DesertSKyMarketing Closes

Well, what can i say i was rather lucky in not joining
i was having second thoughts about this and luckily i did not join
Anyway here is the news

DSM:

It is with great sadness that I’m writing this email to you. DesertSky Marketing will be closing. Things looked great on paper, but have not gone as planned. Below are a few reasons DSM will be closing:

- While it was a huge challenge to acquire paid corporate advertisers, the few that were acquired did not wish to continue because they did not receive the desired conversions from their advertising dollars.
- Several short term business ventures have failed causing a loss to DSM funds.
- Long term (60-90 days) business ventures are doing fine, but the turn around is not quick enough to sustain weekly cashouts.
- CashBackMall and MyAZPix are launching much later than originally planned, thus causing a shortage in income.

Instead of letting DSM continue to a point where it is impossible to pay members, I’ve decided to stop accepting upgrades and implement a repayment plan. I always hated it when an admin knew things were not going right, but continued to act like nothing was wrong, accepted upgrades, and then pulled the plug causing everyone to lose money. Per the terms of the site, DSM is under no obligation to refund any money. However, I feel it would be wrong to treat my members that way.

The following plan will be implemented immediately:

1. Members who joined between September 22 - October 15 will earn 110% total of their upgrade(s).
2. Members who joined between October 16 - October 21 will earn 105% of their upgrade(s).
3. Members who joined between November 1 - November 10 (last day upgrades were accepted) will get a refund of their ad pack purchases.

You must continue to surf in order to receive your payments! You purchased advertising with your upgrades, and you get paid commissions to view ads. If you don’t surf (view ads), you will not get paid.

Members who are receiving refunds (members who joined between Nov 1 - Nov 10) will receive them by this Wednesday (November 15th).

DSM will continue to make weekly payments (unless delays in outside returns cause us to go to every two weeks) to members who continue to surf. These payments will continue until the members have received 110% or 105% of their ad pack purchases. Weekly payments will begin Wednesday, November 15th.

Weekly payments will be 10-25% of what is owed with a minimum payment of $5. This means if you are owed less than $50, you will not receive weekly payments, but will receive your amount all at once when it is your turn.

Our repayment plan is designed so every member receives their full ad pack purchases back, plus some profit for members who joined in September or October. Some of you may ask why we don’t just refund everyone’s money right now. I would do that if it was just sitting in egold or alertpay. However, those funds are at work generating a profit for the repayment plan. Those funds will be dispersed as they come back to DSM.

I could place members money in other surf programs to meet the income demands, but I’ve always stated that DSM does not do that. We could also change the terms to where members would receive payments at the end of the 60 days, but who would want to surf for 60 days before receiving a payment?

Below is the formula that will be used to determine the amount you will receive from DSM:

- Members who joined between September 22 - October 15: (total upgrades X 1.10) - total paid cashouts = amount owed
- Members who joined between October 16 - October 21: (total upgrades X 1.05) - total paid cashouts = amount owed
- Members who joined between November 1 - November 10: total upgrades refunded

I hope you can understand that by closing DSM now, we are at a point where every member can be whole. I wish things could have gone different, but the current business model relies too heavily on volatile things we cannot control. I am looking at different business models and taking all I have learned from DSM into consideration.

Remember: You must surf in order to receive any payments!!

I can say that DSM truly has the best members! Thank you for your support DSM; it has been greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Dustin