Web Life Forum - Opened Today, DesertSkyMarketing, http://www.desertskymarketing.net

09-23-06, 08:59 PM

bigwoo

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DesertSkyMarketing, http://www.desertskymarketing.net

Just Launched Today: http://www.desertskymarketing.net

Surf 50 pages to earn, first 20 pages are manual surf, the remainder are autosurf up to 100 daily.
2.5% daily / 60 days term
$10 ad packages
Pays every Wednesday
Ref. Comms. 1%-3.5%

Shown on About Us page:

Quote:

Due Diligence Information

Desert Sky Network, LLC is a legally registered company in the state of Arizona. Click here to see corporate filings.
Click here for our Federal Tax ID number.
Click here to see DesertSkyMarketing.net's DNS report.
DesertSkyNetwork.net was registered with www.h-nic.com.
Clickhere for WhoIS information.

Click picture for WhoIS screenshot.

Desert Sky Network, LLC leases a dedicated, fully managed server with MegabyteHosting. Services include DDOS protection and a fully meshed/redundant network with 8 backbone providers for a total of 27 Gbps of available bandwidth.
Server Info: Dual 2.8GHz Pentium Dual-Core Processors, 2GB DDR2 RAM, dual 250 GB SATA hard drives w/RAID 1.
Admin's name is Dustin Fennell. Online nick-name is: Dust (AS101, ASA, MMG, TG).

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09-24-06, 11:17 AM

Hardlyworkin Hardlyworkin is offline

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Here is the program's brief who is:

Domain Name: DESERTSKYMARKETING.NET
Registrar: COMMUNIGAL COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Whois Server: whois.communigal.net
Referral URL: http://www.galcomm.com
Name Server: NS2.DESERTSKYNETWORK.NET
Name Server: NS1.DESERTSKYNETWORK.NET
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
EPP Status: clientDeleteProhibited
EPP Status: clientTransferProhibited
EPP Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 13-Aug-2006
Creation Date: 30-Jul-2006
Expiration Date: 30-Jul-2007

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09-26-06, 08:01 PM

bigwoo

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More info on the Admin from this must read DueDigilence report;

http://www.autosurf-guide.com/DesertSkyMarketing/

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10-19-06, 07:47 PM

golddust

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Any news on this program? I see a lot of promotion for this program from other AS programs and forums.

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11-06-06, 12:56 AM

lazygirl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by golddust

Any news on this program? I see a lot of promotion for this program from other AS programs and forums.

golddust

looks quite good to me and seems to be more transparent than most programs...

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11-06-06, 10:28 PM

golddust

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigwoo

More info on the Admin from this must read DueDigilence report;

http://www.autosurf-guide.com/DesertSkyMarketing/

Thanks for the post bigwoo. I see you are promoting this quite a bit.
I've seen the admin "Dust" post in other forums, but is not active here.
It would be good to have him pop in.

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11-07-06, 12:33 AM

lazygirl

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email from admin today:
__________________________________________________ _____________
Congratulations to member 1556; they won the raffle and $372 has been deposited into their egold account. Their member ID is now the default referral ID for one week!

I've started another raffle with the same format, so don't forget to purchase your tickets.

The following members received prizes via the MaximumSurfing / DesertSky Marketing promo.

Member ID
Prize Description
1176 $50 DSM Upgrade!
5 $10 DSM Upgrade!
21 $10 DSM Upgrade!
1172 $10 DSM Upgrade!
1581 $10 DSM Upgrade!

Also, we are 13 new upgraded members away from earning a 5% surf day. You have until 11:59:59 PM on Wednesday, November 8th to get the new members. So, get out there and promote, promote, promote!

Thanks for making DesertSky Marketing such a great program!

Dustin
DesertSky Marketing

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11-13-06, 10:40 PM

bigwoo

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An honest program closes shop.

DSM is closing and refunding.

