Usually when I’m reviewing a product, I review everything step-by-step. I go through the sales page and talk about their claims, then I review every major section of the product individually, then I conclude. I’m not going to do that for Commission Shops. “Why?” you ask? Because this product is almost identical to Tom Geller’s other product, Mass Income Multiplier, except for a few small differences.
Tom Geller and I actually exchanged comments back and forth on the Warrior Forum when I posted my review publicly, and you can see Tom Geller completely wreck any remaining credibility he had by reading through our posts on the Warrior Forum. Anyone that would defend themselves with such weak responses should not be trusted to sell you any product at all, ever.
They are so similar, in fact, that I could copy/paste many of the negative things I said from the Mass Income Multiplier review I created a couple of weeks ago. Instead of doing that, I’m going to list the things that hold true for this product as well and you can read my review about Mass Income Multiplier too if you’re interested in more detail.
I’ll add some notes about the differences after, but since these two products were created by the same publisher, are sold with the same promises, and work off of the same flawed concept there is a lot of overlap. Here are some of the things I said in my review about MIM that hold true for my review for Commission Shops as well.
-The promise that this product will make you money from viral sharing is such a lie. There is no way any of your friends would share these shops if you put them on Facebook or Twitter and they look so awful that nobody would click anything and convert into sales even if they did.
-The claim that you don’t need any technical skills to make money in this industry. You don’t need many technical skills to use Commission Shops, but that’s one of the many reasons it doesn’t work and neither does Mass Income Multiplier.
-You would still need a large social following to share your Commission Shops with for this concept to be at all valid, which they neglect to mention on the sales page. Even if you had a large social following, this product would still come up short because the sites look like crap.
-Just like Mass Income Multiplier, Commission Shops promises to be a shortcut for you, but in the process of getting you from point A to point B the product cuts so many corners it is virtually useless as a money making tool.
The Differences Between MIM and Commission Shops
Well for starters, at least MIM had more attractive website themes. Here is a shot of the Commission Shop I created using the software so you can see how awful they look for yourself:
Tell me that thing doesn’t look awful! I didn’t shrink that screenshot disproportionately either. That’s just how my site looks. Not very impressive, is it? I know for a fact I wouldn’t click anything on that site, and neither would any of my friends. Clicking through your links is a pretty important step between not making money and making money.
I will say that Commission Shops has more features than Tom Geller’s other product, Mass Income Multiplier. There are a lot more automated features in Commission Shops like automated content and a content spinning feature, automated video embedding, a built-in support system, etc…
I’m going to get pretty crass her for a minute and I want to apologize in advance if I offend anyone, but I just can’t think of anything else to express this perfectly. In the south, many people use the expression “As useless as tits on a boar hog”. Pretty in your face, I know, but it doesn’t matter if that boar hog had six tits or twenty five, it would still be just as worthless. That’s how I feel about Commission Shops’ extra features – they’re no good because the product still doesn’t do what it promises.
The Final Verdict
When I initially went through the Commission Shops sales page by Tom Geller and Josh Vacek, I experienced horrible deja-vu. It was like signing up for Mass Income Multiplier from Tom Geller all over again, which scored a 17 out of 100 on my grading rubric. Commission Shops managed to almost double that by scoring a 32 out of 100, but it’s still so far away from being a good product and achieving what it promises.
First of all, the concept is flawed. Just because you post one of your affiliate websites on Facebook and Twitter doesn’t mean your site is going to go viral. Viral marketing just doesn’t work that way. If it did, we’d all be rich by now. Or social networking would tank because we would all get sick of seeing so many crappy affiliate websites.
Secondly, after you make it through the billion upsells Josh Vacek and Tom Geller hit you with, you’ll find yourself pretty disappointed by the member’s area. Many of the training videos have horribly distorted, annoying audio recordings. Not to mention you’re going to be pretty upset when your put your first commission shop together and it looks like total crap.
Finally, there’s no training on how to drive traffic to your sites which is an essential component for making money in affiliate marketing. The program acts like adding social media plugins like Facebook sharing, tweeting, and email will give your site the lifeblood necessary to make money, but it won’t. Affiliate marketing takes a lot more than that, and the program stops there.
Needless to say, this product is definitely NOT worth buying, even at the low $47 price point. Tom Geller is officially on my sh*t list, and I would advise you to avoid any product he releases in the future along with anybody that promotes any product he sells. He’s clearly a publisher that sells mediocre products using pie-in-the-sky promises in the hopes that unsuspecting customers will think the problem is how they’re using the software instead of the software itself. It’s not you, it’s the product. If you’ve purchased it, get a refund. And if you’re reading this review before purchasing the product, I’m glad I could help save you the $47.
