VAROLO EXPANDS WORLDWIDE
Beginning July 7th, 2011 Varolo will open its doors to anyone worldwide. That is right. Now anyone, anywhere can use Varolo. Expanding worldwide is very exciting for everyone. Users can expand their villages to include those in any country. Advertisers can now target users anywhere in the world. Worldwide expansion has required some changes to the way Varolo works which we would like to explain here.
One of the things that kept us from expanding internationally before now was the fact that we didn’t have advertisers in all countries. Yet you can’t get advertisers in a country without users and you can’t get users without advertisers. This “chicken and egg” problem is significant. What we have decided to do is allow anyone in any country to join. If you live in a country that has ads, you are required to watch your ads each week to claim your village earnings. If you live in a country that has few or no advertisers, you are only required to watch what you can.
For example, if you live in Peru you are likely not going to have any ads (at the time of this writing). What you can do is still build a village of users both locally and internationally. Lets say you invite people in the U.S. and Canada. Those villagers can watch ads and earn you income. What you have to do is login to Varolo several times a week and TRY to watch ads. If there are ads there, you need to watch them. If there are not ads to watch, you will get credit for TRYING to watch ads and you will be able to claim all of your village earnings. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IF YOU ARE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE ADS TARGETED TO IT, YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR RECRUITING OF A VILLAGE TO COUNTRIES THAT DO HAVE ADS. The countries that often (but not always) have ads include: USA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. We will try to provide an up-to-date list of countries that do have ads so users can target people in those countries to grow their villages.
REQUIREMENTS
If you are in a country that has ads, you need to watch 140 ads each week. This will likely require that you login most days of the week and watch ads for about 10 minutes. If you don’t have enough ads, the system will give you credit AT THE END OF THE WEEK for trying to watch all your ads. So as long as you are trying to watch ads, you will not be penalized in a region that doesn’t have enough ads.
WORLDWIDE ADVERTISER RECRUITMENT
IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH ADVERTISERS, YOU CAN BECOME AN ASSOCIATE AND EARN COMMISSIONS WHEN REFERRING ADVERTISERS TO VAROLO. Give your custom link to advertisers in your area and when they use Varolo, you will earn a commission on each and every ad they play to anyone in Varolo. This helps everyone. Because as your country gets more and more advertisers, you can recruit villagers locally which earn you even more!
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
The strategy that should be employed by Varolo villagers is pretty simple. If you are in a country that has ads, you can and should recruit villagers locally and internationally. Some might say, “why should I recruit users in countries that don’t have ads? Those users can’t generate village earnings for me.” which is true BUT those users can continue to build a village for you. We get emails every day from people in China, India, South America and many other regions saying, “let us build and earn from a village even if we can’t view ads”. NOW THEY CAN and these users can be in your village. So getting users in other countries to build your village for you should be a top priority for someone that wants to build a village quick.
If you are in a country that does not have ads, you should use the Internet and social networking methods to recurit and build villagers in countries that do have ads. This is what will immediately begin earning you income. You should also recruit villagers from countries that don’t have ads because they too will want to recruit villagers in other countries that do have ads. This will accelerate your earnings.
MINIMUM AD PRICES
Minimum ad prices will vary! In the countries that we have previously supported, we maintained a minimum ad price that has increased over time. As you can imagine, minimum ad prices vary across different countries. In other words, an advertiser isn’t going to pay the same for an ad in the United States as they will in Iceland. We will be managing minimum ad prices in each country and driving those minimums up over time as users and advertisers increase. What this means is that if your village is entirely made up of people in Japan (for example), you will not make as much as if your village was made up of those in Canada.
OUR MARKETING VIDEO THAT GIVES A MONEY MAKING EXAMPLE IS BASED ON A 1 CENT MINIMUM AD PRICE. THERE WILL BE MANY COUNTRIES WHERE ADVERTISERS WILL BE PAYING LESS THAN 1 CENT. Keep in mind that there are countries where minimums are now 3 cents or more for each ad view (advertiser cost). So earnings will vary based on where your villagers are.
TAXES AND LEGAL
If you reside outside the U.S. you are responsible for any taxes you are required to pay. Varolo will not be tracking or reporting income for users outside of the U.S. You as a user are responsible to understand and follow the laws in your country regarding any aspect of Varolo and its services.
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
Some have asked if and when we will modify the Varolo.com website to be hosted in other languages. Right now, we will keep the website and all videos in English. Over time, the countries that have the greatest adoption rates for advertisers and users will become the priority to create versions of the website in those languages. So if you want Varolo to be in your native language, get users and advertisers in those regions to grow Varolo! Also, you can use Googles translation support which generally works fairly well for those you want to recruit that do not speak English very well. This will not translate the audio portion of any videos, but will work on the website text.