Now, get paid for unlocking your phone's screen

Now, get paid for unlocking your phone's screen

Generally speaking, ads on mobile phones are inconvenient. They pop up frequently in free apps, look badly and use up a little bit of your data without offering you anything in return. But that's about to change, thanks to a small US-based, start-up called Locket. 

Locket recently acquired VC funding and they plan to get over an underutilized side of your smartphones: the lock-screen - what you look immediately after you press the power button but before you actually unlock. 

The process of just unlocking your phone - an action you do frequent times a day - could earn you 1 US cent per unlock . Locket will place what they call a targeted, 'first glance' ad on your device's lock-screen. You don't need to click on the ad if you don't want to - you get paid anyway. Based on roughly half a day of usage a day, you could acquire in US$ 10 a month

You don't need to give bank account details or credit card info either - all you need to do is download Locket to your Android phone and give in an email ID integrated with a PayPal account. You can get a payout from Locket when your balance reaches $10.

Locket is currently available as a free download on the Google Play Store.
For more information at www.getlocket.com. 

How it works

1. Sign in with a PayPal account 

2. Get locket from the Google Store and give them the email ID associated with your PayPal account. 

3. The application replaces the lock-screen and delivers a targeted advertisement. 

4. You can interact with the ad or just unlock your phone — you get paid either way.

Note:

A built in algorithm won't pay out if you keep on locking and unlocking your smart phone to get money. If you use and interact more with the app, it pays out more.