The latest MLM fad: Chat to Text on Facebook
The latest MLM fad
Heads up people,
It’s the newest MLM fad that I encourage you to AVOID.
It’s called “chat to text” and it’s a new facebook application that allows people to visit your facebook page and then send you chat messages. They sales pitch says you don’t even have to be at your computer you can receive the chat messages via text to your cell phone.
UHM. Hello? I don’t WANT chat messages sent to my cell phone. That would be extremely annoying! It could also get expensive if you aren’t on a flat rate instant messaging plan.
Once again this is something I think that people are promoting because there is a business opportunity/affiliate program associated with it. Everyone pays $6 to install the application to their facebook page. I don’t think they are promoting it because they really think it’s a good idea.
It SOUNDS like a good idea but in reality I bet a lot of people who start using this chat to text will end up turning off the damn thing off when it gets too annoying.
Just my 2cents.
I could be totally wrong here of course but I’d rather not be the person out promoting the latest junk all the time. I’d rather be the person who people trust because I don’t promote every junk program to come to me in email.
Sure it’s only $6. That’s actually the psychology they are using. For $6 most people will just say yes and do it. Even if they don’t like it and don’t use it, it was just $6 right? It’s the same principal behind $7 secrets. They sold a bunch of cheap ebooks and products for $7 because it minimizes returns, minimizes support, etc. It doesn’t mean those products were any good. 
Agree? Disagree?
- Ben Fitts
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Agree. I doubt the lost credibility will make up for any “flash-in-the-pan” money they make on this deal.
Walter Reade (from Wisconsin)
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The other thing about this JUNK is that it is a one time payment. This is not residual income. Meaning once someone buys the application for their facebook site they make no additional payments.
So first month there will be a lot of money made.
Second month their will be dramatically less money made. All the original people will have bought the application already. They aren’t paying anything for month 2. So only new people who buy the application in month 2 will generate any income.
The hype surrounding this thing also means that a lot of people will join in the first few days or weeks, but the market will be saturated quickly and since there will be no residual income the money will drop of exponentially.
Once again you hit it out of the ballpark Ben. You were right about Web Prosperity, and you will be right about this.
What occured to me also is that even if this is a legit opportunity, anyone would need to recruit a small (or maybe large!) army in order to make any decent income.
Like you I would rather be known as the person who doesnt promote every new biz that comes down the pike. And with the economy being what is is, we can expect to see much more of this junk in the future.
I agree, Ben. If I want you to be able to send text messages to my cell phone, well, you already have my cell number. And I don’t give that out to everyone.
However…
Your final comment makes it appear that $7 Secrets — the report and the method — is also a fad to avoid. I, of course, disagree. There’s a bunch of crap peddled at $7, true, but there’s a lot of crap at any price point. The principles are solid, even if they’re misused.
I agree. If the texts directed to your cell phone were somehow FREE of minutes charges (basing them on FB’s chat feature and your cell phone’s wireless connection), then it wouldn’t be as expensive in the long run. The problem is that web-enabled cell phones are ALREADY do online texting (using services like Gmail chat, Facebook, AIM, etc…). So I agree with you that it’s not a value-creating business idea and is only being pushed for the sake of draining value from potential customers.
I HATE HATE HATE these kinds of businesspeople (if you can call them that) because they give a bad name to the business community, even the REAL, honest, hard-working businesspeople who are TRULY trying to create systems to generate mutually beneficial value.
I was concerned that all the hype was just BS. I did some research and found that for a lot of reasons it was be an overly useful app. For example:
If I were a salesman, or Realtor, or business owner (or whatever) and I promoted my services and or wares via a website, I would want people to be able to reach me immediately and ask any questions so I could close a sale immediately. BUT if I didn’t want to advertise my phone number to the world to do it, then this is great.
Besides, almost anyone who would see real value in this app is probably at texter and has a data plan from their cell phone provider.
I put together a small Digg review on it to illustrate the point here:
http://digg.com/software/FRAUD_ALERT_Is_Chat_to_Text_a_SCAM
Hope that explains my position a little better. Thanks.
I don’t fancy getting texts constantly via facebook i think this would annoy me alot and cost me alot of money
first of all in this current global economical situation every doller is worth saving according to me.so there is no point spending such amount behind some application in facebook.so i agree