Complaint Review: StoresOnline

Attended a "free" Internet Marketing Conference aka Internet Cash Flow Conference on October 8 sponsored by StoresOnline. Conference is a sales pitch to sign up for a full-day seminar on web marketing that is valued at $3,000 - for only a $30 registration fee. Part of the sales pitch included references to internet searches done just "last night" for sites built by successful graduates of the web training course.

The search results reported were not accurate - entering "food provisions" in a yahoo search resulted in 2.3MM "hits" instead of the 1.7MM quoted in the seminar, and the successful company came up 2'nd in the search results instead of first; entering "cheap beach vacation" also generated 2.2MM hits instead of the $1.7MM quoted, and the "successful company" that supposedly paid for placement at the top of the sponsored ad section was nowhere to be found.

The bottom line is the 1-day seminar will provide sales training and information on the internet - but the sales pitch is to sign up with StoresOnline as web site provider for an annual fee of $2,500. If someone has a unique idea that's not been thought of before - they might indeed be successful - but the sales pitch is designed to separate attendees from their money for web site hosting -- with no value added regarding the feasibility or suitability of using the internet to promote their business idea. Caveat Emptor !!

Clifford
Riverview, Florida
U.S.A.