JustTooMuchTime
01-08-2013, 01:53 AM
Somebody asked me about EZ Money Method, which I hadn't heard of before. Here's what I know so far:
There seem to be two version of EZ Money Method:
EZMoneyMethod.com
EZMoneyMethod2X.com
About The EZMoneyMethod.com Site
There first site's landing page is here:
EZ Money Method (http://ezmoneymethod.com/splash1.php)
I went through the video and he's teaching people how to promote as an affiliate for MyPCBackUp.com He requires them to sign up for their own MyPCBackUP.com account before they get access to his training.
According to the MyPCBackUP.com affiliate program here:
MyPCBackup :: Affiliates (http://www.mypcbackup.com/affiliates)
An affiliate with a free account earns $5 per signup.
An affiliate with a paid account earns $120 per signup.
As of this time, their affiliate program accepts traffic from the USA, CA, UK, AU, NZ and IE.
I don't know anything about the quality of the MyPCBackUP.com product at this point.
Is the video FTC Compliant?
I've watched the video a few times.
One thing that jumps out from watching the video is that he's testimonials that mention specific earnings. In the Federal Trade Commission Compliance link - which is actually at a site called Free Cash Machine Training at this link: EZ Money Method (http://fcmtraining.com/ez/ftc.php) (see image below):
http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg536/Paul_Schlegel/EZMoneyMethod/footer-links-to-fcmtraining_zps47c33aa7.png
The FTC Commission Compliance page (http://fcmtraining.com/ez/ftc.php) has a "Testimonials" section of the FTC Commission Compliance link, "results not typical" type of wording, such as:
"Exceptional results may be depicted by our website as highlights, but you are responsible for understanding that atypical outcomes may not reflect your experience. Aside from market conditions, products and services change over time. Older products may lose effectiveness. Newer products may not have a reliable track record."
As far as I understand it from a layman's perspective, that wording doesn't meet the new FTC No Safe Harbor Guidelines discussed here:
FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm)
"Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey his or her experience with a product or service as typical when that is not the case will be required to clearly disclose the results that consumers can generally expect. In contrast to the 1980 version of the Guides – which allowed advertisers to describe unusual results in a testimonial as long as they included a disclaimer such as “results not typical” – the revised Guides no longer contain this safe harbor."
The FTC Commission Compliance section on fcmtraining.com references "DAILY INCOME NETWORK, LLC"
About The EZMoneyMethod2x.com Site
The landing page for that site is here:
http://ezmoneymethod2x.com/splash2.php?user=ezmm2x
That site is promoting Motor Club Of America which is discussed at RealScam here:
http://www.realscam.com/f8/working-motor-club-america-1525/
Again, he is requiring the people to sign up for a Motor Club Of America account before they can access his training.
There seem to be two version of EZ Money Method:
EZMoneyMethod.com
EZMoneyMethod2X.com
About The EZMoneyMethod.com Site
There first site's landing page is here:
EZ Money Method (http://ezmoneymethod.com/splash1.php)
I went through the video and he's teaching people how to promote as an affiliate for MyPCBackUp.com He requires them to sign up for their own MyPCBackUP.com account before they get access to his training.
According to the MyPCBackUP.com affiliate program here:
MyPCBackup :: Affiliates (http://www.mypcbackup.com/affiliates)
An affiliate with a free account earns $5 per signup.
An affiliate with a paid account earns $120 per signup.
As of this time, their affiliate program accepts traffic from the USA, CA, UK, AU, NZ and IE.
I don't know anything about the quality of the MyPCBackUP.com product at this point.
Is the video FTC Compliant?
I've watched the video a few times.
One thing that jumps out from watching the video is that he's testimonials that mention specific earnings. In the Federal Trade Commission Compliance link - which is actually at a site called Free Cash Machine Training at this link: EZ Money Method (http://fcmtraining.com/ez/ftc.php) (see image below):
http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg536/Paul_Schlegel/EZMoneyMethod/footer-links-to-fcmtraining_zps47c33aa7.png
The FTC Commission Compliance page (http://fcmtraining.com/ez/ftc.php) has a "Testimonials" section of the FTC Commission Compliance link, "results not typical" type of wording, such as:
"Exceptional results may be depicted by our website as highlights, but you are responsible for understanding that atypical outcomes may not reflect your experience. Aside from market conditions, products and services change over time. Older products may lose effectiveness. Newer products may not have a reliable track record."
As far as I understand it from a layman's perspective, that wording doesn't meet the new FTC No Safe Harbor Guidelines discussed here:
FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm)
"Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey his or her experience with a product or service as typical when that is not the case will be required to clearly disclose the results that consumers can generally expect. In contrast to the 1980 version of the Guides – which allowed advertisers to describe unusual results in a testimonial as long as they included a disclaimer such as “results not typical” – the revised Guides no longer contain this safe harbor."
The FTC Commission Compliance section on fcmtraining.com references "DAILY INCOME NETWORK, LLC"
About The EZMoneyMethod2x.com Site
The landing page for that site is here:
http://ezmoneymethod2x.com/splash2.php?user=ezmm2x
That site is promoting Motor Club Of America which is discussed at RealScam here:
http://www.realscam.com/f8/working-motor-club-america-1525/
Again, he is requiring the people to sign up for a Motor Club Of America account before they can access his training.