Kino Box Review: $349 access to streamed pirate content
There is no specific information on the Kino Box website indicating who owns or runs the business.
In the footer of the website and in the Kino Box Terms and Conditions however, the company does acknowledge ownership by “Next Generation Consulting Inc.”
Kino Box – Next Gen Entertainment System All rights Reserverd (sic)
Next Generation Consulting, Inc. Hear by called NGC makes conscious efforts to ensure information on this website is up-to-date and accurate.
Other than Next Generation Consulting Inc. being based out of the US state of Texas, no further information is provided.
The Kino Box website domain registration however lists a Jit Jadeja of “Next Gen Technologies” as the owner. The same Texas address that appears on the Kino Box website appears in the registration.
On their website, Next Generation Consulting Inc. claim to be
a fast growing, end-to-end information technology services and solutions provider working with leading Global organizations from the Airline, Transportation, Telecommunications Media, and Technology, Energy, Utilities, and Manufacturing & Retail domains.
Corporation Wiki lists Jadeja as a Director of Next Generation Consulting Inc., however his specific role within Kino Box is unclear.
As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.
The Kino Box Product Line
Kino Box market a $349 streambox bearing the same name as the company.
I did have a look around but unless I’m missing something obvious, Kino Box do not provide hardware specifications for their boxes.
On their website, Kino Box claim they streambox ‘offers Endless supply of Entertainment to you!!! Latest Movies, Live TV & Much More‘.
The Kino Box Compensation Plan
The Kino Box compensation plan revolves around the sale of Kino Boxes to retail customers and recruited affiliates.
Residual Commissions
Commissions are identical regardless of who the box is sold to, and paid out via a unilevel compensation structure.
A unilevel compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a unilevel team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them (level 1):
If any level 1 affiliates go on to recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s unilevel team.
If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on and so forth down a theoretical infinite number of levels.
Kino Box cap payable unilevel levels at seven, with how much of a commission is paid out determined by what level of the unilevel team a sale was made:
- level 1 (personally recruited affiliates) – $100
- level 2 – $30
- level 3 – $15
- level 4 – $10
- levels 5 and 6 – $5
- level 7 – $10
Note that in order to earn on all seven unilevel commissions, affiliates must sell eight Kino Boxes:
- commissions on level 4 and 5= sell 3 Kino Boxes
- commissions on level 6 = sell 5 Kino Boxes
- commissions on level 6 = sell 8 Kino Boxes
Profit Sharing
$30 of every Kino Box sold is placed into a Profit Sharing pool, which itself is split into seven smaller pools.
Kino Box affiliates can earn an equal share in each of the seven pools as follows:
- Pool 1 – sell 2 Kino Boxes a month to qualify
- Pool 2 – recruit at least five Kino Box affiliates who qualify for a Pool 1 share (Star Distributor qualified)
- Pool 3 – have at least ten affiliates in your downline who are Star Distributor qualified
- Pool 4 – have at least fifty affiliates in your downline who are Star Distributor qualified
- Pool 5 – have at least one hundred affiliates in your downline who are Star Distributor qualified
- Pool 6 – have at least one thousand affiliates in your downline who are Star Distributor qualified
- Pool 7 – have at least ten thousand affiliates in your downline who are Star Distributor qualified
Joining Kino Box
Affiliate membership with Kino Box is $49.
There is a free affiliate membership option, however free Kino Box affiliates cannot participate in the MLM income opportunity.
Conclusion
On the compensation side of things Kino Box offer up a unilevel-based compensation that is firmly rooted in the sale of products.
There might be a potential issue with affiliates being the only ones purchasing the product, but that’s easily verifiable by enquiring with a potential upline as to what their retail versus affiliates sales ratio is (ask to see proof).
As with all the other MLM streambox opportunities, the primary issue with the Kino Box opportunity is the advertising and distribution of pir
Average American spends about $120 per month on Cable/Satellite for watching only 5% of TV shows!
Kino Box offers complete freedom and exciting programming for everyone free for ever!
