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Affiliate Junktion, Is It A Scam?

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Well… is it, you ask? You get my answer a little bit later in this review.

My name is Robbie Willems. I’m an independent affiliate marketer. I have a website/blog (affiliatetodaytoo.com) focusing on Affiliate Marketing.

I’m always looking for new great affiliate marketing programs. A while ago I found another affiliate program. It was from Affiliate Junktion.

The interesting part was the fact that they almost guaranteed that you would make $150,- per day, within 30 days. Right from the beginning you should be able to make at least some money with their program, they say. And joining them was free.

Wonderful, sounds great. If you want to earn an extra income from working at home, then this could be helpful, I thought. And of course I had my skeptical thoughts, like what's the catch this time. After all, everything should be free.

The program should be free, the affiliate website should be free and their support should be superior and free. Well, everything until this far is true and further...

The first domain name was free and the hosting costs for the first year where compensated with NZ $75,- And by the way, this is not a typo, it turns out that Affiliate Junktion’s currency is in New Zealand Dollars, not USD. They mention that in their affiliate agreement.

Even free advertising credits with Google AdWords and Yahoo! These free credits are very welcome to "play and learn" paid advertising.

Looking good, but again, what's the catch? But on the other hand, it was all free, so I had nothing to lose. I became very curious and wanted some answers.

So I signed up and gave it a shot. I found out that there was some sort of a little catch, but not really.

To get started, you have to go through a few steps. By the way, these steps are indeed very clear and simple. Some of them are even explained in a video tutorial. As a beginner, that helped a lot.

Okay, what about "the so called little catch"…. Well, you get your free website (it turns out to be one sales page with everything on it, that's okay), but of course, it needs to be hosted somewhere.

At this point, maybe you rather wanted to choose your own hosting service for your new free affiliate website. But if you want to get compensated for the hosting costs for the first year, i.e. getting your NZ $75,- sign up bonus, then you must register with the suggested web hosting company.

Luckily it turns out to be a good one. My personal experience with them is super. Their 24/7 live chat support is great, and that is not only important as a beginner in the business.

If you want to read more about this web hosting company and who exactly I'm talking about, then please check my blog. A bit later, I will tell you how to get there.

Okay, let's go back to the so called little catch....What's really the catch if you get compensated for web hosting services with NZ $75,- after all? And above that, if you are a starter just like I was, you need a web hosting company anyway.

The compensation of NZ $75,- will be added into your affiliate account, once you get started. Minimum payout of your affiliate earnings is NZ $150,- , sign up bonus not included. Check the affiliate agreement if you want to know the details.

Do not worry, you will succeed in this. Believe me, just follow the steps, have fun and see how the amount of money in your account is going up.

As mentioned earlier, there is another cool bonus in signing up with Affiliate Junktion. Free advertising credits for Google Adwords and Yahoo! Through signing up with this program you will get a credit code you can use with Yahoo! Research Marketing.

Listen very carefully, I will say this only once… :-)

If you directly sign up with Yahoo! you don't get these free advertising credits. But signing up through the Affiliate Junktion program, you get a credit code worth 50 British Pounds Sterling. So, that is of course much more than the US $50,- starting bonus credit you usually get somewhere else.

Okay, next… For signing up with Google Adwords you get US $30,-. The credit code is given to you by the web hosting company, after signing up with them.

With these credits, you have the possibility to test for a short time, how it's like to advertise with Google Adwords and Yahoo! You see, no risk, no costs at first.

Okay, enough about that. Let's talk about earning money online now. How does it work?

Well, it's a pay per lead earning system, working like this: With a conversion rate set at 25 per cent (rates vary) and if you're receiving 200 visitors each day, that equals 50 leads. Using the minimum commission rate, 50 leads x $2.00 = $100 in commissions per day.

Commissions increase over time as your website grows and you manage to bring in more and more leads. You will earn $2.00 for each lead and work up to $5.00. All commission payments are paid out on a monthly basis. Normally, affiliates receive their payments via Paypal, check or wire transfer. By the way, right now (as I’m writing this), it’s only via check because of some technical issues.

And finally, do I think this program is a scam?

