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Alleviate Web Biz Stress: 5 Tell-Tale Signs an Online Opportunity is Legitimate

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Alleviate Web Biz Stress: 5 Tell-Tale Signs an Online Opportunity is Legitimate
Summary

People lose hundeds or thousands of dollars a day to bogus
online opportunities and ebooks that simply re-hash dated
internet marketing strategies anyone could find online for
free.

How can you avoid spending $60 on an e-book or opportunity
that's completely worthless?

While there's no way to know for sure if an internet
program or opportunity is 100% legitimate without giving it
a whirl, this article discusses 5 concrete ways to evaluate
a site's credibility. Doing an online business credibility
check BEFORE taking a financial plunge significantly
reduces the chance you'll experience online buyer's remorse.

Internet Legitimacy Sign #1:The Site has a Terms of Use
Policy

The site has posted a privacy and terms of use policy. Some
people argue that website's are legally obligated to post
privacy policies dictating how they collect and use data.
However even if that's not the case, posting a privacy
policy says much about a company's professionalism. Read
the "terms of use" and "privacy policies" of a company, and
decide what you think of its policies before buying its
products or online opportunity.

Internet Legitimacy Sign #2: The Site has Natural Sounding
Testimonials

The site's testimonials have been posted by people who do
something besides sell e-books about making $1,000,000+ on
the internet. Sometimes less-than-scrupulous internet
marketers band together to promote template "how to make
money on the net" products. Read the testimonials and
decide your gut feeling about their authenticity. If you're
able to contact any of the testimonial authors or view
their listed websites, do so.

Internet Legitimacy Sign #3: The Site Has Few Online
Complaints

The site has few complaints at the Better Business Bureau
or a more informal consumer advocacy site such as the Rip
Off Report.com. This sign is a toughie because competitors
sometimes unfairly malign companies, and any good project
has its critics.

Consistency and credibility are the things to note in
complaints. For instance, if you see 10 complaints, are
they all centered on the same theme (e.g. company refuses
to give refunds, customer service is poor) or are they
varied? Do the complaints seem reasonable and well
explained, or does the complainer sound like they have a
vendetta against a certain company, and nothing will make
them happy? How does the company respond to complaints
posted on sites such as the Rip Off Report? Do they insist
they can do no wrong, or are they willing to make amends?

Internet Legitimacy Sign #4: The Site Has a Guarantee Policy

The site posts a 100% refund guarantee that's good for at
least 30 days. If a site isn't posting a 30 day refund
guarantee, that's probably because the site owners have
little faith in their product or online opportunity. Before
purchasing a product, read the "Terms of Use" and "Terms of
Purchase" pages to make sure there aren't any hidden
catches in a "100% refund guarantee." In particular, think
twice before signing any kind of "refund contract" giving
anyone an excuse to decline your refund.

Internet Legitimacy Sign #5: The Customer Service Dept.
Exists

The site's customer service staff responds to information
requests in a courteous, professional, and intelligent
manner. Have you ever submitted a question online and
gotten a canned answer back about how great XYZ product is,
and how 1000 people have made gazillions of dollars using
it? Did you wonder if the customer service rep didn't
really understand your question or was just reading from a
script? If the service is poor before you've even purchased
a product, imagine what it'll be like after the company in
question already has your money in hand. Before buying
anything from a site, e-mail the customer service folks and
see how they respond to a question about the legitimacy of
product XYZ.

Conclusion

There's no guarantee that any online company or product
will be everything you hoped it would be. But by checking
out an opportunity before purchasing it using the steps
above, you greatly decrease your chances of stressing
yourself out by falling victim to a scam.

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Janna Chan has experienced stress because she lost money on
bogus "online opportunities." To commisserate with her or
read more about stress management strategies such as
visualizing, meditating, sitting in a massage chair and
much more, visit http://a-few-seconds-calm.com

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