moonchild
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Sometimes back I was spammed with mail about affiliate marketing, I didn't have much doing then, so I just went with the flow, the guy said I have to buy a course to learn about it, then I'll start earning from my referrals.
It looks like a pyramid scheme to me because why do I have to buy a product before I earn, is it not supposed to be commission based kind of thing?
My curiosity grew, I wanted to know how it all works, I then search for the company on Facebook and guess what? I saw a myriad of marketers, posting about the same thing, I then chatted one of them up that I want to participate in the network he said I have to buy an e-book for 70k and read it, then after reading the book, I'll learn the secret of Affiliate marketing and I can resell the book to recoup my money and all, I just blocked him at that point.
My conclusion is that is either they don't know the meaning of Affiliate Marketing or they're just playing with people's intelligence, because there's no any underlying product they're affiliated with that they earn commission on, it's just a facade, another multi level marketing.
It looks like a pyramid scheme to me because why do I have to buy a product before I earn, is it not supposed to be commission based kind of thing?
My curiosity grew, I wanted to know how it all works, I then search for the company on Facebook and guess what? I saw a myriad of marketers, posting about the same thing, I then chatted one of them up that I want to participate in the network he said I have to buy an e-book for 70k and read it, then after reading the book, I'll learn the secret of Affiliate marketing and I can resell the book to recoup my money and all, I just blocked him at that point.
My conclusion is that is either they don't know the meaning of Affiliate Marketing or they're just playing with people's intelligence, because there's no any underlying product they're affiliated with that they earn commission on, it's just a facade, another multi level marketing.