Matt Lloyd review-Run From My Online Business Empire Education (MOBE)
If you love ripping off people and teaching others to do the same; Then you’ve come to the right place. My Online Business education, (formerly known as my Online Business Empire), is one of the Biggest Pyramid schemes out there.
They are huge liars as well. I’ll be giving, Matt Lloyd, a review today on his income killing business, “My Online Business Education.” A.K.A. MOBE.
A Couple Suspicious Things To Look At
A couple things I find Interesting; they don’t even seem to have a professional community page for members to speak in. Instead it’s a private page on Facebook. So, people have to spend thousands for their products, and Matt Lloyd is too cheap to create a private community page for members to communicate with each other in MOBE.
That’s odd don’t you think? If you watch the opening video, you are told you will have to a sign a non-disclosure so you can’t speak about the training with in MOBE. This makes sense, I suppose… That’s how people are convinced to purchase from MOBE.
It’s such a big secret. It has to work. That’s the concept I get from them. First off, just because you’re selling “High ticket” products, doesn’t mean you will make a ton of money. I mean, doesn’t the product have to actually work?
You know what… Scratch that. It cost a lot of money; so it has to work. I mean am I right? Ok. Enough with my ranting. Let’s dive into what My Online Business Education actually is.
What Is My Online Business Education?
My Online Business Education (MOBE for short) was founded By Matt Lloyd, an entrepreneur from Australia. He created a Multi-level marketing company, in which; a majority also will reference as a pyramid scheme. The company is supposed to be a premier, online marketing, home business. They advertise performing a simple 21 step program that will, essentially, bring you from rags to riches. You pay only $49 dollars to cover cost for application fees.
After you sign up, A coach will get a hold of you via telephone call or Skype. He is supposed to guide you through the process of the 21 step program. This “coach” is the sales person that up-sells you; ALL that MOBE has to offer. The only legitimate people that achieve high earnings, through these marketing tactics, are the top people in the company.
At the same time, you at the bottom of the pyramid, who just signed up, is forking out money for high-end, overpriced products. The point of purchasing is only to sell the same thing, that you just purchased, to their own passengers during recruitment, for their own plane.
Does It Work?
Ya, sure. It works… Problem is most people get screwed out of their money before ever reaching to the top. There is just way to much up-front cost before you even make any money. You’re basically buying a business, in this program. That’s the scheme. Or at least the amount of money you’re looking to spend if you join MOBE.
What Exactly Do I Do In MOBE?
Well that’s a very good question. In the beginning, it’s like you just pay a small fee and then you work 30 minutes a day and make thousands of dollars in the process. They claim, you don’t have to sell, you pretty much…don’t have to do anything.
Then all of a sudden, they say it’s hard work if you want to make it. You’re basically buying the product, so you have the rights to sell it to the next guy. The $49 startup cost is very deceptive of what you’re actually jumping into.
Does My Online Business Education Have Valuable Products?
To be upfront, no. They do not have valuable products. Any value, that they sell you, you could find for a cheaper cost; if not free. We aren’t even allowed to sample the product before buying it. Just like buying a car, if I’m going to spend that much; I want to test drive it first.
When someone asked Matt Lloyd, “What is the fastest way to get 100k in commission?” Matt basically told him to just go crazy on putting up ads, get them to sign up for the program, and pay that 49 dollars. In simple terms…Spend lots of money on ads; get people to sign up and pay the fee.
He doesn’t talk about the products in his videos.Only talks about getting people to sign up. It’s better than what the “Guru’s” preach. That’s just one example of the many ridiculous videos that he makes. You can find them at Matt Lloyd’s blog.
False Promises
You’re supposed to receive 1-1 coaching, in the program, through means of Skype or telephone, but this is just a big fat lie… Instead, they provide you your own personal salesman; to sell you stuff…If your reading this and disagree; then comment below and tell me why they keep coaching you into purchasing more useless tools.
I don’t want to sound extremely heinous but you’re blind if you don’t see this from the get-go. Just think about it. When I was looking into this program; first, I watched a 37 minute program of all these lame testimonials.
