There’s this new site called Dealdotcom.com that is basically Woot.com with two tier profit sharing. That means that you get a certain percentage, here 35%, of the profits of the purchases of people you recruit and you get 15% of the profits of the people they recruit.
Let’s say that you recruit two people who then also recruit two people. You’ll have six people in your tree. Let’s say they all buy something that is $100, but the profit is only $10. That’s $20 in tier one profit, and you’ll get 35% of that, or $7. That’s $40 in tier two profit, and that’s at 15%, so you’d get $6 there. $13 for not doing anything? Not bad. Not bad at all.
I did a little WHOISing and found that the guy who runs Dealdotcom.com is Marc Quarles, a somewhat well-Googled Internet marketer. Dealdotcom.com has a private domain registration, but the domain registration for Dealdotcom.com‘s name server domain is in his name. I confirmed this by visiting the first post on the Dealdotcom.com blog, which is authored by Marc.
I signed up, as it seems like a pretty good deal to me. However, I would have liked to not have to give my address and phone number up front. I think Dealdotcom.com would have more users if visitors only needed to create an account up front, then were prompted to add an address/phone number after confirming. It’s also going to need a captcha!
Also, there’s a field for a Tax ID# on the account page of Dealdotcom.com. This means social security number for most people. I think Dealdotcom.com would save itself a little bit of hassle if it relied on its users to take care of their own taxes. I won’t fill this in because I don’t know Dealdotcom.com well enough to trust it—it’s a safety issue. Additionally, the form is not secured via HTTPS. There’s no way in hell I’m submitting my SSN via an unsecured connection. However, upon closer inspection, the Make Money page of Dealdotcom.com does say to get an Employer ID Number from the IRS since, technically, as an affiliate, you’re an independent contractor:
As an affiliate, you don’t work for us, you’re an independent contractor. That means we don’t withhold taxes on money we pay you – it’s up to you to pay your own taxes. Someone has to pay taxes on the money we pay you, and it sure as heck isn’t going to be us! Thus, we use your Tax ID Number to report your earnings to the IRS.
Another big missing feature is the ability to delete your own account on the account page. I fancy that an email to Dealdotcom.com customer support could handle that, but, nonetheless, I want to be able to delete my account and my information from the Dealdotcom.com system for any reason, at any time, and immediately. The privacy policy is very short and to the point, though, and it clearly states that Dealdotcom.com won’t give the information out except to shippers of the items you purchase.
I would really like to have a name attached to Dealdotcom.com officially. It would add to the credibility of the fledgling site, as well as generate interest in the man or men (or women) behind the site.
I hope to generate a stalwart and steadfast network of people, so have at my affiliate link and let the commerce begin!
