Fusion Cash

[Heath]

I'm not a fan of Fusion Cash (http://www.yesfree.com/clicktracker/c.php?k=1.210.53). With that said, you’ll get a $5 bonus on sign up. Payout is $25, and the people who love it say that it’s easy to earn that much. $15 of that $25 must be earned from offers. So even if you have earned $100, you won’t be paid until you have $15 in offers. The good news is that there are many offers that don’t require a credit card (free offers). So it can take some time to weed through all of them, but apparently there are enough free offers to get to your minimum. They provide a link for all of the free, no credit card required offers which will save some time.

Payment is by check, direct deposit or Paypal. You’ll find that there is a verification necessary before you can claim your money, by either telephone or fax. And since you all know I don’t ever give out my telephone number to anyone, I recommend the fax route. After 180 days, your offer money will expire if you don’t cash out within that period of time. So you’ll have to stay active to be paid.

[maplaver]

Payout is $25, and the people who love it say that it’s easy to earn that much. $15 of that $25 must be earned from offers. So even if you have earned $100, you won’t be paid until you have $15 in offers. The good news is that there are many offers that don’t require a credit card (free offers). So it can take some time to weed through all of them, but apparently there are enough free offers to get to your minimum. They provide a link for all of the free, no credit card required offers which will save some time.

I finished my experiment... CASHING OUT FROM FUSION CASH BY COMPLETING ONLY SURVEYS.

I wasn't sure if this was going to work because for me SURVEYS are not OFFERS. But I decided to try it anyways because they have 2 DAILY SURVEYS of $1 and $0.75. If it wouldn't had worked, I would have complained to their customer service because these daily surveys are filed under DAILY OFFERS.

Today I reached $25 and the link "you are eligible to cashout" appeared. So, I clicked it and got this confirmation message:
"Thank you for requesting a cashout!
You will receive your funds on or around July 20th.
If you chose to receive a check, note that they generally take a 3-5 additional business days to arrive via U.S. Mail."

I'll let all know when I receive this payment.

Lee, now you can join this offers site ;)

[LapisLee]

Thank you sweetie. I will join the day you cash your check. ;)

[maplaver]

Thank you sweetie. I will join the day you cash your check. ;)

I chose paypal :p

[eddieMX07]

I still do not like Fusion Cash even though I am a member of their site. I recently logged in my account and found out that I still had to confirm my membership. That is one of the reasons why I think I will not make a lot of money with them.

[maplaver]

I did an offer through FUSIONCASH and received an email from SENDEARNINGS giving me credit for it. Which sucked because SENDEARNINGS paid $0.50 and FUSIONCASH $1.
Has this or something similar happened to you?

[LapisLee]

Originally posted by Heath:

Fusion Cash: Online Paid Survey Site Review (http://www.yourfreesurveys.com/wordpress/?p=68)

I’ll be talking about Fusion Cash today at the request of Maplaver, one of our subscribers. What I know about it for sure is, either you love it or you hate it. I’m in the “hate it” camp, but you regular readers wouldn’t be at all surprised by that. But I’m not discriminating against Fusion Cash in particular, I don’t really care for any of the “offer sites”.

With that said, you’ll get a $5 bonus on sign up. Payout is $25, and the people who love it say that it’s easy to earn that much. $15 of that $25 must be earned from offers. So even if you have earned $100, you won’t be paid until you have $15 in offers. The good news is that there are many offers that don’t require a credit card (free offers). So it can take some time to weed through all of them, but apparently there are enough free offers to get to your minimum. They provide a link for all of the free, no credit card required offers which will save some time.

Payment is by check, direct deposit or Paypal. You’ll find that there is a verification necessary before you can claim your money, by either telephone or fax. And since you all know I don’t ever give out my telephone number to anyone, I recommend the fax route. After 180 days, your offer money will expire if you don’t cash out within that period of time. So you’ll have to stay active to be paid.

One final point, read the terms and conditions very carefully. They appear to be very strict about the rules, and I’ve read numerous cases about large sums of money not being paid out because of fraud of some kind. Most Internet businesses have rules, Yourfreesurveys will not pay referrals fees if the referrals come from the same IP address. But the claims against Fusion Cash seem to be more generalized, with many people claiming that they “banned” from the site and not paid when no fraud was committed. It’s hard to tell, but I’m just reporting what’s “out there” when doing a general search.

In closing, you’re going to get my broken record speech. If you are going to do these offer sites, it will take time to research each offer (by reading all the terms and conditions of EACH offer) and you will need to keep very detailed records of what you are joining, how long the trials are, who is providing them etc. If you don’t keep these records, you lose much more money than you ever make.

[eddieMX07]

I think I joined them from an InboxDollar email. The website didn't impress me so I rarely logged in to my account. A month ago I tried to log in to see if my account still existed but I was unable to access the website. I thougth they went out of business since most people don't like them. I have yet to log in since I created my account.

[LapisLee]

Interview with FusionCash (http://www.comparerewards.com/archives/004544.html)
May 10, 2008 10:29 AM

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Tyler Derheim, owner of FusionCash. He graciously took time out of his day to talk about some of the challenges his site has faced recently and about the future of his program.

