27/04/2011. Interview with the admin of ProfitDeluxe

BEWARE! THIS PROGRAM HAS STOPPED PAYING! DO NOT INVEST!

Hello everyone! Not to beat about the bush as the saying goes, there’s no denying that recent well documented events in the HYIP industry have left something of a vacuum in the short term investment market and I know a lot of folks are eagerly (frantically in some cases!) looking out for something to bridge that gap. Well, in the opinion of a growing number of investors one potential candidate to dominate the industry in the near future is ProfitDeluxe, and to be honest from what else I see around at the moment it’s hard to argue against that belief. So for today’s update I’m pleased to have an interview with Daniel Johnson, who I’m sure is known to a lot of you already as the admin of ProfitDeluxe.

First of all let me say congratulations to Daniel because today sees him celebrate a very significant milestone – his program is 30 days online today. What’s so special about that you might ask yourself, but consider that ProfitDeluxe offers just one single plan that pays 125% on expiry after 5 days (which means a whopping six cycles have now been completed) and you get some idea why exactly they are becoming as popular as they are.

And it’s just the beginning because it’s only been more recently that Daniel has really stepped up the promotion of his program to a wider audience. Keeping the program in a continuous state of evolution is crucial to staying ahead of the competition in any business and that’s also something that Daniel’s doing with ProfitDeluxe. By the end of the week for example they should have a multi-lingual telephone support network in place where investors from across the globe will be able to speak personally to an operator and have all their queries dealt with in a more efficient manner.

But don’t let me give it all away. I’ll let Daniel do the rest of the talking and explain everything for himself, but first let me just remind you that if you would like further information on the program I suggest you start with the ProfitDeluxe review which was first published on MNO here.

“1. Hi Daniel, 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.

My name is Daniel Johnson, I’m from Sweden and I have extensive experience managing HYIPs. It’s my work and I have been doing this for about 3 years.

Before that, for a couple of years I was an HYIP investor, and I still do a bit of that now. Therefore I’ve developed considerable insight into the industry, as well as an understanding of what investors want and need from an HYIP.

2. Can you share some facts about the ProfitDeluxe business with us? How long have you been in operation?

ProfitDeluxe has been online for a month now (we began 28th March) and has great potential to become the next very big short term program. I am receiving huge support from my members. They really love ProfitDeluxe and many of them are already well into profit. I am sure that with this kind of support we will make ProfitDeluxe the next short term programs leader.

3. Your website’s homepage makes the claim that there is “absolutely no risk” involved. Isn’t that a bit of an irresponsible thing to say in any business? Especially this one?

Well, maybe you are right, Paul, and it is a bit irresponsible to state that any HYIP is risk free. There is always a measure of risk involved in HYIP investments but I think that ProfitDeluxe is currently the safest short term program.

So definitely it’s an excellent choice for a short term high ROI program.

4. What are you offering investor in terms of plans and profits? What is the minimum and maximum amount you can invest? What have been the average returns paid out over the last couple of weeks?

Our single plan is simplicity itself. Deposits earn 125% upon expiration of a 5 day period, including principal. Stated otherwise, profit is 25% after 5 days.

We accept minimum deposits as low as an affordable $10, and a maximum of $1,000. For that reason we are operating in a very sustainable range.

If investors wish, they can make multiple deposits, each being handled as a separate entity. Within a month we’ve paid more than $50,000. I think this helps to show how good ProfitDeluxe is.

5. What payment processors are ProfitDeluxe 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?

We accept AlertPay, Liberty Reserve and Perfect Money.

AlertPay is the number one choice of payment processors, not only at ProfitDeluxe but in the entire HYIP industry. Nowadays investors prefer AlertPay to Liberty Reserve, especially after the downtime experienced by LR a few weeks ago.

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

Yes, sure. ProfitDeluxe now has over 5,213 members with a total in excess of $200,000 having been deposited.

As previously mentioned, so far we’ve paid more than $50,000.

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

For now, investors should use the support ticket form to contact me. In the near future live & phone multi-language support will be added. The ProfitDeluxe forum will be coming soon as well.

8. 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?

Well, there have been no big problems yet and I hope we will avoid them in the future.

The most common question until now has been about instant payments.

