Sales Video
Even before I saw the sales page, I started playing a game in my head I call “Let’s Count the Red Flags”. When I arrived at the sales page, I lost the very game I created. Every alarm in my head was going off all at once. Anything that claims to be on “autopilot” in this industry is very likely a scam. “Act quickly because the test group is almost filled.” Then why has the product been on sale for years now? I’m pretty sure the “Early Bird Discount” you’re rushing me to sign up for should have run out at least 16 months ago. All of these things sent up BRIGHT red flags in my mind.
And what about that sales video? I started off thinking I was watching a movie trailer of some kind (finally a scam artist that knows to pay for an attractive sales video with all of the money he steals). What the hell does the world “ending” in 2012 have to do with the “Commission Autopilot” system? I’ve gone through the entire program in detail and I still don’t have that answer.
Alas, as always, I bought the program for $47 and was then pitched three upsells, one of which is very vicious because it’s advertised for $1 but then automatically rebills you monthly. Someone is getting more money-hungry with every click I make, and that person’s name is Paul Ponna.
The Product
I was intrigued to download the software and begin using the Commission Autopilot product because it looked like it would have actually been useful IF it were used privately by one individual instead of sold to the masses. When it gets sold to the masses, a distinct pattern becomes clear and websites begin to punish user accounts that display that pattern. That’s exactly what happened with the Commission Autopilot software.
The software is broken into two parts: “Commission Activator” and “Commission Multiplier”. These could have easily been merged into one piece of software, but then you wouldn’t feel like you were getting such a great value! The separate software programs work in conjunction with one another. First, you put a keyword into the “Commission Activator” program and it scrapes articles from the internet for you to choose from. Then you choose one, input a custom message and affiliate link, and export it as a PDF. So essentially what this piece of software does is rip off someone else’s content on the internet, puts your affiliate link in it, and saves it as a PDF. Great! You can already see your money spinning around the toilet bowl.
After you’ve created these documents (i.e. “plagiarized”), you carry them over to the “Commission Multiplier” software where you browse to those files on your computer, add a title, choose a category, and then the Commission Autopilot software spams your message across 18 document download sites. The idea is people will find your document high in the search engines, download it, click your affiliate link, and buy a product through you. I’m pretty sure I’ve made this clear in my other reviews: internet marketing is not that easy.
This program assumes that if you paste an affiliate link into a document and get users to look at it, at least a few of them will buy the product and make you money. When was you bought Viagra through one of the spam messages in your email? Or the last time you wired a Nigerian banker $3,000? Just because you send the link out to people does not mean it will be effective.
On that note, Paul Ponna shows you several documents in his instructional videos from a website called DocStoc that have several thousand views each. If you pay attention, many of these documents he shows you are directly from the CEO of DocStoc and yours will likely get no views at all. If you don’t believe me, follow the link above to DocStoc and look through the site. Almost every article has 0-3 views. That’s a far cry from the several thousand he’s advertising.
So after you diligently use the “Commission Activator” to create your PDF file, sign up for all of your accounts necessary to use with the “Commission Multiplier” tool, and submit the document, you find out that your document only makes it on to about 1/3 of the sites the software promises. Don’t worry though, after a few submissions at least 2-4 of those accounts will ban you from using their website for spreading spam.
So now you’re left with a program that plagiarizes work for you then exports it to a PDF file and a program that spams your message to about three or four websites. That doesn’t sound like I’m getting my $47 worth!
The Final Verdict
If you’re reading this review, it means you’re suspicious because something in your head is telling you not to buy. You should definitely trust your instincts in this case and avoid the Commission Autopilot software by Paul Ponna.
As I’ve explained in the review above, this software is composed of two programs: one which scrapes other people’s content off of the internet, drops your affiliate link in, and exports the file as a PDF and another that spams your freshly created document across several different websites. Many of these websites don’t even accept the upload, and the ones that do quickly ban you for spreading spam across their website.
This isn’t even considering the fact that Paul promises you won’t have to do anything but click a couple of buttons before you begin making money within a few hours. There’s probably about 3-4 hours of setup that goes into getting this product functioning properly minimum between signing up for accounts on the websites you’re about to spam and watching all of the training material.
I should say that the video walk-throughs that Paul Ponna gives are very easy to follow and the software is easy to use once you get used to it. However, given the fact that this product is worthless, I wouldn’t recommend springing for the $47 price tag.
Details at a Glance
Product: Commission Autopilot
Sales Page: http://www.commissionautopilot.com/v1.php
Publisher: Paul Ponna
Score: 19/100 points
Original Rubric: Commission Autopilot Review
View my receipt for Commission Autopilot
Do you have any questions about this product, another product on the site, or something else in the affiliate marketing/internet marketing industry? Feel free to comment on this post, call me, or email me with questions! I love to interact with my followers and protecting people from getting scammed by worthless products.
