UPDATE - I can't do it. Just as soon as I signed up with Tissa's people search engine, I cancelled. I just don't feel right about helping people find other people's addresses and phone numbers. AND THIS PRIVACY ISSUE IS GAINING STEAM. CHECK OUT THE CONTROVERSY BREWING OVER THE MYLIFE.COM PRIVACY SELLING ISSUES THAT TISSA USES TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE SEARCH ENGINE INFO. I know I could probably make money with it, but it's just not sitting right with my soul. Back to the drawing board. I know better things await...I kept trying to rationalize that many people could use the people search engines for good purposes, like reconnecting with old classmates and finding deadbeat dads and such -- but the reality is that if just one person uses them for nefarious purposes, I just don't want to be a part of that.
I wonder if Tissa would care if people found out the address of his fabulous home, and came a' knocking on his door?
How I Bought a Brand New $1.2 Million Dollar Dream Home on Two Rolling Acres Using ONLY Affiliate Commissions Earned While I Was Unemployed
When you see a Google Ad with that title, you just gotta click it.
That's what I did, and that's how I found out about Tissa Godavitarne, a guy who has gotta be a great marketing genius, scam artist, brilliant or greedy!
After all, if Tissa Godavitame isn't a scam artist and is really making $2.2 million per year -- why would he need to make more, I wondered.
Anyway, here's the pic of what Tissa says is his actual home -- ambitiously called the "TissaPlex" like Google's "GooglePlex" -- I love it!
So is Tissa Godavitarne a Scam Artist or Brilliant Man?
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
Today, feeling totally beat down by DreamHost's bad performance on keeping my dot coms up lately, even after moving to two private servers -- and not as hopeful about my Amazon Associates revenue, I'm blogging in bed about what I've researched about Tissa Godavitarne.
I lingered over the email entry box on his Acme-People-Search.com website, not having the gumption right now to try it.
So is it a scam?
Seems like the jury is still out on that one, but follow this thread on people debating back and forth whether Tissa's a scam or not.
Those are folks who actually purport to have tried his people search engine pyramid seeming thingee.
And maybe I'll get the gumption to try it soon.
At least Tissa Godavitame has got his 1099 online...
...but at this point I'm so jaded with "online experts," I wondered if that was Photoshopped.
Tissa does say he will show it to you in person.
And at least he shows what he says is his real pic, real phone number and such.
You don't see that every day.
Right now I'm sticking with money made via Google Adsense, Amazon Associates and Kontera and Others...
I made $20,000 online in the first 6 months of 2009, so stay tuned for my progress...
And feel free to leave me your comments on your actual great or bad experiences with Tissa Godavitarne's ACME People Search Engine.
I like to keep abreast of the money-makers online.
Comments
Nah, far from brilliant. Maybe a little greedy ;-) As for whether my program is a scam or not - I'll let that thread speak for itself... The 1099 is untouched - viewable by everyone who attends my weekly meet-and-greets (dates and times on my Web site). By the way: Great read, your blog ("pyramid seeming thingee" - loved it!) Looks like you're nurturing several income streams - best wishes for your continued success!
Tissa
Grats on the Amazon affiliate cash flow. I recommend you do whats working, and when you think you've perfected it, automate it and learn something new.
Working on the perfecting the automating the Amazon income -- and I like moving and growing to something new and exciting.
Keep the blogging world interesting, you know?
Yeah, you know!
Keep your chin up :)
I have been working this online money making thing for about a year and am having some success. Have you read makemoneyforbeginners.blogspot.com?
The author calls himself Grizz, and he provides a ton of info for free. No magic bullet, just lots of hard-work and persistence. I am going to check this Tissa guy out and see what he has to offer.
Good luck :)
The tagline alone made me LOL.
And his people search engine is amazing -- I was able to find people, see their phone numbers, even their home address and the value of their homes.
Yikes!
Now I'm even more intrigued by the ACME People Search engine.
It's so interesting and scary and compelling all at once.
I'll let my readers know if I ever hook up with it.
