MLM Survivors Club: Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Fanista

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Fanista

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