Adsense Addict

I have not posted much lately due to some small projects and one rather large project going on so i thought i would just give a quick update post.

First, best wishes to Ty of TysBlog.com in Top Affiliate Challenge.  Please visit here and vote a 10 for Ty’s audition video and lets see how far this all round good guy and fellow Entrecard member can go.

I would love to try something like Top Affiliate Challenge, but living outside the US makes it a little hard but i think i have found something fairly similar and a bit easier for a newbie like me. It is FREE, all done online and it is called the Thirty Day Challenge.

The Thirty Day Challenge has been running the past few years and is about making your first $10 online. For a full 30 days they show you exactly how to start your own Internet business and generate your first income online without spending a dime. They even have last years daily training videos available if you want to get a head start on this years challenge.

So if you live outside the US and would like to try the Thirty Day Challenge you can sign up here.

BIG NEWS: Originally the plan was to use adsenseaddict.com site in the Thirty Day Challenge, as it is still fairly new at just over 4 months old. Now i am thinking of starting with a complete new website and niche. I am sure it will cause a bit of controversy, but i can’t say to much now as it is still sort of in pre-thinking, pre-launch, beta testing stage.

Just check the next few posts where i will reveal more info.

I received an invitation in the mail this week. It was from the US and is for a free Internet Income Training conference for me and a guest.

The letter informed me how i can make money online using Google, Yahoo, eBay and msn. The course is run by StoresOnline.com. It includes a 90 minute conference followed by a dinner and a free business organizer for me and my guest. A $120 value.

OK, i never been to one of these so what have i got to lose.

Not so fast!

Maybe i should do a search first and find out a bit more about StoresOnline.com

Lucky i did. Here is just a little of what i found.

Apparently it is just a scam. It is just a hard sell for the internet. They claimed e-commerce software costs 10’s of thousands of dollars. Well I know some that are open source and some that are maybe $500 or so but 10’s of thousands. I don’t think so. They charge $2800 a year to run your web site but of course there is no talk of the other charges and fees when you sell something.

Here is a sample of what StoresOnline.com offer,

SINGLE OFFER:

1 Stores Online Pro Web Site
Merchant Services
E-Store Toolkit $3199
ECI Merchant Account $1800
Bootcamp $399

Total $5399 (this amount had a line through it)

Today’s offer ONLY $2700*

Plus Hosting and Support $29.95/Month

PLATINUM OFFER:

6 Stores Online Pro Web Sites
Merchant Services
6 E-Store Toolkit
**First Site programmed – No Cost
6 ECI Merchant Accounts
Bootcamp

Today’s offer ONLY $5998*

Plus Hosting and Support $29.95/Month per ACTIVE Web Site

Here is some more info i found on http://forums.whirlpool.net.au.

I would like to know what had changed from last year when the ACCC made Stores Online pay back the money they took from people in Adelaide when there was a class action taken against them. Just do a ‘google’ on ACCC and Stores Online and you will see what I mean. They try and trade and ecomm trainers but when you get there the whole presentation is for Stores Online.

To cap it off, we received a 3 course meal, yes I suppose you would call it 3 course. It was a rock hard pear (1 course), 1 dry sandwich (1 course) and 1 chocolate brownie (1 course) served on a plate in your chair where you pass the plates along the row. I cannot see how this equated to $50 and I must say that this was not only a bad reflection of Stores Online being stingy but also a very poor advert for the quality of food at the Hilton.

Now do i go and tell them i do exactly the same thing with my online zippo store FREE, make $200 profit a month and all it costs is $7AU for hosting. I would love to go to something like this and really piss of these scammers trainers.

And if anyone wants to do the same thing free, just try joomla and virtuemart.