Gather.com: Get Paid to Chat, Read and Comment

A New Way to Earn Online

I was told about Gather.com by a friends named Sonia that I had met on mylot. It seemed like a pretty cool way to earn online so I decided to check it out.

Upon entering Gather's website, I gotta say, I was pretty impressed! The site is amazingly nice and very user friendly. This is a breath of fresh air because 90% of recommendations I receive are for less-than-appealing, low budget, poorly maintained sites. Gather.com is everything but that!

My first question was, "How do we make money?"

After reviewing the site I came to the conclusion that Gather appears to have the best of all of my favorite site combined. You can earn by publishing articles (poems, blogs, whatever), commenting on threads, uploading images, chatting, etc.

My next question was "How do they pay us?"

In Gather's FAQ's section I located the following blurb:

"Gather will make money by displaying advertising to people who use Gather's services. It just seems fair that we share our advertising revenue with you based on the quality and popularity of the content you contribute on Gather. We will also share some of our revenue with you if you choose to use the site actively, exploring content that others write, searching on Gather and on the web, and inviting your friends, family, and colleagues to use the site. We will pay occasional users in points that you will be able to use to purchase goods and services from Gather partners in a few months. We will pay frequent users, who write great content consistently, in cash if they choose."

With that being said, Gather Points can be cashed out for gift cards, prizes or money.

Every "point" is equivalent to .02 cents. If you hit $50 in accumulated points in a month you can get paid in cash. These payments are made via Pay Pal. (that means you'll have to hit about 2500 points in a month to get cash). But what I wanted to know was how long it would take to hit the cash out trigger - because if it's going to take 300 days to make 2,500 points, it's not worth it. On the other hand, if I can accumulate 100+ in a day with only a few minutes effort, then it IS worth it!

MY EXPERIENCE: