1on40.com - A legitimate, successful business or one built on a house of cards?

More information on the success and promises by 1on40.com

Joe35 promises "I WILL HUNT THESE PEOPLE DOWN"

April 29 2008 posted on Scam.com:
1on40 is a scam and NO ONE anywhere has made a dime from these people!
Those of us that have put in time with this company, if you can call it a company, know that it's a scam.
Credits were suppose to be released yesterday April 28th along with info on how to cash in on those credits, did 1on40 release the credits?, (NO).
Read More from joe35, a 1on40 affiliate.

Latest review from 1on40 user states "150+ days later (they promise 120 days), my site is not #1. It's not even on the first 10 pages for any of my keywords"

Aside from their "testimonials", (At Right) which make for some wild reading, it seems that corporate has released the news that ask.com has been turned down in a 100 million USD bid.

"The proprietary software company Submit Expresso Group who own and operate the search engine submission service 1on40 has been approached by Search Engine giants Ask.com as a buyout. Submit Expresso Group has turned down the offer of over 100 Million US Dollars for the company as its intention is to list the business on the London Stock Exchange in August 2008 which is not only more beneficial to its founders but also to its clients and affiliates alike. A buyout at this time is out of the question as the value of the company will be tenfold once the client base has grown to 10 million as projected by its stock flotation in August 2008.

Now consider from the whois records that this service was created on July 07 2007.

domain: 1on40.com
reg_created: 2007-07-08 17:12:17
expires: 2008-07-08 17:12:17

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From 0 to $100,000,000 in 7 months. Not bad.

One would think that for such a valuable property they would have the common sense to register the domain for more than a year?

Their news release goes on to say:
"With the end of Beta stage looming at the end of March, 1on40 is expected to see first gross profit of over £30 Million GBP (60 Million USD) which will establish it the main SEO in the world. Having established itself in a hard to break market using a free Beta version will have added to its overall value which will be paid out as dividends to its numerous loyal affiliates in August 2008 on flotation."

So far this seems like a normal press release.
However the next segment degenerates into self aggrandizement hyperbole when the author writes:
"Are you reading between the lines here?"

"1on40 is the real deal and they are about to hit the London Stock Exchange.

They are here to stay and as an affiliate of this company you will be greatly rewarded.

Period. Paragraph. End of story."

Well not really as he goes on to say:

"You still have time to get your website(s) to number 1 on Google plus 39 other major search engines plus Hundreds of others Worldwide and to become an affiliate partner if you so choose.

Remember, 1on40 pays a whopping $40 USD per referral. And it does not matter if that referral signs up as a client or an affiliate. Plus you get a percentage of all of your referrals sign ups.

Now, while I will not say how many, I will say that because of how attractive this opportunity is, I already have quite a few referrals with very little work done except for getting the word out.

You can do the same.

That very familiar saying "what are you waiting for" holds very true on this one.

Don't miss out.

Time is limited on the beta period free website submission offer."

Then the author finishes by stating:

"FYI - I have contacted the Submit Expresso Group through back door channels and will post their response along with their contact information as soon as I recieve a reply. "

Back door channels?
According to the whois Submit Expresso IS the owner of 1on40.com

domain: 1on40.com

reg_created: 2007-07-08 17:12:17

expires: 2008-07-08 17:12:17

created: 2007-07-08 19:12:07

changed: 2008-01-24 10:52:09

ns0: NS1.POWWEB.COM

ns1: NS2.POWWEB.COM

transfer-prohibited: yes

owner-c:

owner-name: Submit Expresso

organisation: Submit Expresso

nic-hdl: SH1458-GANDI

person: Steve Hopkins

address: "SUBMITEXPRESSO\r\n35 Brompton Road\r\nKnightsbridge"

zipcode: SW3 1DE

city: LONDON

country: United Kingdom

phone: 44.8707203

Note:
35 Brompton Road is a PO box service and is owned and managed by Knightsbridge Secretarial Services. (http://www.secretariate.co.uk/about/index.html)
A strange address for a $100M company.

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