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Email Processing $25 a hit??

by EnlightenMarketing
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Has anyone else seen these ads that have been targeted at affiliate marketing groups?

Saying about how you process emails/post ads and receive $25 per one.

Just wondered if anyone had any experience of this system?

And yes im aware that it seems a bit of a con :-)
#$25 #email #hit #processing
  • Profile picture of the author allegandro
    Nope, not seen it.

    25$ per one email, that is cool if you get a 100 SPAMS a day, your kids sending in their Christmas lists, each item one email. And your wife keeps nagging you about the trip to her mother by mail.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Sounds like the online version of the old envelope-stuffing scams. I wouldn't touch it.
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        Sounds like the online version of the old envelope-stuffing scams. I wouldn't touch it.
        Yep my exact thoughts as well.

        Strangely enough my brother tried that Envelope Stuffing years ago

        . The one he tried wasn't a total scam. But it took like over 30 minutes to stuff one envelope. He said it was crazy . That he had to do all this stuff with the envelope like placing advertisers coupons in a certain particular way.

        Not sure if all of the envelope schemes were like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jan Brzeski
    Here's my thoughts

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    • Profile picture of the author Tony Dean
      If you are getting these in the email, just delete if it's from nobody you know
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  • Profile picture of the author Asadullah72
    I wouldn't touch it.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicheblogger75
    I know what the OP is talking about. You often see these sales pages advertised in safelists, traffic exchanges, PTC sites, text ad exchanges, etc.

    I think the way this works is that you buy the "product" for $25 and what you are basically getting is a copy of the sales page that you just bought from and a guide that tells you how to set the sales page up and how to advertise it using safelists, PTC, traffic exchanges, free classifieds, etc. When they refer to you "processing" an email, I think they simply mean that when someone emails you regarding the product, you send them a link to the sales page and if they buy you make $25. Hence, you made $25 for "processing" that email.

    The bottom line is that it's pretty much a bunch of BS because all you are selling is the sales page that lets another person sell the sales page, etc, etc, and down the line. There is no real product to be had, just instructions on how to set up the sales page and sell the same junk to other people.

    I think it's a really shady practice and IMO there are much more ethical ways to make money online. I don't know why people resort to selling something like this. It provides ZERO value to the buyer.
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    • Profile picture of the author XponentSYS
      Originally Posted by nicheblogger75 View Post

      I know what the OP is talking about. You often see these sales pages advertised in safelists, traffic exchanges, PTC sites, text ad exchanges, etc.

      I think the way this works is that you buy the "product" for $25 and what you are basically getting is a copy of the sales page that you just bought from and a guide that tells you how to set the sales page up and how to advertise it using safelists, PTC, traffic exchanges, free classifieds, etc. When they refer to you "processing" an email, I think they simply mean that when someone emails you regarding the product, you send them a link to the sales page and if they buy you make $25. Hence, you made $25 for "processing" that email.

      The bottom line is that it's pretty much a bunch of BS because all you are selling is the sales page that lets another person sell the sales page, etc, etc, and down the line. There is no real product to be had, just instructions on how to set up the sales page and sell the same junk to other people.

      I think it's a really shady practice and IMO there are much more ethical ways to make money online. I don't know why people resort to selling something like this. It provides ZERO value to the buyer.
      Some of the old timers around here may remember "Beginners Central/Cookie Cutter".

      This is essentially the way it worked and was eventually shut down.

      This was back in 1997 or so.

      While its a "shady" business model that I wouldn't recommend....... It's how I got my first taste of "IM" and direct marketing as a youth.

      Not sure what ever happened to Gary and Nancy White of Oklahoma, the creators of that system.
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    • Profile picture of the author Curtis2011
      Originally Posted by nicheblogger75 View Post

      The bottom line is that it's pretty much a bunch of BS because all you are selling is the sales page that lets another person sell the sales page, etc, etc, and down the line. There is no real product to be had, just instructions on how to set up the sales page and sell the same junk to other people.

      I think it's a really shady practice and IMO there are much more ethical ways to make money online. I don't know why people resort to selling something like this. It provides ZERO value to the buyer.
      This type of business model is actually what got Frank Kern sued by the FTC like 10 years ago.

      He released a product that said "buy this product and you can resell this product to anyone else". Basically a "business in a box" deal.

      The FTC sued him because he made income claims in the sales page and based on the business model, it would be impossible for everyone who bought the product to make as much money as he claimed.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        Yep my exact thoughts as well.

        Strangely enough my brother tried that Envelope Stuffing years ago

        . The one he tried wasn't a total scam. But it took like over 30 minutes to stuff one envelope. He said it was crazy . That he had to do all this stuff with the envelope like placing advertisers coupons in a certain particular way.

        Not sure if all of the envelope schemes were like that.
        That was one variant.

        The one that I was thinking of went more like nicheblogger75 described.

        You sent your money in, and by return mail, you got two sheets of badly photocopied paper. The first was the "directions", basically place the same ad in the classifieds, and when they sent the money, send them two sheets of paper, photocopied from the "templates" in the kit. The second was a list of places that you could advertise.

        A lot of the chain letters that were going around back then were advertised as "make money by opening envelopes."
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    run as far from this as you can, lol
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    Don't consider it. By the end of the first day, your computer will be filled and cluttered with viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware, and distorted files that you may or may-not be able to recover.
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  • Profile picture of the author art72
    Sounds like the old 'chain letter' where 10 people send 9 people $1 on the list, remove the name in the 1st position, and send that person $5 (or sumfin like that).

    I actually fell for that one, it woulda worked if nobody cheated, lol.

    We spent $90, and collected 78 envelopes with $1 in them (lost $12) lol.

    I still think the postal delivery chick was stealing them, saw her holding envelopes up in her truck... Like X-raying to see if there was cash inside!

    All the while, the concept was solid!
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