Referral Link - Making LOTS of Money!! **Spoiler**
By stibigirl
@stibigirl (291)
United States
March 2, 2007 5:26pm CST
I was just wondering, since there are so many people out there posting their referral links for different sites, if anyone really signed up in someones downline? I just know that when I see a referral link I am less likely to sign up for anything on the site until I take that part of the link out and log into a site myself.
I actually followed a referral link to mylot and then took off the end of the URL address and reloaded the page with just the regular URL (http://www.mylot.com). The person who sent me the link asked if I had signed up and when I said yes they told me I was not on their referral, that nothing changed for them, I told them that I don't sit here on the computer to make money for other people, I logged into the site like a first time user that found the site on my own.
Now you may say that I am mean for doing this and that I will not get any referrals of my own because of it (yeah right), but I will not be in anyones downline (sorry), even if it is only one tier deep (wasteful). So for all you people out there that don't know how to hide and/or embed a referral link, good luck getting people to click on it, when someone knows you are going to make money off of them in a downline, they are so less likely to click your link.
**(If they are smart they will just log into the site with out the referral link on the end and join anyway like I did. If you are going to sign up with a site and get referrals, you might as well be at the top and not in someones downline)**
Go ahead, fire away!
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20 responses
@babyblu1998 (325)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I think that is pretty harsh. Help someone else out and maybe they would help you out. I have a few people who I take turns with, and we refer eachother to things. We all make money off eachother.
@stibigirl (291)
• United States
3 Mar 07
If it has worked like that for you then I am glad for you. Keep up your good work and luck to you with your referrals.
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@porkrind333 (288)
• United States
3 Mar 07
i really don't care one way or the other. However on the gambling and poker sites it can cost you dearly following links since they use cookies to track visitors. Sign up or just visit from the wrong site and you are giving away sometimes 40% of your turnover to someone you do not know. Spy Sweeper is my friend.
@cristlegirl (817)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I guess that would be my one exception, but I don't play with those so I guess I didn't think of them. I'm sure many people don't realize they are giving there winnings away on those sites.
@givemechance (3794)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 07
yeah... i have good experience with my some referral links. i have make money lot, with this ,especially in mylot.
@stibigirl (291)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Thanks, this post is a perfect example of someone who actually has no interest in being here for discussion, just posting for pennies, how sad.
While I am here I should let you know that the wonderful person who referred me told me that he has almost 80 people in his downline, he does not even post anymore, he told me that over 30 of those people are active posters here and he makes the payout he set every month pretty much by logging in and posting once a day or so. This is why he wanted me to sign up under him so that he has to post even less, his goal was for me to get this many people under me and not have to post much either, go ahead call me a hypocrite. AGAIN: I am glad that I don't sign up in peoples downlines, there is no reason when they will end up like this.
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@marlyse (1056)
• Switzerland
3 Mar 07
lol you are funny. i understand what you mean. its true, im here for fun and the extra money is the dessert. but when you join other sites without a referral link, you are placed in the downline from upgraded members.
because of that, i prefer to choose, in which persons downline i am. but well, its in everybodys choice to do what he wants. fortunately this is one thing where we are totally free to choose
@mfpsassy (2827)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I guess that means you'll never want to own a business of your own, at least not one that you would have to employ anybody since you don't like it when someone makes money from someone else, or from you.
I am also asuming you are planning to donate your earnings to charity since you are making money from your posts and responses.
@stibigirl (291)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Obviously you would like to be in the downline of someone who told you they want to earn off of your back, nah, thats not for me. Maybe read just a few posts back and see what I said about my referrer.
Funny that you mention my earnings though, they are going to my nephew for his bank account. He is seven I can transfer it straight in from paypal into his savings account and it is like the money he gets from recycling cans.
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@stibigirl (291)
• United States
3 Mar 07
OMG that is so funny, I am doing this for conversation and to let you know what happened to me. People do it all the time on here, I read the posts and respond. I live in california, there is no way that anything I post on mylot is for the money, sorry you feel that way.
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@stibigirl (291)
• United States
2 Mar 07
What I am saying is, I will refer people and they can be in my downline, but when someone sends me a referral link to a site, if I want to sign up (like I did here a mylot) then I take their referral link off and reload the page, that way I am not in their downline. I am always at the top, thats all.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
4 Mar 07
Your reference to being "at the top" suggests that you do not understand the principle of referrals at all. Whether or not you signed via someone else's referral link is not going to affect your position at Mylot or have any bearing on your own referring activities.
@katisaurus (1038)
• Canada
3 Mar 07
My referrer is my sister, so I don't fret too much over doing someone elses work. She doesn't get on the site too often and it's not like I'm losing any money. I don't see it as a big deal. I guess it could be because I don't make much to begin with.. I don't use this site very often anymore.