Summary: Problem #1 is that the software didn’t work, problem #2 is that it’s illegal
Description: Commission Autopilot by Paul Ponna is anything but automated. The software didn’t even function when I bought it and the concept is horribly flawed. Details in this review.
Rating: 1 out of 5.
Hello, Thanks for sharing, I was keen to take this but somehow my inner instinct is giving me some indication and I searched and got you.
I don’t know why people do this and play with the life of others.
I purchased Vidskippy to do justice with others and help to earn some good money. But I don’t know in my heart I am not convinced to use. If you have some knowledge please share to understand, whether it is legal or not. I am totally new to digital marketing and don’t want to start anything wrong. Regards Sudhanshu
Hi, thanks for your eye opening reviews.
Do you have any comments on the product Magic Platform by Paul Ponna? This products claims huge benefits from drop-shipping and easy setting up of the software. Can you give any comment on this?
Unfortunately we haven’t reviewed it, so I can’t share any useful insight :/
I have bought the Magic Platform by Paul Ponna. He had promised one on one help through Skype. And if I wasn’t making money with in 30 days they would build my business for me. Also that I could sell anything I wanted.
I looked at the program right away and could see it wasn’t what Paul Ponna had lead me to believe I could do with his system. I wanted to set up a system to sell products from my MLM business.
His system forces you to only sell three products of his choice.
I had sent them a message through their support system about what I wanted to sell and was advised to make an appointment for the one on one on Skype. After waiting a week I was only able to talk to them through text messaging. They kept asking for my domain address when I had given them all my info for my MLM. With out even looking at my questions they said “I can’t help you”.
I also gave them my cell phone number to call me and they never did.
Every time I emailed their support they just gave me the run around and never answered my questions. By this time it was past the 30 day guarantee.
Now I am out $997 plus 59.82 tax. Was not told they were adding on a 6% tax. Next step I will contact my credit card company.
I wish I could remember who referred me to his system so I could contact them.
I would like to let people know to never buy anything from Paul Ponna.
Just tonight I was tortured through 2hrs of that MagicPlatform webinar. I am glad I didn’t buy. I am sorry you lost $1000, it could happen to any of us. I was lucky this time become, I just wasn’t ready to part with $997 or even the $500 (2 payments). Thanks for your insight
Ian, thank you. Thank you heartily for belonging to the handful of watchdoggies and angels who look out for us less savvy opportunity seekers on the internet. We honestly need you, so please keep up the good work!
No problem! Thank you very much for the kind words, Charlie.
hey, your review was helpful and thanks for that. but am sorry to say that i do not appreciate how you made nigerians look with an expression you made in your review. there are alot of hardworking nigerians.
Hey Richard! I apologize – could you please call my attention to what line you’re referring to in the review so that I can amend it? I actually have a very good friend that is writing for me now that is Nigerian, so the last thing I want to do is leave a statement on one of my sites that generalizes. Thank you!
I’d like to know about the partner with Anthony program. I bought it and followed by the purchase a whole bunch of up sales. I’d like to get my money back, because I can’t understand any of the instructions about how to use this program. I have the VIP membership, which comes with what would be the Fast Traffic Formula, but it doesn’t explain how the hell to put together the PPV or CPV pop up pages. It only tells me to sign up with Direct CPV, but the videos in the Partner with Anthony program, don’t explain how to integrate the urls or the top domains with the PPV or CPV. I am totally new to this internet marketing deal, and i have been staying up all night trying to figure thing out for 3 moths now, and haven’t accomplished absolutely anything. I am highly frustrated and need some truthful and honest advice. Also, if you know anything about the partner with Anthony program, please let me know. I want to cancel it and get my money back, but there is nothing on that page to open a ticket, or to cancel. Please, I really need some help. Thank you
Hey Jose, sorry that you’ve had to experience this. I’ve reviewed Success with Anthony in the past which I understand is a pretty similar program. If you can’t find a way to contact support and request a refund (or if they give you difficulty in processing one) then reach out to your bank or credit card institution that you used to purchase the product. They should be able to charge it back for you. I hope that helps! Let me know if I can help you with anything else down the road – thanks for reading and commenting!
Hi Tony and Claudia (Tender and Care)
Your review is an eye opener. Thanks for saving me and my family from being scammed I was about to buy but I decided to research about CA.
You are God-sent.
Thanks again
No problem at all, Zweli! I’m very happy that I could help! Please let me know if I can help with anything else in the future.
Hi Ian, we would like to thank you for saving us money and a ton of headache with your review of Commission Autopilot. Thank Goodness we found your website before we paid. You are a blessing!
Hey Tony and Claudia, thanks for reaching out! And it was great emailing back and forth with you a bit too. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!
