27/06/2011. Interview with the admin of EarnGroups

BEWARE! EarnGroups have stopped paying and have been moved to Scam status on MNO! Do not invest!

Hello all! It’s been a pretty hectic day for me so far which means I really don’t have time for much news. Which is probably just as well because I have quite a lengthy interview for you anyway, and I don’t want to distract too much from it. It’s with the admin of EarnGroups, and if you know anything about that program then you’ll know this is a man who’s definitely going to have a lot to say for himself.

After well over a full year online at this stage EarnGroups has in the last month re-invented itself completely and went from a fairly pedestrian HYIP that wasn’t really going anywhere to the hugely dynamic and growing program we see today. The admin’s name is Christian and today he’s going to share some information about EarnGroups and it’s total transformation with us.

Before we hear from him let me just give you a quick reminder that EarnGroups offers terms of 120% after 7 days, and 145% after 14 days. If you like what he has to say and want to find out a bit more information on how it all works then I suggest you start with my review of the program first published here.

“1. Hi Christian, please introduce yourself to the readers of MNO and give us a little background information on yourself and your experience in managing a business and handling other peoples money. How much experience do you have with the online HYIP industry?

Hi Paul, MNO readers, and my dear members. My name is Christian, and I am the chief administrator of EarnGroups. I have been in this industry for over 5 years. I have an experienced team of professional traders who know to act brilliantly in accordance with the varying trends in the foreign exchange and stock market. I, myself, have been an investor when I came into this industry, and with time, I came to know different people, among which I was lucky to meet some FOREX traders. I started my own program EarnGroups back in early 2011, and hired the experienced FOREX traders whom I came to know, to work for my company.

2. Can you share some facts about the EarnGroups business with us? How long have you been in operation and what are you hoping to achieve by running the program?

As you can see, EarnGroups has turned out to be a very big hit, and we have surpassed over a year (420 days as I answer this question) being in business and serving our members, with the greatest ease. Being 420 days in business, especially in this industry, is indeed a job that needs to be appreciated. This industry was a shining arena around 2-3 years back, when they were huge programs in business, but now, as you know, the quality and lifetime of the programs are decreasing with time. But that is what we are about to change here.

EarnGroups is here to regain the shine of this industry that existed before. We are here to serve our members in the best possible way we can, and help them make money. EarnGroups has already proved itself to be the program that can be trusted, by being in business for 420 days, and as for that very matter, no one should be surprised to see us surpassing 1000 days.

3. After over 400 days online you completely changed everything in your program, most importantly the plans. Why was it necessary to change direction so drastically? How have things improved for EarnGroups since then? Why did you wait so long, and how did existing members react?

First of all, even if there is no need to mention, I would like to stress that EarnGroups has been a very big hit among online investors. One of the major proofs for it is our existence in this industry for over 400 days. As such, like every successful business changes their features to improve their business performance and attract more clients, we also made some changes to attract more members, and meet their needs.

With the recent changes made, I would have to admit that, EarnGroups is now witnessing a growth rate almost four times it has before the changes were made. Needless to say, we believe we were right in our decision to make the changes, as the changes only helped in further growth of EarnGroups. Our members, who were with us, before the changes were made, were so thrilled to see such a major improvement, and our customer support desk was flooded with emails of appreciation.

4. What are you offering investor in terms of plans and profits? What is the minimum and maximum amount you can invest?

EarnGroups basically offers two different plans for its members to choose from and invest in, as per their choice. The plans are offered under the names, Beginner Plan, and Professional Plan. The minimum amount required to invest in both the plans is $10, and there is no maximum limit.

The Beginner Plan runs for a period of 7 calendar days, and offers a total return of 120% upon plan expiration. Suppose if you invest $1000 in this plan, you will be getting back $1,200 after 7 days of your investment. Out of the $1,200 (120%), $1000 (100%) will be your principal, and $200 (20%) will be your profit.

The Professional Plan runs for a period of 14 calendar days, and offers a total return of 145% upon plan expiration. Suppose if you invest $1000 in this plan, you will be getting back $1,450 after 14 days of your investment. Out of the $1,450 (145%), $1000 (100%) will be your principal, and $450 (45%) will be your profit.

