means is that if you want to make money on Yuwie, you should start recruiting new members underneath you.  This is done by giving people you know, and don’t know, your Yuwie Referral ID, located just beneath your Control Panel buttons on the left hand side of this screen.  By others clicking that, they will have been referred to Yuwie by you, and will go into your tree.  This means that you will not only get paid for your page views, but also for the page views of your referral, as the video stated you also get paid for the page views generated by your Downline (referral tree), but only percentages though, through 10 levels.  If the person you brought to Yuwie, your Level 1 referral, invites someone to Yuwie, you will get paid for their Page Views as well, as they are in your Level 2!!  See how this works? 

The more people you can get in your tree, the more you can make.  Please do not get discouraged after the first couple months if you are not making a lot.  Like I said, you have to decide where you want to be in 2 years, and strive for that.  I have been here for 2 months, and each month I make more than the previous month.  February is already looking to double or triple what I made in January.  You must always promote your referral link.

If you are reading this and you understood everything so far, you are ahead of a lot of people already, trust me.  Let’s talk about how getting paid works.  To get paid, you are required to fill out a Tax Form in the Account Settings section of the Control Panel (it’s the first box button with the picture of gears).  THERE IS NO RUSH TO FILL THIS OUT!!  Please remember that.  The tax form will ask you for your SSN or other Personal Identification Number your country uses, alarming I know, but because you stand to make money from Yuwie, Yuwie is required by law to report your earnings (when you get checks) to the Government.  You must then pay taxes on your earnings yourself as Yuwie will not deduct taxes for you.  When you have reached the minimum payout amount, you can choose payment by 2 methods: Paypal or Check.  NOTE: If you choose Check, a $1 fee will be deducted for printing the check/stamp/shipping fees.  No fees if you choose to receive payment through Paypal exist, yet.  I personally have mine set up for Check.  The minimum payout for Checks is $25 and the minimum payout for Paypal is $5.  I hear that YGUY is going to be lowing the Checks to $10 minimum.  I personally don’t see the point when you’ll only get $4 (80%) after the $1 deduction  (20% of the check), but that’s just me.  Anyway, the amount you get paid each month is figured between the 10-15^th of the following month.  So January’s earnings didn’t come out until Feb 6^th (they got them done early this month, don’t always count on that) which released what the RSR (rev sharing rate) was and how many page views you had, then calculated what you earned for each level (through 10 levels), adds them up, and gives you a total of what you earned for the month.  The formula was giving in the videos if you watched them.  For an example of what this report will look like, look at my blog for January Earnings. 

Again, I am not concerned that December and January I did not make much, because I know that I am increasing steadily and I know where I will be in 2 years.  Besides, what I’ve made thus far is more than Myspace or Facebook every paid me! Haha.  So, you are probably still wondering, “But if I don’t fill out the tax form, how will I get paid?”  Good question.  You won’t.  But, if you’re afraid of your information getting stolen/sold (which there is no reason to), then you can use Yuwie as a social network.  Your $ will however sit in your Yuwie account and build up over time.  If at a future period in time you wish to get paid, you will need to fill out the tax form, select your payment method, and Bingo, there you go.  All that was built up in your Yuwie account will now be able to be paid to you.  Nothing was lost!  As you see, there is no hurry to fill out those forms, until you are sure that is what you want to do.  In the mean time though while you decide, making friends on Yuwie and inviting friends to Yuwie are great places to start.  If you are going to want to make money, please remember these few things:

1)     Never turn down a friend request.  They will be the ones to give you more page views and earn you more money!

2)     Never spam anyone your Referral URL link outside of Yuwie

3)     Never spam a fellow Yuwian some other link for a site outside of Yuwie.  Promoting/Marketing is different than Spamming, and if you wish, I’d be more than happy to help you understand the difference.

4)     Have fun!  Remember, Yuwie is first and foremost a Social Network!

If you have any more specific questions I did not answer or get to, please let me know.  I hope you found this helpful!