Hi, Ian:
I just watched your review on Commission Autopilot by Paul Ponna.
Would you please give me a review on Paul Ponna’s new versions of Commission Supreme software from his live webina:
http://livewebcast.s3.amazonaws.com/26022013/live.html
as soon as possible?
He sell it at $997. The price is too high. I am wondering what is included? Can the software do all things which he said in the live webinar?
He said it is 100% money back guarantee in the live webinar, but I went to his sale page, it says all sale is final. NO refund, No return. That is really confuse me.
So, would please review that to me as soon as possible? Since I like the idea software does, but I don’t know if the software works like he described in the live webinar
Thank you!
Hey Ian,
Like most guys who commented before, I’m also a newbie and wouldn’t mind if you help me out with resources and maybe affordable software that might help me earn a little cash.
You are really doing a great job and I must commend you for your honesty and professionalism. You are I believe the only guy who has taken a direct swing at the so called gurus who are shamelessly out to squeeze the little cash that desperate newbies might have. People should realize that you can’t make money out of nothing, hard work, determination and patience always works.
Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks once again, and God Bless.
Hey Alex! Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement. I’m doing the best I can to make a difference and little-by-little it’s paying off. Please check out this page for my top recommendations out of all of the products I’ve reviewed and filtered through: http://www.nomorebsreviews.com/positive-reviews/
Hey Ian,
Thank you for your honest review.
It’s ridiculous, but I got affiliate link to this “commission-autopilot” from well known marketer Ewen Chia yesterday. The sales video made me suspicious, so I found your review. Well, Ewen Chia died as a person whom I may trust :(. One allowed to fool me only once 🙂
Guess what, today I got another mail from Ewen about Empower Network. That confuses me. I see it among positive reviews on your site. I was considering this product before, but have doubts. Will check your review now.
Honesty is rare among affiliate marketers nowadays.
Thanks,
Alex
Paul Ponn is now promoting for $997 “commissionkey.com/go” that is the exact same script he used for Traffic Explosion X a year ago. He’s promoting scarcity by saying only 10 people allowed in and then he’s shutting it down for good. I guess his trick is to change the name and sell another 10 copies, and then close it down for good again. He still has the same two “newbies” Jason and Jay, that he used in his script a year ago. When it sounds too good to be true, it is. Thanks for your honest review. I hope my info can help someone who is getting the same tricks under another product name.
Thanks for the heads up Darcy!
Why did I only find you now? I have bought some products before and they’re virtually worthless! I bought Sal Haque’s Viral Profit Code and it’s total bull%@$#! I bought this Commission Autopilot software and yes I got several views on my documents the last time I checked. I actually stopped checking now. And guess what? I have not earned not even a shadow of a single centavo. And I got my account banned from docstoc too. Great! But before I bought any of these products, I checked the reviews but unfortunately I did not find yours. Sigh… Most reviews today are from rogue affiliate marketers who are as money hungry as those people whose products they are trying to sell. These people should be hanged upside down or burned at the stake. Literally.
I’m sorry you’ve had so much trouble with scam products in the past Josh! I’m glad you at least found my review now so you don’t spend weeks or months struggling with it and wasting your time without knowing how bad it actually is. If you have any other questions about affiliate marketing along the way, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Many thanks for your review.
I’m a newbe in this industry, I really nead your help to save money and time, would you like to advice me about that resources. Thanks much!
Hey Rabie! I shot you an email a couple of days ago with some direction that I think might help you. If you have any other questions about affiliate marketing don’t hesitate to reply!
Could you please advise me as to what works etc. I am completely new to this. I have lost my job and in need of some financial guidance. Anything will do and be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hey Sam! I’m sorry you lost your job 🙁 I followed up with you via email so if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Ian – I, too, would like to know about that resource. I am looking for software that is not a scam. Please let me know what you have found. Thanks much!
Hello Janeatia! I replied to you via email a couple of days ago. If you need help with anything else, don’t hesitate to ask!
Thank you for your helpful review.
I have been buying and refunding numerous products to make money online undergoing tons of trainings but still without fruit.
As a complete newbie, I am frustrated at the overwhelming amount of products that I cannot figure out.
So I am nowhere to start, what to buy, whom to follow.
If you give me advice on how to start fresh new here in the most practical way to start to make money in the shortest possible time-span, I would appreciate it very much.
Hello David! Thanks for stopping by. I can definitely send you some guidance via email later tonight or this weekend after I’m finished working on the review I’m in the middle of. Only one thing concerns me in your comment: You mentioned “the most practical way to start to make money in the shortest possible time-span”, which I find a little concerning. You absolutely must be willing to put in quite a few hours of learning and stick with it in the beginning or else it will be impossible to make money in this industry. There is no product on the market that can make you a considerable amount of money without you investing quite a bit of time educating yourself on the information necessary and putting in many hours of work testing, trying, and figuring out what’s right for you. Everybody finds a different path in this industry, but most people take at least several weeks – if not several months – before they make it into the money and can begin replicating their initial success. I talk a lot about this in my eBook which is available for free on my website if you haven’t already read it.