First, can you tell my readers who aren't members of FusionCash what your program is about? What's the type of person who would really enjoy FC?

FusionCash is a loyalty and rewards community site. We offer anybody over 13 in the US an opportunity to earn some extra spending cash by taking surveys, entering contests, and trying free and nearly-free trials. We're also expanding our shopping cashback offerings, including many products that are "As Seen On TV". You can earn rewards quickly, but many of our members find the real value in returning to the site often for the forum community and daily survey opportunities.

Now, let me jump in and ask about the big question many people had recently: what happened to FusionCash a few weeks ago? The site was down and there was some concern that you might have closed for good! What really happened?

An unknown individual utilized a Distributed Denial of Service attack to overload our servers with fake traffic - preventing legitimate traffic from getting through to the site. Although we did not receive any communications from the attacker, some other sites in the industry reported emails attempting to extort "protection money" from them in exchange for stopping the attacks. Although it took an unfortunately long 6-7 days, we were finally able to configure our server and firewall to effectively block the attacks. Fortunately, these improvements have made the site faster in general, and more resistant to this type of attack for the future. Naturally, we extend our deepest apologies to our members for the extended inaccessibility - we were doing everything we could.

As for the allegations that we were shutting down or having internal difficulties, financial or otherwise -- they are completely unfounded. FusionCash has an on-time payment record that leads the industry, and we have no plans to do anything but continue to improve.

Why do you think FusionCash was one of the victims of this attack?

As a high profile rewards site, the attacker probably perceived that we would be more willing to pay him to stop. Naturally, we never have and never will negotiate with anybody who is breaking the law.

Are you working on some kind of feature to stop future attacks?

As mentioned, we have beefed up our firewall and server already. Based on the current numbers, an attack would have to be at least an order of magnitude larger than the last one to have a negative effect on our ability to stay online.

How has this impacted FusionCash?

It caused us minor inconveniences as our advertising partners adjusted to the first extended downtime in our (nearly) 3 year history, and of course the incalculable loss of faith that some of our members endured. However, there was no damage, and no data was compromised or lost. Once we completed the refinements to the firewall and server, it was back to business as usual.

We haven't talked in a while -- what kinds of changes have you made to the program in the last year or so?

Since we've been established in the space for some time, we've lately been focusing on making FusionCash the best loyalty program around. Some of our recent changes include:
The addition of a community forum
Hiring and training of support staff and refined support procedures to create a better member experience
A hard-nosed approach to offer selection and monitoring - internal policies to ensure that we only present offers that credit consistently. This means that while we do not have the widest selection of offers, you will be properly rewarded when completing one. Don't get me wrong, though - we still have over 120 consistently crediting, quality offers, including two survey opportunities which can be completed once per day.
Are there any upcoming changes or promotions that you might want to share with my readers?

Glad you asked! We just recently finished our first raffle. Three lucky members walked away with prizes of $100, $50 and $25. More importantly, over two hundred members participated - and all of them walked away with some extra cash in their FusionCash account just for completing the qualifying offers. We are soliciting feedback on the raffle so that we can do even better next time (links to surveys are in that thread above).

Is there anything else you'd like to say to FC's current members or to people considering joining your site?

To our members: Thanks for your participation, your enthusiasm, and your patience during our downtime.
To prospective members: Give us a shot! We have over 1.2 million members already, who have been paid some $1.5 million to date. We know that your time is valuable, and we have created an opportunity for you to earn real money without much effort. You might even meet some interesting people on the forum :)

That's all the questions I have for now! Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with me! Thanks for your time - I hope we don't have to wait a whole year to do this again.

FusionCash has been around since June 2005, and I joined shortly after that. They give you $5 just to join, and they have surveys, some shopping offers (like $10 for making any purchase at ShoeBuy), and other offers that pay you just for trying out a product or service. Some don't require a credit card at all, and for others you have to provide one but the trial is free or cheap ($5 to sign up for a free 14 day trial of Emusic, for example), and you can cancel if you don't want to continue. Don't sign up for something and immediately cancel as soon as you're credited at FC or else the advertiser will tag it as being fraudulent -- if you sign up for a trial and don't want to keep the service, give it a few days or even a week before you cancel. And don't do an offer you've completed on another website -- also considered cheating.

FusionCash is very hardcore about weeding out cheaters (people joining multiple times, referring themselves, completing the same offer more than once, etc.), so if this describes you, find another place to scam! But If you're conscientious and follow the rules like I do, FC is a great site. They pay on time as promised, every month, and I've found their customer service to be very prompt and courteous.

Thanks again to Tyler for the interview, and if you're interested in joining, I'd appreciate your supporting me by clicking through the banner below.

Oops! Banner missing... :D

[ambitiouz]

I have been paid once by paypal and was able to make above the minimum to cash out since they offered a $5 bonus for signing up. Doing the daily surveys helped me cash out since I only did the free offers. After the first cash out, there doesn't seem to be enough new free offers to cash out, so the daily surveys helped The only negative with FC is the $25 min and $15 that must be completed in offer. I probably won't remain active since there are other sites that I rather use to complete offers.