Details at a Glance
Product: Commission Shops
Sales Page: http://commissionshops.com/realtime.html
Publisher: Josh Vacek and Tom Geller
Score: 32/100 points
Original Rubric: Commission Shops Review
View my receipt for Commission Shops
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Summary: Another product promising viral results but delivering nothing
Description: Commission Shops by Tom Geller and Josh Vacek does NOTHING that it promises to do and will not make you any money. Details in this review.
Rating: 1 out of 5.
I bought commission shops a few months ago and eventually had to ask for a refund because the program didn’t work like they said it would. I signed up for your book but haven’t read it yet.(it’s been just a few minutes since I clicked the link) , do you have any tips about driving traffic to affiliate sites?
ps. I found your reviews very honest, helpful and to the point. Keep up the good work, I will definitely bookmark and return to your site.
Pat
Hey Pat! Thanks for the feedback. I don’t teach traffic generation methods, but you’ll find some resources in that eBook that will help. Let me know if you have any follow-up questions after reading it!
Thanks for the review, I am new to the whole internet thing. Lost my job Monday and need to start making money immidiately. I almost bought the Commissions shops. Is there any good honest programmes out there that one can use to make money – not millions, just enough to live of that don’t take 12 hours of your time and cost you an arm and a leg.
Any-one that can help with ideas?
Hello Jollie! I replied to your comment via email and sent some advice and guidance your way! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything else.
Thank you honestly for your review,it saved me from spending more money on this scam but can you help with tools that will make me successful in affiliate marketing as a newbie?
Hello Erhaye! I replied to you via email a few days ago with my recommendations. If you didn’t get them or need help with anything else, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Almost bought it and a quick search took me to your warrior review and then onto your blog. thansk for the honest review, need more people like you online. Thanks.
Thanks for stopping by and letting me know I helped out, Waiman! If you ever have any questions about affiliate marketing that I might be able to help you with, feel free to reach out!
I almost purchased this product, thanks for the honest reviews i GOT FROM YOU, have you heard anything about ultimateincomebooster by Douglas Williams, do you have any reviews on it as well, I badly needed a legit program to start going on IM, thanks, Hopefully you can send out emails to me for any recommendations you might have so far. Thanks again Ian
I’m very happy that I could help, Jue! I already sent you a reply via email but feel free to reach out here on the blog or via email if you need any follow-up help.
Thanks for the true honest review on all the products you review. I found your info really informative.
Thanks
Robert
No problem Robert! Let me know if I can help you with anything else.
Thank you so much for reviewing commission shops!
I was going to purchase it this weekend after reading some reviews.
After reading your’s I am moving on.
Thanks again…
Thanks for letting me know you found it helpful, Dee! Let me know if you need anything else.
Thank you for not makin me waste my money.. Please i know nothing of affiliate marketing but will want to be succesfull. I need all the help i can get. Pls reply, thanks!
Hey Bibi! Have you checked out my free book on the right side of this page? I know there are a lot of horrible books out there, but I worked very, very hard on it and believe it would help you a great deal. If you sign up for it and have any questions afterward please don’t hesitate to ask. I just finished it this weekend and have been getting very strong feedback on it already. I promise you will find it beneficial and that it gives a lot of legitimate ways to get started in affiliate marketing.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Hey Ian, every year or so I go through all the programs out there to see if there are any good ones. All I found were people giving good reviews so you would by the product from them. Or people would give a negative review and then push their “new” product at you. With that said ahve you found anything good enough to mention? I have an ebay store and simply would like more traffic. Thanks
Dean
Hello Dean, thanks for reaching out. I just want to clarify something really fast before I answer: Are you looking strictly for information on increasing traffic to your ebay store, or are you looking for an all-around affiliate marketing product/course that includes lessons about traffic?
Thanks for the review, I’m glad I held off. It was a bit tempting. I’ve been trying to use ‘Commision Commando’ and I’m not sure if it will even work, but the bonuses are great! If you can find someone giving any away that is. Any help on CC would be great but they do look good. Thanks again…
Hello again Mike,
I will try to do some research on CC. In the meantime, I highly recommend the book I just finished that you can see on the top-right of every page on my site. I think it will be extremely helpful for someone in your situation and will likely help just as much if not more than any of the products you’ve been paying for (and I don’t just say that because I wrote it).
