MoneyListProfits (MLP) has been very difficult to judge. At first glance the site has the look of a bog standard affiliate money making program where usually the main letdown is the product itself. The other immediate judgement I made is of the blatant use of affiliate marketing techniques. Of course it can hardly be expected for the marketer not to try and sell it, but the whole site is incredibly ’salesmany’.

A Warning against the style of writing used by affiliate marketers
Affiliate programs like MoneyListProfits generally consist of a few basic pages, a squeeze page (where they will send you the ‘free part’ if you enter your email address’), and the landing page where the customer is lead down the page by a sneaky series of hyped up promises ‘free bonuses’ and examples of what the money could be spent on.

I have nothing against these techniques being used, after all if I were selling a product using a similar affiliate program I would use elements of those techniques. However, it is important for customers not rush into the purchase. Take a breather; you could always come back the next day to the site when you have had time to put things into perspective.

Examples of hyped up promises and ‘free bonuses’

“Let’s take a look at these Two FREE Bonuses in closer detail…”

“If You Hurry And Order Right Now From The Bottom Of This Page, You Will Get The Entire MLP Platinum Membership Package For $39.85 One-Time ONLY Instead of $197.00!”

“This special deep-discounted limited-time offer
could be removed any moment without noice”.

“I could be updating this page right now”

This is the oldest trick in the book, they never remove the special discount and it’s not really worth $197. The page is carefully written to make the customer think they are getting an amazing deal. This is reinforced when the affiliates who sell MoneylistProfits are paid a flat rate of $10 with no mention of what they would be paid if the price rose.

Despite being all too aware I was being manipulated the product actually has some interesting features.

“For that single downline you create at MLP (full step-by-step training included), the Bulk Downline Generator will automatically generate and manage multiple downlines for you at the 20+ Listed PTR programs”

The ‘Bulk Downline Generator’ sounds like a PTR nerd’s wet dream but with MLP it does seem to make sense. MLP recommends pretty much the same batch of PTR programs to all its members and so the new signups are put in the downlines of the ones who already signed up. This is boasted as being the main feature of MLP but if you remove the other not-so-great features this doesn’t really add up. It results in people finding themselves paying $39 because they know more people will do the same thing… it’s a odd concept because people normally sign up for PTR sites for free!

An unusual detail is that the position of being an affiliate must be applied for, or the MLP can be bought giving instant access, which is a clever trick but if an affiliate refers 4 new members the cost of membership is recovered.

Conclusion
I was amazed at the lack of ‘internet chatter’ about MLP and it’s affiliate program, which suggests it hasn’t ‘taken off’ yet. MLP has potential and it’s affiliate program could prove lucrative, however, I could find no proof of anyone actually buying the MLP program. At the moment there are just a few lonely affiliates posting about MLP in forums and the affiliate terms forbid affiliates from making open claims about their amount of earnings and also from displaying checks. I do not think MoneyListProfits to be a total Internet scam, but due to the current lack of evidence it cannot make it to the recommended affiliate programs section.

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