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arbequina
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 13:32
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I am so mad right now, I really am.
So, I JUST need to figure out how to promote my websites and possibly host them with WA.
All of you promise me a wealth of information.
Then, I get on there JUST to find out that you are given a lesson plan and only fed little tiny bits of information for 8 weeks!!!! You can attempt to wander around in this massive jungle of information, but you won't be able to make any sense of out it, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE PLAN!!
People!!!! DON'T YOU SEE THAT THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR 2 MONTHS SIMPLY TO GET UP AND RUNNING???
If I do not get my hot little hands on that whole plan in 24 hours, I will quit as a member and file a paypal claim. Thieves!!!
I can't believe you tricked a poor person like me with a good cause to raise money, I hope that karma kicks you in the ar*e...hard.
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fatman
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 14:20
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First of all nobody tricked you. Many of us, including me, told you that it is a great site, but if ALL you wanted was hosting, then other sites would work just as well. We recommended only if you wanted to learn more about marketing techniques.
Then you join and get angry that you can't get all the information right away, when you can! Me, AndyB, and others in the WA forum politely pointed out where you can get ALL the information you wanted as soon as you wanted it. Then you got angry that it wasn't in an order that was geared toward you personally. We all offered to help you, but you got rude and insulted every member of WA.
You do NOT have to pay for two months to get all the information. I personally was in a haurry to learn too, and I went through ALL of the tutorials in my first week. Everyone warned you that this was not a get rich quick type of thing. I have been working at it for two months and have learned a lot but still haven't made that much yet (only about $300). There are others who have been there for months and haven't made anything yet either, but they are WORKING hard and it will pay off eventually.
So, you sign up, and then in less than one day you get angry and insult everyone. You threaten to get special treatment or you will issue a complaint to Paypal and go on a forum rampage to purposely hurt our reputations.
I feel bad since I was one of the people that recommended WA to you. I am a member there and do love it and will continue to stay there. But if it not what you are looking for, feel free to move on. But there is no need for slander! You can learn the way everybody else had to, or you can get grumpy and complain, the choice is yours.
Again, I feel personally hurt since I recommended it to you and offered to help you any way I could. Then you repay me by calling me a thief and a scammer. I think you are the one who needs to think about that karma issue.....
Anyway, I hope you can decide what is right for you, without having to insult others in order to feel better. Have a wonderful day! 
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NTC
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 15:03 · Edited by: NTC
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Dear arbequina,
All of the content contained within the 8 week action plan is available to you immediately upon enrollment.
The Junior
Intermediate
Senior
courses are the same content that is delivered each week.
These lessons are delivered one week at a time as to not overwhelm beginners, aka newbies.
You get out of WA what you put into it.
Many members make thousands per month.
I suggest you take a deep breath.
Success comes with a good positive attitude, willingness to learn and persistence and complete harmony with others.
There is no other way.
There are hundreds, thousands of WA members who would help you 24/7 including Kyle and Carson.
I have personally helped other members of WA within this forum who did not enroll through me. That's just the spirit of WA.
I hope this helps,
Victoria
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arbequina
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 15:08
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OK, fatman finally gave me the 8 week plan. It's not a scam, but I don't like the idea of information being hidden away and then you have to spend LOADS of time wandering around. I don't work like that- I need more structure, I need it fast, like a fix.
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arbequina
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 15:24
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Guys, I will make a public apology.
As I just explained to fatman by PM, I am a DIVA, I am used to getting things my way and when I feel like I've been cheated out of money, I get very very angry.
I don't have a lot of money, but I have a pretty active brain. It needs to be fueled and paced in the right way in order to make it work.
Having members in WA hang on for 8 weeks before they get the whole story is NOT cool, in my opinion. It MAKES you have to PAY them 2 weeks worth of membership and waste time!!
OK, peace. I am reading now, happily, the plans that I got.
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opendomain
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 16:37
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LOL Very big of you Arbequina.
I think it's good you know so much about your personality.
I think what WA does is provides you with a good solid foundation. I'm not a member but I can attest to the MANY, MANY, MANY ways, tactics, tricks, tips and strategies one can use to market online and how you can use many of them in conjunction with each other to market. Based on what I do know of WA it is a good program that provides you with many of the afore mentioned items.
Keeping that in mind I think you can compare marketing online to building a house. You can have the best material in the world and rush into building and not come up with anything because you don't take the time to lay a foundation or build a frame.