[maplaver]

I have been paid once by paypal and was able to make above the minimum to cash out since they offered a $5 bonus for signing up. Doing the daily surveys helped me cash out since I only did the free offers. After the first cash out, there doesn't seem to be enough new free offers to cash out, so the daily surveys helped The only negative with FC is the $25 min and $15 that must be completed in offer. I probably won't remain active since there are other sites that I rather use to complete offers.

The daily surveys are considered OFFERS in FUSION CASH. I know this because I cashed out by only doing them. I don't like doing offers!

[maplaver]

I finished my experiment... CASHING OUT FROM FUSION CASH BY COMPLETING ONLY SURVEYS.

I wasn't sure if this was going to work because for me SURVEYS are not OFFERS. But I decided to try it anyways because they have 2 DAILY SURVEYS of $1 and $0.75. If it wouldn't had worked, I would have complained to their customer service because these daily surveys are filed under DAILY OFFERS.

Today I reached $25 and the link "you are eligible to cashout" appeared. So, I clicked it and got this confirmation message:
"Thank you for requesting a cashout!
You will receive your funds on or around July 20th.
If you chose to receive a check, note that they generally take a 3-5 additional business days to arrive via U.S. Mail."

I'll let all know when I receive this payment.

Lee, now you can join this offers site ;)

Your cashout request has been processed!
De: support@fusioncash.net
Enviado:martes, 15 de julio de 2008 05:28:21 p.m.
Responder a:FusionCash (support@fusioncash.net)

Hi Maplaver,
Your cashout request for $25.25 has been approved and processed.
If you requested payment via PayPal, you can expect it to arrive within the next few days (if it hasn't arrived already).
If you requested payment via Direct Deposit, you can expect it to post to your account in the next 2-5 business days, depending on your bank's policies.
If you requested payment via Check, it will be printed and mailed shortly. Please allow up to 14 business days for U.S. Postal Service First Class Mail delivery. The envelope has the FusionCash logo printed on it.
Thanks for using FusionCash, and enjoy your free money!
Regards,
FusionCash

[maplaver]

Thank you sweetie. I will join the day you cash your check. ;)

Seconds after receiving the email posted before, I got the PayPal email telling me FusionCash had paid me :D

Dear Maplaver,

FusionCash, Inc just sent you money with PayPal.

FusionCash, Inc is a Verified buyer.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Payment Details
Amount: $25.25 USD
Transaction ID: xxx
Subject: Your FusionCash Cashout
Custom Note: Cashout 47711 2008-06-19

Now I will continue using Fusion Cash because they just proved to me that they are legit. I haven't been there since the day I requested payment (which arrived 5 days before it was supposed to :p)

[RedScorpion911]

I am a Fusion Cash membe and have been paid multiple times. I've easily made over $500 with them. They are good company and are legitimate.

[maplaver]

I am a Fusion Cash membe and have been paid multiple times. I've easily made over $500 with them. They are good company and are legitimate.

Yeah, but I don't do their offers... just their daily surveys!

[RedScorpion911]

I used to love Fusion Cash. I was paid by them twice and they always send their payments on time. I only would complete the free offers and occassionally the free trials, however, the free offers are hardly ever updated now. So I am happy to say that I am unsubscribing because of my lack of attention to the site. There are so many better sites out there, so I can't waste my time.

[lahsdh]

I ended up incurring several regular monthly fees with some offers that had "hidden" enrollment

[LapisLee]

I just checked my Fusion account to see if I could take any surveys. My rewards have all expired. You have to make $25 every six months I guess.
Offers credited to your account:

Offer Name Completion Date Reward Status

Opinion Outpost 2008-01-31 $1.00 Expired
National Survey Search 2008-01-31 $1.25 Expired
Signup Bonus 2008-01-31 $5.00 Expired

Why are my offer completions marked as "expired"?

Per the Terms of Service, offers and bonuses expire if not cashed out within 180 days of being credited.

We realize that this policy may be frustrating, but if we cannot "close out" accounts after a certain period, our accounting becomes unmanageable.

We feel that 180 days is an adequate time to cashout your funds, since the minimum for payment is low and you can easily reach it by completing no-credit-card-required offers.

[maplaver]

I just checked my Fusion account to see if I could take any surveys. My rewards have all expired. You have to make $25 every sx months I guess.
Offers credited to your account:

Offer Name Completion Date Reward Status

Opinion Outpost 2008-01-31 $1.00 Expired
National Survey Search 2008-01-31 $1.25 Expired
Signup Bonus 2008-01-31 $5.00 Expired

Why are my offer completions marked as "expired"?

Per the Terms of Service, offers and bonuses expire if not cashed out within 180 days of being credited.

We realize that this policy may be frustrating, but if we cannot "close out" accounts after a certain period, our accounting becomes unmanageable.

We feel that 180 days is an adequate time to cashout your funds, since the minimum for payment is low and you can easily reach it by completing no-credit-card-required offers.

oh nooooooo! that sucks :eek: poor lee!

[maplaver]

i unsubcribed a while ago after cashing out once!