The video just talks about how you’ll never have to sell, never have to call anyone…actually they pretty much make it sound like, you will never have to do anything. You can live the lazy life. Work 30 minutes a day and make 100K. The video goes on to talking about how none of the guru’s know these secrets of making money.
All this information should cost a lot. But instead, you are going to get it all this information for free. Later on in the video, now it’s going to cost a 49 dollar fee for you to sign up. Just to cover application expenses, and make sure you are serious about joining. But hey, you’re going to make it back anyways, right?
On top of that, they give a false, but convincing, guarantee.“I guarantee you will make money within 30 days or I will pay you out of my own pocket 500 dollars.” You can’t even progress through all the steps without first purchasing something a few steps along the way. All these guys offer are false promises.
One guy I know, actually told me that when he tried signing up for MOBE. His bank declined the credit card payment. He calls the bank and they ask him if he’s sure he wants to sign up. The reasoning was because they’ve been receiving a lot of fraudulent charge backs.
WOW! If that’s not a red flag; I don’t know what is.
Matt Lloyd Claims MOBE Is The Best Internet Marketing Company
A couple of his main reasons, why MOBE is better than other programs, is the commission is high. You also only need to get people to sign up for the program; pay the $49 dollar fee. The Coach (sales team) will take care of the rest of the selling for you.
The problem though, if you don’t buy into the higher packages yourself; you won’t get the high commission. So to make $5,000 dollars on one sale you would first have to purchase the $10,000 dollar product. Who has that kind of capital to throw away in the garbage?
No one tells you any information, except that the product has been proven to work. Just because you told me, that doesn’t mean it’ll work for me. What are you hiding? why can’t you just be straightforward with the information? That’s shady practices.
I would never pay for something that I can’t get any information on. If the product is great, so they like you claim, why can’t there be a free trial to test it out? In my opinion, it’s because if people knew what they were getting into; They would never sign up.
You Have A 1% Percent Chance Of Actually Succeeding With MOBE
At the same time Matt Lloyd claims MOBE is the best place for affiliate marketing, He does put one cold truth on his website. “Less than 1% of all participants will earn sufficient income with MOBE to serve as their sole source of income.” So, even though it seems like you have a good shot of making a decent living with the program, based on how it’s promoted.
The truth is less than 1% will ever drive that dream car that’s promoted. Below you can see part of the companies Income Disclosure. As you can see, most people are making less than $2,000 a year with this program. Considering you pay $1,000’s of dollars to get started, you rarely even make enough to recoup your cost back.
Do you really want to take the chance with this program? You have a 99% chance of never making enough to use MOBE as your only source of income.
You could supply a down payment on a house with money spent here
So…if you’re truly thinking about trying MOBE out; I would seriously consider otherwise. Let’s dive into the cost of everything…Obviously if you’re looking to make a huge profit you have to go by the old saying, “You got to spend money to make money.” In this day and age that’s not completely true anymore, but when you look at MOBE’s business model. This is the case.
Most of the products below will give you a commission of 50-90 percent if sold. I couldn’t list everything that is being up-sold to you, but I wanted to point out a good chunk. To put it in perspective, the amount of fees that you rack up if you choose to progress, can and will accumulate to be as much as a down payment on your house (or even more) here’s a list of things you’re going to want to purchase in MOBE:
- Internet marketing revolution handbook($9.95)
- My Top Tier Business ($49)
- Done for you emails ($97/month)
- MLR Inner Circle ($99/ month)
- How to build a funded proposal ($194)
- My email marketing empire ($194)
- The O.P.T. Formula ($194)
- MOBE licensing kit ($297)
- Affiliate bonus domination ($291)
- Traffic masters academy ($297)
- 90 day challenge ($997)
- 10k in 10 days ($1,997)
- 10,000 leads in 100 days ($1,997)
- MOBE license rights program($2,497)
- Titanium mastermind($9,997)
- Platinum mastermind ($16,667)
- And the list goes on…
Add it all up a it equals around $35,677.95 dollars plus all the products I didn’t even list. so pay this one-time fee plus a couple hundred dollars a month and you’ll be rich is pretty much the claim.
