Nowadays, there are many programs that claim to make you thousands of dollars on a weekly basis. One of them is called the Profit Genesis 2.0 and if you have been tempted to sign up, hold that thought for a minute. Inside this review, we’ll dig into the facts, expose the hypes and offer a better alternative for making money online. So make sure you read until the very end.
Profit Genesis 2.0 at a Glance
Profit Genesis is basically an online training that teaches how to start an online business. It is created by a marketing coach called David Miller and is widely promoted through email marketing. That’s probably how you come to know about the program in the first place.
The course is divided into two sections – getting into drop shipping with AliExpress via a Shopify store and doing affiliate marketing with Clickbank.
In case you don’t know, drop shipping lets you run a store without having to own any inventory as the supplier/distributor will deliver directly to the customers. Profit is made from the difference between the retail and the wholesale price. If you have the experience of running an online store and managing customer services, this business model probably fits you.
With affiliate marketing, you will be engaging with customers through a blog and refer them to other vendor sites to complete their purchases. Profit is made in the form of sales commissions by either recommending physical or digital products online. If you are knowledgeable about a certain niche and like to leverage from brands that are popular and reliable, this business model is more suitable for you.
The whole training costs about $38 for a one time fee, but for a $1 trial, you get to check the program for 14 days before deciding to commit for the full amount.
It’s also worth mentioning that the program is part of Clickbank which is basically a network that connects digital product vendors to affiliates. That means, when you recommend others to join this training as a paid member, you’d make about $44 in commissions. But, is it worth sharing with others? Let’s find out the nitty-gritty details.
The Good Stuff About Profit Genesis
Can anyone benefit from this program? I could think of two things;
1 – Despite combining two different courses, the topics are easy to follow as they are delivered in short video tutorials. The creator has also included clear powerpoint presentations and step-by-step methods in finding a profitable niche and popular products to sell/promote.
2 – The price tag of $38 for these two courses seems pretty affordable compared to other types of training programs that usually charge between hundreds to thousands of dollars per time.
I wish I could add more to this list, but as far as the pros are concerned, that’s basically it. From this point onwards, every other thing about Profit Genesis will be a shocking revelation to you.
The Not-So-Good Stuff and The Hypes To Avoid
Even though the program has some kind of training to offer, it clearly started off with a misleading pitch. So much so, almost every reviewer is calling it a scam. Why is that?
1 – Bold and unrealistic claims – On the email offers and the sales page, money results are used to attract sign-ups. It says, some people are making more than 40K per month and some are generating as much as 3K per day.
All the while, it failed to mention what the program is all about except that it’s ‘life-changing’ and ‘there’s never another opportunity like this again’. For me, those are just the ‘dangling carrot’ effect. The whole idea is just to get you to sign up without revealing what’s inside and there’s a reason why they are doing that which I will tell you in a bit.
Making a ton of money online is real and it’s happening to many people, but it’s not something that can be achieved overnight or even during a short period of time. That’s one thing you need to remind yourself all the time when seeing all these offers. If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably fake.
2 – Fake Testimonials – To add on, those who are making the claims are nothing more than just gig actors and actresses hired from Fiverr and portrait photos obtained from Shutterstock. That means, all the testimonials were crafted just to get your attention.
This is a common deceiving tactic used by many make-money programs such as this one. It may look convincing, but for me, that’s just another desperate measure when there are no real members to test and prove that the program actually does work.
3 – Multiple upsells and downsells – During the sign-up process, be prepared for more products to be thrown onto your face.
Upsell 1 – Profit Genesis Turbo – $47, claims to triple your online profits without having to spend any extra effort or time. If you skip this, the next sales page will downsell the same product for $24 (at a 50% discount).
Upsell 2 – Private Invitation to Get-Out-Of-Debt Club – $97, a private inner circle that claims to hold the secret key ingredient to your online success.
Even though these products don’t cost a bomb, I question if their add-ons are necessary. Sometimes, programs like this will sell you a copy-and-paste system that doesn’t serve any purpose and private groups that don’t even exist in the first place (remember all the fake testimonials?) If I were you, I would be wary with these offers.
4 – Outdated training – While some of the things that David tried to teach is valid, I don’t agree with certain methods like posting affiliate links directly on Facebook or on any other social media for that matter. In this Viral Dollars review, I’ve shown how such a technique can lead to your link being flagged as spam so this is not a good marketing practice any more.
What’s clearly missing from the entire affiliate marketing training is that you aren’t taught about the basics like building a solid website, doing keyword research for your niche and how to get free traffic through content creation. These are important for audience engagement and they serve more values when you are genuinely interacting with potential customers through informative knowledge vs link promotion.
