Not going to waste my time trying to make money with Deal Dot Com
I can’t be the only person completely and utterly underwhelmed by the launch of Deal Dot Com, can I? John Cow called it “one of the biggest affiliate programs of the moment”. I think every post John Chow has written over the past seven days has been about Deal Dot Com. But as with most things, it was just hype, hype, hype.
Deal Dot Com, which launched today, is an affiliate program that offers a deal every day in the form of daily Internet marketing software for purchase and download. Today’s hot “deal”, the first deal on offer by Deal Dot Com, is for a $150 PHP membership script. That’s what’s got everybody so excited?
That’s pretty damn boring, and the ad copy for the product is just plain awful. I wasn’t even sure I was reading ad copy until I got right to the end of the ridiculous ramble.
The whole website at Deal Dot Com looks like a child made it and they seriously need to hire a decent writer. I just don’t understand why people are getting so worked about this thing. The real catch seems to be that they will pay commission for life on first- and second-tier referrals, but unless you are a webmaster or blogger reaching out to an extremely large, broad readership, the affiliate program has limited value; ask yourself if the people you can refer will buy a product like a $150 PHP membership script.
The top cats will make money here, but look at the website: it’s selling Internet marketing software. People who want these sorts of products are not your regular blogger or blog reader. Deal Dot Com is just an average affiliate program and if you only have a limited readership, your efforts are better spent elsewhere.
If they start offering something that myself or my readers might consider buying, then I will change my stance. Until then, forget it.
Bonus link: Before everybody shoots me down for being so negative, here’s something positive I found over at the Vandelay Design blog. It’s a detailed post about 10 ways to stand out as a blogger. That post was enough to earn my subscription to the RSS. Good job.
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3 Responses to “Not going to waste my time trying to make money with Deal Dot Com”
Thanks for the link! Glad to have you as a subscriber.
I’m with you, really unimpressive. I hyped it in one article, expecting them to wheel out something great and truly interesting, like $199 for the complete Butterfly Marketing package or $99 for a one-year Immediate Edge membership. Not software I’d never heard of at only 50% off.
Really, if that’s their grand opening special, I’m not particularly looking forward to whatever they might be drudging up by day 30. I’ll keep watching in case something in which I’m already interested comes along, but this isn’t permanent-link-on-the-front-page worthy by a long shot.
I’m with you Angel, I didn’t sign up and I won’t be promoting the service. The do offer high affiliate percentages, but still I think the sales rate would be pretty low. IMHO