A concept that has come up here time and time again is that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. As such, it is in your best interest to diversify your online income sources. Sure, you could try running a “make money online” blog, but wouldn’t it so much more fun taking on the role of a drug dealer? You wouldn’t think that someone dealing in narcotics would order a review on John Chow dot Com, but that’s kind of what happened. Intrigued? Then read on to find out more about MedStore.
Get It Up and Stop Smoking
As fascinating as it would be to write a review about a site that sells cocaine and heroin, MedStore offers “prescriptions and health“, which so happens to be a very lucrative market for anyone looking to make some money online. I need not remind you about all the spam and ads that can be found throughout the web, selling you on male enhancement and the like.
You can make a fair sum of money by peddling drugs and herbal remedies, but then you’d have to deal with getting stock, shipping it out, and accounting for the whole process. Thankfully, MedStore has an affiliate program, so they’ll take care of the dirty work. All you have to do is send customers their way, encouraging them to buy all sorts of prescriptions and diet supplements. These range from the usual Cialis and Levitra to products designed to help you quit smoking.
Yes, they have drugs for Fido too.
Make Money Selling Drugs
The commissions earned through MedStore are among the highest in the business. Because the product costs are really low, MedStore is able to give a fair chunk of the profit to their affiliates. In fact, even at the lowest payout level, you earn 50% of the purchase price. Depending on the volume of sales you refer, you can earn as much as 70% of each sale. And this is lifetime, so if someone you refer orders another product at a future date, you get a piece of that revenue too, provided they use the same email address.
To really define how much money you can make through the MedStore Affiliate Program, you have to consider how much these drugs cost the customer. After all, if they only sell for a dollar, you earn 50 cents. Big deal. Well, affiliates are apparently able to set their own prices. Feel free to create as high a markup as you want and you’ll still earn 50-70% of each purchase.
The minimum payout level is $200 with payments being sent out twice a month. The site does note that MedStore has no holding period. In this way, if a customer buys something today, you should be paid within the next two weeks… assuming you meet the minimum payout level.
Beware of Side Effects
Given the constraints of this review, there’s no way for me to know how legitimate these guys are and how well the affiliate program performs. While going through the registration process, though, I did notice a couple of things. First, the tracking and analysis tools are simple, but they appear to be effective.
One area of concern, however, is the relative safety of the MedStore site. I’m not talking about the safety of the drugs — that’s a whole other matter — but when you go through the registration process, it asks for your banking information on an unsecured page. That makes me feel a little uneasy, because payment is only available through wire transfer, Webmoney, and Fethard. I’d feel better with a secured page and payment via Paypal. The dot biz TLD doesn’t help either.
Timothy Ferriss is a Drug Dealer Too
Some people may frown upon the business of selling generic pharmaceuticals, but we all know that this is one of the most lucrative ways to make money online. Just take a look at the author of The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss. He told people that his profession was a “drug dealer” for some time. Now you can do the same with the MedStore affiliate program.
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