Thanks, I will check it out. I’ve been trying to learn wordpress and find it, for me anyway, quite difficult and have had a huge setback in the fact that the man who was a great friend and my webmaster passed away 2 weeks ago so I’m just now trying to get back to what I was doing and that is learning IM. I don’t know if it’s going to be something that will be a fit for me but I’m trying to give it a go. Thanks for the help and I’ll keep in touch.. Mike
Ian, just wanted to say thank you for your help earlier. I can appreciate your direct and genuine approach to what you do. I literally had just press send on on my laptop (after posting on your site about a scam software title i bought by the name of Commission Shops), and the phone was ringing with your insight and advice. Very nice. I see why you are successful.
I also wanted to say that I REALLY like the minimal, yet clean, and functionally efficient nature (and feel) of your blog. I recently started a blog of mine about a topic that I am passionate about. Here’s the link. [link obscured] ..Its my first attempt with blog design, and its genesis is there on my welcome page. Any insight or thoughts would be most appreciated. It’s called DjEssentials101. And if you’re wandering why its not hosted at djessentials101.com, well it is, for now..til PayPal realizes I used them to pay for a premium url redirect payment, and there’s nothing in my account. Good Times : ) If you like electronic dance music, you might dig it : ) Anyway, I also wanted to ask you what WordPress theme you are using? Love it.
Many thanks again my friend. I have a feeling we will correspond again in the future.
Your buddy,
Matt Reyna
Hey again Matt!
Don’t mention it. I’m trying to help as many people as I possibly can and I was happy to speak with you earlier. Your site actually looks pretty nice! Just apply many of the things I talk about in my eBook to that website and I think it could start generating some commissions. It really comes down to how much work you put in and not giving up, but of course the eBook talks all about that too.
The theme I’m using is a paid them from ElegantThemes.com. It’s called “Trim“. I had to put in several hours of custom work to it to make it appear this way (banners on the homepage, email opt-in graphics, some custom coloring, etc…) but I’m very happy with the way it turned out. I just finished it yesterday, actually. I’m glad you like it.
Anyways, feel free to let me know if you need anything else! And when you finish going through the eBook, if you could post a comment with your thoughts on the “No More Bullsh*t” details page for future visitors to see I would greatly appreciate that as well!
Talk to you soon, Matt.
Greetings,
i wished I had read your review before i bought! I am beyond disappointed in Commission Shops. Because of this, I will just post the email I sent support. its long, but breaks it ALL down. Hope it helps some pf you out there!
Commissions shops,
I recently spent almost $100 on your program with the unlimited option included. I am having issues with the software, not to mention a few questions about what i got for my money. Respectfully, here they are…
[COMMENT TRUNCATED DUE TO LENGTH]
In conclusion, these are my very real concerns. I represent people not like you, in that I am not where I want and NEED to be financially. In all honesty, the only thing in my pockets, since i spent the $100 or so bucks on your system, are the moths holding hands. When I tell you, I need what I saw in the video, or I need my money back, I am being 1000% percent real with you. Right this second, I’d have to borrow a dollar, just to be broke. Its like that. I tore my ACL at my last job, and got fired because I spoke out about them refusing to pay the minimum bartender wage of a measly $2.13 per hour, and that’s not the worst part…My unemployment has been in appeals for a little OVER 2 YEARS! And since my knee is tore up, my job options are beyond limited, in an already wounded and down-trotted recession economy. I know this is TMI to you, but I’m just trying to help you see what I am going thru..SO when I ask you respectfully, for an ACCEPTABLE SPEEDY RESOLUTION, you understand that time is not on my side…and an acceptable speedy resolution is exactly what i need; or a speedy refund..If you have any questions or would like to talk to me, my number is (832)896-****. My name is David Matthew Reyna, but if you call ask for Matt, like my friends do. If you ask for David, and are calling from a long distance number, I will assume you are one of a number of BILL COLLECTORS and will turn the call into a theatric production. Anything to keep from having to talk to one of them!! I thank you in advance for your time and consideration regarding this most depressing matter.
Somebody help me or I will jump (just kidding),
Matt Reyna
Hey Matt,
I’m glad I could help ensure you got a refund this morning. If you ever need help with anything else or you have questions as you’re going through my eBook, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Hey there,
Many thanks for your honest NoMoreBSreview of Commission Shops! I’m really searching for a good review of this product because it looks promising. Most of the reviews in google are mostly affiliates so its very bias and in the Warrior Forum, most of the post have no idea yet with regards to Commission Shops and then i found yours which is in my opinion, a really NO BS review.
Thanks again, you save my 47 bucks! BTW, I bookmarked your site for future reviews.
deogracias
Thank you for letting me know that you found the review useful, deogracias! I’m very happy I could help you save you a little money. It’s what makes these reviews (which take hours upon hours each) worthwhile! Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can do for you in the future concerning internet or affiliate marketing. ¡Nos vemos!