First of all, it sounds like your dollar amounts are a little large. Is your Blastoff Mall Cash Back $60 figure on a purchase of around $1000? Or were you talking about spending $100 at that one online dating merchant that offers 60%?

The Revenue Share post I made 3 days ago should help explain the share values and amounts. I think it will answer most of your questions.

Secondly, I hear this PPL v/s non-PPL question on a daily basis around here and I try my best not to influence anyone’s decision on that simply because I don’t want to look like I’m just a PPL associate trying to recruit PPL downline.

For the record, I’m a Blastoff person who feels that PPL can supplement my blastoff income, especially since they offer 20-levels deep.

The best way for you to come to that conclusion on your own is by using the Blastoff Calculator.

Throw in the numbers that you feel are most realistic for your situation and you will be able to make the most informed judgement call there.

I joined PPL because I feel the 20 levels deep boost will work to my advantage more than most people. I plan to start assisting my Blastoff downline to help build their downlines, so it makes a lot of sense for me.

If you don’t want to work on your blastoff downline much then perhaps it doesn’t for you, so be sure to go over those scenarios with the blastoff calc.

Finally, of your three scenarios, It is closest to #3. I don’t think that Blastoff is giving up any part of their profit though, because when you look at the bigger picture, they’ll always be paying full share ($2 in your scenario) to the PPLs, and half share ($1) to twice as many people. -Which all averages out. Since 2×10 = 1×20, they are never giving up more than $20 on that sale, regardless of how it is structured.

So no, I don’t think that the upline structure above anyone in Blastoff can penalize or boost their earnings in any way. I can’t guarantee it, but that’s how the math plays out for me.

I hope these answers help, but be sure to play with the Calc and read the RevShare post to understand it the best.

Cheers,
Luke

Here goes … Let’s say Billy Blastoff purchases some big ticket items this November and the total “commisions” from the online store(s) comes to $100. Immediately above Billy are 9 individuals and not one of them has chosen to sign up for PPL, but all are excited about Blastoff and have been spreading the word — they are all expecting commissions from 10 levels deep (1/10th). Above those 9 are 11 individuals who participate in PPL. Those 11 individuals are expecting to get a piece of the action on all Blastoff purchases 20 levels deep (1/20th). Using rough #’s from your information, Billy would get approximately 60% or $60 as cash back for his wise decision to shop thru the Blastoff Mall. Of the remaining $40, Blastoff takes $20 (1/2) as their profit and the final $20 is used for the upline commissions. If there were 10 non-PPL people above, this would mean $2 each — neat, easy, clean. If there were 20 PPL participants above Billy, they would each receive $1 — simple enough. However, here is where I get confused and I believe many are going to potentially be surprised/disappointed/upset. You stated in your answer above, “the amount of revenue shared for any particular purchase will not change, but it won’t be divided up evenly.” One possible scenario is that 20 people in this illustration will receive $1 each, but this punishes “the 9,” — those who signed up with PPL Associates above them. And they could be completely unaware that there are PPL Associates above them. A second scenario is that the 9 above Billy will receive their $2 commission as expected and that the final 1/10th will be split in half and paid out to #10 & #11. That is 1/20th each, exactly what they would expect. However, #’s 12 – 20 will be shocked to not receive a dime from someone in their org., within their 20 levels. The third and only other reasonable option that comes to mind at this late hour is, Blastoff could choose to pay out what everyone in this example expects to receive — meaning 9 individuals each receive $2 (1/10th) and the 11 above them each receive $1 (1/20th). This would mean that Blastoff is apparently prepared to make a smaller profit whenever these potentially rare instances occur. Specifically, instead of a $20 profit, they would only make $11 …. 9 x $2= $18 plus 11 x $1= $11, Total payout of $29 … $9 more for the upline and therefore, $9 less for them.

I did not set out to make this a worst-case scenario, but I think it is just that — 9 non-PPL individuals immediately above the shopper, followed by 11 PPL Associates above them. Hopefully this Q makes sense. I am counting on you to be the infinitely wise, answer man. Thanks.

It’s great to have you with us. Your facebook friend’s loss is my gain.

Other than the Calc there are going to be even more new things here on the site to help you guys promote in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled. – I’ll certainly announce it all on Twitter as it happens.

To your success!
-Luke

I learned about Blastoff from one of my FB friends. I sent the dude a note to ask him a couple of basic questions. That was 3 hours ago, so luckily I had the sense to visit the WF – found the Blast thread and your comment, clicked your link, download your report, bought a Blastoff domain BlastoffMoneyMakers. Once I rebrand your report, I’ll dump the link into Aweber and start on the 3 part deal. Really glad I found your site. Nice theme too! Cya Later – Neil

You’re right, they will certainly be dividing up the commissions unevenly between PPL & non-PPL members.

The thing to keep in mind is that PPL members may get 20 levels deep, but only HALF-sized commissions X 20. As per the Blastoff PPL help file at: http://help.blastoffnetwork.com/?page_id=353&parent_id=352&direct=1, you’re supposed to divide the overall share by 20 for PPL folks, instead of by 10 for non-ppl people.

So no matter what, the amount of revenue shared for any particular purchase will not change, but it won’t be divided up evenly… It may go to 10 people, 20 people, or any amount of people inbetween, depending on the structure of the network from the point of sale.

Good question! Keep ‘em coming!

I have certainly noticed a few things Blastoff could have done better for it’s PPL members, but I’m certianly not deterred at all.

I didn’t attend Vegas nor hear any of the promises made there. In fact I only joined PPL recently after hearing about the deal they had with Blastoff.

20 Levels is just a spectacular thing to have under you in any organization. 20 Levels deep has the potential to make you as rich as Bill Gates himself… PPL membership sales is all just gravy on top of that for me.

We have been extremely committed to this project but for the sake of income we have had to stop our efforts. The return has not yet been promising enough to warrant the significant time commitment and training. What amazes me is that some of the people that signed up for my Blastoff site still continue to go directly to the website opting out of the cash back option. I am scratching my head on that one.

I certainly hope that this turns out to be a positive program to assist in making money, however, I do not believe it will turn out like it was presented at the Las Vegas conference.