A Guide to Affiliate Programs and internet scams. Scam or Not? Want to know if something is a scam?
29 May
Ultimate Wealth Package (UWP) is a somewhat dubious looking affiliate money making program which has made more than it’s share if Internet cash. UWP is made by Mark Warren, who according to himself and other reviews of UWP is an Internet millionaire. UWP uses the Click Bank affiliate program and so has already avoided the Internet scams category. However, whether it makes it to the recommended affiliate programs section is a different matter entirely.
It is important to understand that the UWP is a product that you have to buy. You also have the option of selling the UWP as an affiliate. UWP claims to contain a successful formula to make money online; and as has become the accepted standard with such programs Mark Warren makes some pretty hyped up statements.
“All you need to do is activate your website and watch the money come inâ€
“this is not a get rich quick scamâ€
Mark also says that, “Your website will work similar to the way Wal-Mart worksâ€. This reveals who his target market is. He has tried (and succeeded) to make his product attractive to beginners and relates it to them by comparing it to Wal-Mart.
I found the site as a whole very patronizing; his photo’s of fast cars and happy people have nothing to do with the program itself and are classic affiliate marketing techniques which attempt to work on the customers hopes and dreams.
The phrase ‘affiliate programs’ isn’t even mentioned on the page. This is because the people who buy UWP are people who don’t know what affiliate programs are (stay tuned for my overview of affiliate programs which will explain everything you need to know about the ‘lingo’ needed to be successful with affiliate programs!).
In simple terms I am impressed with the UWP landing page and I am sure it helps generate a respectable conversion rate for affiliates of UTP. However, there is a problem with the product.
The main selling point of the UWP is that everything will be done for you and the parts that aren’t will be taught to you. The problem is that it is quite possible to learn almost everything you need to know about affiliate programs for free, without paying for the UWP. This can be done online (with a site like this one!) or with ‘all encompassing’ affiliate programs like SFI.
Conclusion
As mentioned UWP is registered with ClickBank and so will pay its affiliates and members. UWP has not made it to the recommended affiliate programs section because it has been ‘undercut’ by blogs e.g. John Chow’s E-Book, affiliate programs like SFI and other sites which give away it’s information freely. There is also a lot of competition for selling the Ultimate Wealth Package making is less profitable for affiliates, not to mention the very annoying audio that reads aloud what you are already reading in your head!
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