Following in the footsteps of Traffic Monsoon, My Advertising Pays claim their credit card processor has frozen funds for an “undisclosed and unanticipated period of time”.

In an email sent out to My Advertising Pays affiliates yesterday, the company advised; [Continue reading…]

As per the Jerky Direct website;

Jerky Direct was founded on the three core principles in 2004, and saw amazing growth.

A few years after the company was launched, its parent company forgot about it. The distributors were left on their own to build their business and grow their teams.

Attrition started to take over and Jerky Direct slowly started to decline until July, 2016 when the company announced they were closing their doors.

There was a group of distributors who saw the power behind Jerky Direct. They realized it offered an opportunity to start a home business that was unlike any other. They knew that Jerky Direct had to continue!

Jerky Direct was purchased and relaunched in August of 2016, keeping the core principles that made the business successful and adding everything else the company would need to grow.

Daniel Jay (right) is identified as CEO and Owner of Jerky Direct.

Born and raised in the Suburbs of St. Paul, Daniel has always had a passion for Network Marketing, Home Business and Entrepreneurship.

Jerky Direct was one of the first businesses he joined in 2004 while in college receiving his Bachelor’s Degree.

When Daniel got the news that Jerky Direct was closing, he knew that God was opening up a door for him at the exact right time.

In a video uploaded to a YouTube account bearing Daniel Jay’s name, Jay states:

I have worked online for the last 13 years in the home business, multilevel marketing, network marketing, niche websites, everything you could name.

For the last thirteen years I’ve tried to make money online … but I’ve never figured out how to make it work for me.

In addition to Jerky Direct, Jay is/was an affiliate with Empower Network.

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

There is no information on the Wealth Start Business indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Wealth Start Business website domain (“wealth-start-business.com”) was registered on the 25th of March 2010. Turan Uzunsokakli is listed as the owner, with an address in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany also provided.

Uzunsokakli’s name appears as the default referer if you visit the Wealth Start Business without a referral code, suggesting he is running the company.

Uzunsokakli has a history of participation in pyramid schemes, including Magic Seven (pay $5 and recruit others who do the same) and 12 Week Millionaire (pay $18 and recruit others who pay the same).

Read on for a full review of the Wealth Start Business MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

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

The Crowdfunders United website domain (“crowdfundersunited.com”) was registered on the 30th of May 2016, however the registration is set to private.

The Crowdfunders United Terms and Conditions suggests the company might be based out of the Netherlands:

(Crowdfunders United) is owned by Crowdfunders United b.v., Koppelingsweg 5 d, 6673 DT, Andelst, The Netherlands, chamber of commerce number: 66171601.

At the time of publication, Alexa also estimates that 95.8% of all traffic to the Crowdfunders United website originates out of the Netherlands.

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. [Continue reading…]

In a Facebook post dated August 23rd, Charles Scoville told Traffic Monsoon affiliates that

the SEC has taken away everything I own; making me basically homeless, penniless, and near powerless to defend myself.

Perhaps not so surprisingly, a new filing from the Traffic Monsoon Receiver reveals Scoville wasn’t entirely truthful. [Continue reading…]

Bad news for those looking forward to the Traffic Monsoon preliminary injunction next week.

For reasons not yet entirely clear, the hearing has been delayed by over a month. [Continue reading…]

Vantel Pearls was founded in 1990 by Joan Hartel Cabral.

The company operates in the jewelry MLM niche and is based out of Massachusetts in the US.

According to Cabral’s LinkedIn profile she graduated from university in 1982.

When asked what she did prior to launching Vantel Pearls, Cabral (right) stated in an interview with the Direct Selling Education Foundation;

I lived in Spain for 3 years. I moved there for the adventure, to learn Spanish and to enjoy the lifestyle.

It was in Spain that I started my first business. I opened an Aerobics Studio in Denia, along the coast.

My students found it very funny when I said “toque sus hombres” touch your men, instead of “toque sus hombros” touch your shoulders.

I instantly loved running my own business and inspiring others to believe they could positively impact their own lives.

After only 3 months, the Town Government endorsed my business and offered me a rent-free gymnasium.

According to the Vantel Pearls website, Cabral got the idea for the company in 1987;

My story begins in 1987 on a trip to Hawaii where I first saw Oysters containing colorful Pearls being opened before my eyes.

I brought the business idea back to Massachusetts and opened a small seaside store on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.

Looking for the flexibility to raise a family while running a business, I started Vantel Pearls Parties. Our success is a dream come true.

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

Trying to game the word’s largest advertising network isn’t going to get you far, as the owners of CommHubb recently found out.

In an announcement posted on the CommHubb website a few days ago, the company advises it has collapsed. [Continue reading…]

Late last year Bill Starkey sold off iWowWe’s video conferencing platform to Acesse.

iWowwe appears to have been in trouble dating as far back as early 2015, with reports of “broken promises” from “bad leadership” and affiliates not being paid.

Starkey was obviously unable to turn the company around, selling it off to Acesse in September, 2015.

Acesse renamed the iWowwe platform to “VideoMeet” and continued to market it under Acesse Marketing.

In an email sent out to iWowwe affiliates in mid June, the company advised it was shutting iWowwe down for good. [Continue reading…]

The Drone Club website identifies “Timonthy Xie” as Technical Director and “Najib Alalwan” as Financial Director of the company.

The Drone Club website domain (“dron-club.com”) was registered on the 6th of September 2016. Mariyan Dimitrov is listed as the owner of the domain, with an address in London, UK also provided.

Further research reveals dozens of companies operating from the same address, suggesting Drone Club exists in the UK in name only.

Possibly due to language barriers I was unable to find any additional information on Xie (right), Alalwan or Dimitrov.

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