So, Is the World Market Auction a Scam?

After my husband wrote that email to the World Market Auction, he never received a response. It seems that they don't care to share their eBay ID--perhaps, as one commenter said, because it isn't an active one like they claim. So I am inclined to believe that it is a scam and I'm glad we didn't send in the application right away like we had initially planned on doing. According to some comments I have received on this blog, after sending in the application they ask you for your bank account so they can deposit money which you are to forward. This is a big no-no if you don't know the person. So I would recommend you avoid this company!

Those of you who come upon this blog, please feel free to leave comments. They will help the people who come after you to make a more informed decision.

I know there are a lot of people who are looking for work-at-home opportunities. The World Market Auction purports to be a work-at-home job, but in the end it looks more like a scam than anything else. However, I can recommend a few opportunities that I know are legitimate.

If you have the time to shop, you might consider mystery shopping. I did this for several months and it does pay. Here is the directory of Mystery Shopping companies that I used. Beware of imitations. Typing "mystery shopping" into Google will get you a bunch of scams that will only end up filling your inbox with spam. This directory is valid and I highly recommend it.

If you would like to try online marketing, there are a couple options that I can recommend. First, you could try the 30 Day Challenge. This is a totally free program that helps you earn your first $10 or so in 30 days. I went through about 21 days of the challenge, gave up because of illness, but 3 days after the challenge ended, I earned $11 off the effort--so in effect I sort of won the challenge. Also, I applied what I learned to some other sites I already had and have made nearly $200 in the last two weeks. It teaches you how to legitimately and honestly earn money online. It's not easy--you'll have to put in a few hours a day once the challenge starts--but it is free. The challenge officially starts in August, but in June and July they have pre-season and from September through May you can still work on the previous challenge.

Another online marketing program that I recommend is called Reality-Networkers. They are a more traditional online marketing system. I have been working with them for a couple of months and am close to moving up to the next level. This method is fairly easy and you'll have a lot of help from your upline (which would be me if you sign up using this link). It's NOT a get rich quick scheme, but my level 5 upline is pulling in about $3,000 a month now. The nice thing about this program is that you can work it as much or as little as you want, and as long as you don't quit, you will get somewhere.

So if you were researching World Market Auction because you are interested in making money from home, these are some viable options. Feel free to check out any or all of them, and I wish you success in your money-making endeavors.

Please Read the Comments

Jessie from World Market Auction still has not replied to the email mentioned in the previous post. However, I have received two comments on the first post, and I am being led more and more to the conclusion that this company is a scam. Still hoping to hear back from them, but if it's a scam, we won't, and that will be the end of it.

We Asked Some Questions Last Night

My husband still is a little leery about working for World Market Auction still. He has filled out all the paperwork, but he hasn't sent it in yet. Last night he wrote the following in an email:

Could you please send me the World Market Auction seller ID. I looked for it in your website but the link is bad. I would like to see which items are being auctioned. I would like to have an phone number where I can speak with you or another Administrative Staff from WMA.

I kind of expect them to give the international number that is already on the website, because they are based in Belgium. But being able to see the eBay ID would tell us a lot. They claim to be in the top 100.

In the mean time, ads for the same position keep popping up all around the country. We found one in Philadelphia and one in Southern California. It seems, however, that the links are not all good. Either this is simple carelessness or something worse. We'll find out soon enough.

Checking Out the World Market Auction

About a week ago, my husband got an email from a Jesse at World Market Auction inviting him to become an employee. After reading the email, my husband called me in to see what I thought of it. You see, I've had some experience with identifying scams in the past, and testing out online opportunities (see my blog on the Zaken Corp), and he trusts my opinion. So I read the email too.

After discussing it a bit, we decided that while some things made it look like a scam, others seemed to indicate that it wasn't. So we wrote them back and asked questions. Everything seemed positive, but still we are a little unsure. We have decided that we will give the company a try, working on it together (since my husband works full time, and I stay home, I will help him, but I won't be doing everything). He has already filled out the contract, signed it, and scanned it into the computer, and we will probably send it in this week. In the mean time, we have been praying that the Lord will guide us, because we don't want to get taken in something that could cause us problems in the future.

I have made a list of the pros and cons of World Market Auction:

Pros	Cons
* Told us where they saw the resume	* eBay ID on website is not valid
* Realistic pay offered	* Hasn't answered an email I sent through the website
* No cost to join company	* The company is brand new--no one knows about it
* When he replied to my husband, he didn't do it too quickly

Let me elaborate on these briefly.

Told Us Where They Saw the Resume

My husband does have several resumes posted online, and he has gotten obvious scam offers in the past from people who viewed one of his resumes. However, they never indicated where they saw the resume. World Market Auction did.

Realistic Pay Offered

For 2-4 hours of work per day, 5 days a week, my husband would get $1,200 or $1,300 a month for the first 2 months and $1,500 after that. This is realistic. Most scam companies would offer thousands per week for minimal effort.

No Cost to Join

There is no cost to us to become an employee. Most work-at-home scams require you to pay for training or for something.

Didn't Reply to my Husband's Email Too Quickly

My husband has received scam offers in the past, and when he wrote to ask them a question, they wrote him back very quickly. When he wrote Jesse from World Market Auction, he wrote back the next day, and not first thing in the morning. My husband considers this a plus.

Now let's look at the cons:

EBay ID on Website Not Valid

They claim they have been doing business on eBay for several years, with 98% positive feedback, but I cannot find their account on eBay. On their website, they have link to their ID, but it comes back as invalid. This could very well be a mistake on the part of the webmaster, but then again, it could very well be something much more sinister.

They Haven't Responded to My Email

When I wrote them from another email of mine and asked them about the problem with their ID on the website, I never received a reply. This could be that they have problems receiving the email that uses their domain name, @worldmarketauction.net, but then again, maybe they are just ignoring me.

Company is Brand New

Any company that has been around for awhile would have had a chance to gain a good reputation. Because World Market Auction is so new, it hasn't had a chance to build up a reputation yet. Scams are almost always new when we get the offer, and they disappear and change their name as soon as they are exposed. With WMA, only time will tell.

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