Is 2plus7 (2+7) A Scam ?
Here we are with another Online Opportunity : 2plus7 (2+7). Is 2plus7 (2+7) another scam ?
Before we answer that question please visit the 2plus7 (2+7) website and watch the 90 second video entitled "Overview Presentation". This is important so please watch it.
https://www.2plus7.com/
Please don't cheat. I want to perform a small experiment here. So please go watch that video and then continue reading .....
Ok so hopefully you have watched the 2plus7 (2+7) Overview Presentation. Now I want to ask you what is the cost of 2plus7 (2+7), or what do you think the cost is ? Is it :
A: a 1 Time fee of $27
or
B: a monthly fee of $27
My answer was A and I would love to know if you thought so too. I thought it was a 1 time fee of $27 because in the 2plus7 (2+7) Overview Presentation it says, and I quote, : "How about a one-time out of pocket expense of $27 ? Learn how .."
I asked my wife to watch the video just now and she also thought it was a one-time fee of $27. However the actual answer is B. Yes 2plus7 (2+7) is a MONTHLY FEE of $27.
Now you might be wondering how can 2plus7 (2+7) get away with that ? Well they are quantifying the statement with words such as "out of pocket expense". 2plus7 (2+7) are basing this on the fact that you will recruit 2 people before your first month is up. By recruiting 2 people and then 7 falling in place after them by other members recruits, you earn a $27 per month commission thereby negating your monthly fee and fulfilling their claim above of having a "one-time out of pocket expense". You will also notice the words afterward are "learn how", so if you complained that you didn't realise it was a monthly fee they could theoretically claim you didn't "learn how" to make it a "one-time out of pocket expense". But following that logic they could also have said "we will pay you $27 per month for joining" and then quantified that by saying it was based on you joining and then getting 4 signups. We could go on and on about that.
It wasn't until I watched the second video "How It Works Presentation" that I picked up on this possiblility. In that video you will hear 2plus7 (2+7) mention something about your referrals monthly renewal. It was upon hearing that that I suspected 2plus7 (2+7) was a monthly fee and not a one-time fee, and it turns out that is exactly what it is.
So now I ask you, is that a scam ? I don't know if I can label 2plus7 (2+7) a scam just because of that. It's a tricky predicament as I am certain they will pay out as they have promised, but because of this dodgy marketing 2plus7 (2+7) are skating on extremely thin ice if you ask me. I will leave the labeling of scam or not in your hands. However, if I get a flood of emails from people saying they feel like they were scammed, then I will certainly move it into the "Avoid" category. But at this point I will remain neutral on labelling 2plus7 (2+7) a scam. You can be the judge of that yourself.
Now let's get past this and look at the program objectively. First of all what is the "product". Simply put it is "information". I can't see anything else here except that. You can learn how to cook, get tax tips, medical info etc etc. For me personally the product isn't very appealing. It seems to me I am paying $27 per month in order to get information that I could likely get for free from searching the internet. The internet has cooking videos and recipies, it also has tax tips and medical info etc etc. Anyone who is involved in 2plus7 (2+7) will of course tell you the info is much better than what you would find on the internet. However, after they way I feel like they decieved me from the first video I am not about to pay $27 to find out whether or not the 2plus7 (2+7) info truly is more valuable then what I can get for free. If you want me to believe in the value of the 2plus7 (2+7) info, 2plus7 (2+7) will have to give me some info for free and let me decide if it was worth $27 per month.
Now, let's examine purely the commission structure, as all of these online opportunities are essentially giving you a useless or a very cheap product (over priced) in order to stay legal. They could provide everyone with a toothpick if they wanted to. So long as they give something they are legal. So who cares what it is right ? Let's just see what kind of money I can make.
For every 2 people you personally refer you will earn a monthly commission of $27. However you need to wait for 7 OTHER people to be referred (by anyone in the company) before you qualify.
There is also an opportunity to benefit from spillunder, apprantly to infinite levels below you. They seem to have a system where you get HALF of the cycles on your 2nd level, a QUARTER of the cycles on your 3rd level, 1/8th on your 4th level etc etc. Each level lower you go the spillunder effect is halved.
