What's Linkbucks?

Linkbucks is a paying URL-Shortener where you can earn cash for posting links. The service is owned and operated by Linkbucks.com, LLC from Culver City, Canada. The company was founded in 2012.

And this is how Linkbucks works:

If you click on "Create Links" tab (once logged in) you will see the following screen:

With the help of this form you can now shorten single links (it is also possible to convert multiple links). First enter the URL that you would like to convert. In the next line you select the "Page Content". You can choose between "Clean (all age)" and "Adult 18 +". This setting defines whether adult advertising is shown or not.

Next, you can select the ad type. There are three options:

• Intermission: The user sees an intermediate page with an ad. After five seconds he can click on a "skip this ad"-button and is taken to the desired target page. This kind of advertising is also named "Interstitials". Example: http://www.linkbucks.com/q5nc
• Locker Link: Requires a survey or offer be completed before redirecting to the site. Example: http://www.qqc.co/q5uz
• Short Link: Here you can shorten an URL WITHOUT any ads. Of course you will not get any compensation here.

The final step is to choose which URL alias you would like to have. There  is a whole range of different domains to choose from as any.gs, cash4links.co, dyo.gs, inylinks.co, qqc, co, megaline.co and many more. It's a matter of taste which kind of domain you select, the compensation is of course the same everywhere.
After clicking on "Generate Link" you directly get the new, shortened link. You can start to earn money by using this link on your own website as well as in forums or social media platforms such as Facebook or twitter. The more people click the link, the higher is your income!
Payout Rates: The compensation varies depending on the Ad Type and country and is constantly adapted to the market situation.

You can request a payout from Linkbucks if you have earned at least  $ 10. You can select PayPal or Payoneer as payment service. The payout time in our test was just a few hours and there were no PayPal fees (see the following payment proof):
Current payout proof of Linkbucks (applied at 16/09/14):

 

Conclusion: Linkbucks is one of the few URL shortening services that work seriously. The many choices for the user to convince. Especially webmaster with many outbound links can generate with Linkbucks a nice extra income. By the way: Adult websites may use this provider.