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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Unparalleled Marketing LLC


Unparalleled Marketing LLC owns and operates a few work from home websites, the most prominent being http://home-survey-workers.com, but also http://www.freelance-home-writers.com, and http://www.easyjobsfromhome.com. A few other sites they own redirect to one of these sites such as http://www.top10-work-at-home-jobs.com. They offer work from home opportunities filling out surveys. Their product is a database of companies looking for survey takers and a software suite that will fill your demographic data into surveys automatically. The cost is $2.95 up front, followed by a $39.95 fee charged after a 7-day grace period during which you are allowed to evaluate the product.

Unparalleled Marketing LLC also has a company site at http://unparalleledmarketing.com. This is a nice flash site with some vague descriptions of their business and the same e-mail and contact number they give out in the contact section of all the product sites above.

I had some difficulty finding out who owns this company because all their domains are registered with WhoIs Guard and there are multiple Better Business Bureau records. One record gives the company an F rating, and the other gives them a C. The company is owned and operated by three individuals -- Michael Samson, Jeremiah Patton, and Michael Strathmore.

Jeremiah Patton has some experience marketing work from home products, with his previous attempts at http://www.jeremiahpatton.com and http://2ndincome4u.com. He has quite a few articles posted at Ezine Articles. I'm only mentioning this in order to clearly point out just how long and hard these gentlemen have been working to build their online business. Many failed attempts later, including the now defunct http://workathomeprofessor.com, they are attempting to legitimize their business using this umbrella company, Unparalleled Marketing.

The product they are offering is not something you can hope to make a living using, though the copy on the Home Survey Workers site suggests you can make up to $423 a day completing surveys. The problem is the companies that are looking for people to take surveys are looking for a certain type of person. In most cases, you won't match what they need. Irrespective of that, you can find many free survey databases online so paying for this product is not a good investment.

I don't consider this a scam. Although I found numerous complaints about the $39.95 charge following the trial period, the copy on the site is clear that this will happen. I found a few complaints indicating the charge was assessed before the grace period had expired or after requesting cancellation via e-mail, which is definitely a little shady. That said, I have no doubt a direct phone call to the company, or failing that your credit card or bank, could resolve an issue like that easily. The main problem I have with Unparalleled Marketing LLC is how long and hard they have been working to make an online living selling junk e-books and software products. It's obvious they are not committed to a product or trying to sell anything they actually think is worthwhile. They are just trying to make as much money off a few suckers as possible.

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