| Name | HitBandit |
| In-House Ranking | #26 of 61; 0 votes |
| Language(s) | English |
| Contacting Customer Service | Available on most HitBandit pages in the menu on the left side, first (1) click 'Info / Contact' and then (2) on the sub-menu that appears click 'Support Ticket' |
| User Forum(s) | none |
| First Date of Operation | unknown |
| Traffic Stats | StartXchange's Top TE's |
| Owner(s) | John Davies (twitter) |
| Possible Improvements | - Get a forum where members can freely discuss the TE with one another
- Let users sell their pageview credits, banner impressions, and text links to eachother on an open market
- Do even more to make sure people are paying attention
- Make the surf bar Turing test icons bigger for those who lack perfect vision like EasySurfExchange
- Keep a diary of pageviews from which sites can be viewed, blocked or reported like BlueSurf
- Display the URL of the page being shown by putting it in its own text field to make it easily selectable like EternalHits
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| Related TE's | none |
| Minimum Activity Requirement(s) | unknown |
| Levels of Membership | Free Members
Sapphire Members — US$5 monthly
Ruby Members — US$9 monthly
Diamond Members — US$90 every 6 months (randomly-assigned referrals only come with Diamond Membership) |
| Hit Ratio(s) | 2:1 for Free Members; 5:3 for Sapphire Members; 5:4 for Ruby Members; 1:1 for Diamond Members |
| Turing Test Screen(s) |
Scratch off the question marks to win a prize |
| Redemption Information | Cash can be earned through commissions on direct downline purchases and selling their pageview credits, banner impressions and text ads on the 'Credit Exchange'; members must have accumulated in their account US$5 to cash out; paid through and . |
| Membership Constraints | By their website's lack of words to the contrary (I can't find a service contract, looked everywhere), it appears that membership in HitBandit is available internationally to anyone of any age. Only one account is allowed per person. |
| Referral Details | Free Members:
Sapphire Members:
Ruby Members:
| Levels | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Earnings | 20% | 15% | 10% |
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Diamond Members:
| Levels | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Earnings | 25% | 20% | 15% | 10% |
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| Comments On This Program | HitBandit has one thing that makes it special. Mostly it's just another traffic exchange, but what gives it its high ranking is that after every pageview there is a random chance you'll be asked what the web page you just saw was about. If you know the correct answer it means you were paying attention and you'll get rewarded. In order to compete and sufficiently set themselves apart from the others, TE owners will have to implement measures like these. This business is all about making sure eyeballs are seeing the sites in rotation. |
| —Rodney Lewis; Last Updated: 9-AUG-2009 |