17/05/2009. Interview with the admin of USDozen

THIS PROGRAM HAS CLOSED! PLEASE DON’T INVEST!

Hi everyone! For my second post today, and my second interview of the weekend, I managed to get a few words in with the admin of USDozen. His name is Roger Miller and his program is probably the best new autosurf to be launched in several months. Not exactly a very tall mountain to be on top of I know, but that’s not really something we can blame him for now is it, lol!

Without dragging up recent history I think is reasonable to suggest that opening a surfing site at this particular time was a very bold move by Roger but also a necessary one as far as the online investment industry is concerned. I must admit I had a lot of misgivings about it myself, and who wouldn’t? The gamble appears to have paid off though, with the first cycle now completed and the first of hopefully many rounds of payments successfully made to members.

Before we hear from Roger let me just remind you that USDozen offers 11% interest per day, paid on expiry, for surfing 11 sites every day for 11 days. If you like what Roger has to say you can find more information about his program in my review published here.

“1. Hi Roger, please introduce yourself to the readers of MNO and tell us a bit about your own involvement in USDozen. Is this your first online venture? What other experience do you have in this Industry?

Hello everyone and hello Paul. It is my pleasure to be part of your blog. My name is Roger Miller. I am the owner and administrator of USDozen. I have been a member of many programs for so long and yes this is the first time I am running my own online venture and I am thrilled about it.

2. Can you also give us some background history on USDozen? Why did you decide to open your own program and what are you expecting to achieve by this? Are you working alone on this project or do you have a business partner or assistant?

I originally wanted to use the 12×12 plan but I figured out that 11×11 would be a more stable plan. I was held back for so long in making my own program because I did not have the required experience of running such a program but then realized that everyone must have started as a newbie in any field and here I am, administrating USDozen, my very own program. Honestly, Paul, because I am putting all my effort in my program, I expect it to be a great autosurf program giving some profits to it’s members and it’s admin, me. Setting up the website, I needed help from a friend but I manage the site alone.

3. How would you best explain to someone who has never heard of an autosurf before how the whole thing works? From the very first moment I decide to invest until the time I receive my first payment, what happens? What do I need to do first?

Ok first you need to register an account on our website and activate your account. Once activated, you login and click the Upgrade link on the members menu and choose the number of upgrade units you want to upgrade with. Each upgrade unit costs $5 so if you want to upgrade $100 you need to input 20 upgrade units and then choose the payment processor you wish to use. Click on the submit button and then pay for your upgrade. After payment, you will be redirected back to your account area in our website and you now need to click on the START SURFING link on the members menu. You need to let the autosurfer surf 11 websites for you , each website will be shown for 11 seconds only. You will then be credited with 11% of your total upgrades after you surf the required 11 websites. You need to surf 11 websites daily in order to keep earning 11% daily until you surf for 11 days. You would have earned a total of 121% from your upgrades. On the 12th day, you login to your account and your upgrade expires, then your earnings will be requested automatically for you. I will then process your cashout manually. It is as simple as that.

4. What are the plans you are offering investors? What are the minimum and maximum amounts to spend? What payment processors are you currently dealing with? Are payouts automatic or do I need to request them?

I am offering 11% daily for 11 days or 121% after 11 days. Minimum spend is $5 and maximum is currently set at $2,500. Previously, it was at $1,500 maximum upgrade. LibertyReserve, SolidTrustPay, AlertPay and StrictPay are the payment processors currently accepted at USDozen.

5. How many sites will I need to surf every day in order to be paid? What will happen if for some reason I am unable to get online some day? How will I be penalized for missing a day’s surfing?

You only need to surf 11 sites per day to earn your daily rebates of 11%. You will not be penalized for not surfing, if your reason is valid you can contact me and I will credit your account manually.

6. Tell us in as much detail as possible about the security features of USDozen. Are you on a dedicated server? What measures have you taken to protect the program from DdoS attacks and malicious hackers? What script are you using?

I trust that HushHosting will be able to protect our website from DDOS attacks. I also believe that the widely used Neversay Script is secure enough to prevent hackers from manipulating the script because it is encoded and has a good reputation for being a secure script. My computer is also updated with antivirus software and anti spyware software everytime there is an update available for the softwares I use.

7. I’ve heard some bad stories about members of other surfing sites unwittingly downloading viruses from the sites they surf. What would be your advice here? I would say it’s the duty of whoever owns the computer to protect it but how much, if any, responsibility belongs to the admin to screen the sites first? Is that even realistically possible?

