The BlastOff Network is simply a customizable start page, or personal web portal akin to My Yahoo, iGoogle, or NetVibes. Basically it’s one of those web pages that you can customize with the content you want to see every day. What’s the big deal then? Well, simply put: money.
You see, the primary means of making money on the internet is via advertising. Websites create revenue by driving eyeballs to places where people spend money. If you use a personal start page, the company that serves it up has the best chance of directing that spend, or more to the point, getting paid for referring you. For example, Yahoo! gets paid when you click on one of their banner ads, or for simply showing it to you depending on the arrangement with the particular advertiser. This is the primary source of revenue for them, which was $1.575 billion in the latest quarter (3Q 2009).
As you can see, it is a big business. Thus companies will fight tooth and nail to get your eyeballs onto their sites. Google hopes you start with a search using their engine. Microsoft hopes you use their web portal (live.com) or their new Bing search engine. The BlastOff Network is just the latest player.
Some companies even resort to somewhat questionable tactics to grab your attention. For example, internet service providers such as Qwest will change the default home page of your browser when you install their unnecessary modem software. Because few people know how to (or bother to) change their home page, usually found in the Options menu of a browser, this will be the screen they see every time they launch their browser to surf the internet. Thus, the internet service provider will get the first crack at showing ads from it’s sponsors.
The BlastOff Network wants to be your home page. They want you to start all your shopping with them. By leveraging affiliate relationships, they receive a percentage of all purchases made when you “blast off” from your home page. The enticement? They will share part of this revenue with you. Oh, and they will also throw in a smaller percentage of all the revenue from purchases made from the home pages of your family and friends, in true multi-level-marketing fashion. That’s right, they want to be your grandma’s home page as well.
The multi-level-marketing angle is the new twist. They are essentially combining the proven techniques of MLM campaigns with the not-so-well understood Internet advertising business. They hope that you get all your friends and relatives to use their home page, increasing both your revenue and their profit.
The BlastOff Network is scheduled to launch today, Oct 22 2009, with Pre Paid Legal Services as it’s primary advertiser.
You should not join to have your eye on making big buck, just enjoy your own discounts and whatever else comes in even better! Like icing on the cake!
Check it out and see for yourself:
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ENJOY!
Thank you for your explanation!
I believe that it’s always best to see for yourself! And it’s FREE so just try it, right now they have cool offers e.g. 5$ off of 50$ at KMart or no Activation fee at ATT or other Specials! 4% at Barnes and Noble 6% at Starbucks…
The whole network thing and making cash back and building a huge network is icing on the cake when it happens. But this is not a main source of income and remeber YOU DID NOT PAY ANYTHING TO JOIN, so basically you GET DISCOUNTS for FREE and you might even get money back! So why complain?
Just ENJOY the discounts FOR YOURSELF and save if you want to! And if not, just go to the sites directly and pay more!
Check it and try it and then make up your own mind!
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what discount? I joined just to look inside of it all. some websites say up to 1%! thats total bull crap! 6% here 5% there. what about shipping and handling cost? really there is no discount! you just helping the company make money. yeah get a thousand people under you and you can make money right! The problem with this…..you gotta trust they are going to pay you. I have seen mlm companies launch their scheme and suddenly disappear off the net. taking their members hard earn commissions with them. If you want to make money think of your own original business. and that way you are in total control of it all.
This is a great explanation of the motivation and process that will drive the Blastoff Network. The only thing that I would add is that the more the Blastoff Network is successful (having more and more people buy through the single network) the costs will be reduced for Blastoff and the retailers. Therefore, the more people that get their Blastoff Network up the fastest and “beat the drum” the loudest will help reduce the costs and share in the savings the most.
Thank you for your helpful explanation of Blastoff Network.
A friend of mine got roped into signing up for PrePaidLegal and Blastoff Network, and he sent me email encouraging me to sign up with Blastoff Network. My own reaction was that it seemed like a bad idea. The more I learn about it, the worse it seems.
Thank for, in particular, for pointing out the bogus “Blastoff Scam” scam. The whole thing really smells very bad.
I am doing due diligence around Blastoff network and am wondering whether you folks here looking for a witch or are you REALLY trying to understand what’s going on.
The original post had a specific agenda and misrepresented the Blastoff online marketing tactics as some how specific to them and horribly deviant. In reality, they are just the practices that online marketing companies use. If there is one thing worse than a scammer, its a “do good” scam expose that lacks objective and honest reporting.
Now I read these reactions to this post and wonder what the motive of the responders are.
I am stunned by pages like this where things like “I joined just to look inside of it all. some websites say up to 1%! thats total bull crap! 6% here 5% there. what about shipping and handling cost? really there is no discount! you just helping the company make money.”
Blastoff targets people who ALREADY SHOP ONLINE. They are ALREADY paying shipping costs; these are not “added costs” for them. Thus, the discounts are real discounts.
Come on people, don’t be like the people you criticize. Try to rise above and let your objective side speak. If this thing is “total bull”, then let that be revealed via FACTS and not speculation or comparing apples to oranges.
Thanks for helping to drown out those who just like to make up rumours for the sake of seeing how far the travel. I wrote the following article to clear up some of the misunderstandings about what the Blastoff Network is and is not. http://ehelpfultips.com/how_to_join_the_blastoff_savings.htm