No, it’s not. I’m positive about this affiliate program. Believe me, I’ve tried many and invested a lot of money in programs that didn’t work. But this one is different. The program is really free, at least for the first year.

After that you don't get compensated for the web hosting costs anymore. So what! Because with this program, I think you WILL make money online. Perhaps even for the very first time.

It's a fine program if you want to work from home and earn an extra or even a full time income. So start, learn and earn!

Have fun.

Cheers,

Robbie.

P.S.Check my AffiliateTodayToo - Blog.if you want to read more about this program. Then I’ll tell you exactly which hosting company I was talking about earlier in this review.

P.P.S. Although the program is definitely not a scam, there still is a (little) catch that I recently discovered, which I didn’t mention here. Visit my AffiliateTodayToo blog at http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com for the details. Check under category: Affiliate Programs (specific).

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Robbie Willems is an independent affiliate marketer. He has a website at http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com focusing on Affiliate Marketing. His site offers reviews and articles on everything from affiliate marketing programs and e-books to various webmaster resources. This should help (the starting) affiliate and internet marketers.

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Is Never Ending Success a Scam?

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I joined the Never Ending Success club some time ago, so I know what I'm talking about. I want to be very direct and to the point with you guys.

You want my honest advice on this program?

Stay Away From This One!

Why you ask?

First of all, you are only selling a business opportunity, an idea, a thought. Not a real product or service. Yeah, sure, there are products available from NES for free, that you could sell, but they are very lame. Most of them you can get for free anywhere on the internet. NES has put them together in some sort of library.

But primarily it's all about joining the NES club and then re-sell the membership to someone else. It's all about building a downline. Unfortunately this downline is in my opinion based on air. Like I said, it's just the idea of re-selling the NES idea / membership to someone else for $98,-

Of course, there are many people out there who make good money out of it. But it just didn't work for me.

If you want in with NES, then I want to warn you guys. Or at least, I want to let you think about what I'm telling you right now.

You have to be very careful that you find a sponsor (your NES mentor) that you can trust for 100 less. He of she has to teach you a lot on how to get started.

So, if you sign up with someone who just wants to cash the $98,- onetime membership fee, then you could have a problem. After the sale is closed (i.e. you joined the club) then you could be on your own, with all your questions. Unfortunately that happened to me.

No, right here, I'm not going to give you the name of my NES mentor who let me down. Maybe you find that name in one of my blog postings about Never Endings Success. Check for yourself if you want. Right now I just want to warn you that this also could happen to you.

Perhaps you're thinking: "so what if my mentor let's me down…. then there is always the support from NES itself, isn't it?"

Wrong! Theoretically: yes. But in reality: no.

Sure, NES could and should answer all your questions for you, but guess what? In my case they NEVER did.

Along with the one time sign up fee of $98,- that you are paying directly to your mentor, you pay an additional $19,95 per month to the NES guys, for being a member with NES. And for that, among other things, you should get support.

But even directly from NES support I didn't get one single email answered. The only thing I received from the NES guys, were emails that they send to large groups of members. Never ever did I receive a personal answer from NES support. Just think about that for a minute!

If you want to find out for yourself what NES can do for you, please, go ahead. My purpose of writing this review, is to warn you about things that I have experienced. It's up to you if this is going to affect your decision about potentially joining the club.

I was out per 29th of April, then I let my account expire, by not paying my monthly fee. I don't want to be part of this scam anymore.

Cheers,

Robbie.

P.S. Feel free to check my resources and visit my AffiliateTodayToo - Blog. When you want to read more about NES and perhaps find out which sponsor exactly let me down, then please visit my site: http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com . Check under categories: affiliate programs (specific).

P.P.S. Is there a program then that you do recommend, you ask perhaps? Yes, it's the Affiliate Junktion Program, Free to join. This program is making me approx. (NZD) $280 - $480 per day, Google Adwords costs on advertising not included.

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Affiliate Junktion Program, Is It Really Free?

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Keep reading and find out, but before I answer that, I have another question for you: do you think it is hard to start in the affiliate business?

If I should answer that and I would say to you that it's easy, then I would be a liar! Of course, when you read all the flashy sales pages on how easy all these programs are, it's quite normal to get the impression that it is indeed very easy to start earning money selling other people's stuff.

