Once upon a time you could market Zeek Rewards to prospective new affiliates on the trust that here was a company owned and operated in the US, with US banking services and backed by a company that had 14 years of history of conducting business out of Lexington in the US state of North Carolina.

If you had a problem, sorting it out was as simple as calling support up and getting your problem fixed at the latest, within a few hours. Oh, and let’s not forget “neither Zeek Rewards nor Rex Ventures have ever missed a payment”.

Sure Zeek Rewards business model didn’t really stand up to scrutiny (how could it when it was launched guaranteeing a 125% ROI) and the whole thing reads like a dodgy investment scheme, but at least members could proclaim with confidence that should something go wrong – the money was easily recoverable because it hadn’t been fluttered away to some distant undisclosed location.

Well, not anymore. [Continue reading…]

When Wazzub entered pre-launch in late 2011 the company initially promised to pay members $1 a month per member recruited and made a big deal about their ‘profit sharing phenomenon’.

Within a few short months this $1 commission was quietly scrapped and the company rephrased its commissions structure around what they now call a ‘success sharing phenomenon’. This meant that the company was willing to pay members 50% of profits generated by Wazzub.

After seven or so months of prelaunch and the fixed launch date of August 1st 2012 just around the corner, today we take a look at where Wazzub and its ‘Perfect Internet’ is at.

Commission wise Wazzub were supposed to start paying their members on May 15th 2012. This was then pushed back to June 15th 2012 however a webinar on May 25 confirmed that members would not be getting paid on June 15th either. [Continue reading…]

When Troy Dooly from MLM Helpdesk mentioned that Zeek Rewards COO Dawn Wright-Olivares was going to appear on yesterday’s edition of radio show Aces Radio Live, I took note because to date any public appearance Olivares (or anyone from Zeek Rewards corporate) has amounted to little more than a thinly veiled PR excercise with little actual substance.

Such was the case the last time Dooly sat down with Wright-Olivares at the first Zeek Rewards red carpet event. Despite the interview running in at just under thirty-two minutes, nothing much was really covered other than a bunch of softball positive publicity talking points.

In what initially looked to be another PR exercise, yesterday’s Aces Radio Live broadcast started to delve into some interesting territory with co-host Jim Gillhouse fielding questions from listeners.

Twenty three minutes into the broadcast I then heard possibly the most important question to date that has been put forth to a Zeek Rewards corporate staff member has been asked publicly…

…but no sooner had the question been asked, Troy Dooly immediately moved to shut it down. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Jollybuzz website indicating who runs or owns the company.

The domain ‘jollybuzz.com’ was registered on the 10th May 2011, however the domain registration information is set to private.

Curiously enough the ‘About Us’ page on the Jollybuzz website appears to be the default template for the free software the creators of Jollybuzz are using to power the website.

The About Us page references ‘Dolphin Smart Community Builder’ software which is owned by the company ‘BoonEx’:

BoonEx describe Dolphin as being ‘the world’s most advanced free community software‘ and offer it to the general public open-source and free of charge.

A look at the source-code indicates that Jollybuzz is indeed being powered by BoonEx’s Dolphin software:

In summary, it appears that whoever owns Jollybuzz has just downloaded BoonEx’s free Dolphin backend and launched a templated social network. [Continue reading…]

I wouldn’t call myself a serious outdoors enthusiast but between cycling and hiking, I know that if you want to get the most out of the two you need to have the right gear.

There’s a world of difference when cycling with regular shoes and clothes just the same as hiking in slippers with jeans is vastly different to doing both activities with even the barest of essential equipment and gear.

Extend that concept to the greater outdoors in general and you have the concept behind GlobalNet Outdoors. Read on for a full review of the GNO MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the 6 Dollar Ads website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The domain ‘6dollarads.com’ was registered on the 22nd May 2012 however the domain registration information is set to private.

As always, if a 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. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the RealityProfit website indicating who runs or owns the business.

The domain ‘realityprofit.com’ was registered on the 27th May 2012 however the domain registration information is set to private.

As always, if a 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. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Big Mulah website indicating who runs or owns the business.

The domain ‘bigmulah.com’ however was registered on the 13th March 2012 and lists a ‘Cruz Ramirez’ as the owner operating out of Texas in the US.

Ramirez, who refers to himself as the ‘Mexican Marketer’, appears to have been involved in and run quite a few dodgy looking schemes over the years.

Back in 2010 he launched a recruitment based social network site ‘The Dollartribe’, which didn’t last too long.

I’ve also seen Ramirez promoting Ricochet Riches (a defunct Ponzi scheme) under his now (also defunct) MRUVME Marketing brand:

Wazzub (dubious search portal that has missed launch and payment deadlines):

These are just some more recent examples but I’ve seen Ramirez promoting a fair few recruitment based opportunities dating back even further than 2010 (3900 Income from 2008 is just one example).

Of his internet marketing career thus far Ramirez writes:

My name is Cruz Ramirez I am from Texas and I have been online since 2001.

My main goal from day one was to use my PC to make money and my journey has taken me around the internet world like a ball in a pinball machine, I bounced from program to program and buisness to business spending money and never making money.

Presumably sick of bouncing from program to program, Ramirez launched Big Mulah in April 2012 and appears to have redirected every domain under his control to the Big Mulah website.

Read on for a full review of the Big Mulah MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Daily Deals MLM companies were popping up all over the place in 2011 but with the market relatively saturated (both MLM and non-MLM), today I don’t think there’s one I’d count as having taken off with any real traction.

2012 has been a bit quieter on the Daily Deal front however there still appears to be some interest in the niche. Today we take a look at new Daily Deals MLM upstart Royalty Texts, read on for a full review. [Continue reading…]

Get Cash Connected was launched in May 2012 and is run by CEO and founder Ron Walsh. Operating out of Canada, Get Cash Connected promises a 100% cash payout claiming that ‘the money is all in the pay plan’.

Other than that very little else is provided about the Get Cash Connected opportunity unless prospective members surrender their contact details.

Walsh (photo right) is probably best known for a prior opportunity he launched called ‘EZ Wealth Solution’. EZ Wealth Solution launched in 2007 and promises to make its members ‘become very wealth, by selling other people’s products‘.

Once again information wise nothing much else is divulged save that these product sales are priced at $47, $97, $247, $497 and $997.

Typically when it comes to these types of 100% commissions the company requires a monthly membership fee and via a compensation structure, then has members gift money between themselves (usually via a 1-up or 2-up compensation structure).

Is Get Cash Connected any different? Read on for a full review. [Continue reading…]