Free Bot System Review – Failed Pyramid Scheme?

I've been invited to join Free Bot System recently and, no offense, but I was just so underwhelmed by the low quality of information on the sales page. Too much talking but too little to tell what it is. When you recommend a service to others as an affiliate, you don't just tell them what it does and how it works. You explain what makes the particular service different. You don't recommend a shop just because it sells "lots of things" like groceries, birthday cards, kitchen utensils, you see? We've seen that kind of shop before - it's called a supermarket! 

If you've been looking for a Free Bot System review to find out whether this scheme will work for you, I think it all depends on what kind of affiliate marketer you want to be. There are a lot of "rules" there that you and your potential referrals have to follow, only to make money for the sake of it. Will it be worth it for you? Read on, and the decision is up to you.

What Is Free Bot System?

Free Bot System (FBS) primarily sells itself as a "make money online" scheme. It's supposed to provide you with a done-for-you landing page with a messenger chatbot. Also for $20 per month, it will allow you to use its in-house email marketing service. 

The site freebotsystem.com was first opened in January 2021, and the pre-launch site freebotsystemlaunch.com was opened in April 2021. At the time of writing this (October 2021), the system is still in the pre-launch phase.

FBS is free to sign up, and there are 3 membership plans;

• Free plan
• VIP Club - $20 per month
• "Lifetime Bot" - a one-time fee of $497

Unfortunately, I don't think it's functioning properly at all. I joined through my referrer and, when I visited the launch site for the first time, I was prompted to whitelist the email. But I haven't received a single email from FBS to this date. 

A free membership allows me to do very little right now. But I can't seem to become a paid member either - whenever I attempted to pay $20, the page would return an error. It seems that some of the people who joined earlier managed to pay to become VIP Club members though (according to some of the testimonial videos.)

So the Free Bot System is...not working.

Taking all that into consideration, I have a sneaky suspicion that this new system may never take off, unfortunately. 

Who Is The Creator?

Neither of the sites (main site and pre-launch site) openly discloses who's behind the system. The man who appears in the introduction video is just an actor. Whereas some videos say it's owned by "Kingdom Wealth Alliance".

However, the name "Priceless Possibilities" appears on the legal pages as well as on some of the videos. This enabled me to verify that the owner behind the Free Bot System is Michael Price, who also owns the Power Lead System. 

The Power Lead System has been around since 2013 and has been popular in the past for providing marketing tools and training. But the biggest criticism was the bad usability. It had too many rules, a complex membership structure, and bad navigation all made it difficult for the members to follow through. Free Bot System does look like an extension of PLS, i.e. has a similar usability problem, though it has no direct link to PLS.

What Do You Get From Free Bot System?

I have looked at several pages, popups, and videos but they all seem to say something slightly different. But this is what I found;

• DFY (done-for-you) landing pages with bot system (Messenger bot).
• Autoresponder (email marketing tool).
• Access to "Endless Free Leads Mobile" - a network marketing course by Max Steingart. I guess the owner has a reseller license for this course program.
• A "vacation certificate" (a holiday discount voucher) if you have been a VIP Club member for 90 days. 
• A 5-tier referral compensation plan.

What Really Is The "Bot System"?

As I said earlier, I can't get any of the tools just yet, but according to the instruction video, one of your sales (landing) pages should look like this;

So instead of a lead generation form, a Messenger chatbot will appear on the screen and interact with users before asking them to opt-in.

To use a messenger, you'll have to have a Facebook account. So the good thing about the Messenger chatbot is, your leads will be real humans. Equally, some users are hesitant to use Messenger to communicate with salespeople. As a user, I wouldn't mind spending a few minutes with a chatbot but not with a Messenger chatbot. I feel it's not worth logging in to my Facebook account just to listen to what a sales robot says. 

The Compensation Plans

I find the matrix charts hard to understand because they display the "best-case scenario" rather than simply display the commission rates. They're based on the assumption that every one of your downlines successfully invites 5 people each.

For example, if your 2nd downline (your referral's referral) decides to join VIP Club and pays $20 per month, you'll receive $1 per month.

But the matrix says that the 2nd downline commission will be $25. Because the plan is, you'll get 5 people to join, then all 5 of them will invite 5 people each and get them to pay $20 each. The commission will be $1 x 5 x 5 = $25. You know it will never work out great like that in reality.

