Do You Lease Your Leg to Run An Internet Business?
Lately, there’s an aggressive campaign from a local business company—out of nowhere, claims they will transform you into a millionaire with startup capital of RM100k (max). Does it sounds too good to be true? IT IS!
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting…MIRSB Sdn Bhd with their latest product; monsun-biz.com!! Err…Do I hear Monsoon Cup as well?
Elaborate more, please? Yeah, I heard you ask. Worry not. I’m bringing it further to your naked eyes.
This website treats itself as mega-mall or suffices to say, Malaysian version of eBay. Once you landed the ‘mall’, you’ll be greeted with striking colorful animations which turns you into OKU for few seconds. The stunning graphics, banners, navigation menus, header & body alignment perhaps is the best a 10-year old child could give. I encourage you to visit “About Us” and “FAQ” page. Who knows, you are in need of something. Oh, this website also teaches you to overcome your fear of ghost. You won’t find any human at all.
This so-called ‘virtual property’ is made for a single purpose – monthly ads rental. You, so-called the landlord has to buy this ‘virtual land’ with a hefty one-time price tag; from RM50k to RM100k. What you get is 20k slots of advertising space made available for rental. Each slot made available for rental at RM50/month to any interested merchant. In addition, you’ll receive mandatory seminars, payment gateway, call centre, BossMailer etc for free. My lips say, “What the fuck?”
You are further brought to the fairy land by the concept that all your advertising slots will be full booked--not a single miss and the figures are consistent each month. Example: 20k slots x RM50/month = RM1 million/month. My ears hear, “What? Is this a fucking joke?”
Don’t have the money? Worry not dear visitors. They provide you the loan but the money is not going to your pocket. What you’ll get is a MoU; a so-called loan agreement. You need not to pay to the bank, but to the MIRSB instead. Heck! My brain says, “This is another form of loan shark!”
Knock! Knock! Hello…Still day-dreaming? Do I need to conduct free class for them before selling dreams? Heck, I have no objection against internet business but this one; I call it “STUPID”. Why am I too harsh? Let me say this loud and clear. Your properties situated in rural won’t valued as much as if it is located in golden triangle of Kuala Lumpur! Real property agents know this very well and able to explain this thoroughly with just a snap. Here, in this internet world, daily visitors determine your advertising rate.
Let me publish some information for further elaboration.
Overall traffic: 5.3 page views daily
Alexa rank: 2,416,541 (valid for April 2008)
Malaysia’s traffic rank: 6,128
Domain history: registered on 14 Aug 2007
Domain validity: 1 year
Registered by: Emerge Systems (M) Sdn Bhd
Server environment: Shared hosting
Okay. At a glance, how do you see these facts? Someone who will transform you into a millionaire in just a month couldn’t afford a dedicate hosting which a mere RM400-500/month? Even the domain was registered only for 1 year! How many times do I need to remind you? Domain name is your BIGGEST ASSET in this internet world! Nothing comes close to that.
With a tiny 5.3 unique page views daily, do you think your business can sell? I for once, will never advertise my business there. It will be my ultimate waste of money. Let me publish some stats at your disposal.
Today’s stat* (April 07, 2008. Mon: 10.56 am.)
This day-dreaming monsoon-biz: 2,077 visits daily
Ebay.com: 11,155,367 visits daily
Adbrite.com: 2,379,722 visits daily
Lelong.com.my: 348,528 visits daily
Cari.com.my: 472,362 visits daily
* Data extracted from statbrain.com
*update -- monsub-biz is now moving to dedicated server. Perhaps that's why their website is under upgrade. Hmm..that sounds something!
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