WebTalk Review – Scam or Legit?

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Over a year ago, I first received an invite to join Webtalk. Curious to find out what it was all about, I joined. And today, here is my Webtalk Review – Scam or Legit? post to share with you what I have discovered since.

So, can people really earn big money with Webtalk? Is it a scam? Or a legit business? All great questions. Continue reading this review to find out.

Meanwhile, if you are curious to know more about WebTalk, here is a video to watch and learn.

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Here is an overview of what I think of Webtalk. But I still think it is better to read the entire review to find out more before you decide whether to join this platform or not.

Name: Webtalk

Owner: RJ Garbowicz

Website: www. webtalk. co

Business Type: Social Network – have some semblance of LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and The Marketplace. Also, Multi-Level Marketing.

Price: Free for now. Premium options available. You must be referred by a real member; I.e. By Invitation Only.

Commissions: $1 per direct referral, $1 per your referral signups (up to 5 levels) – only for premium members, free members get only 1st level

Minimum Payout: Cash out at $100, pays out on 28^th of every month

If after just reading this summary above, and you are ready to consider a better alternative – I have my Number One Recommendation. This is for anyone who wishes to start an online business or do affiliate marketing.

Not decided yet? Please continue to read this review.

Someone in my network introduced WebTalk to me. This was over a year ago. With the introduction, there was a marketing message that had an attractive selling point – that those who joined as one of the 1st one million on WebTalk will get at least 10% revenue share for life!

My first thought was Wow! Then I read further and the message said that social networks were earning billions but keeping the profits to themselves (and of course the owners and shareholders). WebTalk wants to be different, and give back to the users of their service.

The owner and founder of WebTalk is RJ Garbowicz. The interesting thing I found out about him was that he used to be the founder of another social network and MLM called YourNight. It failed in less than twelve months.

Ok, I have nothing against people who tried and failed. And also nothing against people who tried, failed and tried again with the same thing. I am all for learning from mistakes and doing it better next time round.

While I have never encountered YourNight, I seriously wonder if Garbowicz has learned anything from that past failure? If he did, would he make WebTalk better? Would he make it a success?

As established above, it is free to join WebTalk. Free WebTalk members can add up to 50 contacts.

But to get a premium WebTalk membership, you will need to pay. Here is how:

WebTalk Pro

• $20 per month, or $200 per year
• You will get to add up to 500 contacts
• You can send 5 messages a month to WebTalk members that are not connected to you
• You will not see any banner ads
• You will be able to see who has viewed your profile

WebTalk Pro Plus

• $30 per month, or $300 per year
• You will get to add up to 1000 contacts
• You can send 10 messages a month to WebTalk members that are not connected to you
• You can send 10 email messages
• You will not see any banner ads
• You will be able to see who has viewed your profile

WebTalk Pro Platinum

• $40 per month, or $400 per year
• You will get to add unlimited contacts
• You can send 20 messages a month to WebTalk members that are not connected to you
• You can send 20 email messages
• You will not see any banner ads
• You will be able to see who has viewed your profile
• You will be able to search members based on age and gender

As you can see from the above, what you get as you go up the upgrade ladder are not really fantastic benefits. You can get and use most of the added features on other social networks that you do not need to pay anything at all.

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Don’t get me wrong. If this is disruptive and really a great new business or better way to do business, then I am all for it.

And so, I was still looking for the plus point. The Unique Selling Point that would set WebTalk apart from the others.

And have me convinced that this is a great opportunity. So far, there was and still is none.

Speaking of the length of time WebTalk has been around, they are still in Beta stage. I found the FAQ where they explained that the reason they are still in Beta is because the product is not 100% completed.

Seriously? Eight years and still in beta? They need to get better programmers.

Yes, it is. And you know how much I do not like MLM (Multi Level Marketing). Sure, there are those that have made lots of money doing MLM. But these are usually the first group of people who joined. And they are usually at the top tier.