I decided to take the plunge with Tissa's search engine after I was also intrigued. I must say that after 1 month I am quite impressed. I have already earned commissions and have 41 referals without much promoting. I am also impressed with the support, quick responses each time I've asked a question. The reason I use it is to build my GDI downline, which seems to be working a treat. I am about to launch an adwords campaign so am expecting to see some good results. I will keep you updated. Great site by the way.
Tony Gibson
It's so good that you broke it down both the pros and cons of the ACME People Search engine, instead of only "Sign up now!" "100% Money Maker!" and all that crap of lies that sometimes people pitch with.
Now I'm seriously thinking about getting into it -- and if I do, hopefully I'll remember this comment and come back and sign up under you under your link.
You're right, getting in on the ground floor of an opportunity like this might make us money.
Right now, I'm still playing around with Dominating Amazon and such -- and I always look for ways to add onto that income with stuff that works.
Thanks again and keep us updated with some income posts of your actual numbers, please.
I also did a test to see if I cold get on the leaderboard in GDI faster by making a small change in my profile in the search engine. It worked - I got on the leaderboard last week of December.
So yes the people search is a real business that can make you a great income, but you have to work it ( work=advertising. You cant just set it up and expect the $$ start flowding in from Tissa, reunion, Hd Publishing ect. NO business works that way. Here is my blog
http://searchallpeople.blogspot.com/
Kirsten Faucette
I think I'm going to try both this and the Amazon hunting simultaneously.
Maybe God is trying to hit me over the head with this idea, to get in now before the market is too crowded.
Think I'd better go research what GDI means...
I have been interested in jumping on the Internet Marketing / Affiliate Marketing bandwagon for years now... I stumbled across one of Tissa's sites and everything just made sense. It looked as if I had nothing to lose and he guaranteed $125 within the first 24 hours of completing his steps. I took the plunge...
I have learned quite a bit in only 3 days and the only money I spent was for my own website domain name and $10 to sign up with GDI.. If you can bake a cake by following instructions you CAN do this.. He has dummy proofed it... Great pictures.. Great explanations.. I am the proud owner of my own search engine site http://www.public-locator.com (Actually coming up with the name was the hardest part.) You would be suprised at the all the info you can find on yourself too!!
It took a few days for my site to go live with advertising but within minutes (literally about 30 minutes) I have made my first sale. It was only $13.06 but ya gotta start somewhere right?
I am VERY happy with the system he has put together. He has condensed my time frame to profitability and eliminated the learning curve that kept me from doing this years ago.
Thanks Tissa! If anyone reading this is thinking about doing it just do it already... You will always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Jeff Atkins
http://chikle-people-search.ws/tissa.htm
Hi great post, thank you! Have you signed up? I'm looking at it also bc I lost my job almost a year ago and need something to work for me but can't waste any more $ on greedy online phonies! I wondered if you have also heard anything about Mack Michaels, I'm investigating his program as well. I would like to warn everyone to stay AWAY from ALL Cash Gifting especially with Rob Abrams...total scam artist! Thanks, Kathleen
I still haven't tried Tissa's program yet. Time will tell.
And that's so funny you brought up Mack Michaels, I saw his Google ads in my ad review center so I tried to check him out, but I just don't like that same old landing page hype that leads to another $97 ebook.
I mean, who came up with this $97 anyway?
And if he's really making $10,000 or more per month or week or day or whatever -- why do these guys need to sell $97 ebooks?
I'm still sticking with Amazon Hunter 2 and Dominating Amazon ebook by James -- find the links above right.
Hopefully I'll turn a good profit.
Stay tuned...
I built a Squidoo lens that gives complete details of how his program works and how you will make money with his program.
i'm just getting to know is acme-people-search engine is good or not scam..as you know i just sign up to this program in 2008 but still afraid to proceed further..em any suggestion can help me..
To all considering this program, BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION AND ONCE YOU CANCEL, YOU HAVE GOT TO CANCEL YOUR PAYPAL AND/OR TRIAL PAY SUBCRIPTION OR YOU WILL PAY AND TISSA WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR PLEA'S.
