On Saturday I quickly talked about a new website, which was known as eVo but I guess it is now called uVme (you versus me, get it?) with a .BIZ domain. Watching their video, it seems they are planning to have it be .com, but it’s not up yet. Here’s a closer look at uVme. See if you REALLY want to participate in this program.

Presentation

There was a lot of hype about this new “market” but the opening was not presented well. You can’t do anything. The messenger on the sidebar (which should be a pop up instead, because it’s annoying) doesn’t work, it just displays folders. (Edit: I just checked this, and it is only doing it in Mozilla) Apparently, the launch was just a redirect to their new website, and revealing some more information about what uVme is all about. You guessed it, it’s another pre-launch phase! Their video on the homepage explains a lot more, but still leaves you in the trance that you are going to be swimming in cash.

Success Stories?

This confused me the most. They have a bunch of people explaining how successful they were… at getting referrals. Congrats on the advertising! The average reader will see these stories as “I have made so much money by doing absolutely nothing, and you can too!”. Not one of them talked about making money, and that’s because you can’t yet. Very evil trickery to convince people to join though.

Earnings Breakdown

This is complicated. There are nine ways to earn on uVme. Here are two of the ways you can earn money.

Fast Start Bonus

For each ASSOCIATE you personally sponsor who becomes “active ” within their first 28 days of joining, you earn £100. And for each active ASSOCIATE you sponsor who sponsors another ASSOCIATE who qualifies within their first 28 days, you get £20 (“Fast Start Bonus 2″).

“To qualify as “active“, you need to sponsor a minimum of two players who turn over a combined £/$/€20. The £/$/€20 turnover can come from any number of players, but no more than £/$/€10 from one player can count toward the qualification. To make this even simpler, one of the players can be you.” SO simply right?

Generation Bonus

From your downline, you earn:

3% on your Generations 1 & 2
4% on your Generations 3, 4 & 5
5% on your Generations 6 & 7

This makes… no sense. Normally, you earn more from your closer downlines. Each referral has to have the active status as well though.

PSP versus BA

There are two types of people in your “team”. The first one is a Personally Sponsored Player and the other is a Business Associate. They didn’t explain the difference, and it just stirs up more confusing nonsense.

The Catch

Aha! The only part that I actually understand. Unsurprisingly, there is a catch to this new generation, the market that “is going to be worth $412 every second”. What was surprising was how big the catch is. It’s pretty darn big!

Joining fee – £199.97 (about $275). You may think you got out of a fee because you’ve already signed up, and they haven’t asked for anything! Great huh? Nope. This is still pre-launch phase.

Monthly “licence fee” – £65 (about $70). The joining fee was mind bottling, but learning that there is a MONTHLY fee?

Game fee – £1. And here is the last fee (unless they have more hidden) that puts the cherry on top. This was the fee I was expecting at first, but with the pricey fees you have to spend just to be able to be a member, I wouldn’t have expected it.

Ouchey mama!

You can find the fee information in their FAQ’s. They make you think you can “easily” cover the costs with active referral bonuses. Well, let’s just hope you have a lot of referrals!

A Lesson Learnt

What has this taught me? Don’t believe it until you’ve seen it. The average person will dive into this website with a high expectancy, thinking that they are going to be making “$412 each second”. They’ll be thinking they are making tons of money while they are sleeping, and save up for that new yacht! Look past the cover, and see what it really is all about.