What is GPT and how does it work?

What is a GPT site?
A GPT(Get Paid To) site pays you to participate in a number of online activities. These activities range from signing up for offers, clicking ads, reading emails, surfing the web or participating in an online community. This blog will primarily focus on sites that pay you to complete offers(PTSU) or click links(PTC).
At PTSU sites there is a set fee that you will be payed for completing an offer. Offers come in many shapes and sizes. One type of offer is the free offer. Free offers are usually just questionnaires or surveys. These are the easiest to complete and have a payout range of 25 cents to $2.00. There are also trial offers. You sign up for a trial of a product or service and in return you get paid anywhere from a couple of dollars to over $20. Trial offers will require a credit card. If you are not comfortable with using your credit card, don't worry you can still make money just completing free offers. In addition, some GPT sites offer you cash back for shopping online. Follow the link from your GPT site to your favorite store, shop as you normally would and earn a percentage back from what you spent shopping.
At PTC sites you are paid to click on a link that will direct you to another site. You then have to view this site usually for a minimum of at least 10 seconds before you are credited. Payment for each click can range from .001 cents to 2 cents. The payment is low for these because they require little effort.

How does it work?
You may be asking yourself "Well this sounds great but why would I get paid to do these simple things?" The answer to that is incentivised marketing. Companies are always looking for more customers. The more customers they have the more money they make. In order to get more customers, companies contract GPT sites or affiliates to drive customers to use their products or at the very least view advertisements of their products. The affiliate receives a commission for this service and then passes a portion of that commission on to you the customer/consumer.