After struggling with landing payment solutions for it’s 100% commissions business model, the Empower Network (an affiliate program launched by my shirtless genius buddy David Wood) is now looking to launch it’s own mini version of Pay Pal for it’s affiliates.
Even with payment processor and site speed problems, the Empower Network has been cranking in terms of traffic:
Yes, in the last 30 days, our traffic grew by more than 300% – from around 250,000 pageviews on January 1st, to averaging over 800,000 pageviews by January 29th, with a peak of around 906,590 pages loaded in one day.
David Wood also announced an update to the blogging platform that will allow for personal branding on the front page of your blog. So you can now replace shirtless David Wood with a shirtless picture of yourself!
Your shirtless picture results may vary. = )
I have been watching the Empower Network closely and I can tell you one thing for sure, David Wood will not give up. David and I share something in common (in addition to both “marrying up”)…we both beat our heads against a brick wall for a period of time with World Wide Dream Builders/Amway/Quixtar. We both learned to work through challenges and while we both moved on to different companies after our experience, we stayed in the industry and made it work for our different personalities.
There is a reason Paypal and payment processors are avoiding this business. It reminds me of the online poker sites cash flow problems with getting money into the system when banks stopped supporting it.
I don’t think Paypal and payment processors are avoiding the Empower Network, the problem lies with the individuals trying to get merchant accounts.
I believe that David Wood is an inspiration. I do not believe that he is not reliable because of payment issues. He lives in Costa Rica, that is the problem.