Imagine showing up to an open lot with all the materials needed to build a house. You wouldn't just grab a bulldozer and start smashing everything together in hopes a house popped up, it takes time to build and customize to your unique personality.
THAT, I think, is the hallmark of any good program...and I think why WA takes its time.
I will also say I've seen more people fail at online marketing and working from home because they tried to rush things than I care to count. There is a lot of information to soak in, take your time and in the end you'll be better off for it. Best of luck Arbequina.
Gilbert
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mellin
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 16:43
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Arbequina - I can understand your frustrations with wealthy affiliate. I was a member for awhile too. For me, I never once thought of it as a scam, but I did always feel like I was on "information overload". I know that there are people on this board who love it, but I personally don't think that it is newbie-friendly so I got out of it. I understand your frustrations, because I never did manage to sort my way through it.
Melissa
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2008 17:31
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I like your spunk, arbequina and believe me, some of us on here have kicked around, had 'cows in the living room' as one guy recently stated, grew grey hair overnight, and still we kept on going as we knew there was a way to make it online... we just had to find that 'way'!
Amazingly enough, that 'way' varies for everyone. We each need to find what best suits us and our abilities, what we are passionate about...
I am like you in one sense... I want to know it all yesterday... but I have had to learn that it all takes time and I would not trade what I have learned over the course of the past several years for anything.
So... happy reading and relax... it will all come together as you go along...I have never worked with WA myself but am assuming it is similar to other things I did try in my learning process and I learned from everything I ever tried.
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dmitch31
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 23:23
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I've never completed the full 8 week plan, but I've been making money with Wealthy Affiliate anyway. If memory serves, I never got passed week two. You don't have to do all 8 weeks before getting started.
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arcade
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2008 00:40
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NTC: You get out of WA what you put into it.
Excatly right, your only going to get helped by people depending on how much you acctauly want to get helped. Good luck and sorry you didn't search the site enough to relise it is a very helpful and useful site.
Regards,
Wayne
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dkohlmeier
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# Posted: 10 Sep 2008 23:02
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I just had to add to this thread because I joined Wealthy Affiliate knowing absolutely NOTHING about internet marketing and hadn't even heard of affiliate marketing. I realized (and Kyle and Carson tell you this up front) that there would be a learning curve and that it would take time to learn how to do it. Within a month I was making a profit. Today I am making over $3000 per month in my spare time and not even working very hard at it. Wealthy Affiliate is the ONLY site out of the dozens I had tried that delivered on its promise to teach me how to make money online.
Yesterday I joined WA members Thad and Dave B's Affiliate Niche Club and I think that is going to help take me to the next level.
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klrrider
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2008 18:41
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I have been happy with WA, have been a member for about a year. what I have found is that WA gives you multiple choices for promoting your affiliate marketing business. You have to choose one and stick to it until you master it. Then you can ad another technique to your arsenal. If you don't quit you will make money. I have and I am a slow learner. The most important thing I had to learn is what the complete definition of "Relevance" is.
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weelsn888
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2008 22:32
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Hi
When I clicked your link for the free guide but got an error message.
Can you please provide a correct link?
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fatman
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# Posted: 17 Sep 2008 16:38
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weelsn888, I guess you were referring to me? For some reason my site wasn't working propery for an hour or two yesterday, but everything seems to be ok now. The links in my signature are correct, so feel free to try again.
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JimWA
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# Posted: 20 Sep 2008 21:05
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Maybe I shouldn't post this, especially since this is going to be my first post. But this is the forum where I started learning about making money online, I feel like I need to do this.
When I started, I was a complete newbie, I had no idea what affiliate marketing is, there wasn't even the WA forum back then. I was just browsing around the profit lance forum, I read through the topics and affiliate marketing sounds promising, so I decided to try my luck with Profit lance, but with more research, I discovered Wealthy Affiliate.
Now, I am not trying to hype it or anything, but it is the single program I used to make $400-500/day now consistently. Think I am talking out of my ass? Read about my story here: [Link removed - Admin]
8 Week action plan? I didn't even follow it, like you I thought the need to wait a week just to get tutorials is ridiculous, but there are plenty of other tutorials that you can read through, even the stuff in advanced section. The forum is also golden, some of the posts in there are worth more than a lot of the garbage ebooks out there.