This makes it very difficult for me to decide which program has a better commission structure, this one or Millionairex1. Millionairex1's spillunder benefits are quite limited whereas 2plus7 (2+7) has infinite spillunder benefits. In the beginning Millionairex1 is much better (ie you recruit 6 people you get 3.333 times the monthly fee in commission). Whereas 6 direct recruits with 2plus7 (2+7) only gives you exactly 3 times the monthly fee in commission. However, the spillunder opportunity with 2plus7 (2+7) goes on for infinity. There is an "income calculator" on the website (an excel spreadsheet) that demonstrates this. You can type in how many people you think you can recruit, and how many each of your referrals you think can recruit etc and it calculates what your monthly commission would be in that hypothetical situation. So at the moment I am thinking of replacing Millionairex1 with this program as a recommendation (purely for the commission structure). However I think I will hold off until they change the intro video to be more clearer about the fee being monthly and not "one-time". I don't want my reputation being attached to such a dodgy marketing method.
The fact the spillunder can theoretically go on for infinity levels below you may sound impossible, but it is not. Because the benefits half for each level below you the company will always be in profit. But what that does mean is the bigger the matrix gets the thinner the profits will be for the company. Therefore it is possible if this got TOO big there may not be enough money for the company to effectively manage it because most of the profits will go back to pay the members. This is of course great for the members commissions, but could potentially result in poor service i.e. many thousands of emails being answered by just 1 or 2 people. So there are pros and cons to a high % commission pay out like this. In the beginning this won't be a problem at all. It's only when the membership base gets REALLY big would this problem possibly arise.
You may be wondering "Why do 2plus7 (2+7) require 7 people to fall in after my 2 before paying me ?". Surely they are in profit by paying me the $27 out of the $54 I have generated for the company. Yes, 2plus7 (2+7) are guaranteeing they will always be in profit so it seems pointless to have this 7 people thing at all. However, this is just buying them more time before they have to pay out. It simply helps their cashflow. I can't see any other reason why they would have this clause except to delay the payout speeds and keep their cashflow healthier.
Finally, there is one thing to keep in mind about 2plus7 (2+7). They don't use Alertpay or Paypal. They use their own credit card processor. This would likely make it harder to cancel your subscription. Alertpay and Paypal's subscriptions can be cancelled within seconds with just a few clicks of the mouse. Not so with 2plus7 (2+7). You would have to cancel the subscription with 2plus7 (2+7) themselves. According to the website all that is required is for you to log into your back office and cancel it there. According to the 2plus7 (2+7) website that is the only way to cancel.
So there you have it. Is 2plus7 (2+7) a scam ? I will let you be the judge of that. For me, even after getting past the dodgy marketing methods, the commissions are still not quite as good as Millionairex1's. The product is slightly better in my personal opinion, but by no means worth the $27 monthly fee.
You can certainly make money with 2plus7 (2+7) as you can with ANY online business opportunity. However, you need to decide which one you think provides the most value, and more importantly which program will be most appealing to the masses. Just because you like it doesn't mean everyone else will. You need to ask yourself "How marketable is this product/opportunity ?". Something else to remember is with 2plus7 (2+7) it is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to make any money from doing nothing. At least in the other forced matrix programs it IS possible to make money from doing nothing and getting spillover. Many people in the Work for $3 (WF3D) who joined under me are in that exact situation. They have earned back their $3 and then some all from doing NOTHING. I have done all the work. Thankfully, some of these people have started to market themselves once they saw that it works and now that's paying off for both them and me. With 2plus7 (2+7) it is IMPOSSIBLE to make money from doing nothing. So you need to ask yourself how marketable is that ? Will people want to be in an opportunity like that ? Only you can answer those questions. Everyone's answer will be different. My personal answer is this is not as good as the other programs out there.
Please send your feeback to 2plus7@business-opportunities-reviewed.com. I am especially curious to hear if you thought the fee was monthly or one-time. Maybe we could do a poll and I will publish the results here for all to see. Further, perhaps you joined already thinking it was one-time and then noticed the 2nd fee come off your credit card. Any experiences good or bad are welcome.
