November Earnings Going Out; Important Update on Bonus, Referrals

Happy New Year, everyone! This post contains a number of important updates, so we encourage to check it out and see what applies to you and your WidgetBucks account.

November Earnings
November payments are being distributed this week. As we did last month, PayPal payments gets sent first followed by mailed checks, which should be sent by end of day tomorrow. Per our terms, a $50 minimum account balance is required for payment -- even if a $50 threshold (including sign-up bonus) was met in October.

With the distribution of this month's payments, particularly mailed checks, we would like to remind those publishers outside of the U.S. and Canada who haven't designated as PayPal their payment method to do so. PayPal, which obviously gets you your money faster compared to snail mail, can be received in 65 countries and regions so should cover most publisher's needs.

Bonus and Referrals
As of January 15, WidgetBucks is discontinuing the $25 sign-up bonus on new accounts. We wanted to provide ample lead time for publishers who may have created custom links and graphics that reference the bonus (such as Digital Point and other forums). For those publishers using code and tools provided on the Referral Tools page, we will be updating that code on our backend, meaning NO code update will be required by publishers.

Also starting January 15, we are modifying our referral structure for new accounts from 10 to 5 percent. It's important to emphasize this only impacts new accounts (Jan. 15 or later) and does NOT impact existing accounts -- which will continue to earn the 10 percent referral fee for the full 12 months after the new member joins.

- Dean