Tissa here. Sorry about your disappointment, but your facts aren't quite correct. First of all, nowhere do I offer a "30 day full refund policy" - so you're right, that is BS. What I do offer is a 30-day free trial before PayPal bills you. If you didn't like your results after 20 days, why didn't you just log into your PayPal account and cancel your subscription before you were billed? And how could you "not know" that you subscribed when PayPal themselves clearly displayed the subscription terms on their site (Free for 30 days, then $29.95 each month...) That's the whole point of using PayPal: You don't have to wait for the merchant - just log into your PayPal account and cancel your subscription! Anyway Fish, if you post your search engine username here, I'll gladly issue you a full refund via my PayPal account. No worries :)
Tissa
Tissa here again. I presume you're Rickman Fish, username 1230490955PYNT? I just came across the dispute you filed with PayPal (I remembered the name "Fish" :D). It looks like PayPal agreed with me that your "unauthorized charge" claim wasn't justified, so they didn't refund your money. As a courtesy though, I went ahead and refunded your payment (check your PayPal account).
Paula:
Concerning your unwillingness to promote your people search engine for privacy reasons: Hey, I fully understand. In that regard, my search engine is no different than free people search sites like zabasearch.com for example (which also has a lot of privacy advocates up in arms). As affiliates, we should only promote products with which we are personally comfortable, so I fully respect your decision. Best wishes to you! :)
Tissa
I mean, who came up with this $97 anyway?
And if he's really making $10,000 or more per month or week or day or whatever -- why do these guys need to sell $97 ebooks?"
Maverick Money Makers is not an e-book at all. I don't know what gives you the impression that it is. I would classify it more of an affiliate coaching site. I have been doing affiliate marketing off and on for 5 years now. I have been ripped by a few made a few bucks on some, most of the time spending more than what I get back. This all changed in the past 3 months since I signed on with maverick Money Makers. SO NO IT IS NOT A SCAM. I get nothing and have no reason to endorse this other than I use it and it works....what else can I say?
I am from india. I am unable to verify my paypal account.. any one from india pls help me how to do this i have got stucked in the second step itself unable to create GDI. can any one please help me mail me to mytu3nu@yahoo.co.in
HE IS A SCAM CAUSE HE ISNT OFFERING NOTHING TO U. YOU WONT SEE THE MONEY ON YOUR BANK DO U? NO. SO THE 125DLS OR WHATEVER HE PROMISSES U, YOU WILL ONLY GET ONCE YOU SIGN UP FOR THE PAYING PROGRAMS,THAT'S WHERE HE ALSO GETS COMMISSIONS TO PAY U, BUT ALSO IF THE AFFILIATES SIGN UP UNDER U, U WONT GET A DIME OF THOSE SO PROMISE 125 IF THEY CANCEL THE SERVICE... SO... WHAT REALLY IS HE OFFERING? MAKING HIS NAME FAMOUS FOR PROMOTING A SEARCH ENGINE CONNECTED TO GDI? HE ISNT DOING A SHIT. YOUR THE ONE THAT IS WORKING FOR HIM TO SIT ON THE CHAIR! AND GIVE LESSONS TO U... IF YOU PROMOTE YOUR GDI DIRECTLY U WILL SEE HOW MUCH U EARN... INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING TO HIS ALL RIDICULOUS PLAN OF SCAM!
http://acme-people-search.com/125proof.php?ref=1208640677UDNP
No scam here.
I love how your path taken is not always the quick buck but rather the best choice and what you can sleep with.
keep up the good work
I just signed up with Tissa's program a few days ago. Not sure what to think for right now. He mentions a "Wealthy Affiliate University" that you need to sign up for in order to earn referral fees from Tissa, as well as GDI sign-ups and bonuses but I can't afford $40/month plus the $30 for Tissa to advertise for me on a monthly basis. I don't mind paying $30/month but $70(total)/month is a little much for me right now. Plus I would need to advertise (AdWords or whatever) on my own as well = more $$$. Also, I'm in Canada and I noticed his "people search" engine seems to only work for US searches. So I guess there isn't much of a point in targeting Canadians? Any help, advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Wealthy Affiliate (WA) is recommended, not required. Nor do you have to pay me $30/month (Step 3 is optional). In any case, if you can't afford WA or Step 3, then you shouldn't sign up for either. It's up to you to stay within your personal budget. Besides, you can still make money without signing up for WA or completing Step 3 (i.e. through my referral program and GDI).