Surfing on the internet, we usually read something like this: "It's costing you practically no time and anyone can do it!" Well, that's a feel good fairytale, in my opinion. You sign up with one of those affiliate programs out there and you feel very excited (again).

Enthusiastic as a young puppy, you start with a new program. And guess what? Again, it's not what you thought it would be.

After a few days or weeks, you probably don't pay attention to it anymore and that's it. Again it's not what you expected.

I was sick and tired of it, but I kept looking. Stay at home and work from there was still my dream. Sure, being new in the business, I was aware that I could learn much from my mistakes.

But wouldn't it be nice, I thought, if there was a program that took me by the hand and would teach me exactly how to get started as an affiliate marketer? Something like, starting, learning and earning, that's what I was looking for.

And guess what, I think I've found it. It's Affiliate Junktion's program and they are promising $150,- per day within 30 days. This world leader in internet marketing guarantees income right from the start and it's even free to sign up.

Wonderful, sounds great, so could this just be the one that creates the break through in trying to work at home? And of course I had also my sceptical thoughts, like what's the catch this time. After all, everything should be free.

The program should be free, the affiliate website should be free and their support should be superior and free. Well, everything until this far is true and further...

The first domain name was free and the hosting costs for the first year where compensated with NZ $75,- And by the way, this is not a typo, it turns out to be New Zealand Dollars after reading the affiliate agreement.

Even free advertising credits with Google AdWords and Yahoo! These free credits are very welcome to "play and learn" with paid advertising.

Looking good, but again, what's the catch? But on the other hand, it was all free, so I had nothing to lose. I became very curious and wanted some answers.

So I signed up and gave it a shot. I found out that there was some sort of a little catch, but not really.

To get started, you have to go through a few steps. By the way, these steps are indeed very clear and simple. Some of them are even explained in a video tutorial. As a beginner, that helped a lot.

Okay, what about "the so called little catch"…. Well, you get your free website (it turns out to be one sales page with everything on it, that's okay), but of course, it needs to be hosted somewhere.

At this point, maybe you rather wanted to choose your own hosting service for your new free affiliate website. But if you want to get compensated for the hosting costs for the first year, then you must register with the suggested web hosting company.

Luckily it turns out to be a really good one. My personal experience with them is super. Their support for instance, is great, and that is not only important as a beginner in the business.

If you want to read more about this web hosting company and who exactly I'm talking about, then please check my blog. A bit later, I will tell you how to get there.

Okay, let's go back to the so called little catch....What's really the catch if you get compensated for web hosting services with NZ $75,- after all? And above that, if you are a starter just like I was, you need a web hosting company anyway.

The compensation of NZ $75,- will be added into your affiliate account, once you get started. Minimum payout of your affiliate earnings is NZ $150,-. So you have to earn at least another NZ $75,- on commissions, before you really have the compensation in your wallet.

Do not worry, you will succeed in this. Believe me, just follow the steps, have fun and see how the amount of money in your account is going up.

As mentioned earlier, there is another cool bonus in signing up with Google Adwords and Yahoo! Through signing up with this program you will get a credit code you can use with Yahoo! Research Marketing.

Pay attention now, if you directly sign up with Yahoo! you don't get the credit. But signing up through this program, you get a credit code worth £50,- Yes, that is 50 British Pounds Sterling, so that is of course much more than the US $50,- starting bonus credit you usually get somewhere else.

Okay, next… For signing up with Google Adwords you get US $30,-. The credit code is given to you by the web hosting company, after signing up with them.

With these credits, you have the possibility to test for a short time, how it's like to advertise with Google Adwords and Yahoo! You see, no risk, no costs at first.

Okay, enough about that. Let's talk about earning money online now. How does it work?

Well, it's a pay per lead earning system, working like this: With a conversion rate set at 50 YES! This program is really free, at least for the first year.

After that you don't get compensated for the web hosting costs anymore. But hey, after a year these costs become "peanuts", because with this program you will be making money online.

I think it's perfect if you want to work from home. So start, learn and earn!

Have fun.

Cheers,

Rob.

P.S. If you want to read more about this program and the web hosting company, then please visit my blog at http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com and check "Category/Affiliate Programs".

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