It’s important for investors to understand that instant payments, while most convenient for them, presents a risk because of vulnerabilities in the script used by payment processors, especially that of Liberty Reserve.

I am working on this issue and we will implement instant payments in the near future but I ask members to be patient. The reason for closure of most programs which offered instant payments was hackers and that is why I am spending a lot of time on this issue, to ascertain that instant payments will be safe. I have tested them already on two servers and ordered a Gold Coders add on to ensure safety. I will inform our investors as soon as it’s ready.

9. Can you tell us in detail about the security of ProfitDeluxe? 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?

I believe that the ProfitDeluxe website is safe. We are hosted on a DDoSWIZ dedicated server and I think that they provide really top notch service. They always help us very fast and they know everything about server security. There is also an SSL certificate provided by Comodo, to make sure that our website is safe. ProfitDeluxe is running off a Gold Coders custom modified script and I am sure that it’s the best choice.

It’s familiar and user friendly to investors so they are pleased with the comfort level it provides.

10. Tell us about your plans to start a members forum. How far away would you say that is, and how do you think it will benefit both you as the admin and the regular investors? Will it be a “closed forum” (ie members only) or will anyone be able to at least read (if not post) on it?

The forum is a work in progress and nearly ready but I am not yet sure that it’s the right time to open it.

However I think it IS important that investors can discuss with each other news, important updates or just simply suggest something to me. It will be a public forum, so everyone would be able to join it.

11. Personally I was glad that you didn’t try spin any kind of story about stock markets or ForEx trading on ProfitDeluxe. Is it fair to say you are running a genuine online HYIP or are you involved in any other business that we should know about?

I don’t really like to tell stories (Forex, stock market, etc.) like so many other admins.

I think that at least 90% of HYIP investors know that those stories are just lies and there are almost no projects which work with members’ money.

I use my own income to help keep the program in balance and yes, it is a traditional online HYIP.

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

It’s always important to have a good advertising strategy. ProfitDeluxe is monitored only by high quality monitors and this is working fine; we have really good cash flow. I am sure you can confirm that, Paul.

ProfitDeluxe banners can be found everywhere and these provide us high visibility.

Anyway, of paramount importance is the need for us to continue paying and, until instant payments are implemented, I will maintain my job of paying them as rapidly as possible.

I believe there is no more effective promotion than the demonstrated consistency of quick and reliable payments.

13. Are there any plans to develop ProfitDeluxe 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. We’ve already made small website updates to improve the look of the program. In near future we will be adding multi-language phone & live chat support, members forum and as well instant payments, so I am sure that we will be competitive enough to challenge even the biggest HYIP industry programs.

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

I don’t see that you’ve left any stone unturned, Paul and it was a fair interview.

I’d like to convey my appreciation for the benefits you bring to the HYIP community and for the opportunity to express myself to this community and reply to your questions.”

Thanks a lot to Daniel for that and I hope you found the information here in someway helpful in deciding whether this is a suitable place to invest for you or not. Good luck to him and all the members there with the business and congratulations to the many members already in profit. Before I finish for the day however let me just give a brief reminder to existing ProfitDeluxe members that the program will undergo a short period of downtime next Friday to enable the addition of the telephone support network. Daniel already informed his members about this, but if you missed the update don’t panic if you can’t access the site for a while. We’re assured it won’t take that long anyway so it’s doubtful many of you will even notice.

Just one other thing before I go is to introduce a new program that has been added to MNO Premium list today that’s been running for the last five days only. It’s called WABFunds and it’s a long-term program paying 1.4%-2.4% for 120 calendar days with no principal back on expiry. The minimum to deposit in WABFunds starts at $10 and the program accepts three popular payment processors – LibertyReserve, PerfectMoney and AlertPay. WABFunds is running off an increasingly popular MonetarySoft script and is hosted on a dedicated Staminus server with DDoS protection provided by Koddos (SSL-connection is also enabled). The site looks pretty good to me and I will be looking forward to reviewing it in more detail on MNO tomorrow.

That’s about all for today guys, but as always I’ll be back tomorrow with all the latest news updates from around the HYIP industry as well as the review of the above mentioned program. First however for the first update I’ll have another interview, this time with the admin of GulfReserve (reviewed here), so stay tuned for that and see you all then!