1 • Kind of Unrealistic Claims
Truth is, I’ve seen way worse…
But still, PIM’s page is full of unrealistic claims about the results the course could bring.
Some of them are
- Earning $2000 per month fast and easy without much effort
- The course reveals the “secret formula” to earning money on autopilot (just like thousands of others do)
- You just need 2 new subscribers per day (which is actually much harder than it sounds)
- You can set the whole thing up in just a few minutes (that might actually be true as building a website is a piece of cake nowadays)
- You need no website or email list
- The system has never been revealed before
- etc
While all those claims are not that unrealistic, I highly doubt that Passive Income Machine will be able to deliver them.
The thing is that no system can ever earn money for you automatically in no time and with no effort.
I am not saying that you could not end up earning thousands a week on autopilot but it will definitely take as much time, effort, and patience as it would take for any other substantial and long-lasting achievement.
Unfortunately for most, there’s no fast, easy, and effortless success.
2 • Limited Training
PIM’s training is very limited both in terms of quality and quantity.
16 videos with a 15-minute average running time are supposed to teach you how to build an online business which brings in $2000 per month?
I really don’t think so.
And building, maintaining, and scaling a membership website or platform is going to be even harder than running let’s say an online affiliate marketing business.
Not to mention that even with the best online marketing training, the chances of ending up with a failed online business are still pretty high (according to many sources, 90% of online businesses will fail within their first 120 days).
With low-quality training, the chances of failure easily rise up to 99%.
I doubt that you can succeed with PIM alone. If you don’t give up halfway to success, you’ll probably end up purchasing additional training at some point.
3 • Success Stories Seem Fabricated
As we’ve seen right above, the success stories displayed within PIM’s main sales page are most likely fabricated.
This shows that PIM’s creators are not confident that they’ll ever manage to get authentic positive testimonies from random people who have purchased and tried their course.
So, they decided to lie about it…
Really classy!
4 • No Audience
Besides creating mediocre courses, Paul Nicholls and Trevor Carr are running their own blogs and YouTube channels.
However, both their blogs and YouTube channels show no engagement from other people whatsoever.
Also, they are full of spammy reviews of their own low-quality products.
Their YouTube channels have the least total views that I have ever seen on any YouTube channel.
Those are definitely not signs of successful internet marketers which can teach people how to earn their living online.
5 • Lying About The Money-Back Guarantee
Last but not least, at the bottom of PIM’s main sales page, you’ll find out that the course actually has a money-back guarantee (see image below).
However, once you hit the “Add to Cart” button and get redirected to the checkout page, it says that there are no refunds on this product (see image below).
So, is or isn’t there a money-back guarantee?
I really, REALLY don’t think so…
And taking into account the unrealistic claims and the fake success stories, this is hit #3.
10 Responses
Dear Harry,
Thanks a lot for the very thorough and comprehensive review post.
One of my mentor advised me to promote the products which offers “Recurring Income” and explained the benefits of passive income, it’s an eye-opener for me. When ever I come across a passive income opportunity I will take time to do some research.
The name “Passive Income Machine” itself caught my interest. Because of my previous bad experiences I always prefer to read some reviews before purchasing any make money online products. Your review is a timer saver for me.
Building a paid membership site is on my “To Do List” but maybe after couple of years because I am just a beginner for now.
You have provided valid reasons and proof why you won’t buy PIM and I will go with the same decision.
Wishing you Great Success!
Paul
Yeah, truth is that successfully promoting products with recurring memberships is the holy grail of online marketing. However, I wouldn’t promote PIM if I were you (except if you are one of those marketers who oversell every single crappy product that moves).
I wouldn’t purchase it either.
I am happy that my review helped you in some way.
Harry
It seems like a quite a limited way to do a form of internet marketing, especially when you take into account the fact that they are advising you to use PLR articles for your content. I’m also put off somewhat by the fake testimonials yet again and the lack of a refund (lying about that is a big red flag!).
Did you actually put their education into practice and did it offer you anything ‘new’ in respects to marketing online?
Hey Chris,
That’s an awesome question!
My best friend actually purchased PIM out of curiosity and I got to test it out for a while. Truthfully, if you search around the internet for a while you’ll be able to find much better information on building a successful online business for free.
There are also much better courses to go for and although they might cost a bit more, you’ll definitely get a better bang for your buck.
To answer your question, I wouldn’t purchase PIM.
Harry
I think this is another scam. Because, you can not make a sustainable income with this methods. My personal goal when I join such platform is to be able to make revenues for the long run. I can put all the work necessary and the money, as long as I Know my business will carry me for long.
That is why, I will go with your number one suggestion. I have seen the classes and the community support is awesome. I am going premium very soon and start building my websites.
Thanks for sharing.
Well, you can really make money (and we are talking about good money) with membership websites and platforms.
However, I believe that PIM’s training is not enough to do so.
I wish you much success with your online endeavors…
Harry!
Way to shed some light Harry,
I was quite curious about whether or not Passive Income Machine is the real deal but something about those testimonials shouts fake not to mention those fairly basic lessons. I went to take a closer look at Jaykaydowdall dot com and his last post was on March! That’s a long time from now and it doesn’t look very SEO-healthy though. Good thing I came across your review, you just helped me confirm my suspicions 😀
I am glad that I was able to help 🙂
Harry
Very Interesting!
I very much appreciate finding this review, it is detailed and extremely useful to have the research done for yourself. Reading the article makes me think that finding a trustworthy program to invest, time, money and hard work into is becoming increasingly difficult as there are so many different ones out there. Who can you Trust?
I particularly approve of you looking deeper into the so called experienced bloggers and sharing with your readers that they are in fact not that experienced. They possibly are not that genuine either.
Thank you, this post is definitely food for thought.
I am glad to be of good service Louise 🙂
Harry