I found a NYT article on this.
http://www.nytimes.
From the article, its not clear if this is the MLM model. If I
understand correctly,
1. There is no sign up fee, and you are not required to buy anything
monthly (?) - not sure about this.
2. You get commissions on every purchase your referral makes (?)
Not that I would EVER touch anything remotely connected with Amway!!
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
>
> On Thursday 17 January 2008, John Linthicum wrote:
> > On Jan 17, 2008, at 11:09 AM, annjan1948 wrote:
> > > I'd heard that Amway was starting up an online music business.
> > > I've just come across their site. You have to hunt for the MLM
> > > angle, but I found it . Here's an edited version.
> > >
> > > "We started FANISTA with the simple notion that, in a world of so
> > > [kersnikt]
> > >
> > > what we all seem to do so naturally: championing the entertainment
> > > we love the most, and telling people why."
> > >
> > > Sounds harmless, doesn't it?
> >
> > And once again, they're late to the party. Sounds like every other
> > online affiliate program out there, trying to get their "nose under
> > the iTunes tent." Until the AMO's start putting *their* "Life
> > Coaching" content to be distributed in this manner, setting up a paid
> > subscription model, with "convenient auto-pay" feature, hitting your
> > CC on a regular basis, and no charge backs after agreeing to a
> > binding purchase "arbitration" agreement, whether you're ever
> > "entertained" or not.
> >
> > SSDP. (Same S* Different Product).
>
> They don't know what they're doing.
>
> I first tried it on my regular browser, Firefox on Linux. It froze it
> up. So I tried it on Internet Explorer, the browser that is so
> insecure that the Department of Homeland Security says should not be
> used at all (and I'm not kidding -- they say do NOT use IE at ALL!).
> It came up, but much of the site wasn't visible. It also said I should
> use a later version of IE or Firefox, so I ran Firefox on Windows XP.
> Most of the site was again not visible (a lot of images didn't load),
> so I hit refresh and the browser freezes. I finally get it to load in
> Firefox.
>
> It looks like they're selling CDs, not downloads. That makes sense,
> because they'd need a different deal with the record companies to sell
> downloads and right now those are limited. I think some of the Big 4
> labels are only selling downloads through exclusive deals. While I
> only buy CDs and don't buy downloads (which are often crippled because
> they limit when and where they can be played), the vast majority of
> online sales are for downloads. I *SERIOUSLY* doubt much of the online
> market will even care about a new CD site without downloads.
>
> It's also important to remember if this is AW, that there's a
difference
> between AW (however spineless it's become) and the AMOs.
>
> Hal
>
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