Posted on February 10, 2009 by SHASHANK SHEKHAR

Ciao.com used to be my favorite review site till the time they stopped the fixed incentive for per full review. I had written around 100 reviews on ciao and was really happy, I got paid by them around seven times, and the last payment I received was of $ 25.00. Motivation was still there when they were paying $ 0.25 per review instead of their earlier reward of $ 1.00 per review. Now they have restricted the payment for ratings only which is a very slow earning option.

Now whenever I visit the site it’s easily observed that the number of users online and reviewers have declined drastically. What happened to Ciao suddenly are they planning to wind up their review services or they are tired of filtering spam or they are facing tough times due to global economic crises.

One thing I must appreciate that Ciao still earns money for me which I receive due to ratings and views of my previous articles. Even if I am not working for them it makes me $ 5.00 a month. I will keep on writing one review a day and hope the golden returns again which I will keep on sharing.