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Many people are familiar with internet photo sharing websites, the most popular of which is probably Flickr.  However, not that many people are familiar with a relatively new photo sharing website that gives back to its users in the form of weekly cash prizes.  This website is ViewBug.

ViewBug is free to join. Once you sign up, you have your own gallery to upload as many photos as you want.  Besides submitting photographs, users can also submit videos and audio files.  However, anything that is submitted has to be original user created content.  ViewBug does not allow copyright infringement, hate speech, extreme violence, anything abusive, or pornography.  

Any content that is submitted can be commented on and rated by other users.  ViewBug also has communities where you can share your creations with other individuals with similar interests. 

What sets ViewBug.com apart from other content sharing websites, is that they award money to users.  Every week, the website admins select a handful of photos, video and audio that they particularly enjoyed based on originality and creativity. These Weekly Winners are awarded prize money ranging from $10-$40.

Besides giving away weekly prize money, ViewBug also holds themed competitions. They have two competitions a month with different themes such as “Food”, “Architecture”, “Macro”, “Animals”, “Water”, etc.  Users submit related content to these themed challenges, and the winners are awarded prizes ranging from $100-$400.  ViewBug also accepts suggestions for themes for future competitions.

ViewBug.com awards their prize money via PayPal, so to be eligible to win you must have a valid PayPal account.

Besides giving back to the website users, ViewBug also gives back to the community.  Users can join and create charity communities.  When you create a charity community you set a goal of the number of users you want to join the community, the number of files you want submitted to the community, and the amount of money you want donated to the charity once your goal is reached.  You can support causes that are important to you just by posting photos! 

So if you enjoy creating original content and sharing it with others, this is a great site for you!  Join today and see if you have what it takes to win some of their many cash prizes!