Good news for those who have been scammed.
We have all been there haven’t we – product after product promising to make us rich over night with their hyped up sales pages etc, etc – only to find out it is all a scam. That is the problem with the ‘make money online’ niche. I’d have a guess at saying that at leas 99% of the products out there are not worth the money.
Well now the consumer has a voice. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) have come down very hard on those who sell products that simply don’t live up to expectations. I have seen many many sales pages that make outrageous claims of wealth – soon you stop believing it all together.
What do the new rules mean?
The bottom line is that if you are making claims that people who buy your product or a product you are promoting will earn you a certain amount of money, and you have no evidence to back it up; then the FTC will slam you.
What does this means for the consumer?
Well, put simply an affiliate can no longer cliam that product x will make you rich overnight (unless he has the evidence to prove it). This means that sales pages should in theory be more honest about what the product intends to deliver and if the promises are blatantly false they can be reported to the FTC. It just makes a more honest sale; and those whose products have continued to scam people will no longer have a free ride. Whether the FTC will carry out their threats remains to be seen. For now, things can only get better for the consumer.