Principal is included in the return, in both the plans, and withdrawals for your investment can only made upon plan expiration. Members are allowed to have multiple investments at the same time, in both the plans.

5. What payment processors are EarnGroups currently dealing with? What have been the most popular choices so far, both in terms of the number of individual investors and in terms of the amount of money deposited?

EarnGroups currently accepts deposits from the payment processors LibertyReserve, PerfectMoney, and AlertPay. Obviously, AlertPay is the most preferred payment processor among our members, which is closely followed by Liberty Reserve, and then Perfect Money. Around 42% of our members use AlertPay, 38% use LibertyReserve and 20% use PerfectMoney.

6. Would you consider adding options like GlobalDigitalPay or SolidTrustPay at some point in the future? With AlertPay being so unpredictable around HYIPs now don’t you think STP might have been a better alternative?

We would be more than glad to add new payment processors to our program, so that our members would have a wider choice of payment processors to invest with. However, just because a payment processor exists, does not mean it is popular, or for that matter, perfect in other aspects. In fact, AlertPay is the most popular payment processor, and is way ahead of SolidTrustPay or GlobalDigitalPay in terms of reputation, use, and customer support, and as a matter of fact, SolidTrustPay can never replace AlertPay.

We do have intentions to add SolidTrustPay in the future. If everything works out well, you will probably be able to see SolidTrustPay as an accepted payment processor in EarnGroups in the near future. As for GlobalDigitalPay, we have not thought about it till now, as their usage among the online investors is very low or negligible.

7. Can you give us any other general statistics on the program, for example the number of active members, total deposits, total withdrawals, etc?

EarnGroups has been online for over 420 days as of now, and during the course, we have managed to attract over 7840 members. Our members have invested over $740,000 in total with us, and have withdrawn $310,000 in total. These figures, especially the deposits, are in fact, increasing at a rapid rate, especially with the major improvements we have made to our program recently.

8. What would be the best and most efficient way of contacting you if I have any questions or problems?

The best and most efficient way to contact us would be using the Customer Support form. You can expect a reply from our customer support representatives within 24 hours, once you have sent the ticket. Or if you prefer to email us, you can send us an email directly to support@earngroups.com

We have plans of adding Live Chat support, and Telephone support, and we are currently working on them to implement those features at the earliest, so that we can provide our members with interactive assistance.

9. What have been the most common questions, problems, or other support related issues that you have had to deal with so far? Is there anything you would like to address here so that members can avoid having to contact you?

The most common questions have been related to the working of the investment plans, their expiration, and withdrawal; for example, two of the questions have been if can they can withdraw their earnings daily or only upon plan expiration, and does the plan the only calendar days or business days. The answers to those are; members can withdraw their earnings only upon plan expiration, and our plans work on calendar days. I have already explained briefly about this in the answer to Question 4. Our members are always welcome to contact us, in case they have any doubt or issues related to EarnGroups. We will me more than happy to assist you in your needs.

10. Can you tell us in detail about the security of EarnGroups? Who is your hosting provider and how highly do you rate them as a service provider? What script are you running off? How well are you protected from hackers?

EarnGroups is hosted on a highly secure dedicated server from DDoSWiz. We are also protected from any DDoS attacks by DDoSWiz. I would give them full five stars out of five, for their high quality services. I have used other services from other hosting providers before, but none of them comes close to what DDoSWiz has to offer, in every aspect.

We use a licensed professional script from GoldCoders for our program. GoldCoders has a high reputation of being the best and safest script, and is the most popular script. In addition, we have made certain security and technical customizations to the script, to make the script even more secure.

The website of EarnGroups is highly encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) feature we recently purchased from one of the most reputed SSL Certificate Authorities, Thawte Inc. All connections made from your web browser to our web server, and vice-versa, are encrypted using a 256-bit high grade encryption feature, so that all communications and money transactions made between your web browser and our web server will be highly encrypted, and cannot be intercepted by any third parties.