Even though there are 40+ videos in the entire course, they are merely scratching the surface of running an online business. They are actually created in 2015 – that’s 4 years ago! – so we can expect a large portion of the information to be outdated.
5 – Spammy training area – What I find interesting about Profit Genesis (just like what I did with Earn Easy Commissions) is that the training area contains ads (with affiliate links) to other make-money-online programs. That means, when you sign up for any of these, David will earn
some extra commissions too. That’s sneaky…
Here are the sites, in case you want to know;
- AppCoiner – A program that pays you to test app
- VOGenesis – Voiceover work-from-home opportunity
- Membership Method – Make money using membership sites
- Ad Formula – Make money by flipping ads
- Red Tea Detox – Earn commission promoting weight loss program using natural ingredients
It seems like David really fancy Clickbank products because most of these programs are from that network. It seems kind of biased that his affiliate marketing training only leans towards digital products because that’s not the only opportunities out there.
6 – More spammy offers – Within 48 hours of signing up to Profit Genesis, my email was bombarded with messages from David and some of his ‘team members’, offering boatloads of online programs ranging from self-motivation to online business training.
You see, that’s the real motive when they have your email address in hand. They use it for future promotions, even though the offers are irrelevant OR they could sell it to other vendors through solo ads and make money from there.
They don’t really have the intention to keep you as a loyal customer. As long as they can prey on you with more offers and persuade you to buy those programs/training/system/success formula and such, they are more than happy to continue spamming you. All three of my Gmail accounts have been spammed through this unethical marketing method so I know the tactic all too well.
Is Profit Genesis 2.0 Worth Joining?
In my honest opinion – NO. Like I said before, the training isn’t only outdated, it’s covered with misleading claims and isn’t shy about taking advantage of your subscription for the monetary benefit of the creator.
Paying the full amount doesn’t serve any purpose as well because you can easily complete all the videos within a day and it isn’t like David will give you access to more training when the 14 days trial is over. There’s no members area and no way you can ask questions regarding the topics.
Depending on what you like to do, drop shipping and affiliate marketing are both good business models to start an online business. However, if you are going to follow a program like Profit Genesis and get sucked into all the money-making fantasies, you are going to have very little to no success.
When paying for a training program, you want to look for service-based features that are built on good qualities and long-lasting platforms. One such place is called Wealthy Affiliate and what they offer has more substance that Profit Genesis itself.
Hopefully, this review has saved you time (and money) from joining or recommending a bogus program. If you have any questions or opinions about the topic, just leave them in the comment below and I’d be more than happy to help.
Dave Sweney says
This is another product that promises the world but delivers little. In the case of Profit Genesis 2.0, it seems that an update is in order, so they should be rolling out 3.0 sometime soon, I guess.
Things change all the time in the online marketing world, and 2015 is ancient times in that world. If they are teaching stuff from that period, they are missing a lot of what is required today in online marketing.
I do both drop-shipping and affiliate marketing and they are great for working from home but you have to keep up constantly with what is working, what not to do (that changes often), and the latest tools and marketing methods to implement in order to be profitable.
It seems to me there are also other red flags like fake testimonials, misleading income claims (it seems most Clickbank products use both of these tactics), and too many unnecessary upsells that turn that reasonable front end cost into a cash sucking nightmare that will not make you money. This type of training doesn’t even cover the basic stuff, to begin with.
Nate MC says
This doesn’t look like something I’d be interested in, but at least they give a $1 trial period. But if the training is outdated, then I wouldn’t even pay a buck for it.
And I don’t really like how the sales page makes it look like it’s easy to make $5K per week. Earning that much or more online is definitely possible, but not as easy as some people make it look.
Chas says
Hi Cathy,
I am reading it at a good time. I just received several emails spamming me as well, and this product Profit Genesis 2.0 was one of them. It is clear, they prey on anyone, and I am not even sure how they got my email address in the first place.
The first eye opener for me is always a Clickbank promotion product. They are known for some shady programs indeed! However, ClickBank does offer the 60 day return policy. So, they do offer us some protection against scammers.
Another thing that did not appeal to me was using a Shopify website. I know that is a monthly fee, but I know I can use WordPress WooCommerce for free. Those fake reviews really cinched the deal for me!
Todd Matthews says
Yeah, this is a product that isn’t worth the hustle, despite the one-time fee of $38. In a way, it is legit but they use a lot of scam elements such as false testimonials for one, and another element that makes it come off as shady are the numerous upsells. For me, it appears the one-time fee of $38 may be more related to hype than anything else, even if there is training involved. But again, it’s outdated.