Why are income claims not allowed on WSOs???

The reason is because the forum cannot verify an income claim.

At this point it doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree, that is the policy after a very lengthy and impassioned discussion of different sides of the issue.

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There is no point in trying to argue this - it's been done in the link below. All the 'splainin' is in that thread.

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...wso-rules.html

The rule is 'no income claims' so a seller who is posting income later or by PM may be in violation - up to the mods to decide.

It doesn't make any sense to prohibit an income claim in the first post of a thread and then allow it in later posts.

I've been doing this a long time and based on my experience those asking how much money can be made, when they can make it by, etc., are not going to put in the time and effort to make the money anyway. They are looking for something easy and without work and strategic intelligence money miraculously just starts coming in.

That is obviously a broad brush that does not apply to every product or person. But I don't believe there has ever been a product where if someone buys it they automatically make X dollars. So there isn't ultimately a point to an income claim for those buyers. They are not going to make that money.

Income potential issues are also often fraudulent. Example: you can make up to $1443.38 by doing ______. Really? What is the ceiling preventing someone from making $1443.39? There isn't and the number is plucked out of the air.

A different animal is the seller saying they have made X dollars. It creates an implication others can too. This is really where the debate is because buyers want to buy from sellers who are successful and this can be the biggest point of authority / credibility for a seller.

The rule is since the claim cannot be verified, and unfortunately sellers have been prone to make fake claims about how much they made, as a general rule the income claim is not allowed.

You will have to look for other signals to determine if the seller knows what they are talking about, such as reputation, reviews, length of time on the forum, thanks by other marketers, reviewing their website in their sig, etc. The forum provides quite a bit of information allowing buyers to distinguish between credible sellers and bad offers.

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Hell Yes! If people took in what they read on this forum I would hope that very few actually click on those type million $ an hour type of sigs,

This is very true. There is no good reason (other than marketing) to allow the income claims. Even if the income claims are true (and they might very well be) it doesn't change the reality that other people using the product will more than likely not get the same results.

I could very tell people about the income I made when I started my business if I was releasing a new product - would I? No, because my situation, set of skills and USP of the business I was starting would not match yours. So even though I could teach you everything about what I did and walk you through the process that I used it isn't right to put a figure on what I made because it implies that you will be able to do the same.

Admittedly, it's much more difficult to sell a product without the income claims - but if it stops desperate people spending the last $17 they have on the claims of a system that will bring in $2439.27 then it's a good rule, in my opinion.

Just because someone else makes $100 a day using a system . . . there is no basis upon which you should assume that you can do the same. I don't care how "cookie cutter" or dumbed down the creator of the system makes it.

You are a different person and you are going to get different results. You don't market in the same places, you didn't come to market under the same timing and conditions, you don't write copy in the same manner, you treat your customers and prospects differently, your timing and promptness in dealing with your customers is going to be different . . . everything about you is different from the system creator so you should never assume you can get the same monetary results.

People here on the forum want guarantees - they want to be sure they aren't duped - yet they don't stop to think about the fact that this career they are choosing (online marketing) offers no guarantees whatsoever that any particular person will make any money at all!

Steve

lol, this is my favorite answer of the year so far.

Perfect in every way.