Anyways, I’ll shoot you a resource or two that I think will be helpful either tonight or this weekend. If you have any questions or follow-up comments in the meantime, feel free to reach out! Thanks again for stopping by!
Hi Ian. I’m currently ‘working’ (for want of a better term) for Microworkers and I ended up here due to my new task. Yes I don’t mind putting hours in even for pennies as it eventually gives me something I would otherwise not have, but if I complete this task by clicking on a Paul Ponna link will I be unintentionally promoting his site (or worse linking my IP address to him (so I end up spammed etc) The last thing my family needs at the minute is some rogue virus or scam or spam affecting the only pc we have, and I certainly don’t want to promote a scam either!
Hey Lucy, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment here. Based on my experiences with the software, no, I don’t think you’d be at risk of that. It’s been a while since I purchased/reviewed it, but based on my experiences you’re safe on the virus/malware side of things.
Excellent review, THANK YOU SO MUCH, fedup with so called honest reviews which are any thing but honest. very refreshing to hear such honestesty.
Thank you for the kind words and positive feedback, William! If there’s ever anything I can do to help you with affiliate marketing, please let me know!
Excellent!. I’m tired of seeing reviews with titles apparently “negative” and then speak wonders to sell with your afliado link.
This is a true review saying what the product really is: a real trash.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for the feedback, Arkadi!
Ian-
Another insightful review of a product that just screamed scam before I even opened it. The random marketer that sent it to me had spelling mistakes all over it. Talk about RED FLAGS. Any spelling or grammatical mistakes are my first alert signals that it’s bogus, being sent to untold numbers of people. I think that people (like me) who are fascinated to see if there anything worth while in this quasi/semi/demi-“industry” are at least getting hipper to what’s complete bulls**t and what may….be something to warily invest in. But the thing that always kills me is the whole concept of UP-SELLS. It’s sort of like someone selling you a car, then after you buy it, telling you that you can buy a steering wheel for an additional $200 if you REALLY want to get the most out of your car. One day, someone like you, will have the balls to actually come out with a real product, with genuine potential….tell you exactly what you’re going to have to pay (from “soup-to-nuts”) and offer 24-hour serious phone support. If some of these guys are multi-millionaires, as I have no doubt there have to be a dozen or so, they would have the resources to offer something like that, and they would completely obliterate the competition because they would completely be legitimizing the industry. The guy could be the Steve Jobs of this industry. By the way, if someone does that, I want a commission for coming up with the idea. Instead of showing “some punk 24 year old kid that got some mysterious package in the mail from his mysterious-Russian-computer-hacking-genius and he was sworn to secrecy, but is making it available to a ‘select few’ of us lucky schmucks.” If this truly is a way to make a consistent, genuine, legitimate way to make a living, somebody have the balls to say. “Bam! This is what will end up costing you to get involved, including everything. I mean everything. And it actually worked?……..GENIUS. THEY WOULD ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CORNER THE MARKET. Even provide a PDF that might take you a week to study, learn and send back in, before they would accept you, to make sure you weren’t wasting your money, would LEGITIMIZE THIS NAUSEATINGLY, INSULTING, SLIMEY, SCAM-FILLED INDUSTRY, THAT ANYONE WITH A COMPUTER AND A DECENT LIST OF SUCKERS CAN CALL THEMSELVES A MILLIONAIRE.
I’d love to see you make a video review with my challenge. Feel free to use my name as the initial source. Make a true challenge to ANYONE to do what I’ve outlined above. But both you and I have to get the first ones for free.
“Nothin’ But Love’
Doug
Hey again Doug, thanks for coming back.
It’s definitely a good idea and would take a lot of resources, but I agree someone should do it. I think it will be a while because very few people (compared to the entire population) actually have the knowledge to create a database of information to teach people properly. The people that actually DO avoid going into that industry because they don’t want to be seen as a “get rich quick” teacher. Almost everyone that enters that industry is viewed negatively no matter how much good they’re trying to do (including me).
Feel free to let me know if you need anything else!
what exactly works in the industry if trash is all what we have flying around, can u be of help?
There are some programs out there that aren’t total trash, but they are very rare and hard to find. Most of them don’t receive as much publicity either because they don’t pay as well as the scam programs people are getting paid to endorse. Right now I have one positive review on this site and I am reviewing another product right now that will receive a positive review, but most of what I see is complete trash. If you have any more specific questions I would be happy to help, so don’t hesitate to send me a message! Best of luck!