#1 Goldmine Review: Email blasters with text and banner ads
#1 Goldmine operates in the advertising MLM niche and identifies Maryanne Myers as owner of the company.
On the #1 Goldmine website, Myers claims to have history with websites going back twenty years.
I’ve owned websites since 1998 and will be my 20th anniversary when 2018 rolls in.
I’ve always done this under my own name in conjunction with the names of: Webstars2000 (Previous, it was outdated name), Webstars2K (CURRENT) or Webstars International LLC (Previous, an LLC was not needed).
Other than Pangea, Myers (right) appears to have launched and primarily been involved in low-key “get paid to” opportunities.
There’s a relevant thread on RealScam that has been tracking Myers since 2012.
According to Myers’ Facebook profile she’s based out of the US state of Indiana. This is also presumably where #1 Goldmine is being operated from.
Read on for a full review of the #1 Goldmine MLM opportunity.
#1 Goldmine Products
#1 Goldmine has no retailable products or services, with affiliates only able to market #1 Goldmine affiliate membership itself.
#1 Goldmine affiliate membership provides access to various advertising services.
#1 Goldmine Compensation Plan
#1 Goldmine affiliates sign up and earn commissions when they recruit other affiliates who purchase advertising.
Specific advertising costs are not provided, however the #1 Goldmine website does state affiliates ‘can buy advertising randging [sic] between $5.77 to $100.‘
A 25% commission is paid on purchased advertising services down two levels of recruitment (affiliates you personally recruit and those they recruit).
Joining #1 Goldmine
#1 Goldmine affiliate membership is free.
Conclusion
Considering the purchase of #1 Goldmine’s advertising services are the sole driver of commissions, let’s take a look at them in greater detail;
The “Colossal” Blasters
This extremely large blaster submits your ads to a 12 of my sites to over 338000+ members, and WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR ‘CREDITS’.
This includes my best selling Safelists, Traffic Exchanges and a massive worldwide Text Ad exchange, with ONE CLICK.
This is only found here and is 100% custom programmed.
The “Poppin” Blaster
This makes adding your sites to numerous search engines and classifieds much easier and faster, the exposure is 4 million.
This is only found here and is 100% custom programmed.
The Text Ad rotator
Every single member can add in one text link that shows throughout the members area and on member profile books – FOR FREE, UNLIMITED AND FOREVER.
This site does not use credits, so your textad doesn’t use credits. You get this just by being a member!
Those who have bought advertising, get color on their text link – FOREVER.
Viral Banner Ads
As you may have seen, it shows the favorite programs of your sponsor and their sponsor too.
So, for you this passes your favorites program links to show on your signup’s referral pages too.
While the raw numbers might sound enticing, this is ultimately non-targeted low quality advertising.
You’re basically “blasting” whatever it is your advertising to a swath of email addresses and hoping for bites.
Which of course #1 Goldmine are pretty candid about (probably) not happening:
Refunds are not provided due to lack of effort over expectation or due diligence and once the account or advertising is accessed.
When you’re “blasting” ads to an email list built over almost twenty years, don’t expect much.
On the compensation plan of things #1 Goldmine is simple enough. Sell advertising and get paid down two levels.
Retail is a problem though, what with every #1 Goldmine “member” being an affiliate.
100% of #1 Goldmine’s revenue is derived from affiliates, which means so too is commission revenue.
As we saw in the FTC actions against Vemma and Herbalife, an MLM company without significant retail activity is a pyramid scheme.
#1 Goldmine attempt to explain away this compliance red flag by claiming their opportunity
is not an MLM, Pyramid Scheme, or Get-Rich-Quick cash or money program.
We do not require you to pay any fees ever to join and participate in our site.
We do not require you to have a website or sell any product to use our service.
We do not require you to refer anyone to our site to use our service.
You will not get rich by using our program.
What reality those excuses fly in is not clear but it certainly isn’t this one.
#1 Goldmine is an MLM opportunity and is required to demonstrate retail activity taking place.
By design retail is impossible, leaving a recruitment-based opportunity bundled with low quality non-targeted advertising.
I doubt little has changed over the course of Maryanne Myers’ twenty years in online marketing.
