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Just heard an ad on a local radio station for 99 bucks [dot] ca.
Haha, hilarious. Pretty *interesting* business model.
(I love the caveat at the bottom of the home page regarding chargebacks. )
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Bigfatjerk.ca that's where it leads me. Funny web site.





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Yeah, they advertise the 99 dollar site on the radio but it does redirect.
Clearly, they are targeting local newbies. I wonder how many orders they receive.
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If they are advertising on Radio, must be getting some business.





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Well that's a simple business model for sure. I bet the sites are simple templated sites that would take an hour or 2 to make. It would work for sure.
Yeah Vito, that chargeback warning is pretty funny.





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Well that's a simple business model for sure. I bet the sites are simple templated sites that would take an hour or 2 to make. It would work for sure.


If you look at the MS Word upload page, you will see that they ask for some content, and a few images. A simple copy/paste into a template site, done. 10 minutes max.
I love how they charge 50 bucks for domain reg, and 50 bucks per support ticket.
Well, as much as I think they do not offer real value, good on them if they can push their model. Nothing covert or unscrupulous, so what is there to criticize? All up front (seemingly). They are simply targeting newbies who don't know any better and are willing to pay their fees. Interesting.
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I'm not sure what the tax department would have to say about this though:
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8. GST on this website stands for "Great Service Tab" A mandatory fee charged at 5% of the total fee that we hold back to cover server expenses. We do not charge Tax on this website (YET).


Seems rather questionable to me.





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I'm not sure what the tax department would have to say about this though:
Seems rather questionable to me.


Hah, I never noticed that. Clearly a no no, tax wise.
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lol, the bottom of the site has a link for testicles.ca

I love how he has a non-working link for "wanna get found by google?" and almost his entire site is images. And his alt tags all contain "kevin jackal johnston for mayor."





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