I am in a loss right now, but 4 out of 5 programs I joined are still going. One program locks your initial and then pays you back the money you lend to them, they paid back 80% now, 20% to go. And 2 programs I joined, are very long term. This means you invest 100%, this money is locked for a couple months and then they pay you out with a profit.

This was really frustrating. I just left the hyip field and invested in real opportunities(or so I thought) and after one month I was already scammed by a program that had major DD, and I immidiatly started at a significant loss and had to play catch up game right away.

I will still invest in a few pts sites where I think the admin is honest
and competent, and one or two selected hyips that so far have been
good to me, but I will no longer advertise or refer people to these.

At OBA, we sell digital products and lease advertising spaces. It’s not
everybody’s cup of tea, but it works for me. And like here at nobs,
the community there is loyal, strong and supportive.

It’s a slower build, for sure, but it’s wonderful to be dealing with honest,
ethical people..working together to build something REAL. I’ve been
moving in this direction for over a year now…and I’m one of the
lucky ones who has managed to keep in profit. Still, it’s time to stop swimming with the sharks and build something worthwhile for the future.

HeyJude

In my hyip experience, I’ve probably broken even on around 35%, made money on around 15% and lost all or something on all the rest. I’m assuming my experience is pretty typical of all, and know that this is no real way to ever get ahead of where I am now, on a financial OR psychological level.

The hyip arena is dirty, and there are really gangsters or gangster wannabees involved despite the fact that there may be a few legitimate people running some programs. I’ve been threatened in past months by errant program heads with identity theft and physical harm for simply stating my honest opinion, and I don’t personally want to be in a place that uses that type of method to attempt to prolong their programs.

Move on NBB, and move us away from that ugly place! I’m glad to know there are a few areas I can come to online, with honest assessments and opinions - even if I may not always agree with them, and this is one of those places.

Good luck and good investing

What I’ll be focusing personally on the blog is to start on affiliate marketing like what Leo is doing, teach a little on monetization of sites (like many others too, simply it becomes that we’re losing niche because we’re doing common stuffs), and forex trading.

I’m sure many of our blog authors have their own niche and are willing to share interesting facts and news of the financial/ investment sector. Just look at alan, our new blog author who just posted the video about Money, I find that really interesting.

We’ll see how it goes, the reform must be done, the direction is still a little hazy, but this blog goes on with the support and love from the readers we have.

Looking back over the past several years, a number of forum/blog/board/program/club/group/list adminstrators/organizers have tried, in one way or another, to move on from the HYIP arena while taking a body of investors with them. I need not mention examples because they are plentiful and easily recalled. Something always goes amiss, though, and those efforts fail.
But, things here - post content and people - have grown on their own - unforced and without greed as the overarching motivation - and now the results of that transition are becoming tangible.

Of those programs still running right now, I only see Infinityshares and “maybe” lifeholdings refund us 100%(minus fees) if they would call it “quit”. There may be more that would do it, but facts are 100% of hyips so far cease to exist after some time and 99.99999999999999999% never refund us in FULL.

I spent a while in it did fairly well and probably better than most. It only takes a couple of losses but more importantly when you realize you are doing well in the HYIP arena that there will be people that will totally lose their shirts. I have been on both sides. It finally came down to a personal decision - do I really want to be making money off of programs where there are only winners and losers thus becoming a larger question I won’t get into here - but that moved me on to greener pastures.

I know of myself and several others that finally left the HYIP arena in the last several months. I really don’t keep with anything except this blog because of the other opportunities and education that are becoming more prevalent here.

As an ex high stakes HYIP ‘player’ my recommendation to anyone is to simply walk away. I for one am really looking forward to the changes here because of my respect for Jude and what he brings to the table.

I am in 3 real opportunities. The average I get each month is between 2 and 5% monthly. That means I double my money every 2 YEARS. This is a lot of money, yup sure, but it doesnt make me rich quickly. Thats indeed a myth.

When I started investing in real opportunities online rather than the standard hyip games, I expected a return of 5-6% monthly. ALAS in reality I *maybe* reach half of that target IF THAT. In good months YES I reach that target, but sadly with real opportunities you have lesser months, sometimes even negative numbers. Thats the reality check that I stumbled on.

I look forward to the restructure and the change
of focus to REAL and legitimate ways to earn online.

Lol…will you be changing the “hyip” part of the domain
name as well?

HeyJude

Suppose you have worked very hard, builded up a 1 million $ capital and the total amount owned to members is around 0.9 million. You are able to pay everyone a full refund, close the site and move on….very nice eh?

But now lets assume you are that stinky admin. Wouldnt it be easier even tough you could refund everyone, to just pack your bags, give no refunds at all and grab the whole million $ instead??? It would make you rich, while if you refund everyone, you would be just that normal “guy”

Its hard to create a real program and stay honest down the road. But its a lot harder to stay honest when you are retiring/closing down.

We’ll be covering both.