Some people have called WA a time trap because it offers so much information and it provides many different ways to promote products, and doesn't tell you specific products to promote... so many newbies get confused and end up wasting time. But no one is going to hold your hand and do this for you, if you think your work is done by joining WA, you're are in for a big shock, the work is just beginning.
If you have half the determination and motivation that I had when starting out, I don't see how you CANNOT achieve similar success that I've had with WA.
No one is going to hold your hand, if you don't want to work, then waste more of your money into MLM and data entry scams. Good day.
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ibw13
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2008 21:57
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Yeah, I heard WA was really good. I am still deciding if I want to join or not.
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HomeBizMama
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 12:25
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 I'm tired of the hype and scams out there... Ready for something real and legit where you actually learn something and not trying to focus on RECRUIT...Build downlines... blah blah blah. Where do I sign up????
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Sonni
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 12:41
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Homebizmama
I recommend the 30 Day Challenge it's FREE and you will learn a lot about IM and affiliate marketing. It's geared toward newbies so it's not hard to figure out. I was in Wealthy Affiliate for 8 weeks, but it was too advanced for me I couldn't put the pieces together. However, the 30 DC is designed for newbies so it made more sense and I could understand for the first time what is going on.
If you have some experience in IM or have good technical skills then you may be able to do well in WA if not the 30DC might be best. Like I said 30DC is free and WA costs money so do your research. To be honest I learned more in the 30DC in 30 days than I did in WA in 60. Ed and his team are good at what they do.
Sonni
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 14:04
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I have been a member of both Wealthy Affiliate University and The Thirty Day Challenge.
And, I love both.
TDC teaches one method of marketing, and WA teaches many.
Both are step by step processes designed for beginners.
More advanced marketers can benefit from these programs as well.
I was new to IM when I joined Wealthy Affiliate University, and was happy I had the training before taking the Thirty Day Challenge.
Both programs are legitimate, and genuine.
Victoria
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HomeBizMama
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 19:24 · Edited by: HomeBizMama
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Thanks Sonni and NTC for your replies.
It's not all about the money because I am willing to put out <--- sounds bad huh? But what I mean is that, I want to invest my time and money into something that I will get in return. Joining 30DayChallenge for free does not sound bad at all because it's FREE. But to actually spend 30 days to make your first $10??? I make more than that in a hour with my current work at home job. It's not that I'm looking for a get rich quick scheme or anything but I am also looking for that some sort of recurring income.
Reasons why I wanted to join Wealthy Affiliates was... #1 Become an affiliate of WA and the only way to do that is join. #2 Use the tools and products offered to build my business as an internet marketer. #3 Have the personal mentoring and guidance from other members, not because I'm in their downline like MLM's.
I previously joined BBS Global Diamond Elite and Unselfish Wealth and I thought I found the perfect things for me. But all they cared about was recruiting/recruiting and not about the products at all. I like the idea of residual income, but if you have to depend on others to recruit under you too to earn that residual income... it is not going to happen.
So, I started looking into affiliate marketing. There are so many products you can join to become affiliates for free. I even thought about marketing products on clickbank. That's a joke... all they had were ebooks and the commission weren't high enough to even start writing blogs and reviews about. Don't get me wrong, there are people out there making money with clickbank and signing up for those programs you see advertised. (Yes.. that was I, who previously paid for My Online Income System)
As you can see... I've been through so many programs. I wouldn't say they were all SCAMS... it wasn't what I was wanting and should have done more research before joining. I want to really LEARN and MASTER what is offered.
I already have my hosting account to create my own website but haven't created anything yet because I seriously, need training first and $40 a month is not bad at all to get to where I want to be in life. I pay a maintenance fee of $40 a month with my current business... and I do make a pretty decent income for working at home and having my very own call center through Arise. That's why I wanted to have my own website and help others work at home and make money using the internet too. Well that's my story. Thanks for allowing me to vent in here.
-Sue
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Sonni
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 20:27
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It's not about making $10 it's about learning the process and learning it with a team of people who know what they're doing. It is for newbies so if you're past that and feel like you need something more then maybe WA is for you instead. Both programs are legit, it's a matter of preference. I have done both.
Sonni
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HomeBizMama
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2008 21:52
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You know... it probably doesn't hurt to do both... LOL
Sonni.. can you pm me the link so I can join? I'm not sure if you get credit for referrals but it doesn't hurt to study both techniques right?
