Guaranteed Signups - Scams or FastTrack Growth?
One thing that seems to be cropping up in many online Forums (of
which I am a member of a few) in recent months is Guaranteed
Signups for various online Affiliate and MLM programs. It would
appear from the trends in those discussions; that there is, to
some extent, a lot of confussion about definition. A decent
number of companies or websites offer this service and a Google
search for the term returns over 57,000 hits along with a huge
list of PPC Ads. This post is about determining whether
Guaranteed Signups are scams or they are a means to FastTrack
growth and increasing your earnings from online Affiliate
programs. Are they worthless However, the first order of
business would be to define or describe what Guaranteed Signups
are or are not.
The general confusion seems to lie in the misunderstandings
surrounding the definition. Guaranteed Signups (GS) are
prospects that sign up for your Affiliate program, they are
usually intended for free signups. In other words, they are
leads. Guaranteed Paid Signups (GPS)are prospects that sign up
for your program and purchase an upgrade within the alotted
upgrade period. Guaranteed Paid Signups are also sometimes
called guaranteed paid upgrades.
The differences should be clear from the above paragraph, but as
you can see; it can be confusing at first glance. Particularly
so for Internet Affiliate newbies (eNewbies). This confusion or
thin line differential is what makes it easy for the
misrepresentation that is rampant in this arena. That is, the
companies or sites that sell this service play the word games in
their Sales Ad copies to make the sale.
The percentage of scams are so high that it is mathematically
acceptable to say that they are all scams!!! However, I have
come accross a few Net marketers that vouch for services
rendered by about four (4) companies/sites.
It is quite common for these companies to promise GS and instead
deliver harvested email addresses and 'lifted' personal data
(mostly harvested from the internet). What this means is that
you end up with a bunch of leads that are not leads and never in
fact signed up for your program. They do this by paying
programmers to write them autosubmitters to your signup page.
The potential for SPAM complaints is very high in this instance.
You could loose your website, your affiliate membership, and
that is in addition to loosing your money!
How do you recognize a potential GS scam?
a] You may be offered a lot outrageous freebies. b] You may be
offered affiliateship. c] You may be offered shares. d] Company
is only a few months in business. e] Owner was involved in
previous scams. f] Sounds to good to be true.
How do you protect yourself?
a] Avoid GS altogether. b] Check company background from
blacklisted company lists. c] Check Forum threads by doing a
keyword search. d] Obtain written documentation with clearly
defined services. e] If you decide to bite, make sure you use a
credit card. f] Purchase buyer protection where possible. g]
Purchase only guaranteed upgrades. h] As always caveat emptor!
(buyers beware).
GS companies with bad reviews or bad comments by more than 80%
sampled:
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