I have not hit the minimum in a long time. I think at MOST I got the 5c twice last week. I cashed out on June 7 (because I've been having trouble getting to $25) and have only earned 87 cents in that time. So ridiculous - and I'm on here all day trying to do things. After 11 years, I may be done with this site. Not worth my time.
Of course that is your decision to make, but in the same 11 years (or since the 5 cents was required) I can't remember the last time I did NOT make it. I wish I could tell you what I do different, but nothing sticks out for me, it's that simple. My last cashout was May 7 (still pending) and I have enough to cashout again after the 20th when the last one gets paid.
I promise you, I am just an ordinary guy that puts my pants on one leg at a time and spends a few hours a day here doing exactly what you describe, so I have no idea what the difference is. Just so you know I am not blowing smoke your way, do a simple subtraction with the two numbers shown on my banner and you can see I am still making money here.
A few hours a day? That is something I have been thinking about. It is ridiculous to spend a few HOURS a day and at the end of the day you have a total of less than $2. Some days I am online more than others. Some days I do really well making as much as $40 in one day and then some days it is less than a couple dollars.
To each his own, but I don't think what I do is ridiculous at all and that $2 a day added up to over $75 this month (I just cashed out) and I used part of that to fund another website that added more passive income that is growing. I am retired with nowhere to go and all day to get there, so that extra cash makes my life much more interesting in many ways and sure beats being glued to the boob tube like so many others I know in my age group.
I didn't say YOU doing it is ridiculous. I said I FIND IT RIDICULOUS. $2 a day does not add up to $75 in a month. And the $2 a day is across several sites. And sometimes it is less than a dollar a day.
Like I said, "I" have really been paying attention to how much time I spend on these sites and how much I make and I, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, for ME think it is crazy to spend all day and only make a few pennies.
A while back somebody on here was saying they spend around 14 plus hours a day on this site and they do it 7 days a week. That is 119 hours a week and 476 hours a month. Then cash out at around $80 a month.
119 hours a week x 4 weeks is 476 hours.
476 hours divided by $80 so that comes out to about 16 cents an hour. Like I said, I don't care what anybody else does. But for ME it seems like a waste to spend that much time to get 16 cents an hour. My personal opinion. I know others have said the same thing when they really got to paying attention to how much time they spend here and how much they make. Others have said they spend ALL DAY on this site and still cannot cash out every month.