Comments on: Bonuses - Getting Out Of Control? http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/ By Joel Osborne of TwentyTen.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:24:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ann White http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-21882 Ann White Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:58:21 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-21882 According to James Brausch's blog today, you need a headline and testimonials, not a bunch of bonuses to sell a product. I have wonder why a product needs so many bonuses if it is good? What are they compensating for? I think every "But Wait...!" type bonus devalues the original product, not to mention obscuring the price as previously mentioned (a likely reason for said bonuses). According to James Brausch’s blog today, you need a headline and testimonials, not a bunch of bonuses to sell a product. I have wonder why a product needs so many bonuses if it is good? What are they compensating for? I think every “But Wait…!” type bonus devalues the original product, not to mention obscuring the price as previously mentioned (a likely reason for said bonuses).

]]> By: Wolf Halton http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-20971 Wolf Halton Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:37:47 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-20971 The bonus thing is out of hand 117 chrismas gifts is now climbing past 250, but that is one of these "One time offer" things. I saw a site that was refreshing. nemeas.com has at the bottom of the sales page " I hope you weren't expecting me to include dozens of "free" bonuses and postscripts and tell you that you can only order it at this price today. Yuck! I hate that crap." Discounting and bonusing just leads to always having to offer bonuses, because your stuff must be overpriced or the bonuses are cheap garbage. The bonus thing is out of hand 117 chrismas gifts is now climbing past 250, but that is one of these “One time offer” things. I saw a site that was refreshing. nemeas.com has at the bottom of the sales page
” I hope you weren’t expecting me to include dozens of “free” bonuses and postscripts and tell you that you can only order it at this price today. Yuck! I hate that crap.”
Discounting and bonusing just leads to always having to offer bonuses, because your stuff must be overpriced or the bonuses are cheap garbage.

]]> By: Alex http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-18193 Alex Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:52:08 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-18193 Very nicely written Joel, I do agree that bonus war is getting out of hand ... and let's not forget a controversy we seen when one marketer offers to clear cookie of possible competitors and then purchase through his link or even ask for refund and then buy through his link because product without bonus is only half of what they need .... not even a year since I seen that :) I think a product MUST be able to stand on its own but obviously as long as this trend continues - we will see them being offered ... I do agree that product below $100 shouldn't require a bonus. As long as the product worth the payment, that is. Very nicely written Joel,

I do agree that bonus war is getting out of hand … and let’s not forget a controversy we seen when one marketer offers to clear cookie of possible competitors and then purchase through his link or even ask for refund and then buy through his link because product without bonus is only half of what they need …. not even a year since I seen that :)

I think a product MUST be able to stand on its own but obviously as long as this trend continues - we will see them being offered … I do agree that product below $100 shouldn’t require a bonus. As long as the product worth the payment, that is.

]]> By: Shirley Burling http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-17922 Shirley Burling Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:16:58 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-17922 Yes bonuses make me very suspicious of the product! I do like to see products with money back guarantees though. Artemis Pro for example doesn't have hundreds of free bonuses, but it does have a money back guarantee and really does work! Yes bonuses make me very suspicious of the product! I do like to see products with money back guarantees though. Artemis Pro for example doesn’t have hundreds of free bonuses, but it does have a money back guarantee and really does work!

]]> By: Jo Dane http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-17726 Jo Dane Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:31:49 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/bonuses-getting-out-of-control/#comment-17726 Sometimes you can't even find the price because of all the dang bonus items at the end of the sales letter! If I'm shelling out my money for something, I want to know what it costs. Another pet peeve is seeing the SAME bonuses over and over. You all have seen that before. And seeing an HTML editor as a bonus (or something similar) leads me to believe like Chet above. Am I buying something that can stand on its own for this price?? When you go to a page for James Brausch products, though, Chet's right. From Artemis Pro to Glyphius to Nemeas to the Freedom Business System and more, each page is simple and uncluttered. You KNOW what the price is and that James is confident that the product offered is worth the price. It's not the loooooooong page that infinite "gurus" have told us were the holy grail of internet marketing, but it works for me! Sometimes you can’t even find the price because of all the dang bonus items at the end of the sales letter! If I’m shelling out my money for something, I want to know what it costs.

Another pet peeve is seeing the SAME bonuses over and over. You all have seen that before. And seeing an HTML editor as a bonus (or something similar) leads me to believe like Chet above. Am I buying something that can stand on its own for this price??

When you go to a page for James Brausch products, though, Chet’s right. From Artemis Pro to Glyphius to Nemeas to the Freedom Business System and more, each page is simple and uncluttered. You KNOW what the price is and that James is confident that the product offered is worth the price.

It’s not the loooooooong page that infinite “gurus” have told us were the holy grail of internet marketing, but it works for me!

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