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Posted By: Mel. White In Response To: VMDirect Business opprtunity??? (Tony)
Monday, 12 June 2006, at 6:37 a.m.
The funny thing is that their partnering company is offering the same package for $9.95/month -- either that, or you're being asked to pay absurd amounts to sell a package that sells for $9.95/month.
> I was hoping the veterena could help me on this one. I am looking over an
> opportunity with a company called VM direct. They are pioneering some
> great technologies like video e mail (streaming) ,video blogging, and some
> other great products.
The real question is whether people will use it. We've had streaming videochat and video email tenchnology for at least 10 years and it hasn't exactly taken over the universe (unlike text blogging.) These services are free for noncommercial users, so I don't see the attraction of actually paying to use this.
> The co. is launching this month (makes me a little
> nervous) but they have spent a ton of money on getting this going. I am
> looking at an affiliate site and it has a lot of info on it, which was
> very impressive.
It sounds like the ton of money they spent came from folks who signed up early.
We've seen a number of these companies (with the same kind of package deal) start up over the years. It's the same kind of MLM-like concept, where "you" will be a reseller and pay them through the nose for the privelege. Most of these companies have folded within a year.
$500/year is a lot of money to invest. If you're given a website to put up and promote, have you any idea where the market for this is and how you'll advertise to them (other than "put site up on internet, get it into the search engines and hope...?)
I think you could do better if you put the money into a field that you already have some expertise in (such as supplying hobbyist materials to a hobby market) rather than going into a "pre-launch" company.
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