Is 3×3 Gold a Scam ?
Someone emailed me recently asking what I thought of 3x3 Gold and could I do a review. Is it scam ? I'm glad I received this email as 3x3 Gold is a little different than your typical Matrix Cyclers like EZ 2x2 and 4x1 Fortune, so I am considering joining 3x3 Gold.
3x3 Gold is a one-time fee of $25 making it the most expensive one time payment cyclers reviewed on my site, but of course the rewards are higher. The more you pay the more you make, it's always this simple rule. At this point I can't label it as a scam. Just yet another opportunity you can make money at if you put in a little work.
As always, in order to stay legal, you get some e-books with your purchase. I have no idea if they are any good, at least I know 4x1 Fortune's $11 payment is worth it for the $29 Instant Directory Profit software ALONE, never mind all the other very good products.
Now what makes 3x3 Gold interesting is that you don't need to wait to cycle before you make any money. With 4x1 fortune you don't see any money whatsoever until you have 6 people referred. Whereas with 3x3 Gold you make commissions from the very first person. Your first 3 people are worth $4 each and then the rest are worth $3. That means you have $24 after referring 7 people and after 8 people you will be in profit by $2.
Now if you compare that to 4x1 fortune it isn't as good (profit wise) as with 4x1 fortune you are in profit after only 6 people. But then again, with 4x1 fortune you won't see any more commissions until you get another 12 as your next cycle commission is used to fund you into the higher matrix.
Here is a simple chart for comparison :
| Referrals | 4x1 Fortune | 3x3 Gold | ||
| Commission | Commission | |||
| 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 30 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 30 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 30 | 27 | ||
| 9 | 30 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 30 | 33 | ||
| 11 | 30 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 30 | 39 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 42 | ||
| 14 | 30 | 45 | ||
| 15 | 30 | 48 | ||
| 16 | 30 | 51 | ||
| 17 | 30 | 54 | ||
| 18 | 60 | 57 |
As you can see after 6 people you have earned more in 4x1 Fortune than 3x3 Gold. After 18 people you again earn more with 4x1 Fortune than 3x3 Gold. However, it is during the in between stages of the 4x1 Fortune Cycling where 3x3 Gold has the advantage. For example look at the difference in commissions at 17 people. Remember the figures above are your commissions, not profit. 3x3 Gold is $25 so you don't actually begin to profit until you have referred 8 people, whereas it's only 6 with 4x1 Fortune.
4x1 Fortune also has a complicated cycling system that I don't quite yet understand and my emails have gone unanswered. Once you have referred 12 people you get a position in the Silver matrix which pays $110 per cycle. Therefore my figures above may be lower than they should be but I wont know for sure until I reach 18 people, so for now I am just assuming the worst for comparison sakes. Perhaps after 18 people the Silver matrix cycles and you earn $110 instead of $30, but I will have to wait until I get 18 people to find out for sure.
Now perhaps the biggest advantage 3x3 Gold has over 4x1 Fortune is the cycle bonus. Once you fill your 3x3 matrix you will get a lump sum of $130 giving you a total earning of $250 for filling your 3x3 matrix (ie 49 people).
So lets see how the chart continues :
| Referrals | 4x1 Fortune | 3x3 Gold | ||
| Commission | Commission | |||
| 17 | 30 | 54 | ||
| 18 | 60 | 57 | ||
| 19 | 60 | 60 | ||
| 20 | 60 | 63 | ||
| 21 | 60 | 66 | ||
| 22 | 60 | 69 | ||
| 23 | 60 | 72 | ||
| 24 | 90 | 75 | ||
| 25 | 90 | 78 | ||
| 26 | 90 | 81 | ||
| 27 | 90 | 84 | ||
| 28 | 90 | 87 | ||
| 29 | 90 | 90 | ||
| 30 | 120 | 93 | ||
| 31 | 120 | 96 | ||
| 32 | 120 | 99 | ||
| 33 | 120 | 102 | ||
| 34 | 120 | 105 | ||
| 35 | 120 | 108 | ||
| 36 | 150 | 111 | ||
| 37 | 150 | 114 | ||
| 38 | 150 | 117 | ||
| 39 | 150 | 250 |
So again you can see that 4x1 Fortune always overtakes 3x3 Gold every 6th person. Don't forget this is the worse case scenario for 4x1 Fortune. This is cycling at Bronze level each time getting the minimum $30 commission. Because I still don't fully understand how the higher 4x1 Fortune cycles work I can't give an accurate 4x1 Fortune commission table and the figures above may be well below actual 4x1 Fortune figures, but even these worse case scenario 4x1 Fortune figures are better compared to 3x3 Gold UNTIL you reach 39 people when the $130 3x3 Gold Bonus kicks in.
So, there you have it. Which do you think is best ? More questions to ask yourself is how much harder is it to get people to part with $25 versus $11 ? Sure, perhaps in the long run 3x3 Gold maybe pays more, but is it twice as hard to reach that goal ? If so 4x1 Fortune is the better choice. If it take 10 hours of promoting to reach the 39 people mark in 3x3 Gold, however those same 10 hours spent promoting gets me triple or quadrouple the number of 4x1 Fortune sign ups, then naturally 4x1 Fortune is the better choice.
I will continue to try to get more accurate info about 4x1 Fortune so as to provide a better comparison, but even with 4x1 Fortune's worse case scenario it's still competitively matched with 3x3 Gold and at less than half the price.
So in summary I can't say that 3x3 Gold is a scam by any means. I haven't heard of anyone complaining yet. I am considering joining just because it is a little different, but first I want to confirm the commission payout for 4x1 Fortune because it's very possible 4x1 Fortune WAY out performs this commission wise. I will wait until then before joining 3x3 Gold.