Offering up yet another Kodi-powered streambox MLM opportunity, what Kino Box fail to disclose it that pretty much all of the advertised programming is pirated content.
In an effort to absolve themselves of any potential legal issues, Kino Box believe the following disclaimer removes any liability on their part:
Our software provides links to content that is already posted on the internet. We do not host any content nor do we know who does.
We do not promote illegal conduct of any kind.
While Kino Box themselves don’t own Kodi or the third-party addons that make piracy possible on their boxes, undoubtedly Kino Box itself is advertised as a purpose-built piracy box:
As is clearly evident, it is not the hosting of illegal content so much as the promotion of it for commercial gain that is the problem here.
Recently in the UK authorities raided and arrested sellers of piracy boxes similar to that of Kino Box.
Should US authorities take similar action in the US (and I believe at some point they inevitably will), Kino Box and their affiliates might very well find themselves being made an example of (along with all the other MLM streambox opportunities that have popped up lately).
Oh and I’d also be particularly wary of Kino Box not disclosing the technical specifications of their hardware.
Bad enough who owns the company isn’t openly disclosed, but they’re not going to give users information on what they’re purchasing? How do Kino Box expect customers to make an informed decision?
Setting aside potential legal issues, the question remains why would anyone buy a box for $200, $300 or more when, as K. Chang and others have mentioned on previous reviews, an identical item can be purchased from Amazon, Ebay or similar sites for under $100?
And why should I have to pay $49 to participate in the MLM opportunity?
There’s a sucker born every minute!
Here is the deal. People are motivated by the opportunity to make money.
You can buy boxes from Amazon with no support or no opportunity to make money. But I can expect that kind of mentality from your average McDonald’s employee. Wake up!
If you are not a business owner in the world largest Capitalistic society that you are a slave to whomever you punch your clack for on a daily bases.
So only people who want to make money are willing to pay 300 for something that is worth 60. That’s called “bad at math and business”, not “biz owner”.
Involvement in fraudulent schemes is not the same as being a “business owner” or “entrepreneur”.
It’s more akin to selling illicit narcotics on a street corner.
I love my Kinobox. This Kinobox has changed my life. I am sharing an opportunity and helping others make extra income.
Become a member for free and make $50 or spend $49 to make $100? That sounds like perfect math to me! Kinobox representative sell a box for media streaming.
Kinobox representatives do not sell content and are not responsible for content that is already on the internet.
This box is so intelligent and will sweep the nation.
I suggest you get involved with this company right away because when we blow up you will want to be involved in the profit sharing opportunity kinobox provides.
Never going back to cable. That is a thing of the past.
Don’t let information on the web deter you from making a great business move. All I have to do is pay $50 a month for Wifi that I already pay for. No monthly fees no subscriptions.
Put the power in your own hands and not the multiple billion dollar companies that stealing your money every day…
You love content piracy and profiting off of it.
That’s all that’s happening here.
How is it piracy when it has been projected that over 50 million homes will be streaming? You need to check out the report of President Obama talking about the approval of net neutrality. So how is it illegal to have a streaming device?
Because the number of homes projected to be screening has no bearing on whether the content streamed is licensed or not.
Why? It has nothing to do with piracy box MLM opportunities.
The devices themselves aren’t illegal. Marketing all-in-one piracy boxes is.
Did you just imply that because 50 people stream legally it’s okay to pirate?
Make that 50 million. Oops.
Do you need a box for every room in the home?
I returned my box & they won’t refund my money. Also Crest Financial continues to debit my account.
Do not buy from this fraudulent company. The “support” is a answering service.
Why didn’t you like about your device?
My kinobox frozen and my mouse disappear.
I went to reset but I can’t move my High light because I don’t have no arrow and my remote not working on it. with can I do.
Bin?
I bought a kinobox and also signed up another person to purchase their box as well. Neither one of our boxes has worked properly.
I sent my box back and they said that they updated it and it still hasn’t worked properly.
I am out done with Kinobox. I am still trying to get them to fix my box. Terrible company.