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Affiliate
Program Scams
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and cautions on legit ones on separate
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Rating:
Level of Review:
Researched - no way would I try some of
these!
Overview:
They will sell you a book, program, website, etc,
to do affilate marketing and tell you that you
won't have to do anything except sit back and let
the bucks roll in. Then they tell you all kinds of
things you can do to make money in addition to what
they are selling you (if what they were selling you
was so good, why would you need the rest). Some
will even tell you that they aren't going to
require you to pay anything to them for the "help".
But read carefully, somewhere in there they are
going to make money off you! It may be by requiring
you to host your site with a specific host (at a
grossly inflated cost - webspace should not cost
more than $10 a month for a LOT of space with
MAJOR business features attached - take a look at Hostgator
if you want just that), or by requiring you to join
a specific affiliate program (which their link just
happens to take you to so they make their money
when you join), or by not allowing you to actually
EARN anything until you "upgrade".
Product:
This can be hard to find. It can be
information, webspace, affiliate program fees, or
other "hidden" fees.
Costs:
Widely variable, $150 and down usually. Again,
costs may be up front or hidden.
Compensation:
Depends on what they are telling you to do for
the money, usually they talk big but cannot give
specifics.
Conclusion:
They aren't doing you the favor they say they
are, and you do not see the product before you join
up, so you have no idea what the quality of the
information is. And they really don't care what
happens once you join because they have already
made their money from the sale of the book,
membership, program, package, or affilate program.
Don't risk these unless you have the money to burn!
They are basically just a smoothly worded scam. Any
time you hear the words, "but wait, theres more!"
or "but that's not all!" you know they are trying
to pressure you into a fast sale. Also watch for
contradictions in what they say, such as "I'll set
up your website for you" and then tell you all the
things you can sell on your site (which they won't
set up for you - and if their program worked so
well, why would you have to sell other things
anyway?), or "you don't have to do a thing" and
then telling you what you DO have to
do!
In general, any
affiliate program that requires a fee to join is
bogus. Any book that promises the key to making
millions off affiliate links on your website is
suspect. ANY source that fails to let you have a
good sample of what you are getting before you
click the Buy button is at best questionable, at
worst fraudulent.
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Our Rating System:
No program is right for everyone.
Even a rating of four or five does not indicate that you should
dive in without some careful thought and consideration. Business
is still risky. All reviews have the reasons for the rating
clearly defined.
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Information presented in program is accurate and factual concerning
the potential of the program, program is based on sound business
principles, and has good potential to provide stable income
for individuals to whom the program is suitable.
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Information is accurately presented, company focuses on selling
product, but business is either more confusing, less predictable,
or slightly higher risk for one of a number of reasons. Still
considered a sound company and very acceptable risk.
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Information may be confusing or misleading, company may have
significant issues with program structure, support of product,
or public perception and reputation. A rating of three does
not mean you should not do it. It just means you need to be
sure you are suited to overcoming the difficulties that the
program has.
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Information generally misleading, risk fairly high, many unanswered
questions, business principles questionable, but still has some
potential for actually working for some people.
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Cannot declare that it is an outright scam, but potential for
it to work is very low. Will have questionable business theory,
bad reputation, excessive hype that is not backed up by common
sense, or other aspects which indicate very high risk. Will
always have multiple issues, not just one thing.
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Outright Scam. Anything labeled this way is never worth any
kind of risk.
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