Message from Admin-Dustin Fennell;

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Dear DesertSky Marketing Members,

It is with great sadness that I'm writing this email to you. DesertSky Marketing will be closing. Things looked great on paper, but have not gone as planned. Below are a few reasons DSM will be closing:

- While it was a huge challenge to acquire paid corporate advertisers, the few that were acquired did not wish to continue because they did not receive the desired conversions from their advertising dollars.
- Several short term business ventures have failed causing a loss to DSM funds.
- Long term (60-90 days) business ventures are doing fine, but the turn around is not quick enough to sustain weekly cashouts.
- CashBackMall and MyAZPix are launching much later than originally planned, thus causing a shortage in income.

Instead of letting DSM continue to a point where it is impossible to pay members, I've decided to stop accepting upgrades and implement a repayment plan. I always hated it when an admin knew things were not going right, but continued to act like nothing was wrong, accepted upgrades, and then pulled the plug causing everyone to lose money. Per the terms of the site, DSM is under no obligation to refund any money. However, I feel it would be wrong to treat my members that way.

The following plan will be implemented immediately:

1. Members who joined between September 22 - October 15 will earn 110% total of their upgrade(s).
2. Members who joined between October 16 - October 31 will earn 105% of their upgrade(s).
3. Members who joined between November 1 - November 10 (last day upgrades were accepted) will get a refund of their ad pack purchases.

You must continue to surf in order to receive your payments! You purchased advertising with your upgrades, and you get paid commissions to view ads. If you don't surf (view ads), you will not get paid.

Members who are receiving refunds (members who joined between Nov 1 - Nov 10) will receive them by this Wednesday (November 15th).

DSM will continue to make weekly payments (unless delays in outside returns cause us to go to every two weeks) to members who continue to surf. These payments will continue until the members have received 110% or 105% of their ad pack purchases. Weekly payments will begin Wednesday, November 15th.

Weekly payments will be 10-25% of what is owed with a minimum payment of $5. This means if you are owed less than $50, you will not receive weekly payments, but will receive your amount all at once when it is your turn.

Our repayment plan is designed so every member receives their full ad pack purchases back, plus some profit for members who joined in September or October. Some of you may ask why we don't just refund everyone's money right now. I would do that if it was just sitting in egold or alertpay. However, those funds are at work generating a profit for the repayment plan. Those funds will be dispersed as they come back to DSM.

I could place members money in other surf programs to meet the income demands, but I've always stated that DSM does not do that. We could also change the terms to where members would receive payments at the end of the 60 days, but who would want to surf for 60 days before receiving a payment?

Below is the formula that will be used to determine the amount you will receive from DSM:

- Members who joined between September 22 - October 15: (total upgrades X 1.10) - total paid cashouts = amount owed
- Members who joined between October 16 - October 31: (total upgrades X 1.05) - total paid cashouts = amount owed
- Members who joined between November 1 - November 10: total upgrades refunded

I hope you can understand that by closing DSM now, we are at a point where every member can be whole. I wish things could have gone different, but the current business model relies too heavily on volatile things we cannot control. I am looking at different business models and taking all I have learned from DSM into consideration.

Remember: You must surf in order to receive any payments!!

I can say that DSM truly has the best members! Thank you for your support DSM; it has been greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Dustin

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11-14-06, 12:07 AM

golddust

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This is indeed very disappointing news; DSM was making a "real" effort to improve "online marketing". Low conversions...geesh, everyone knows it takes more than 30 days to see conversions from marketing efforts.
The way Dustin is handling the closure is very professional. No doubt he will create or be involved in other opportunities, and he will have established some very loyal and willing members to try again.

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11-14-06, 09:08 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by golddust

I think they are scam and i have not been paid even a single $$$ with my investment.

They already playing all the games as those scammer. f..k them

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11-14-06, 08:18 PM

golddust

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigmouth

I think they are scam and i have not been paid even a single $$$ with my investment.

They already playing all the games as those scammer. f..k them

Then hopefully 'Dust' will make good on his refunding efforts.

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11-17-06, 04:33 AM

bigwoo

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Just like to inform that I've received the 110% payment today
as promised by Dustin !!

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11-28-06, 02:51 PM

lazygirl

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received my refund....

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11-28-06, 04:12 PM

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As this is now closed I`ve moved it to this folder. Glad to see though that refunds are going out.

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11-28-06, 06:12 PM

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At least it's nice to hear that there are still some honest people out there.

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11-28-06, 08:04 PM

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