The rest of the industry has adapted. This leaves offers like #1 Goldmine likely to attract only those desperate to either pitch some offer or another, or try to earn on the advertising itself.
All I can say about this is… that review is silly and who reads it, and does know me for several years, will see it’s silly.
The sites it is advertising on, are not 20 years old, and I have been doing this since 1998. I have many websites, other than this. It is not low quality advertising.
BTW thank you for pointing out the mistype of 5.77 to 100 (it is wrong) and will change it now. Also… you found the 1 thread in a forum of someone who had an agenda against me many years ago, it is many years old.
Also, a 2 tier affiliate program is considered by most, as not as MLM structure. I am very disappointed in you for writing such a vague, awful write up of me and I did visit your site often.
Non-targeted advertising is always going to be low quality. It’s a numbers crapshoot.
Multiple levels of commissions = MLM structure.
Right. Everyone loves BehindMLM until we review their opportunity.
No, look it up for yourself about 2 tier affiliate programs. Or else I could have made this a 10 level program with no problem but did not feel comfortable handling the problems with it.
But I am disappointed because it’s with a tone of what I say is a lie and some trap. You are wrong.
I don’t need to look anything up. Multi = more than one.
You are wrong.
Yes, you really do need to. Again, I’m very disappointed by this write up as it is vague, misinformed and btw I do live in Plainfield, Indiana (that isnt a lie too).
I go to an alleged ‘advertising’ site and there are no ads. hilarious.
If you’re disappointed in facts, that’s not really my problem.
Whip and Oz.
Those aren’t the facts, this is some sort of odd, immature, really petty comments by both of you.
– There is alot of advertising.
– I’m disappointed by the fact that this blog post implies that I have not been here 20 yrs (according to me, the IRS and my credit report VS this blog post…. Hmmm… it doesn’t take much common sense which one is correct).
– It even implies I dont live where I say I live, and just about everything written here is to misguide others.
– This is a silly blog post and from now on, I’m not entertaining it any further.
Nah.
Multi being more than one is a fact.
#1 Goldmine paying commissions over multiple levels, thus making it an MLM opportunity is a fact.
Non-targeted advertising being low quality is a fact.
Anything else is irrelevant waffle on your part.
The fact that you felt you need to do a drive-by ranting was entertaining enough.
@Maryanne Myers, are the ads on your site basically folks trying to recruit others who are also trying to recruit others who are trying to recruit others?
this will be a hard one for ya……what legitimate product can I google that will bring me a result that is advertised through your site as indicated through the URL that will be under the search result?
since it can’t happen, you’re not providing ‘advertising’. that’s what all you scammers fail to realize and where your argument falls apart every time.
FYI I have used Maryanne’s 1GoldMine site before exclusively for advertising my legit internet businesses, and it has brought me some excellent results.
The advertising itself IS a valuable product So maybe you’d like to get your facts right before ganging up on her. Matter of fact I’m about to head on over and buy some more.
Whether the advertising is valuable or not has nothing to do with #1 Goldmine being a pyramid scheme.
Also if it was valuable, then it wouldn’t need to be bundled with a pyramid scheme to begin with.
Finally this isn’t a review of Maryanne Myers, it’s a review of #1 Goldmine. Take your white knighting somewhere else kthx.
Who Cares if 1Goldmine is a Pyramid Scheme? This entire world (Ozedit: derail removed)
If 1Goldmine can help people to Survive? That maybe better than them applying for a Goverment Benefit.
Who gave YOU the Right to talk to people like that? They also have that same right to talk to YOU in the same way. I am a Member of iGoldmine for over Ooe and a half years.
I am Pleased with the results. What is this Pyramid Scheme that you are talking about? I am not part of any on the Web?
Your potential victims. Morally bankrupt scammers such as yourself, not so much.
Stealing from people through a pyramid scheme isn’t “helping them to survive”.
I gave myself the right. My condolences if you live in some backwater where you need to seek permission to call out scams.
Which, unfortunately as far as you’re concerned, is all that matters.
On the plus side, website traffic to one 1 Goldmine has been in decline over the past few months. Hopefully that’s less money for your to steal.