Beware Of “Google Home Income”
On the face of it this looks like a pretty good opportunity for making a successful online business. And maybe it is. But my experience is less than desirable. When you click on the sales page (GoogleHomeIncome) you can see a lot of credibility with logos from CNBC, USA Today, ABC, Twitter, CNN and Yahoo. The headline reads “Earn Up To $209-$909 A Day Working From Home On The Internet”. It says you’ll get “Instant Access” to a google software kit and by using some simple typing skills to fill out simple online forms, you can watch the cash start rolling in. And, in some cases, below the form in the fine print there is a “Terms and Conditions” link as well as fine print that says you’ll be automatically charged a recurring monthly fee of $68.53. Other cases not: See Here. As soon as you fill out your name, email, phone number and zip code, you’re redirected to another very slick sales page that entices you to fill in your credit card information by offering “FREE Access” for a 3 day trial for only $2.97. Once you do this, then you are offered “VIP access” to their instructional website and to get your affiliate link for a one time charge of $39.99. It all seamed pretty reasonable at the time so I went for it to check out what they’re doing and possibly earn a profit.
At this point however is when it really gets deceiving if you didn’t read the fine print after filling out the “Instant Access” form. In order to log in to the website (that you just paid good money to see) you must check the “Terms and Agreement” box before you are let in. When you do, make sure to read it thoroughly because if you don’t, this is where you’ll feel deceived. What you actually bought for $39.99 was a one time opportunity to be charged again in 7 days if you do nothing in the amount of $68.53 and every month after until you decide to cancel!
Now maybe this really is a fabulous opportunity to make $209 – $909 a day by placing little Adsense adds that say “Make $63/Hour Part-Time” in news stories like this that lead to a pre-sales page that personalizes how a local mom goes from financial despair to earning $5000 to $7000 per month with Google Home Income! And I think it would be a great opportunity if only the company behind it (theInternetProfitHouse.com) was more up front on the sales page about the $68.53 recurring billing that starts 7 days following acceptance of “Terms and Conditions” to gain access to the product you paid $39.99 for. Instead of having that critical information in such fine print, it should be a lot more prevalent and easy to pick up at a glance.
But because of the deceiving nature of the way they bill your recurring charges without really making sure that people will be boldly informed about them within the sales copy itself, I don’t want to sully my reputation by promoting such a product that uses what I believe to be intentional deception tactics and neither should you. My advice is to steer clear of this company until if and when they make changes reflecting my concerns.
The other thing is as of this time, when you log into the VIP website, there isn’t a link to go back and review the “Terms and Conditions” once you made a decision to invest here. See a screen shot of what the course looks like: InternetProfitHouseScreenShot.jpg
Until next time, this is Casey Peacock for the AffiliReview Blog.
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