I’m really seeing this whole scenario in a different perspective; it’s more like you’ll go bankrupt before any level of success comes. A lot of this is useless junk I could find on the web with extensive research and not pay a penny.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t recommend this program but there are pros to it not just cons. Here’s a list of the Pros vs Cons:
Pros
- If you’re good at ripping people off, you can get a high commission
- You get to meet and network with other con artist like yourself
- Some of the training is OK
Cons
- Tons of up-sells
- High-cost program
- Your 1-1 coach loves to up-sell you
- Feels like you have to constantly buy things
- Products are overpriced
- You aren’t really creating a business
- Terrible customer support
- All you do is recruit other people to buy expensive products
- Money back guarantee is a scam not a truth
Honestly the list of cons could probably keep going. I’m sure you get the picture.
MOBE Motors-Drive That Dream Car
There’s a lot of misunderstanding on the dream car you can choose if you do make enough money each month. What happens is once you earn enough commissions in a month, MOBE will reward you by paying for a car. Which is true, but you won’t ever actually “own” the car. You’ll only get to drive, which is still nice to drive a Ferrari, Mercedes, Lamborghini, etc… what ever I want to drive I can choose myself.
What happens is Matt Lloyd will Lease a car for you and will supply the money for you to pay for whatever vehicle you desire. Sometimes people think a place will be around forever and then it one day it just disappears. Do you remember Blockbusters, Circuit City, K.B. Toys? Some people thought those stores were the greatest and weren’t going anywhere. I’m still disappointed some of them are gone; replaced with newer things like Netflix. Control, Alt, Delete.
What happens if this were to happen to MOBE? The clock finally runs out and they close their doors? Your $3,000 a month car lease just turned into your problem. But, now you can’t afford it. So now you have to return the car. Maybe, you sold your junk car because you weren’t going to drive it anymore. So now you don’t have a car anymore. Worse, you aren’t even making an income anymore to purchase a new car.
Since all the systems are “Done For You”; you didn’t receive any “real” training to allow yourself to pursue another business venture. This is why I love having multiple streams of income instead of just one source. MOBE doesn’t give you that option.
The training platform that I use does. It teaches me to make an income in anything that I love talking about. Cars, Sports, Helping you guys…I can make money talking about anyone of those things, But it does take effort and patience.
This means you have to go back to whatever old job, that you hated, and work there miserably again. If MOBE were to close it’s doors like many other great companies have in the past. This would probably be heartbreaking after all the money and time you spent doing it. This just causes a big concern for me when you talking about some company leasing out a car to me.
You qualify for a car once you earn enough points in a month. Every $1,000 equals one MOBE Motors point. In order to qualify for the car; You have to earn five points in a month. As you can see from the above image. Each point allows you a budget on how big the lease can be.
If you make $5,000 in commissions, which is the lowest level you can be to qualify, you can get any car that leases for $600 or less per month. If you make $25,000 in a month then you can have a lease payment of up to $3,000. You have to maintain the points for whatever level you choose for the car every month.
If you make $5,000 one month and only $2,000 the next month you can potentially lose the car you just got. Businesses never only go up the stairs in success. Every business will decrease in sales at some point. The world isn’t perfect enough for businesses to always just increase.
You can always rollover your leftover points to the next month. However, all points do expire in 90 days. So you can’t just save up the points like you were saving your change in your piggy bank.
Once you qualify for the car and choose, you are required to be in a promotional video to give your testimony. So I hope you are a camera person.
Is My Online Business Empire Education A Scam?
As I don’t want to look like a liar. In my opinion, yes it is a scam. But In reality, if you are a heartless salesman and have 20-30k in capital to invest with. You may have a chance of actually making real money with this marketing program. It can work for you, but won’t for probably 99 percent of the people that decide to join.
It’s definitely not a program I would want to be associated with. There are plenty of real work from opportunities out there. The kind of opportunities that won’t go and take all your money before you make anything.
My Final Take On MOBE
Don’t do it. I’m saying that with your best interest in mind. Any place that’s going to be as unethical with business practices as MOBE, Is just a company that’s looking to bury yourself deep into the ground.
Any program, that will end up costing you as much as purchasing a brand new car or putting down a house payment to learn how to get rich is just not a smart decision. I could probably buy a website with that much money that’s already making an income and producing traffic.
