Originally Posted by Pipeline Q

It's not a scam. It's a very legit business model that pays out electronics instead of cash to affiliates.

They basically say, refer X number of people to sign up for a service and we'll give you this monitor (or iPod, or laptop, etc...) as your payment.

The money they make off your referred customers is more than what they spent on giving you the monitor.

It would be like an adult sponsor not paying out in cash. Instead saying send us 10 paysite signups and you get an LCD monitor.