Due to the fact that there are hundreds of sites being rotated on the autosurfer, I randomly check sites for malicious content and those that violate our terms. I also rely on members who report bad websites when they see them on the autosurfer.

8. How have you been promoting the program so far? What advertising strategy are you using? How big a part have the existing members played in this? Are you satisfied with that level of support? Could anything be done to improve on this?

So far so good. Members are doing their best to promote the program. I also advertised on some monitors and on your blog. I am open to suggestions so please send your suggestions to me if you have any.

9. What about the success of the program overall so far? Are you pleased with the level of growth to date? Can you give us any statistics on the amount of members and the total amount deposited? What are your expectations over the coming months?

I am happy with the growth so far, nothing tremendous but its all good. We have over 670 members now and about $25,000 in total upgrades. I would say that it is a good start. I would expect the website to be more known and gather more members in the coming weeks and months, provided that everything goes smoothly.

10. What level of customer support do you offer members? How can they contact you if they have any issues with their investments? Do you offer e-mail support? Are you contributing actively on any of the major investment forums?

The usual contact form of the neversay script is the main support form we use on the website. It works perfectly ok for me. I usually reply after a considerable amount of time, sometimes 5 minutes and sometimes several hours. I am active on the forums too. I also have a phone number where members can reach me. Although, the phone is set on voicemail right now, but as soon as my office room is set up then I would be able to take calls for several hours daily. The phone number is +1-646-807-1505 .

11. I find it difficult to remember a time when the reputation of the whole autosurf industry was as low as it is today. How are you dealing with such a negative image? How is it affecting the growth of your program? In fact is this really a good time at all to be launching a new surfing site?

You are so correct , Paul. The industry isn’t like what it used to be. But I am hoping that USDozen can contribute to it’s improvement. The growth of the program, as I said earlier, isn’t tremendous but it is a good start. I think that if no one opens new programs then the whole industry would collapse even more. Well not all new programs contribute to the industry’s improvement but I am hoping USDozen would differ.

12. What is your overall opinion of the online investment industry? Would you like to share any of your own memorable experiences with us, good and bad, in this industry? Not as an admin but speaking as an observer and investor yourself.

I have many bad experiences with this industry as a whole, be it with HYIP or Autosurf. The worst I experienced was when I put all my eggs in a HYIP that has an initial or SI. Then scammed in the end. Although I made some good amount with a program that started the 12×12 craze.

13. What can we expect to see next from USDozen? How do you plan to sustain it? What are your plans, short term and long term, to develop the program and maintain payments to a growing number of members?

Expect some exciting surprises from USDozen. If all goes smoothly, I will be able to offer a serious investment offer to members. Although not as high as 11% daily but it will be a good one. Expect more details in a couple of weeks.

14. And finally, it’s probably pointless to ask you about the advantages of joining USDozen before any other site as the competition is not very good at the moment, but how would you like to sum up the reasons and benefits of joining your site to those readers who might still be skeptical?

Hmmm, yes this one is a hard question but sure I will answer this. Ok so USDozen offers a not so unique 11×11 plan but USDozen has a nice referral system with 3 levels. 3% for the 1st level, 2% for the 2nd level and 1% for the 3rd level. And best of all, even non-upgraded members get rewarded for their efforts in referring.

Plus, we have a direct phone line where you can call me and talk to me about anything you want to talk about. In due time, I will also offer a serious investment offer to the members but no information is available about that as of the moment. Thank you Paul for your time for this interview.”

I would also like to say thanks to Roger. Not just for taking the time to answer my questions but for providing such good answers. And while I know many of you remain skeptical about surfing sites in general and that’s fine. Nobody could blame you for that, but I think we can agree that USDozen is in good hands and will not fail because of a fault on the admin’s part. I know we haven’t seen the same explosive growth in membership here as we have in the recent past, but that’s only to be expected at the moment. But the important thing is that it is growing, and consistently. Personally, I suspect Roger might just have a little more experience in this field than he would have you believe and I don’t mean that in a bad way. He is at least running the site like a thorough professional so far anyway and that is the only performance I am going to judge him on. Fingers crossed, USDozen might yet prove to be the shot in the arm so desperately needed by the surfing industry now. With the first round of payouts now completed there will hopefully be a significant jump in the numbers of those joining the program. If you’ve been scammed by too many surfing sites recently then it’s perfectly understandable if you prefer to avoid it. For everybody else, your chances of earning a decent profit will be maximized by joining now.

That’s it for today guys. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I’ll be back tomorrow with all the latest news from the world of online investing.