You can earn commissions from the search engine regardless of where you are in the world, but your search engine marketing efforts should indeed target a U.S. audience, since it contains only U.S. public records. Hope this helps. Please attend the free Webinars if you have any other questions.
Tissa
TalkWithTissa.com
Thanks for the response. I contacted you through my back office with some questions I would like some answers to. My name is James. When do you plan on responding? You should have 2 tickets from me. One of the tickets (7MZPMZAVZH) is from May 2.
If I decide not to cancel the $30 (via PayPal) for you to advertise for me, can you guarantee me profits every month? My wife and I own and operate a business so I won't have much time to advertise on my own and a little extra money would help. I'm not looking to make thousands of dollars a month. Although it would be nice :) I just don't think I can come up with the kind of advertising budget you would need to make thousands a month. I know how business works and advertising plays a major roll in the success of any kind of business.
Can your program help me build my GDI downline? If so, how? In your "secret sauce ingredients" I have forced hosting (GDI) set to YES, what exactly is this going to do?
A response would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
James
I just replied to your support ticket - please log into your search engine's back office to read my reply.
To answer your question above: Even if you decide to maintain your $30/month subscription, I most certainly do NOT "guarantee you profits every month". Do you know of any brick-and-mortar business that guarantee profits despite monthly operating expenses? It's no different online, and any online program that guarantees profits is indeed a scam. I have some users who are making $4,000/month in commissions with my program and some users who are making $4/month. As with any business, YOUR profitability will depend on your unique skills and abilities to market your business. Everyone is different in that regard, so it's impossible for me to predict how successful you will be.
What I offer you for $30/month is this:
- 100% Display Rate for your search engine's affiliate IDs
- The Super Affiliate switch as a free bonus for qualified Wealthy Affiliate students
- Full access to my GDI "sign-up sauce ingredients"
Those are the income tools I provide you for $30/month, but how effectively you use them is up to you. Of course I do everything I can to help you succeed with them, with my free training and support.
And yes, my program can help you build your GDI downline. Those GDI "sign-up sauce ingredients" are precisely how I and many others get on the GDI Leaderboard week after week. More info at GDI-Leaderboard.com.
If you have any further questions, please attend the free Webinars in your back office or open a support ticket. Trish is caught up on all your support tickets, and during the Webinars you can talk with me directly or type questions via chat. In fact, the next support Webinar is tomorrow, May 10 at 9:30 PM EDT. Great as it is, Paula's blog isn't really the place for me to provide training and support ;-)
Hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day weekend!
Tissa
I'll stick to Tissa although I havent got a buck. i need to work on it but my budget is weak!!
1. Can wealthy affiliate guide me how to set a full - fledged search engine web page?
2. Can I opt for the monthly subscription for WA? Will this qualify to turn on the supper affiliate?
3. If I opt for monthly subcription, will WA provide with "all tools" to make a search page effective?
Anyone help me pls.
Josafe
Im a newbie to this business and i have recently signed up under tissa in gdi.I have decided to sign up for the wealthy affiliate guide because after all knowledge is power and he is steering me in a direction that i should go in anyhow if i want to succeed in this business. Even if tissa doesnt deliver any profits i feel that just studying his methods is a powerful lesson that i hope to duplicate someday. Besides I always have the right to cancel at any time,but I am going to stick it out for several months at least to see what happens.Personally I think he is brilliant and I am going to hope for the best until proven different.
