Is Global Domains A Scam?

Lets review Global Domains International, otherwise known as GDI. I researched GDI several times before I joined. The are an MLM company/ Affiliate program.

Their product  includes Domain names, hosting, a website builder for beginners, and other web services These details are provided prior to signing up.

Cost: $10 per month with an initial 7-day free trial if you select a .ws domain.

Compensation: $1 per subscription from any one you sign, and $1 per subscription for anyone they sign, several levels deep. You get the commission every month that the subscriptions last. There are also bonuses, incentives, and perks for different performance achievements. Get 10 signups accumulated in your downline and it pays for itself, not including an additional $200 bonus.

Conclusion: I have been researching this one for quite some time and hear good things about it from many sources. The cost is small in comparison to other programs, so it is affordable for someone who does not have much to invest.

The program:

You are required to enter the ID of the person who referred you. No referral, no entrance. I was introduced to this through a program that  signed me up for autoresponder emails which are built in and effective.

To be honest, without the potential to earn from it thrown in, it is not the best value on the net. You can get the same web builder and far superior hosting for slightly less per month. It does make it easy for anyone to quickly have their own personal website with no HTML experience.  Until GDI came along, many people were overwhelmed by other website builders, thus hindering many to have their own website on the net.

Global Domains International is a company that registers only a single domain name extension. “.ws”   It is not the most popular extension, but I am finally seeing a business or two with this domain.

The program is an affiliate program. There are well known names out there in the Work at Home world who are raving about this. I do believe that there may be a niche market for it. Here is what you get:

100 MB space
10 GB bandwidth
Limit of 10 pages with the site builder
Site builder is entirely template driven
If you choose Advanced Hosting (no increase in cost) you can upload pages you designed in another program. You are not forced to use the web builder, and you can upload as many pages as you like, so long as you do not overrun the available space (it would take a pretty big site to do that).
.ws domain name

Ok, advantages are, it is easy to use, and easy to pass from one person to another if you have an organization where regular turnover is common.

Disadvantages are that the web builder does NOT allow you to build a huge site. It builds one that does not look  bad, but it is not  personal, and will be suitable for a business. In this day and age, you have to carve out a niche, and unique personality is necessary to do that.

The limit of 10 pages is also significant, because if you don’t want pages a mile long, you’ll need more than that to make a site that functions for a small business. Fine for a family or personal site, but limited for anything else – This limit does not apply if you choose Advanced Hosting and upload your pages remotely – I know of some fairly extensive sites in their space.

The problem with domain names other than .com is that browsers, and PEOPLE default to .com. This is not a reason not to use another domain name type (I started with a .us because that is what I could afford!), it just means that there are some built in annoyances, including that you’ll have to write down the URL any time you give it to anyone. The .ws domain has a little bit of stigma with it as being slightly lower quality because many people produce low quality sites in that domain – this is improving as the domain becomes more common.

Now, having said that, the company does have a solid reputation.

You can view the FAQ from GDI, here: http://www.website.ws/faq/index.dhtml

Bottom line, I personal make over $12,000 a month with Global Domains Int. so I know first hand that the income opportunity is not only real, but is possibly the best on the net. The fact that there is no selling involved, and that people can join risk free makes this home business a winner.