Thanks again,
Sue
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2008 14:30
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I'm pleased with WA - I've been a member for about 5 months and have not yet completed the 8-week training. I'm on week 5, and I've made money doing jobs on the WA Jobs section, then I realized that I was doing work for people who were smart enough to outsource their projects and I decided I could either keep reaching for low-hanging fruit and getting side-tracked or I could get moving and launch a real campaign. I just launched the first one yesterday. I bought (and I said I wouldn't buy anything else!) a really good ebook/videos on building highly targeted opt-in lists because it was recommended by Travis and it really put some pieces into place for me and motivated me to get off my rear and submit my first artlicle. I actually came to the forum today looking for a good article submission service then thought I'd see what all the hubub was about with somebody yelling "Scam" with THREE exclamation points! Here I go getting side-tracked again! I'm still in love with WA. I aint goin nowhere. If you need to pay for your monthly subscription (possibly too late for the original poster), you can always write a few articles or whatever just to pay the membership. It really is manageable and Bum Marketing is one of the few no or little investment arenas remaining that can actually generate sizeable extra income for the average beginner.
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Sonni
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2008 19:59
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That's right you could do both I don't have links I don't belong to WA anymore and 30DC is free I'm just trying to help people who don't know where to turn if they have no money and or want legit affiliate
training so they can begin their online money making venture.
All you need to do is google it. Good luck with whatever you do.
Sonni
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2008 23:04
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Thanks Sonni. I just want to put in my 2cents in about Wealthy Affiliate....... in a DAY already (since I just joined last night) I've learned sOooOOooo much just by reading through the Junior tutorials. I LOVE IT! Hopefully, I can work extra hrs with my current biz and make enough money to pay for the whole year. That will save me $10 a month.
I'm already working in Rubix to create my website and signed up for the free hosting site. I even bought some .info domains from godaddy for only $1.49 to forward to the pre-made landing sites. I know I didn't have to, but I just don't like those long referral links.
Anyway, gotta start on squidoo. I've never wrote an article or blog, so it's taking me awhile... maybe I should check our the WAjobs and hire someone. Well I think that is a good start for me on DAY 1.
-Sue
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weelsn888
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2008 08:32
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Hi Sue,
How did you manage to get some .info domains from godaddy for only $1.49? I thought it charges about $8 per domain. Some internet experts advised only to get .com domains and no others for our internet business.
Cheers
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Kecia08
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2008 09:51 · Edited by: Kecia08
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weelsn888: How did you manage to get some .info domains from godaddy for only $1.49? I thought it charges about $8 per domain. Some internet experts advised only to get .com domains and no others for our internet business.
GoDaddy often runs sales, especially on .info domains. i just looked up some domains there, and the .info was selling for $0.99.
weelsn888: Some internet experts advised only to get .com domains and no others for our internet business.
I do not think it matters what extension you get. If I look up a .com, and it is taken, then I would be happy to get the .net, .org, or .info if it is available.
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2008 09:55
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The two reasons I joined WA is for the forum and Site Rubix. I have been using PL for four months now, so I have learned quite a bit, but I just need the support I can get in a forum. Plus, I don't know squat about HTML, so having an easy website builder was a must!
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2008 12:40
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Wealthy Affiliate is about bum marketing. I'm new at this internet business and joined them 3 week ago.
I read a lot of book but the lessons there helped me complete the puzzle.
Of course you can find all the stuff that they are teaching you on many other places but that true in almost ant field.
I'm dealing with computer graphics and you could learn it all from online tutorials but professional course cost a lot of money.
You pay for collection you all the information in one place and to the support that they are giving you.
You and only you should decide if it's worth it.
As you can see I'm not affiliate of WA and not given any link not even if my signature.
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2008 23:58
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weelsn888: How did you manage to get some .info domains from godaddy for only $1.49? I thought it charges about $8 per domain. Some internet experts advised only to get .com domains and no others for our internet business.
Sorry for the late reply... I haven't been on here for almost a week now. I've been busy with WA and working on my website. To answer your question, godaddy had a sale. I'm not sure if the sale is going on. But the .info domains I bought were just to forward to the WA turn-key feeder sites.
However, after having so much fun with Site Rubix, I decided to make my own product reviews website. I still have the 2 .info domains. Does anyone want them?
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