I know you are smarter than that. Smart enough to figure out this program isn’t right for you. Am I missing any information? Or can you see what I’m talking about?
My Final Verdict: Legit, But Super Unethical Business practices
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Hi Brandon, thank you for the informative article. I have heard a lot of bad things about Mobe as well, and I have put it on my list of programs not to involve myself with. I hate that they lie, fabricate their ideals, and only promise you riches, without telling you what you what you will even be doing, essentially they make you pay for information, and don’t even sell you a real product.
Well this My Online Business Empire or Education certainly stinks of the multi level marketing tag from the sound of your review – on top of that add the whole fraudulent charges incident and you’ve got a product most people (if not all) should stay miles away from! I heard about this online and I’m glad I read your review before proceeding with them!
Your site will save many people from being scammed by Mobe. I have been receiving emails from Mobe trying to get me to join the program. When something sounds too good to be true, it is a red flag to stay away from it. I did send return emails to ask questions about the company and they did not respond to any of them. I am glad I found your site and thanks for the valuable information. If someone is interested in working from home, what programs would you suggest to them?
Definitely always stay away from programs that give you a red flag. It’s a shame that these kinds of programs exist. As far as working from home. I would check out Wealthy Affiliate. You get two free websites and 20 free lessons to try them out. It’s where I started.
Best Regards,
Brandon
Well your opinion is definitely well stated from the very beginning of this article on the “My Online Business Empire/Education” program!
Personally, I hate Multi-Level Marketing companies in general based upon my past experience with them. This one definitely sounds like it is too good to be true. Your friend getting the flag on his card for fraudulent charges is crazy! It’s good the bank was looking out for him. $10,000 is a lot of money to invest on a program of any kind.
I do slightly disagree with you on one point you made here. Many large companies are using Facebook groups to get groups of people together in membership programs. I am a part of some myself and love them.
Great review of MOBE, thanks for sharing!
Jess
Hey Jess,
Thanks for stopping by. Just like you, I have had my bad experiences with MLM companies so I’m sure I can relate.
As far as the Facebook page, I don’t have anything wrong with it. That’s not the point I was trying to make. The point was people are spending thousands of dollars for all of MOBE’s products, but Matt Lloyd can’t even spend a little extra money to create a truly private personal group page that people can interact on with each other.
Facebook consists of spam. I’ve even found it in many “High-valued” private Facebook group pages that I’ve joined. When I spend as much money as Matt Lloyd tells me to spend I expect only the best.
And creating a free Facebook page for members to use is not high quality to me. Especially for the price of admission.
Now, if the program only cost 5 dollars and Facebook was the best they could do, then I would understand. I didn’t spend much money anyways, but that’s not the case here which is why I mentioned it.
Best Regards,
Brandon
P.S. There are some Facebook groups that I am in and love too(:
I have great news for the unfortunate ones who have been “MOBE’d.” You CAN get your $$$ back but not from MOBE HQ (a pay toilet). Lodge a formal dispute with your credit card company or debit card bank based on the fact that these MORONS try to extort you mid-stream of the 21 steps. Remember, you were promised those 21 steps, with coaching, for $49 and NO MORE. This is extortion and this MOBE is a PONZI scheme. The Head CLOWN is robbing the poor and give to the rich. Be sure to cancel your CC or debit card so that you don’t get MOBE’d again. You can get another right away. Good luck and I hope you can join the crowds and say, “KISS MY GRITS MOBE !!! “
Hey Jay,
Sounds like you had a terrible experience with MOBE. I’m glad you were able to get your money back although it shouldn’t have been as painful as the steps you had to go through. It’s just unethical if people are going to make huge claims and then not give you a refund after it turns out those claims were wrong. Thanks for helping get the word out that this program is a huge red flag. Hopefully you will never have to go through this again with any kind of program.
Best Regards,
Brandon
Wow, this really does sound like a missive scam! I hate how many of these pyramid schemes there are out there – it rally makes it difficult for people wanting to make some legitimate money online in an honest way. In you experience what is the best way to make money online?
