It means that by subscribing to step 3 you have now unlocked the income streams related to the business opportunity:

1) Hostgator - your super affiliate switch has been flipped - no more wealthy affiliate subscription required, although you should still join wa to learn how to earn.
2) GDI -Secret Sauce Ingredients Available to build your GDI downline
3) GVO - access to join GVO and use their marketing tools and input your affiliate id for GVO so others joining will build your GVO downline
4) Earn referral fees with residual income

Display rates will disappear and so will the promotion for the $125, although your referrals will still be credited with the $125 after subscribing in step 3.

Gary,

There is another stream you forgot to mention,

Unlocking the Google Adsense.

Once you complete step 3 you can add your Google Adsense link to the search engine. (It is not shown on the main page. but will be shown when someone does a search.)

Thank you, Tissa for the clarity of the changes. I will make sure that my referrals now about these changes.

Do you have a news letter that we can send out to our referrals that explains in detail of these changes? I know
that some of my referrals don't use the forum no matter how many times I suggest getting new updates.

Sounds good! I will keep an eye out for the video, thank you.

Lonnie

That banging sound was driving me mad!! I thought I had mice or something. I was looking behind my pc and under the desk, wondering what it was, doh!

Tony

Thanks Tissa for the improvemens.

I have one question now: With display rate we were able to push referrals to step 2 because the display rate raised from 35% to 65%. Now for both steps it is 100%. What benefits do we add for having their search engine on their own domain compared with the free search engine they have without owing domains on step 1?

Thanks,
Marco

At step 1 though at 100% Display Rate and with the first 4 income streams, an APS affiliate couldn't still make money as he/she wouldn't be able to advertise the APS engine as it bears the acme-people-search domain, and the embeddable APS engine code and self-hosting would only be available until step 2. So the need to complete step 2.

Another observation i have, since Referral income stream will only be unlocked after completing step-3, our step1 & 2 referrals will not be able to promote APS Referral business, hence, sponsor could not grow his GDI downline in case he's promoting GDI hosting for step-2 referrals. His GDI downline will be stucked at level 1, who are his APS personal referrals. So the need for the sponsor to bring-in more step-3 referrals to grow his GDI downline. (Correct me if im wrong) But this will be good for the sponsor as having more step-3 referrals would mean more $15 referral fees and $4.5 monthly recurring fees. And so with APS, more step-3 subscription means more revenues. Its a mutual business benefits for both. And so the loud banging sound construction in our back office would be of great earning benefits for us. Fortunately, there are no falling debris that could knock us off   Fine construction is being undertaken.

Thanks sir Tissa for all that you do for all your APS affiliates!

Rod

Last edited by Rod (2010-01-30 19:15:49)

I'm not sure whether the courtesy step 2 "ACME" completion is still in place.  In the past, my referrals are offered the courtesy ACME search engine to complete step 2.  I haven't seen this happening for my Dec referrals yet.

Even if your referrals don't complete step 2, they will still always have access to your GDI affiliate link in their back office.  However, their referrals will go to the house--Tissa.  Actually even if some of your referrals don't complete step 2, you can still grow your GDI from level 2 and above using the GDI forced matrix.  In fact, the GDI forced matrix is in place so you can help your referrals to grow their GDI downline and not really the other way around.  If your second level referrals don't complete step 3, then you'll have to grow your GDI through the ones that have already completed step 3 or using the GDI forced matrix so you're not really stuck in any way.  In fact, you can offer to add your referrals' username to the GDI forced matrix if they complete step 3 as an added incentive too.  The idea is to build on your core team of step 3 referral completions and continue to build a relationship with those stop at step 1 or with no steps completed.  Of course, you'll reap all the benefits when your referrals complete all 3 steps.

Milton

Last edited by Milton Cai (2010-01-30 19:33:49)

For the "Acme" step-2 hosting courtesy, it will be in place after 45 days of your referrals completing step 1.

I have overlooked on that GDI Force Matrix to grow GDI downline. Thanks Milton for reminding me . However, with step 1 & 2 referrals not able to promote the Referral side of the business, it will somewhat slow growing ones' GDI donwline as it will mostly depend on one's MAP-ing his APS business. That is if you have lot of stucked step 1 & 2 referrals.

I think what will go to the house are your own referrals if you as a sponsor is not an affiliate of the unlocked income streams like GVO and Hostgator. Remember that step 1 & 2 referrals cannot promote their APS business until completing step 3.

The greater benefit i see with GDI and the rest of income streams locked at step 1 & 2 is that there will be a good conversion of step 1 & 2 referrals to step 3, which means more and more $19 referral fees ($4 step-1 PB + $15 step 3 with PB), potential monthly recurring commission not yet included.

Its almost the same as making it in the GDI Leaderboard with $20/referral. And here at APS, there is no minimum & no time frame! To qualify for GDI bonus, you need at least 5 weekly, if you don't reach 5 in a given week, you miss the bonus and no carry over.

Awesome changes Sir Tissa, thank you! I'm sure members will see this great benefit.

Cheers Milton

Rod

Hi Guys,

  I want to force Hostgator to my referrals instead of GDI in Step2. I can't understand how to do that ? Please help me...............I have canceled GDI Sign up Sauce but Still my referrals getting only GDI in Step2. Please help me to set Host Gator as the first option. I changed my Step2 hosting to Hostgator instead of GDI.

Thanks,
Abhijit......................

Hi ALL:

Yep, the banging was heard soon as I logged in, but not that I'm here, no more banging.

Thanks for the changes Tissa! I'm looking forward to the benefits!

Peace amid the storm,

Rick

Hi skeeter

Great day!

I see that many are banking on APS to grow their GDI downline and its been proven. Many successful APS members have build their downlines and have climbed the GDI Leaderboard through APS. But that's just one of the benefit of joining APS - to help grow one's GDI downline. APS wasn't made just to grow GDI, it has been designed as a platform of  great income streams and GDI is one of them.

I agree with you that the changes have actually affected and slowed growing GDI downline, but that's the perspective of those joining APS, they join APS to grow their GDI downline. But viewing the changes on a perspective of being an APS member, the changes were meant to improve this business for more potential earnings. Just look at step 1 at 100% Display Rate. If an APS member would only complete step 2 to brand his APS engine, he could make massive sales commission from clickbank, hdpublishing, mylife/cj, adsense as people search engine is a huge niche comprising of 30% of all searches done in the internet.

And what is the benefit of completing step 3? The rest of income streams will be unlocked for more earnings, and GDI is one of them. Hostgator and GVO offer great earning potential as well. And most especially APS Referral income stream. The first 30 days trial is free at step 3, so why not take it into your and your referrals advantage and make the most out of it? If it doesn't work or because of lack of money, they can cancel the subscription before the free trial is over. If you have build a core of step 3 referrals, you would reap great benefits not just from GDI, but from the whole APS platform.

Again, APS has been designed to help grow one's GDI downline but wasn't designed only for GDI. If you will look at the perspective of being an APS affiliate, you will find that the changes were meant to improve the profitability of every APS members and with it you will be assured of quality downlines joining your GDI.

If still you don't find these reasonable, you can still grow your GDI downline through APS if you're at step 3 and would make use of GDI Force Matrix even if your referrals won't complete step 3.

Regards

Rod