Affiliate marketing?

[CaptWalker]

Well this is what they call it which is basically an online business where you sign up for some "gurus" own money making scheme, which many will claim to be 100% legit and assure you that it's NOT a scam. But once you get your own site then you are attempting to sign other people up for the same thing so it's basically kind of like a pyramid scheme or MLM, only that you are making commissions and supposedly just as much $$$ as the guy who signed you up. But the problem is that eventually there has to be those at the very bottom who run out of leads or "traffic" while the guys at the top are still filthy rich, or at least very well off.

So i was just wondering if anyone else here has ever done this and if so then how successful were you? Or is this something that is just too unethical to ever get involved with? Because i keep getting these emails from a few sites that i'm pretty sure are associated or part of the same company and all promising i will be making $500 a day or some other ridiculous amount. So if this is true then how come everyone isn't doing it also??

Edited April 25, 2021 by CaptWalker

[Riverwalker]

14 minutes ago, CaptWalker said:

Or if this is just too unethical to ever get involved with?

If your success depends on the suffering of others who come after you, I would say yes.  It is too unethical.

[CaptWalker]

I believe that is mostly true, but doesn't Proverbs 13:22 say that "the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous."? So then if i really wanted to justify being a part of this then all i would need to believe was that those people underneath me were meant to be there and i was meant to be where i am making the money. And yeah i know that sounds pretty harsh but how do i know what kind of people are the ones who end up losing out? Maybe they already have a lot more $$$ than i do or ever will, but even if not is it my fault that they bought it when they really couldn't afford it? I guess i am just trying to get in the minds of some of these online "gurus" who have all the answers and can do no wrong, since that is probably how most of them think. And as much debt as i am in i'm almost willing to believe some of them and try it out to see what happens, since God apparently isn't going to somehow magically make that debt just disappear, right?

Edited April 25, 2021 by CaptWalker

[The_Patriot21]

Pyramid schemes, are like any other business platform designed to make those at the top very rich. Even the 100% legit ones such as Avon and Tupperware. 

The way i look at it if you go in knowing what it is and can make money off it, go for it. My wife has sold tupperware for hears. Shes never struck it rich...but she made a little extra. While her boss managed to sell enough to be given a brand new car from tupperware. My wife was ok with that...she understood that you get back what you put into it. My wife might put a hour or two a week into it, her boss treated it like a full time job.

Going into things like this, go in with realistic expectations. Yes you can make money, and the sky is the limit. However, its not a get rich easy plan. If you want to make the big bucks your going to have to do the legwork. Your going to have to work hard. If you put forth minimal effort then your gonna get minimal results.

Also keep on mind a lot depends on your skillset...are you a natural salesmen? If you are it will be easier for you, if not then you may have difficulty making money, no matter how hard you work.

And your going to have to accept the fact that those higher up the pyramid are going to make more money then you. Its how any business works. 

[teddyv]

Be super careful with these schemes. Many have intentionally target Christians because they are part of churches which means access to more people.

These also rarely have a defined territory like most legitimate sales people will have. That means you are competing with each other for the same customers. This is very bad business practice.

There can also be an awkward element with selling to friends and family that may not be interested but feel obligated to help.

[R. Hartono]

I once was cheated, the money went to the same at top of pyramid.