So many people have lost money and time doing MLM. It is horrifying to see so many given false hopes only to have them dashed after spending years of effort.

I truly wonder how? So far, I never liked the claim that they are going to be the next Facebook.

It showed a lack of originality. And there had been so many before who made the same claim.

And today, Facebook is as strong as ever. In fact, recent statistics have shown that more people are joining Facebook or back on Facebook.

Added to that, WebTalk has paid premium membership options. And you get more features after you pay. Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as the other social networks, never had that. If this is how WebTalk is setting the brand apart from the others, it is not an attractive plus point. In fact, it is a barrier.

Yet, at the same time, I can see the need for pay-for-premium in order for the MLM part of WebTalk to work. And this adds to the many reasons why I find MLM not a good business to go into.

From what I understand, having a premium membership does not mean you can get paid any commissions through the compensation plan. Yes, you read it right. The subscription fees above do not guarantee you the opportunity to make money on WebTalk.

You have to have at least one paid member who is personally referred by you, and have a premium membership to qualify for the residual commissions.

Should you qualify for the commissions, here are the rates:

• 10% of premium subscription fees paid by personally referred WebTalk members
• 10% of ad budget spent by personally referred advertisers
• 10% of advertised local services purchased through WebTalk
• 2% to 9% of commission generated if a product is purchased through the WebTalk news feed
• 5% of app subscriptions sold via an in-house app store

In addition, as mentioned above, if you are banking on being one of the first one million members to get the revenue share for life, remember the million has to be premium members. Plus, WebTalk must be out of Beta stage, which seems forever to happen.

• Free to join
• Able to segment network; for example friends, family, professional contacts
• Showcase your professional data, business, products and services
• Be part of the 1^st million members referral program and you get paid for life
• 5 Levels Deep Commissions – $1 for all referrals with 5 Levels of Referrals. 
• Affiliate credit for every piece of content

• Not suitable for people who want to use social media only for social purposes
• Paid subscription options
• Free account – Limited to 50 contacts
• Still in Beta phase – So, you don’t get paid until they are no longer beta and have reached 1 million members (the latter has been achieved)

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WebTalk Review – Scam or Legit?

Timotheus Final Thoughts

Verdict: Legit but …

The biggest flaw in WebTalk is the MLM. One of the biggest peeve I have with MLM is that, instead of focusing and growing our own business, we end up being recruiters.

I don’t want to do that. I want to have my own online business. And I want to grow that business, and be successful. I don’t want to spend most of my time recruiting people. If I want to do that, I would have become a recruiter from day one.

And I use social networks to help me promote my business toward the goal of growing and making it successful. This takes a lot of time and effort. Which I have spent on established social media such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube. Each has given me their unique value for marketing.

For me to switch to WebTalk, the platform has to give me something very worth my while. It must provide me so much value that I would move my social media marketing efforts to their platform. Plus, with only 520,000 monthly unique visitors, brands will wonder if it is really worth putting time and effort there.

Additionally, WebTalk has not given any good value or reason. All they can think of is the promise of 10% of shared revenue. But with conditions that seem to never happen. When will they reach that first one million paid subscriber? And more importantly, when will they get out of Beta testing?

The latter seems to be going on forever. The excuse that they are at beta testing stage because they have yet to be 100% complete will soon run dry.

Let me share this honestly – many apps, programs and platforms are released with some bugs. And even after release, as they update, there can be new bugs. So, there is never really 100% complete.

As such, all of us who are waiting for that shared revenue, can wait forever.

There are better programs out there. Instead of waiting for that first one million paid member and for the platform to get out of Beta stage, there are programs that are already paying for your time and efforts. One of them is Wealthy Affiliate. It is my Number One Recommendation for anyone who wishes to start an online business or do affiliate marketing.

If you have ANY questions, or anything to clarify, please drop a comment below. I will be happy to help you.

I wish everyone great wealth and success.

Timotheus
Digital Marketer, Lecturer, Amazon Bestselling Author & Cancer Survivor