Hey Dave,
Thanks for the comment. There really is too many of these abusive scams out there just looking to burn a hole in your wallet. Part of the reason all these scams pop up and thrive is because people seem to think that making money online should be easy. The problem is it’s not.
We grow up being told how we should go to college and work hard at it for 4 years which makes us no money, and then after get a job that might start us at 50k a year until 10 years later we might finally hit that 100k plateau with the newest promotion.
Yet people go online and think that the work should be different, it should be easier. It takes probably about 3-5 years for a business to start turning a profit, which is exactly what we are all starting here online for.
But yet again, in the online world people think you turn profits the first month you start and it only takes clicking one button to do that.
Truth is, you have to work hard and grind it out. The bright side is most people can achieve a successful business grinding it out for a year or 2 compared to going to school 4 years and then starting on a small salary or hourly pay.
How do you do this?
well, it’s through what’s called affiliate marketing.
You basically create a website, pick a product to promote, Write articles about this product, and then monetize the website by adding links so you can start earning money.
It’s a very simple process but does take a lot of time and work to do(usually a year to see good results).
The program that I used to create this website is called Wealthy Affiliate, a program (free to get started) I would recommend you look into if you’re serious about making money online.
Best Regards,
Brandon
Hey Brandon,
Excellent review on MOBE you’ve put up here. Anything that has something to do with Empower Network is a No-no!
I was tricked into joining EN before and I absolutely regretted it and when I joined MOBE and found out that they were trying to suck me into Empower Network, i was furious.
Perhaps you could do a review on EN too man, its like the mother of all internet MLM and programs like MOBE and Big Idea Mastermind are all their small bootlickers who bring fishes into their net.
Great review by the way, I hope you can save a lot of people their time and money from MOBE.
Hey Riaz,
thanks for the comment.
I’m glad you enjoyed the review and feel the same way about MOBE. Voicing your thought is what helps other people realize that these people are truly scams just out for your money with no “Real” product.
As far as Empower Network. I do plan on writing a review about them in thee near future.
Best Regards,
Brandon
I think MOBE is one of those programs that provide little value and in return ask for maximum money. Pushing high ticket items on the internet is very popular but doesn’t work as it’s advertised. Six Figure Mentors is very similar to this program. They suggest that you pay them a few thousands of dollars and then find someone who will pay the same amount of money and then they can pay you a solid commission. Is it easy to do online? Nope.
Hey Rufat,
I agree with everything you’re saying. The problem is so many people don’t see it that way. They are convinced that if they pay these “high” ticket prices that they will be making a lot of money online.
Plus, the people that are creating these programs aren’t bad marketers. Some of them are really good.
But…
As good as some may be, they don’t teach what they know. They only teach enough to get themselves that next sale, but not so others can grow very high.
Take Matt Lloyd for example. his 21 step My Top Tier Business is suppose to teach you how to make a lot of money, but instead just upsells you over and over with a few actual lessons.
Doesn’t exactly talk about building websites or SEO, etc…
But at the same time, Matt Lloyd himself has a few different websites pertaining to MOBE where he is writing blog post and doing video marketing daily. So, I know he knows his stuff, but he doesn’t teach it to anybody else.
I’ve even heard him saying that if you want personal 1 on 1 time with him you have to pay $50,000 to do it. I highly doubt I’m going to walk away with enough knowledge for it to be worth it.
Plus, who can really afford that much money?
Best Regards,
Brandon
Yuck, this looks terrible. It’s rough having to wade through the endless scams out there in search of a real way to try and make some money online. Great job pointing out another site that’s full of garbage and just out to drain poor people of money. Money a lot of people can’t afford to lose
Hey Devin,
Thanks for the comment. In this economy, it’s tough for a lot of people to see “garbage” even when they are looking straight at it. Times are tough for a lot of people, and it causes them to sometimes believe something is real, even when it sounds too good to be true. MOBE is good at that too. They create the “affordable” programs for you to join, and then keep up-selling you more and more, until you have lost everything. People will go along with it because they are told that this will make them see better results. The material just isn’t worth the price though. The only one you are helping is the person that sucked you in in the first place.