Tissa,s affiliate program is not a scam.He is making a lot of money through hard work and he wanted to share it with others.If you join and fail it is because of your own mistakes.No one is goint to give you lots of money on a golden platter.Tissa gives you a program which is legitmate and honest.He has nothing to hide and why would he?like all businesses online and offline some will succeed and some will fail.Your $29.95 a month will make you get committed to work hard to succeed other wise when its free people do not have the motivation to work for it.I signed up with Tissa and he credited my account with $125 and I believe he is honest about his business.
Thank you all
Joseph
Obviously he knows nothing about affiliate marketing. I have been doing affiliate marketing for several years. I have made much more money than any "job" will ever pay me.
You keep relying on your job buddy, meanwhile some of us will continue to never worry about the unemployment line while you HOPE your job doesn't lay you off. Affiliate marketing is a multi billion dollar legitimate industry. It's not everyone elses fault you don't know how to build a list, your just bitter.
In short those of us who ACTUALLY make money don't have slave jobs like "everybody else" thank God.
Tissa now has a forum up and running where you can get assistance from other members (www.acme-people-search-forum.com). Also, you can login to the live Webinars Tissa hosts every week and speak with him directly. He has admitted that he is way behind answering support tickets. The forum is your best source for assistance right now.
Sorry about the delay in replying to your support tickets. Frankly my program has become more popular than I ever imagined - which is great, but it has also created a backlog of tickets. Have you attended any of the Webinars where you can talk with me one-on-one? In any case, please post your questions/concerns at the support forum below - much faster than waiting for a reply to your ticket:
http://acme-people-search-forum.com/
Thanks,
Tissa
I have a majour problem with login in to your second step Monetization. It shows that my hosting username and past word does not exist. I'm 100% accurate with my web hoster. But I am realy sick of this step. Cause I am stuck with it for the last two days.this is my support Ticket ID U0EMV1UX21. Plese can you pay your attention
I have a major problem with your second step Monetization. Your system shows that my hosting password & username does not exist. But I am 100% ok with my web hosting account. I am stuck for the last 2 days with this problem plese can you pay attention to my support ticket ID U0EMV1UX21.
Thanks.
Kind regards
Dickson
http://acme-people-search-forum.com/
Tissa
kill me if i was wrong thanks
http://free-paypal-biz.blogspot.com
I want to ask Tiss whether he could arrange a way to let me pay for the step 3 advertising via a method other than paypal.com, as it is not available to my country.
I can pay via certified check and visa card. I cannot receive via paypal either. I can accept payments via alertpay.
regards
I think you know where I stand with online money making ventures. I like compare them with the late-night TV infomercials promising the moon and the stars, but rarely if ever delivering. Lots of hype and little or no return.
The one's who are making most of the money are the creators of the scheme. Although I've never tried Tissa's system I would imagine it is no different.
Everybody is looking for a guru to hold them by the hand to the promised land. But it always comes down to our own skills whether or not we make money.
I think Tissa's own comments pretty much says it all:
"I have some users who are making $4,000/month in commissions with my program and some users who are making $4/month. As with any business, YOUR profitability will depend on your unique skills and abilities to market your business."
Like he says the bottom line is it is all all up to us, so why bother putting our trust (and our wallets) with someone else?
Cheers,
..BB
The funny thing is there was nothing in his sales pitch indicating that I had to pay anything. After reading the comments here apparently there is more to the story than what first met the eye (as I had suspected).
I would have only found out all of the gory details AFTER giving him my email address and name.
It's been my experience anything for "free" usually gives a ROI of equal amount -- i.e. $0. After getting your name and contact information you are then beset with another pitch to "upgrade" to a paid-for account promising better results. I've seen this sort of thing a thousand times.
That turns me right off and I'm glad that I came here first.
Cheers,
...BB
Thanks for stopping by.
Funny thing is, I love USING Tissa Godavitarne's search engine, but I haven't gone the route of selling it.
Glad you love using the search engine :) You don't have to sell it. As far as people search engines go, its results are on par with the same results you'd buy from companies like Intelius, USSearch and PeopleFinders - except the results are free.
