Paid To Click - PTC

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Pay To Click - PTC - Advertisement / Pay To Click

PTC is a form of advertising whereby members are paid when they click on a PTC ad.

PTC Plans

You will be able to view the various PTC Plans here.

Viewing/Searching PTC Plans

You will find various parameters under the Search Option that you can use to search for the PTC Plans :

- Search By : You can select the following parameters to search the PTC Plans: Id, Plan Name, Banner Size, Clicks, All Countries Price, GEO (Selected Countries) Price and Click Amount.
- Search For : Enter the search criteria depending on what you have selected in the Search By field.

When you search the PTC Plans using the Search Option, they will be displayed under the following fields :

- Id : This is the Id of the PTC Plan.
- Plan Name : This is the name of the PTC Plan.
- Banner Size : This is the size of the PTC Ad.
- Clicks : This is the number of clicks of the PTC Ad.
- All Countries Price : This is the price of the PTC Ad for all countries.
- GEO Price : This is the price of the PTC Ad for selected countries.
- Click Amount :
- Action : Admin can Edit, Inactivate/Activate, View PTC Plan Members and Delete the PTC Plan from here by clicking on the Action button.

Adding PTC Plans

Click on the Add New button in the Paid To Click -> PTC Plans page and fill in the form provided with the following fields :

- Advance Settings : If set to 'Active', the plan will be displayed on member side when purchasing PTC Ads.
- Hide Plan? : Set this to 'No' if you do not want members to see this plan on PTC purchase page. This option is useful when you want to allow only Selected Members to purchase this plan or award this with plan(s) position, memberships or signup. Just provide the Direct Link to your selected members to allow them to purchase this plan. The link can be found at the end of plan edit page once you have created one.
- Allow Coupons on Purchase : Choose whether you want to allow coupons while members are purchasing PTC plans.
- Banner : You can select whether you want to allow members to add their banner with the PTC ads or not. If you select Enable, then enter the size of the banner here. There are 3 options available: "125X125", "468X60" and "728X90"
- Plan Name :* Enter the name of the PTC plan here. The name will be displayed on the member side when purchasing PTC Banners.
- Seconds to Wait For Successful Click Count: *
  While surfing for PTC ads, you can set the surfing time plan-wise and instead of common for all plans.
  Enter the number of seconds here. A member will need to wait for the seconds entered here for this particular plan before he can surf for the next PTC Ad. .
- Number of Clicks :* Specify the number of clicks to give to each banner of the plan.
- All Countries Price ($) :* Specify the price of this plan when member wants to show PTC Ads worldwide.
- GEO (Selected Countries) Price ($) :* Specify price of this plan when member wants to show PTC Ad in selected countries only.
- Calculated PTC Rate For All Countries ($) :* This will be automatically calculated depending on the price you have entered in the All Countries Price.
- Calculated PTC Rate For GEO ($) :* This will be automatically calculated depending on the price you have entered in the GEO (Selected Countries) Price ($).
- Revenue Share (%) :* Specify the Percentage (%) of income that should be shared if you want to share the income from this plan with the shareholders or set to '0'. The rest will be admin's profit.
- Pay Commission For The First Purchase Only : Choose whether you want to provide referral commission for the referral's first PTC Ad purchase only. If No, referral commission will be provided for all the PTC Ad purchases by a referral.
- Referral Commission (%) :* Specify the Referral Commission for each level here. Take a note that commission is calculated on Paid Amount. Set the value to 0 (zero) when you do not want provide referral commission.
- Earnings Processor Preference
  - Purchase Processor : Member would get earnings in the processor they have purchased spots with.
  - Priority Processor : Member would get earnings in the processor that he/she has chosen as preferred processor in Member's area.
- Payment Method :* Choose the Balance Type(s) that can be used to purchase Ad(s) of this plan.
- Allowed Payment Processors :* You can decide which processors can be used to purchase Ad(s) of this plan. Only the processor(s) that you select here can be used by member while purchasing Ad(s) of this plan.
- Click Amount :* Specify amount that will be paid to a member when he/she clicks on the PTC ad.
- Link : this is a Direct Link to purchase this plan. This is useful especially when you have hidden the plan using the 'Hide?' option.

Click on Submit to add the PTC plan.

PTC Ads

You will be able to view the various PTC Ads here.

Viewing/Searching PTC Ads

You will find various parameters under the Search Option that you can use to search for the PTC Ads :

- Search By - You can select the following parameters to search the PTC Ads : Banner Id, Member Id, Banner Size, Displayed, Clicked, Running Banners, Expire Banners, Approved Ads, Disapproved Ads, Paused Ads and Active (Unpaused Ads)
- Search For : Enter the search criteria depending on what you have selected in the Search By field.
- From : You can search by specifying starting date.
- To : You can search by specifying the ending date.

When you search the PTC Ads using the Search Option, they will be displayed under the following fields :

- Id : This is the Id of the PTC Ad.
- Plan : This is the name of the PTC Ad.
- Member Id : This displays the Member Id of the member.
- Banner : This displays the purchase date and the display start date of the PTC Ad.
- Displayed : This is the number of times the PTC Ad was displayed.
- Clicked : This is the number of clicks of the PTC Ad.
- Likes :
- Action : Admin can Edit, View Click History, Pause/Unpause, Inactivate/Activate and Delete PTC Ad from here.

PTC Themes

Admin can create multiple themes for the PTC ads by members which they can select while creating their PTC Ad. The ads are shown as per their respective theme on View PTC Ads page.

Viewing PTC Themes
PTC Themes will be displayed under the following fields :
- Id : This is the Id of the PTC Theme.
- Name : This is the name of the PTC Theme.
- Type : This displays the type of the PTC Theme i.e. whether it is an Image or CSS.
- Action : Admin can Edit, Inactivate/Activate and Delete PTC Theme from here.

Adding PTC Themes
Under the PTC Themes tab in the Paid To Click page, click on Add New to add a new PTC Theme.
- Status : If set to 'Active', the theme will be available to select while purchasing/editing PTC ads on member side.
- Name :* Specify the name of the theme here. The name will be displayed on the member side while purchasing/editing PTC Ads on member side.
- Background Type :* All the PTC ads can have some background effect on the top just like Facebook cover photo. Please specify whether it will be an Image or CSS based. You can specify the Image or enter CSS below.
- Background Image :* Select the image for the background of the PTC Ad if you have selected Image as the Background Type.
- Background CSS : If you have selected CSS in Background Type, then enter the CSS for the background of the PTC Ad here.
- Background Image CSS : You can change style of the background image from here i.e. repeat or no-repeat, specify size, etc. This field will be displayed if you have selected Image in Background Type.
- Title CSS : The styles for the title of the PTC Ad can be specified here.
- Click Button CSS : You can design the 'click here to earn' button with this option.
- Bottom Border Color : You can change the bottom border color from here so that the color of the bottom border matches with the look of your theme.

Click on Preview button to view the PTC Theme.