There is an easy explanation for this.

Most, if not all, Traffic Exchanges set a minimum percentage of your total credits that MUST be auto-assigned. This is done to ensure that there are credits assigned to sites at all times. Sites without credits don’t get rotated.. a Traffic Exchange without rotating sites doesn’t work so well

So in order to keep at least a minimum of sites in constant rotation, we set a minimum percentage of credits that need to be auto assigned.

As you earn credits while surfing, a certain amount of them go into your Credit Total and a certain amount are auto assigned to your approved sites. ( the amount is based on the percentage that the traffic exchange has pre-set and varies in exchanges and also in upgrade status. The amount can be seen on your Assign Credits page)

If the Traffic Exchange delivers traffic at a fairly brisk rate, your credits that are auto assigned are going to be used fairly quickly. It’s possible that they may be used as quickly as you earn them. If that is the case, it will appear that you haven’t earned any, or as many credits as you think you should have, for the amount of time you surfed.

Rest assured that you have.. they simply were used immediately to show your sites to other members that were surfing while you were.

** The more traffic an exchange delivers, the quicker your credits will be used and this applies to credits that are auto assigned as well.

Now.. while an exchange normally sets a percentage that MUST be auto assigned, it is rarely, if ever, 100%. So if you don’t want all your credits that you earn while surfing to be used, make sure that you do not have auto assign set to 100%. This percentage can be adjusted on your Assign Credits page. While many prefer to have their credits used immediately, there may be times that you want to stockpile a few for a special promotion.

One final note.. only credits that are earned while surfing are auto assigned. Credits purchased or won go into your Credit Total and must be assigned and it is important to make sure that they DO get assigned. Make it a habit whenever you log in to your account to check your credits and assign them if you have them.. sites in rotation are not only essential for the Traffic Exchange, it is essential for you as well.. when your sites aren’t in rotation… no one is seeing them!

Questions..? Comments..?

How Much is Your Time Worth?

There are two things that we all think we never have enough of.. Time and money.

Saying that time flies is an understatement in these days that we live in. Even our kids feel time rushing by them at breakneck speed which wasn’t the case when I was young. ( At this point my daughter would insert, “did they have time when you were a kid?”)

I was reminded again today how fast time goes when I realized that my oldest daughter will be 28 in a couple of weeks. 28 YEARS OLD! Many of you that I know and work with ARE 28 and maybe can’t relate.. but many of you are my age and will understand my amazement at the quick passage of time.

You will also understand, how at the age of ‘39′, I can have a daughter that is only 11 years younger and a son who is 31.

We’re all familiar with the quotation by Benjamin Franklin that says “time is money”. I would agree with Jim Rohn who has said that “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

How do we spend our time.. a subject that could take many directions but right now I’m referring to our online time, specifically our time spent using Traffic Exchanges. If we truly value our time as we should, there are ways to maximize our usage of it.

While there are a few ways of surfing more efficiently, such as multi tabbed browsing etc, that will maximize our time usage, the most noticible, but often overlooked way to maximize our time, is by taking advantage of the Pro memberships offered by the Traffic Exchanges themselves.

Now before you think that this is a shameless attempt to get more people to upgrade so I can make more money let me just say this.

You’re right! It is one way that I make money as a traffic exchange owner. Nothing wrong with that… but only if my service provided is a benefit to the consumer.. my members.

That being said.. let’s discuss the features and benefits of Pro memberhips.

Benefits boil down to the two things we never think we have enough of.. time and money.

First feature that an upgraded member recieves.. Extra Credits.

As a Pro1 member in HitSafari you receive 200 extra credits a month. As a free member you would have to view 400 pages to earn 200 credits based on our 2:1 surfing ratio.

Each site is viewed for 20 seconds.. or 3 sites a minute. Viewing 400 sites would take you 133 minutes or just over 2 hours. How much is your time worth? Even if you undervalue yourself at 5 bucks an hour, 2 hours is worth $10, enough to pay for 2 Pro1 memberships.

As a Pro2 member, you receive 500 extra credits.. 1000 pages surfed as a free member.. at 3 sites a minute that’s 5 1/2 hours.. at5 bucks an hour, over $25.. How much is your time worth?

Second feature of an upgraded membership, the surfing ratio increases to 1:1

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Remember, while I’m referring specifically to HS, the same things are true for almost all traffic exchanges that you participate in.

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As a Pro member of HitSafari when you DO surf you earn the same number of credits as a free member in HALF THE TIME! Plus, the bonus credits received while surfing are doubled.. bringing even more value to you surfing session. How much is your time worth?

Third feature of an upgraded membership… bonus credits received on every credit purchase.

As a free member, if I were to spend $50 for credits I would receive 5000, which is an excellent deal. As a basic Pro member each time I spent $50 for credits, I would receive 20% more or 6000.

That extra 1000 credits would cost me $12 if I were to purchase them separately. Did I just more then pay for my Pro membership again? Yep.

As a Pro2 member, the percentage is 35%! or 1750 extra credits!

Fourth feature of an upgraded membership.. earning cash commissions from your first leval referrals.

As a Pro member you receive 20% of every purchase your downline makes.. no matter if they purchase credits or an upgrade.

You may think.. “wow 20% of a $9.95 upgrade is 2 bucks I made this month.. woo hoo!” But how about 20% of a $50 credit purchase.. that’s better, right?

Is HitSafari or any TE going to make you rich? Of course not.. will it make a new car payment? Absolutely not! HitSafari was not designed to be a money making program. We are an advertising resource and our purpose is to provide top quality advertising for our members.

But will a few extra dollars a month pay for your upgraded memberships in HS and other exchanges.. Yep!

Let’s summarize and see what upgrading in your favorite Traffic Exchanges can do for you in terms of time and money.

We all need/want more time and money.. we can get more time by spending a set amount of money (on an upgraded membership). That time is a valuable commodity and truly is priceless. It’s value is determined exclusively by you, depending on how you choose to spend it.

Also.. when we spend that set amount of money (on an upgraded membership), we in turn create the opportunity to EARN BACK that money (from the members that we refer)

So what we’ve done is create an essentially free system that pays us back in actual dollar figures each and every month! Dollars that come from saved time invested into other profitable projects. How you spend that time is up to you, but the rewards could be very significant.

Again.. How much is your time worth? Are you doing everything you know how to do to maximize that valuable resource that once spent is gone?

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
– Carl Sandburg