Just stopping by here and give a shout out to everyone. I am a member of Acme People Search Engine for almost 3 months now and so far I am making money with his program. Many people say's that it is scam but they don't have proof. Take a closer look with this Proof of Income Board with Acme People Search @ https://acme-people-search.com/125proof.php?ref=1220556871JBKV His program giving out $125 Guaranteed within 24 hours in 3 easy steps.
See Proof here: https://acme-people-search.com/125proof.php?ref=1220556871JBKV
Hope it helps,
Julius
Here is a list of a few towns:
Boblit, NY
Bmlt, WV
Bendagan, KS
Shalommi, NE
I did also use internet white pages to look up a few of the names. Some match their cities listed, but many didn't.
Take that information for what it is worth. If a site needs to make up names and cities to make itself look legitimate, it probably isn't, but judge for yourself.
The $10 a month is for GDI which provides domain hosting, a domain name and an excellent referral system that's been making people money for 10 years. That GDI hosting is what hosts your search engine. You cannot post anything to the web without web hosting.
Tissa simply combined the easiest programs to profit from and put them into one program. Your pay is a minimal investment $10 per month and a little bit of time marketing. Then you start earning.
However, if there are programs you don't feel comfortable promoting, then you don't have to. It's up to you.
Also i did an article on how to work the program with sucess, have a look http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Succeed-Using-Tissa-Godavitarne-Acme-Search-Engine
wtf???
If you have canceled your account that does not stop the subscription unless you cancel it in paypal.
Hope this answers your question.
Well the truth is that yes it is free to join program and yes there is an option to upgrade, but like I said it is an option, not manditory.
There are plenty of Acme members earning at the step 1 level for free and are learning a great amount of valuable marketing information in the members forum.
Tissa pays you $5.00 per referral that are in the step 1 level and these referrals are at the free option, so one gets paid for a referral that has not paid tissa a single cent.
So my question is, how is Tissa a scam when he pays for referrals that have not paid him anything.
In my opition Tissa is an honest man.
In know way should this comment be considered spam or promotional, I could care less if one thinks that it is. I am simply defending a business and a man that is being unfairly accused of being a scam.
Joseph
He is one of the most decent, honest, and generous person I've ever met. The Acme People Search business is as legitimate as it gets, and like any legit business, if you work it you will succeed! There are some people out there, that are tempted for the $125.00 that Tissa is paying out of his pocket, as an incentive to motivate them to start right. But when they see that they have to do something too, in order to get the $125.00, they cry "scam!"
By far this is not a 'get rich quick' deal, it is a business, and if you want to make it, you need to promote it.
Kirsten I will check out your blog. I love your honest comment,
Mike Borlovan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C22hLkVWjbY
Those who fail cry SCAM
which one are You?
People Search Rock!!
Tissa's proof of payments
I'm inspired by what he created.
The program suites certain people and does not suite other people.
Not all money making programs are 100% suited for everyone.
It's better to research your very own and find it.
Every program is good, its just that how you use it, that's the fun part of it...
Also if you make so much money why do we have to pay for paypal accounts? Just take it out of our profits! Finally, I think you would have a lot more followers(making you even more money) if you paid the fees for us and had it 100% FREE. By you paying these small fees it would give you 1000's of more followers making you LOTS MORE MONEY!
Thanks, Bruno
His particular genius is the ability to continually modify the terms and rules of the game under the guise of improving and evolving the program.
He completely controls all aspects of objective discussion and floods the internet with testimonials, while vehemently responding to opposing voices.
Additionally, he utilizes completely subjective and undocumented analyses of what constitutes "quality" of referrals and traffic.
No one knows the basis for his assessments, which are then used to deny payments.
I was just wondering how come there has'nt been a comment on your blog since 2011 when in 2008 this was getting plenty of comments?
Also i cant seem to be able to find the acme people search website?
I see I still have great ranking in the Google SERPS on Tissa Godavitarne, so perhaps there haven't been any new comments because I changed my comment settings to require a bit more information to cut back on spam comments.
And it looks like Acme-People-Search.com is still alive and well to me, as far as I can tell.