Imandi:Great Personal Shopper That Pays You For Referrals!
Written: Aug 29 '00
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As I sat here a couple of days ago reading every Epinion about Imandi.com, I came to the dramatic realization that not many individuals understand what Imandi.com is even about nor cared about much of anything other than their referral earning potential. This is very unfair to Imandi.com as they are an excellent web site for purchasing goods and services online.
Imandi.com is a web site that serves a dual purpose.
First, merchants are able to register a chance to register for free with Imandi.com where they will be placed in direct contact with customers who are seriously interested in their goods and services. Imandi.com receives almost 2 million visitors a month of individuals who want to have quotes on specific goods and services looking for merchants. Merchants of the following types are able to register within Imandi.com: New Car, Moving, Vacation Travel, Adventure Travel, Finance, Residential Services, Events, Commercial Services, Staffing Services, Small Business Services, Collectibles - Antiques & Art, Collectibles - Books, Cards, Coins, & Stamps, Collectibles - Gems, Glass, & Jewelry, Collectibles - Autos, Sports, Entertainment, & Toys, Pedigree Breeders, and Consultants.
Merchants can also register as a Star Merchant where their links on the web site will have ***** in front of their business name if they are able to provide information back to the consumers promptly. If a merchant has a fax machine available between 8 am and 6 p.m. PST, the ability to reply back to a consumer within 24 hours, and the ability to respond to at least three ads per week, the merchant can be designated as a Star Merchant.
Next, consumers are able to tell merchants exactly what goods and services they want and the prices that they are willing to pay for such goods and services. All of the services that I have mentioned before are available as well as others that are being added almost daily.
Today, I noticed that there's an area where you can order event tickets that's rather new. These include tickets to all major sporting events of professional and college levels, as well as theatrical events and concerts. This will be a service that I will now use more in the future as I love going to sporting events with my sons.
Using Imandi.com for requesting quotes is free and fun to use. I have used this service three times already. Two of the times, I used the service for plane ticket inquiries, and the other time I used it for maid services. The person who I chose to clean my apartment now on a continual basis was a merchant who was registered at Imandi.com. She has provided me with the most incredible cleaning service at a remarkably reduced price.
Many people have mentioned in previous reviews about Imandi.com's referral plan that they have in effect at the present time. Through their referral plan you have the chance to make a possible $25,000. There are "catches" to this referral plan though which have turned many individuals off.
These include the following:
You must spend your first $250 out of each $1,000 on a purchase from one or more of the 200,000+ merchants in our marketplace.
To activate your Imandi.com account, you will receive a postcard with a pin number in the mail. You will have to go to the site and sign in to activate your account. If you are referring individuals to Imandi.com, they will have to have their account activated in order for you to receive credit for their referral.
The amount that you receive for referrals to Imandi.com varies. For the first twenty referrals you will receive $5 each. After those first twenty, you will receive $2 each. When your referrals refer others, you will also receive credit for those indirect referrals.
Even though I have tried to refer a few individuals to Imandi.com, they have not signed under me at this time. I believe this is because of the way that so many pay per surf and referral programs have gone belly up, I have decided that many will be leery of this site as well because of their restrictions on the money redemption and past experiences.
However, I am seriously considering using this web site to help my son's football team in a fundraising event. By doing this as a group, it is very possible that our organization could receive sufficient funds to be able to purchase goods and services for the football team including photography, office machinery, travel, commercial printing and so forth.
Another reason why I like Imandi.com is that they periodically gives their members credits at time for you to try out their services. Two months ago I received a credit of $50 for me to try out anything that I wished to on their site. I chose to find a house cleaning service because with two growing boys and a full time job, I found that I had no time to spend with them worrying over trying to keep my home clean.
Overall, I am very thoroughly satisfied with my experience with Imandi.com. I believe they are a beneficial web site that will increase in popularity in the future. Because of this, I give them a highly recommended rating.
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