I see a lot of webpages with big letters and ugly design claiming to get you xy$ in 3 days and you would'nt have to do anything just basically click 2 hours a day on something. So now I'm wondering how many people actually buy that. I don't understand that someone could actually think: oh my god, let's roll! But apparently they do because there is more and more of these sites. What do you think?
People are naive and they are buying just about anything you just need to play on their emotions I don't have any website that promises that you will get rich without working but I have some fitness and weight loss websites that are selling crap that promises 6 pack and 20 lost pounds withing few days, but actually it takes way longer to achieve results. But people are still buying and hoping that their problems will be solved without effort
it's a little bit of desperation plus curiousity. think about all those cheasy infomericals with the terrible acting. don't you get sucked into those? same sort of thing.
I think when you are just starting out you want to see quick results like point and click and make money. It's not naivete I don't think - its hope that there is some quick way to succeed online. After a while when you know what you are doing you get a bit carried away and want to see what is being offered by the point and click salesmen. I have learned though that the systems, or the threads running through them are basically the same, at least for an affiliate - find an offer, promote it in 101 ways and make money. How you get there is the big question - if software that is point and click helps - so be it.
I'm sure there are people around who fall for those terribly scammy sites, but I think the majority of web users are smart enough to see through the more outrageous claims. For the more blatant conmen, it's a numbers game: of the thousands of people who see the sites, most will walk away, but a tiny number will be seduced by the promise of easy wealth. Then again, just look at the number of people who turn up at forums like this asking the same ridiculous questions ("how do I make $xxx a day with zero effort?" etc). That's the demographic for those kinds of sites. It's not ALWAYS naivete: sometimes it's just sheer laziness.
The majority of business opportunities you come across these days over promise and under deliver. You'll see offers like "make $1500 in 48 hours", "earn $200 an hour", or "create an income stream of $50,000 a month". After examining these opportunities, it becomes clear that, even though the business model may make sense, there's a universal flaw. You need to spend the same amount of money on marketing and advertising as you would receive from the business opportunity. The people who create these opportunities sell you a pipe dream. The actual business they sell is the tip of the ice berg. You need to devote endless hours and/or unlimited money to get traction. Sure the Website has been professionally developed with all of the bells and whistles. They even provide you with helpful recources like training videos or online help text. What they don't do is partner with you to help get your business noticed. I'm talking about marketing and advertising. Marketing and advertising is where most people fail. They give up before they make their first dollar because of the time, effort, money, and frustration that is involved. Why not save yourself the trouble and get into a business opportunity that helps you market and advertise your business so you will be successful? Why not choose a business opportunity that assures your success by guaranteeing to buy your business back from you in the future? Afterall if you are really serious about making money, shouldn't you research really money-making opportunities?
The short answer is yes. People fall for this all the time. Even if they've been scammed before, they'll keep trying for something new in the vain hope that it's true. Happens offline too. All those "free seminars" you get invited to at hotel conference rooms are selling a similar get rich quick scheme. You get caught up in the moment and next thing you know, you just dropped $999 on some course where you discover the secrets to _____.
The hard to believe statements on many sales sites are pretty amazing, and most are annoying, however they represent "hope" for many, whether desperate, or searching for magic, they full fill a need, whether they are real, or a false promise.
People think they discovered gold and that endurance replete of beating the competitor kicks in when they discover a deal improve than everybody else. unfounded the instict of risk and risk direction somewhats descends under the eagerness to surpass his fellowmate, therefore people are leaving to run a risk and order online at great prices which turn out to be complete scams.
Well I think the people are buying that is why you see such ads all over the web. Everyone likes easy money when they are at home and if they get it by clicking, what is the harm in that. But I have yet to read the review of a single person who claims what these ads claim.
There is an old saying, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Selling dreams works because it appeals to instant gratification. There are also people who are still new to the internet or to IM. I myself have been scammed before and I consider myself wise to the internet. I know better now. There are people, the elderly who lived a different life to the one we have now. These people actually talked to their neighbors and would help them out or bring 'em pie. But at that age, they lose their marbles and forget. They forget things like read the domain name in the address bar before giving the webpage your login details and other stuff like that etc. My father is old and he spent his childhood in the decade after the Great Depression. I remember last year, I had a conversation with him. He told me about seeing these big red letters promising the goods and showing "proof" I told him not to trust them but he opted in to an opt in page anyway and gets "promising opportunities" in his email now. Now I have to teach him how to opt out if possible or flag those emails as spam. Another thing I would like to add is that the cheaper it is the greater the temptation. I would like to use fiverr as an example here. "For 5 bucks I will teach you how to flirt with any woman and get in her pants!" Now I made that up but there was something related to 'gaming' women on fiverr being sold for five bucks. So maybe they are not naive, maybe they are just desperate. Desperate people do desperate things?
Many people use internet only for fun like music, films, game and etc. So they trust all over here till they get scammed. i think so it's rather big market for scammers.
The "get rich doing nothing" niche has virtually been around for as long as web pages were being built
This kind of offer everytime looks promising for neewbies users of the Internet. They try it because it's cheap and they believe that they can make something without work.
I think a significant number of people do continue to get taken in by the claims of these webpages because they are selling them an idea that they want to be true. It's a bit like Uri Geller who managed to convince a large number of people that he had supernatural powers just by doing what amounted to a few conjuring tricks. People want to believe in the paranormal (it adds a spiritual dimension to many people's lives which they crave) so their logic often just flies out of the window and they get suckered in. Everyone wants to be able to make easy money online, so when someone comes along who looks credible (on the face of it) and tells them in an emotionally persuasive way that it is possible then it is suprisingly easy to convince them to part with their money. As one poster said, this 'business' has been around for as long as the internet has existed and it will continue to be around because of this fundemental fact about human nature....