How to describe a product that sounds like a scam?
Over the weekend, I decided to challenge myself to come up with, build, and launch something from scratch.
The Problem:
I have family and friends that are usually pretty broke, and need money from time to time. $25 here, $2500 there.
The Idea:
So the idea was simple, find a way
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Change the name. Sounds scammy.
Make sure it is allowed on Amazons TOS.
Explain Amazon affiliates first, then explain you will credit them.
Very interesting idea. :)
I don't quite understand, how are you giving money to friends and family without spending any..?
I'm not giving them money, Amazon is. It is basically rewarding my friends and family with a commission on my Amazon purchases. They sign up for Amazon's affiliate program, add their affiliate code to my bookmark, and each time I go to amazon a random person gets chosen to receive the commission.
There's your answer :)
I agree, this is exactly what you tell people. It's a direct non-salesy explanation of what you do and why you do it.
I see, for starters, I'd say the name is a little scammy :) sorry, just being honest! It makes more sense after you described it though.
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Maybe you could ask them "Would you use a service that got your friends to sign up for an affiliate program so everytime you purchased from amazon they'd receive money?" or even - "What do you think of the name WutWutWut?" :)
Anyway just thought it might help. Best of luck!
Thanks for that, I submitted a question. I shall see if this 8 hour project was pointless, or not!
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