Are 2-up Programs Such As Edcgold, Coastal Vacations "dinosaurs"?

Are EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport and other 1-up/2-up Direct Sales programs declining in popularity on the Internet? With the introduction of newer compensation plans that provide income to the new member on the first sale (and every sale thereafter), it is entirely possible that this is exactly what is happening!

Direct Sales programs on the Internet have been using the 1-up and 2-up compensation plan for several years. In fact, it was the most popular plan used because at first glance, it is a very powerful program. Programs such as EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport are just some of the programs that have used this comp plan. However, when you really look inside the compensation there are some big problems for new people coming in. The need for giving up the initial sale(s) without any income has always been a problem.

In fact, for 95% of the people coming into these programs, they simply don't work! Most new members never even get qualified which means they never earn any money at all. The people who have traditionally made the most money are the big marketers with large marketing budgets and lists.

With the opportunity for people wanting to make money from programs on the Internet to actually get paid on the first sale and thereafter, 1-up/2-up programs such as EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport, etc. are seeing a declining active membership. The lofty promises of residual income that traditional 1-up/2-up programs use to lure in new members is not reality for most people. In fact, the reality for both new members and old members is continual recruitment that never results in residual income.

The only way the a 2-up plan is really successful is when all members (or members that make the effort) are actually getting qualified and consistently making sales for themselves. This will actually create a "residual" income of sorts... income from the efforts of others. However, since the largest percentage of folks in 1-u/2-up programs (e.g. EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport, etc.) don't even get qualified, much less make sales for themselves, there is no residual. in fact, to make money, people have to become professional recruiters forever... which means that the regular person is left behind, again.

For a guy who is just trying to make some money on the Internet, this 1-up and 2-up system just doesn't work. Odds are that he/she will fail and the word spreads that nobody can succeed online. Newer programs, such as the Perfect Wealth Formula, have been striving to fix this problem and have come up with alternatives that actually compensate the new marketer immediately as well as residually.

These give that new person a chance to actually be successful without having a huge bankroll to spend on startup. After all, home business is supposed to be "less" expensive to get started in! The playing field has been leveled and new people, who are flocking to the internet at increasingly rapid speeds, are happy to be making money for themselves as well as for their sponsor. This actually recreates the team like feeling that is prevalent in MLM with a far better income potential.

Hence the popularity of "commissions on the first sale" model programs amongst new marketers and veterans "jumping ship" from EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport, etc.... all looking for a better way. Often people who have never seen success before are now experiencing the joy of making money on the internet for the first time.

So, are EDCGold, Coastal Vacations, Emerald Passport, etc. dinosaurs? Not yet. But, judging by the numbers of ex-members who are tired of throwing away time and money only to make their sponsors rich and are looking for something better, the "world is changing". There is finally a different option for the average guy just wanting to make an extra buck!