11. In what ways have you improved the security on the current version of the EarnGroups website over the previous one?

As I have already mentioned, EarnGroups is now hosted on a dedicated server from the best hosting provider of this industry, DDoSWiz, which at the same is, offers the best protection against DDoS and other malicious attacks.

We have also implemented the SSL security feature, provided by one of the best SSL certificate issuing authorities, Thawte Inc. This feature will ensure that all connections made between your browser and our website will be fully encrypted using a 256-bit high grade encryption system.

In addition to the above, we have also customized certain security and technical aspects of the licensed GoldCoders script we are using. Needless to mention, we have taken all the necessary measures in order to make EarnGroups completely hacker proof, and the safest online investment opportunity.

12. Tell us more about the general advertising and promotional strategies being used by EarnGroups. In a very competitive market what are you doing to bring the program to a wider investment audience?

EarnGroups is currently being advertised in the major blogs and top monitors. In the coming weeks, we will be stepping up the advertising campaign and promotions to a much higher level. We do not believe in aggressive advertising. EarnGroups will be advertised in the top sites at a constant pace.

As you have already stated, this market is indeed a very competitive one. As a matter of fact, in order for a program to be at the top level, a program should possess features that the other programs do not have. One of our unique features, as most of you know, is our instant withdrawal system. Our highly secure and sophisticated instant withdrawal system is a major reason why most of the online investors are attracted to our program.

13. Are there any plans to develop EarnGroups further in the near future? Will there be any interesting changes made soon? How are you planning to keep the program competitive with so many other options open to investors?

Yes, sure do we have many plans to improve EarnGroups. Like every successful business which constantly researches for implementation of new features, we also do. We have our own research team, which observes the various market trends, and the needs of our members. In accordance with the studies, we will implement the necessary features which we believe will make EarnGroups even better.

As I have already stated, one of the unique features of our program is our sophisticated instant withdrawal feature. With this feature, we are able to pay our members instantly after they submit the withdrawal request. In addition to this, we have our own forum, known as the EarnGroups Official Community, where our members will be able to meet their co-members, post their payment proofs, share their suggestions, and ask their doubts.

14. Is there anything you feel that wasn’t covered in this interview that you think the readers of MNO should be aware of? Especially anything in my review that you felt was mistaken or would like to comment on?

I believe that everything has been covered in this interview, and that I have answered most of the questions that our existing and prospective members would have had to ask us. If in any case, if you feel that you need further clarifications, you are always welcome to contact our support department.

Paul, as for your interview, you have done an outstanding job in explaining our program in detail to your readers. I whole-heartedly appreciate the sincere work you have done in reviewing our program.

15. And finally, as an admin what advice would you give to people new to the online HYIP industry? How to stay safe and protect your money/identity? How to spot the bad scams and find the good opportunities? When to get in at the right time and when to leave?

It is often the people who are new to this industry who fall prey to hackers. I would like to advise the people who are new to this industry, that they never should use the same password of their email, to register accounts in online investment programs. As for where one should invest, and where not to invest, it is always up to the person’s discretion. But one should always do thorough research before investing in any program, and get advice from the more experienced people of the industry.

Some may say that EarnGroups is a program which is too old to invest in, but what I have to say is, this is just the beginning of EarnGroups. Would you prefer to join brand new programs which are just launched to steal your money within the very first week itself, or join EarnGroups, which has proved itself to be trustworthy and real, and gained high reputation by being in business for over 400 days? Well, the choice is yours.

As for the question, “when to get in at the right time and when to leave”, this does not apply to EarnGroups. It is always the right time to invest in EarnGroups, and there is no reason why one should leave EarnGroups, because EarnGroups is the most reputed, most trusted, most secure, most popular, and the safest online investment venture one will ever find.

Thank you, Paul, for spending your time to interview me, and I hope I have answered your questions up to your readers’ expectations.”

Thanks a lot to Christian for that and yes, it certainly does live up to expectations! Good luck to him but more importantly good luck to all existing EarnGroups members and all future members. There’s no denying they’ve been a very dependable performer so far so let’s hope long may it continue. That’s everything for today guys, but check back again tomorrow when I’ll have a full news round-up from all the programs on my monitoring site. See you all then!