We wanted to add a couple clarifications regarding this post about early payments for Elite members. We understand that getting paid as soon as possible at the end of the month is a big priority for our users, and we’d love to offer early payments to everyone, but unfortunately there has to be some delay for most users.

That period of 15 days between the end of the month and when payments go out serves as buffer for our advertisers to notify us of any fraudulent activity that’s taken place, whether it be credit card fraud, using false information, or any other form of fraud.

Sending all payments out early would prevent us from taking care of those issues, which would ultimately hurt our advertisers and, in turn, hurt our site and our users.

That said, we’re confident in issuing early payments to our members who have been with us for a while and who have large downlines, because fraud is not an issue with these users (doing anything shady would risk their downlines, and these people have always been good members).

Starting next month, we’ve decided to extend the early payments to all users who are at the Silver level or higher, which means you have 50 active referrals or more. Since we don’t see fraud amongst these users either, we can ensure that the maximum number of our users receive payments as soon as possible without compromising the integrity of our fraud prevention and hurting relationships with advertisers.

This should be a nice extra incentive to start referring your friends, in addition to the increase in commissions you already receive! For more information about what level you’re on and what you need to do to move up, see the “Referral Info” page in the members area.

We’re happy to announce an additional perk for all of our Elite members–early payments! All payments were previously sent out around the 15th, but starting this month, all Elite members will have their payments processed on the 1st of every month instead.

We can only offer this as an incentive to our Elite members at this time, but consider it extra motivation for those of you close to reaching the Elite rank. All other members will have their payments processed as usual.

Not sure where you stand? Check the “Referral Info” page to see what your current rank is, and what’s up next for you.

For the month of May we have only one contest, but we will be awarding the 15 users who refer the most members who complete atleast one offer.

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

1st - $175.00
2nd - $150.00
3rd - $125.00
4th - $100.00
5th - $75.00
6th - $50.00
7th - $25.00
8th - $15.00
9th - $15.00
10th - $15.00
11th - $10.00
12th - $10.00
13th - $10.00
14th - $10.00
15th - $10.00

You can check the frequently updated standings over at the contest leaderboard and discuss the contest at the CashCrate Forum.

Good luck everyone!