Affiliates Affiliations

Applying for a job online turned out to be a "buy into a home-based-business" cover. I knew it was when one of the "interview/application" questions was:

"How much money can you invest in a future home-based business?"

I know what you are thinking: "Why the heck did you bother to continue?"

Because I'm desperate. Anyway, two of the three calls that I got due to my "application" were for turnkey businesses that I could invest in.

I feel sorry for the non-Internet savvy who fall for this schlock. Yes, for $300 we will provide you with one website where you act as an affiliate for Amazon or eBay (or an online casino) and you get a percentage of every sale that generates from your site. Now there is a small "hosting" fee of Only 19.99 a month! I explained to the guy that I was well aware of how to set-up an affiliate relationship and I was informed that Amazon and eBay would soon be closing off the amount of Affiliate relationships that they offer.

This is where he lost all credibility.

Yeah, Amazon is going to say, "Yeah, we really have too many people driving business to our website. Let's shut down this affiliate thing as it's making us too much money!"

And this didn't even include EXTRA costs for ADVERTISING. So the $300 (They were willing to work with me on the price: How much do you have in your wallet?) and $19.99 a month gets me a website with some coaching as to set it up (which anyone with a little bit of research can do on their own) and then pay an extra hosting fee AND for their super advertising to drive traffic to your website (and the hundreds of other "customers" who have fallen for this scam!) Oh, and it tracks all your business so you can see how well you are doing. Wow.

Lesson learned: If someone is offering a service you can get for free that doesn't include everything and costs a ridiculous amount of money, it's probably a good idea to avoid like a date with Lindsay Lohan.

Oh, yeah, to get an idea of how "Dynamic" their websites are, here is their homepage:

http://www.affiliatepros.com

Be careful what you click! (Don't you remember your mother reminding you of this every time you wnet out to play?)