Anyway, the compensation plans are as follows;

• Level 1 (when your direct referral becomes a VIP member): $5
• Level 2: $1
• Level 3: $1
• Level 4: $1
• Level 5: $5

If you are a "Lifetime Bot" member (a one-off fee of $497) and your referral also becomes a Lifetime, you'll receive a $150 commission.

A larger commission is paid for your 5th downline, which is interesting to know. But it's almost impossible, or pure luck if it ever happens because, in multi-level marketing, you never get to speak to your indirect referrals. You don't encourage your 4th downlines to invite someone else in so that you can receive $5 extra, you know what I mean? 

Are Free Members Entitled To Receive Commissions?

Well, I think the answer is yes, but the rule's not clear because the table charts displayed on the pre-launch page don't seem to match up with one another. 

It seems that you are allowed to invite up to 100 people for free. If you invite more than 100 people up to 500, you'll be charged a monthly fee of $10. If you invite more than 500 people, the monthly fee goes up to $15...and so on.

If you invite more than 2,500 people, your monthly fee will be increased to $40. WHY? You might as well join the VIP Club that gives you full access for $20 per month.

Also, the same page says a free member can get paid 25% of "whatever the clients pay". But who are the "clients"? Referrals, I guess?

The Payment Options Aren't Unclear

With all that said, Free Bot System doesn't appear to have established the account settings page yet. According to the instruction video, the members' dashboard is ready there. But it doesn't let anyone access it. It doesn't even tell you what kind of commission payment options are available (e.g. PayPal, wire transfer, etc.) So if you're looking to make money with Free Bot System by referring others, it's not the time just yet.

Is Free Bot System a Pyramid Scheme?

When a membership offers a multi-level affiliate commission plan, people often call it either an MLM or a pyramid scheme. But there's a difference between these two terms;

• MLM - it sells products/services that customers can enjoy, and also offers a multi-level commission. So it’s within the law.
• Pyramid scheme - it doesn’t sell anything apart from the system itself and the multi-level commission structure is the core selling point. Considered illegal in many countries.

Free Bot System is supposed to provide you with landing pages and an email marketing tool. According to the sales video, the landing pages are designed to promote any choice of your product or a third-party sales page, not just FBS itself, so it is in theory, legit.

However, none of the tools is available just yet. If it continues to be in the pre-launch phase but starts to take fees from new members and distribute commissions to referrers, that'll make it a pyramid scheme.

Is The Email Marketing Tool Any Good?

FBS says that its in-house autoresponder is part of the VIP Club service, so it will save you "at least $240 for life!" 

Generally, the critical problem of privately owned email marketing software is low deliverability. No matter how easy it is to use or how good the template designs are, if the emails you send keep ending up in your subscribers' spam folder, it will be useless. That's the single most important reason that we should all use a well-known, trustworthy email service provider, such as AWeber, Active Campaign, GetResponse, etc.

I haven't tried the FBS's email system because it wouldn't let me as I mentioned earlier. But what I have tried in the past is the email system on Power Lead System, owned by the same owner. It was very basic therefore easy to use, but unfortunately, the deliverability was so bad - I tested it myself over & over again, all my emails were treated as junk. So assuming it uses the same or similar server, I wouldn't have high hopes for the FBS's email marketing tool. But that's just my speculation based on my previous experience.

Promotes "Non-Transparency"

One of the fundamental reasons I don't like the Free Bot System is the way it encourages you to refer others. I strongly believe that it's important for an affiliate marketer to act trustworthy and be transparent about the product they promote. The industry is increasingly becoming competitive. You can't make your business a long-term success without gaining trust from users.

Free Bot System, however, advises you NOT to reveal much to your audience. For example, it encourages you to speak to your prospects on the telephone but keep the call short and not to tell everything to them. It doesn't give you a reason for this strategy (the sentence after "because" is not a reason!)

It gives you a sample script, but basically, you don't tell them anything except that Free Bot System is "amazing, it's going viral, it's free, and you'll get paid."

This really doesn't make sense and I don't endorse this marketing method as an affiliate. You don't recommend something to someone without telling them why. I guess that is a reflection of the Free Bot System as a system - it's deliberately designed to be hard for users to understand.