i got scammed

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by laxmi, Apr 16, 2008.

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    recently i joined www.affiliatejunktion.com i clicked their banner and registered to web hosting service at www.ipower.com .i forwarded their mail to affiliate junktion team for designing but till now i did not hear from them.now what to do?did anybody come across this kind of situation?how many days they will take to respond?:confused:
     
    laxmi, Apr 16, 2008 IP
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    When did this transaction take place? I would give them a day or two to respond before I tracked someone down.
     
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    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    I read somewhere that they take 3-4 days to design website.
     
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  4. laxmi

    laxmi Well-Known Member

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    the transaction took place on wednesday according to IST.what to do and how to sucessfully become their number?i am thinking to contact them via phone.when i have to contact them via phone according to Indian time?:confused:
     
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    laxmi Well-Known Member

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    i forwarded the purchase confirmation email many times to . i got reply like this.on 14th April i got this reply.

    Hello

    Thank you for your email. I do hope that you are well.

    It appears that you have not yet registered your details into the affiliate
    system or your registration was not successful.

    Please go to the affiliate sign up page below and register your details
    so we can get started as soon as possible.

    http://www.affiliatejunktion.com/pap/scripts/signup.php

    You do not have to re-enter your name and email address on the page
    afterwards.

    IMPORTANT:
    Please let us know the email address that you have registered with as soon
    as you have completed the signup form above. Simply reply to this email
    with the following words in the subject line: "Confirm email" so we can
    process activation of your affiliate account

    Thank you for your patience and please let us know if we can be of
    any further assistance.

    Sincerely,


    Tracy
    AffiliateJunktion.com - Web Design

    Website : http://www.affiliatejunktion.com
    Email :
    Phone : + 64 21 294 2308
     
    laxmi, Apr 16, 2008 IP
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    traffic97 Well-Known Member

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    If you look around this forum, you can see that this is a scam.
     
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  7. laxmi

    laxmi Well-Known Member

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    but affiliate junktion got google and alexa ranks.how can i believe it is a scam?can you provide any info about that?they provided testimonials about the members who received payment from them.
     
    laxmi, Apr 17, 2008 IP
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    are this are newbies who use a PAP=post affiliate pro $100 script? if yes then a big ROFL
     
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    affiliatejunktion <= this name said "scammed".
     
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    They're not a scam guys. They are just a pay per lead affiliate program and they do pay their affiliates.
     
    Albert Fisher, May 25, 2008 IP
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    laxmi Well-Known Member

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    did you got paid by them?:confused:
     
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    Old Apr 22nd 2008, 6:05 pm
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    Another affiliate junk !...
    Dont lose your money or time,few are promoting and saying hey quickly join, look I made $5.000.-$10.000.-(from your money ) But no prove, no nothing, part of the scam.Better safe then sorry... If sounds to good to be true then must be not true.

    Here is something for everyone

    This is where it gets a little bit suspicious (well apart from the cheap looking site and the numerous spelling mistakes). In order to receive your free website - designed to make you all this money - you have to have a domain name and hosting account.

    But… unfortunately this miraculous website won’t work on any host - it only works on the IpowerPro Hosting Plan, and you have to use their affiliate link to sign up.

    The hosting currently costs $59.40/year (was $7.95/month in November 2007) and the domain name costs $6.50. So you will have to spend $65.90US to participate. Once they receive your email with your hosting account details and they have confirmed that you used their affiliate link, they will upload your website and credit your account with $75 dollars to go towards your first payout.

    Users are then instructed to use the $30 worth of adwords and $50 worth of Search Marketing from Yahoo! to advertise their affiliate website on “make money online” type search results pages. And if a user signs up for the affiliate program your account is credited with $2.

    The logic being, refer 100 people to join, receive $200, etc, etc.
    Problems with the system

    Unfortunately most affiliates will never get paid. Simply because to qualify for your first commission payment, you must have earned at least $150 (which includes your $75 hosting credit) and have operated an active and approved account for a minimum of 45 days.

    To get your needed 38 referals ((38 x 2 = 76) + 75 hosting credit= $151), your $80 dollars worth of advertising won’t necessarily work. Simply because the “get rich online” or “online home business” adwords are very competitive, and are not cheap if you want a high ranking. Also there will be increased competition from every other affiliate targeting the same phrases.

    You will have to dip into your own wallet to purchase more adwords, or work very hard trying to promote more traffic to your affiliate website. Which is beyond the means of most affiliates.
    The Beauty of the Scam

    The people behind Affiliate Junktion have thought of an ingenious way to make money. I kind of have to give them credit for the way they have set up this illegal (in many countries) and highly unethical scam.

    The way the scam works is for every IpowerPro Hosting Plan they sell, they get $100 US in commission from Ipower.

    They would be getting a lot of commissions from the thousands of people who have signed up to promote the affiliate program. Who doesn’t want to spend $65 to earn $150 a day, particularly if it’s guaranteed.

    The $75 hosting credit they give affiliates to cover the cost of hosting is actually in New Zealand dollars, at the moment $75 NZD equals $59 USD. So for each new affiliate AJ is netting at least $39 USD (100 - 59 - 2 (commission to the affiliate who signed up the affiliate) = $39).

    Also when it does come time to payout those affiliates who have earned more than $150, they also pay them in New Zealand dollars. $150 NZD = $118 USD; that’s a profit of $32 dollars per payout.

    As for the guarantee that you’ll earn $150 per day or they’ll pay you $150, it’s conveniently disappeared from the terms and conditions, or it’s because you haven’t followed the instructions step by step.

    To summarize, let’s say Affiliate Junktion had 10,000 affiliates. A guestimate of 60% of these would never qualify for the first payout (6,000 x $100(Ipower commission) = $600,000), while 40% may actually refer enough people to get paid (4,000 x $32 = $128,000).

    The thing that may be even more valuable is Affiliate Junktion now own a very valuable email list, full of people who are interested in making money online. They say in the privacy policy that they won’t sell it to anybody, but they also say “AffiliateJunktion.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time.”

    There have been reports of some people making money, but like every pyramid scheme like venture, the majority of people won’t make any money, they’ll just lose it.
     
    Magawr, May 29, 2008 IP
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    Perfect Review!
     
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    you can join to test it and you can unsubscribe if you don't like them
     
    ahmad_latif, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    i suggest you first learn what is what before jumping in to try out something that requires investment. I do suggest all the noobs and newbies out there to understand what is page rank and why is it given, does it guarantee anything and sort of the base rules and limitations. This applies to alexa rank also.

    Do learn the basics first and then start your online business/e-commerce journey. Otherwise you will fall in to such pits.

    Regards
     
    guest, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    **Rep added - very noble of you to put this out - amazing how unethical yet smart this is... i do believe in karma though - they will get theirs one day...
     
    NCMedia, Jun 16, 2008 IP