GDI - An Unbiased Overview

People all over the globe are searching every day for information on business opportunities. Over the past decade, interest in Internet-based business and web-based network marketing has boomed. Global Domains International (GDI) is central to this topic, and the following is a summary/review of their products, services, and compensation plan, both positive and negative.

GDI's Products and Services : GDI has a pretty good product line, even though it may appear rather simple. The company offers basic web hosting, a WS domain, ten email addresses, and optional forwarding features, all for ten dollars a month. The company also offers a browser-based website builder tool. This helps users who may not understand how to use HTML, or other complexities, to create a website.

Being a GDI Distributor: Start-up Costs

Initially, we will examine the two methods that are presented to a new affiliate as the way to grow their business. Using DVD's to present the GDI opportunity to friends and family usually is not very successful. This effort usually is very discouraging for someone just beginning. People are told that no selling is required for a successful network, but this is really not true. Convincing your friends and family to become part of your network will really take some Sales acumen.

Personal selling is not something that most people are comfortable doing. So if this describes you, one of your GDI marketing strategies is already off the table. So that leaves purchasing expensive business opportunity leads and business opportunity email leads.

Even if you have a monthly budget of several hundred dollars or more to purchase biz opp leads, this strategy alone will be unlikely to result in success with GDI. Business opportunity leads are often very expensive and require phone calls and a good amount of follow up. And regardless of how expensive or inexpensive the leads are, there is no good way to know the quality of the leads. There is no real way to know if the leads have been re-sold dozens of times already.

Most successful online marketers have multiple methods for gathering leads and making sales. And top earners in MLM also focus on personal branding, also called Attraction Marketing.

Rather than focusing on selling a product or service, Attraction Marketing and personal branding will make YOU the 'product'. People are always looking for leadership and mentoring. In the business opportunity world, showing yourself as a leader in GDI will be far more likely to bring even more affiliates into your organization.

Unfortunately, there is a downside to these opportunities offered by GDI. For example, earning just one dollar a month per person could prove to be quite a problem for many organizations, unless one is extremely skilled at bringing in loads and loads of traffic. A person may have a hard time earning a livable income unless they really know what they are doing.

Successful GDI Business Plans

Of course, GDI provides some basic training and materials to their beginning affiliates. However, I highly suggest Jonathan Budd's 7 Figure Networker System.

The best advice would be to give it a try; after all, it costs nothing to try it. If you aren't satisfied after the seven day free trial, you are allowed to cancel. Keep in mind, however, that this must be done over the phone, not through email.