Today we will be taking a look at the Coastal Vacations
business opportunity. As a professional internet marketer
who has had the opportunity to evaluate hundreds of
different programs I will begin by telling you that it is
very important to do your homework before becoming involved
in any of them.
Coastal Vacations is a discount vacation program that can
save a person up to 75% off of regularly priced hotels,
condos, travel costs, etc. without the need for purchasing
time shares or paying expensive maintenance fees, etc. This
is significant and a very nice feature of this program as
travel costs have increased substantially over the last few
years, and time share purchases are very expensive. The
company offers three different levels of service starting
with Level I which is priced at $1295.00. The company
offers other packages that sell for as high as $11,000.00!
For this price you can purchase a "Platinum Package which
consists of a combination of Level I, II, and III packages.
Those members that choose to do so can then market the
program, if they desire. Once qualified, a "director" can
make $1,000.00 profit on every Level I package that they
sell. This is a very nice commission and one can see how
just a few sales each month could lead to a decent online
income, but there are some catches. First of all, to
become "qualified" a new marketer must give up their first
two sales commissions to the person who sponsored them. In
my estimation this is a huge disadvantage as the first
sales in any company are often the most difficult to make,
especially if you are brand new to internet marketing. In
addition to losing out on the first $2,000.00 in
commissions I discovered what I believe to be an even
bigger problem. That is, when (and if) a person becomes
"qualified" by making their first two sales they break away
from their sponsor, which means that their sponsor no
longer gets paid on any sales made by them. In essence,
these two then become direct competition, and there really
is no motivation for the sponsor to continue offering
training and support. This effectively ends any teamwork
and synergy that may have previously existed.
"Newbie" marketers who are not skilled in selling online
now have the option of using the "Coastal Call Center" to
do all of the selling for them. On the surface this seems
like a great idea, but when one realizes that the call
center adds an additional $700.00 to the price of each
package for their services, it seems to me prices already
expensive packages out of reach for most consumers. As an
example, the price of a Level I package would go up from
$1295.00 to $1995.00! This seems like an unfair cost that
is passed on to the unsuspecting end consumer.
In doing my research for this article I should note that I
did run across several complaints on Coastal Vacations
posted on various online "Rip-Off Report" sites. I have no
way of knowing whether or not there is any merit in any of
these complaints, but wanted to let you know that they
exist.
In conclusion, one may ask "Is it possible to make a good
income with Coastal Vacations?" The answer is a qualified
yes. As with other internet programs there are many who do
quite well with this program and make very good money, but
I would not recommend this program unless you are a
seasoned internet marketer who knows what you are doing,
and are not as concerned with training and support. As
with any business opportunity, it takes time and hard work
to make money online, but for those who have a burning
desire to educate themselves and work every day on their
business the personal and financial rewards can be very
substantial.
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Randy Taylor is a top internet marketer who works with MLM
and affiliate leaders all over the United States. He owns
and operates several successful online as well as brick and
mortar businesses. His desire is to help as many people as
possible find the joy of starting their own succesful and
profitable online business. To find out more go to
http://www.handsfullofcash.com
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