I understand what you are saying completely, and their tactics seem scammy. However, Cliqly isn't technically a scam - they haven't taken off with anyone's funds - tho I've been reading that there is starting to be issues with timely payout. In order to get that $300 minimum payout, one is forced to buy more credits so they can continue to send out mailings everyday to get those ten cent clicks. There is a FB group of members who are still in Cliqly, but splintered off from the main group so they could educate others on what is actually involved with Cliqly. The group owner has been with them for over a year, and just recently started making some profit, after spending well over 13K dollars to get to that point. IMHO, they are unethical. I'm thinking the key word to use for them is spammy. What Cliqly is teaching, and encouraging, their members to engage in is pretty much outright spam tactics. There isn't an ability to engage with the list or build a rapport with it properly. When someone starts out, they get that 5K instant list plus the credits to email them to help build up the list. They start out by sending email to this hapless list of 5,000 ten times a day.. 10 times! This just doesn't sit right with me. Sometimes I feel 1x a day is being pushy with my list. Cliqly is doing a disservice to the list building world. I imagine a large portion of their membership don't know what is actually involved with building a quality, responsive and long-term list. So they join Cliqly, get an instant list, and spam all day long. That is a bad way to learn how to build a list.