Best Regards,
Brandon
Nice! I love the MOBE concept! Especially the 100% satisfaction guaranteed! I’m all about immorality and taking. Let’s do business together and slither our way to the top! Haha! Great post, it was a nice mix from the rest. Wealthy Affiliate is definitely the way to go and have been recommended them before. Best wishes.
Hey Paul,
Love the comment, haha! Matt Lloyd can’t even keep his same story sraight, depending where you look. I just don’t trust him. MOBE is something that will hurt many people financially. I’m glad you have found Wealthy Affiliate. They are a true busness that helps and doesn’t make you purchase stuff or try to get you to rip off your othhr friends.
Here’s to much success for both of us,
Brandon
I love these websites that expose the endless amount of online scams that seem to be popping up every day. You’ve done a wonderful job of bringing down this rip off artist. Thanks very much for that. I will definitely stay away from Matt Lloyd and any of his products. Really well written. I look forward to more from you.
Hey Todd,
I’m glad you love these kind of websites. I feel there is a great purpose behind what I am doing. There will be many more scams exposed on here, as I do the research and test different kinds of products and services. Always be careful with any kind of MLM company. Most just don’t provide the hype that they promise. My online Business Education is one of those companies that can’t provide the hype. Very few will succeed with Matt Lloyd; Many will fail.
Best Regards,
Brandon
Hi Brandon,
Great informative post on MOBE. I like how you’ve broken everything down to the teeth. You’re review on Wealthy Affiliate is great because it points people in the right direction to success in their online business. I hope you do great things in this industry as I can see you want to help other people out.
Happy Blogging
Hey Stephen,
Thanks for the comment. You said my MOBE post was informative. What are your thoughts on My Online Business Education? Do you agree with Matt Lloyd’s business practices? I’m also glad that you liked my Wealthy Affiliate Review. Have you tried the program out for yourself?
These pyramid programs all seem to have one thing in common these days – real lousy products with no real value.
I find it a great shame that so many newcomers to online work fall for these types of things. I am currently looking for some online work – what would be your suggestion/recommendation?
Hey Chris,
Thanks for the comment. It’s truly a shame that companies actually get away with these unethical business practices. Growing up and never having a lot of money is what makes me despise these companies the most. I understand it takes hard work and dedication to prevail as a successful entrepreneur. At the same time, these businesses advertise how you’ll be making money tomorrow with hardly any effort. just work 30 minutes a day. I’m sorry but this just doesn’t happen. If it did, then why aren’t there more people doing it? Why are there so many complaints about these types of businesses? Only the top people make it and the bottom 99% fail miserably. To answer your question Chris. The place I started was Wealthy Affiliate. They gave me all the tools, training, and support I needed to do well. You should read my review about Wealthy Affiliate.
Hi Bandon,
I also find this kind of funny, you bashed MOBE 95% in this article, and in the end you placed the business you are marketing at the end. So much for a great and honest review huh? Also, I have heard about one of those negative marketing ways where you do a review like this and your real goal is just to market your own business, I think this is a perfect example of that. As for me, I refuse to be associated with you business that taught you to talk bad about other businesses to help with your own business. Not really the type of values I want implemented in my business. Good luck!
Hey Charisse,
Thanks for your two cents. Scam reviews is a negative business to be in, but someone has to shed light on the bad scams out there. So, here I am(: Second, of course, I’m gonna recommend what I feel is best. Tried,and tested, why would I keep the knowledge to myself. People want to know where to go for the best products.
Third, MOBE has officially been shutdown by the FTC becuase of the belief that they truly are a pyramid scheme. So, I’m happy to say I did a great job in letting people know MOBE is a bad business to be associated with because I’ve saved people thousands of dollars by convincing them not to join. I can sleep at night because of that fact.
And talking bad about a company isn’t a business problem, it’s a people problem. And I get angry when I see people getting ripped off and lives ruined because of a choice they made thinking their life would be better.
So, just looking out for that average Joe that is trying to get ahead in life. Is that such a bad thing? Anyways, I’ve said enough. But hey, if you change your mind about me Wealthy Affiliate will have their doors open waiting for you. It’s free to try!
All the Best Charisse,
Brandon