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I signed up under a referral link and I guess I just don't understand your attitude. You know it cost you nothing to be a referral "under" someone, you say you are not against having referrals under you, and you even admit that it was a "friend" that referred you. As you said, the referrals only go one deep, so once you are in, how you got there doesn't impact your earnings, only one person would ever make money from you, and they did exert some time and energy to recruit you into something that earns you money. I'm assuming you didn't know about myLot before your friend told you about it and now you are making money from it (but not a whole lot as we all know). But you are still going to begrudge your friend the $0.002 cent per post (that's a whole penny he makes for every 50 cents you make)you could have given him as a "thank-you" for introducing you to this site.
If your friend had given you a lead on a "real-world" job with his company and said he would get a bonus if they hired you, would you deny knowing him at the interview, too?
I see nothing "smart" about your attitude, just selfish.
@successcmc (107)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Well, my husband and I have been working for a while on online business, and yes, we have several dowlines in our organization, they are our friends coming from all places around the world; we really appreciate them. We also have uplines and mentors. I think there is a lot of fun to see the money growing.
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@Denmarkguy (1845)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Perhaps you just illustrated the face that some people prefer to work as "independent agents" while others prefer to work in "networks." Neither is ultimately "right," or "wrong," as long as your motivations are consistent.
That is, I'm good with you not using referral links and not being part of anyone's downline, as long as you are good with nobody signing up under YOUR referral ID.
The "ethics" of when to "give credit" and when not to will be discussed till the end of time. Ultimately, we each have to choose what "feels right" to our sense of values. And that's not about "other people," that's about ourselves.
On a personal level, if I didn't know about "site X" as a network money-making opportunity, and "Person Y" suggests I check it out, and it turns out well for me... my personal values dictate that I thank Person Y for the tip by being in their network. With VERY few exceptions, it's no skin off my nose since it's the COMPANY that pays them, not I.
By the way, when you work a "regular" job and get paid, don't you think the company that hired you is "making money off your efforts?"
Also, there's no problem with you wanting to do things your way-- good for you, for standing behind your beliefs! However... consider that when you advise OTHER people in a network marketing situation to "bypass" actually networking (by removing referral links)... aren't you (indirectly) choosing to "bite the hand that feeds you?" There are lots of sites on the web that revolve around referrals and networking. Whereas I can TOTALLY appreciate that you might like to "just participate in discussions," the fact remains that this site (and others like it) are network referral sites... so isn't being critical of that a bit like criticizing a cow for giving milk, just because you don't like milk?
My point being, it's a lot easier to STEP AWAY FROM THE COW, than trying to force it to become a horse....
So there! I have "fired away," because you DID invite me to! :-D
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@kimko5099 (195)
• United States
3 Mar 07
I'm gonna have to agree with alot of the people here. Why have you signed up to use mylot? Its beacuse you would like to make some extra cash right? Its all about helping each other out. It doesnt really matter if there is not really any work. If you want people to sign under you then why cant you sign under somebody else. How is that going to hurt you being on top? The way you are thinking is going to be what hurts you in the end. Sorry but I think that is a little selfish.
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@phon4u (2215)
• Laos
3 Mar 07
Some programs sign up under no referral, the administration will not help out. I think their earnings should be deducted a little to the administration each time when they reach minimum paid out.
@ralevi (1885)
• United States
3 Mar 07
You don't lose nothing if you make registration with referral link. So, you don't want to say thank you to the people who give you that web site? ??? you are mean. The people tells you how to make money online and you don't want to pay them back. Like I say before you don't lose anything if you make a registration with the referral link. That is not good they are trying to help you and you don't help them. Guess what now when they find other web sites they will not say you about them. If you really want to make money on the internet you really need to change your main about referrals. Because in most of the web sites if you don't have referrals you are nothing.
@ralevi (1885)
• United States
3 Mar 07
You don't lose nothing if you make registration with referral link. So, you don't want to say thank you to the people who give you that web site? ??? you are mean. The people tells you how to make money online and you don't want to pay them back. Like I say before you don't lose anything if you make a registration with the referral link.
@pharmacist23 (200)
• India
3 Mar 07
nice thinking. but its silly if u go to that site and sign up for your self, u will be on the top. but with some web site if u had no referral upon u, then also they will keep their upgraded member as a referral. if every body thinks in the same way ur thinking each will be having 0 referrals under them
@asish1672 (338)
• United Arab Emirates
3 Mar 07
Hi Stibigirl, I am sorry to say, but the fact is, being in someones downline will not harm you or it doesn't effect your earning. In both ways your earning will be same. It is just like a compitition about 'how much refferals you can earn'. This is not a forum to show your status. Here it is about sharing.
@jbright (20)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Why do you say that it is wasteful for you to be in someone's downline? How is that wasteful? Is it wasteful to generate money for someone else? That is called kindness I believe. For you to be so selfish as to not want to help someone else, that's just craziness and beyond my understanding. If you signed up under another person, your earnings would be exactly the same as they are now. So, all you have done essentially is take money away from another person. You should feel really proud of yourself...
Besides, how do you know this person doesn't really need that money that you took from them?