Uptown Offers, an online platform proposing daily deals and a direct sales opportunity, registered its website domain on May 5, 2013, with ownership details kept private. No information on who owns or operates the business appears on its website.
The uptownoffers.com domain registration, dating back to May 5, 2013, remains private. This website shares its hosting server with BizCustomers, a company known for selling customer leads to affiliates of the now-defunct GoFunRewards MLM scheme. GoFunRewards ended its US operations earlier this month, citing legal concerns with its revenue-sharing compensation plan.
YouTube hosts three videos for BizCustomers under the account "Devon Crawford". A woman, presumably Crawford, narrates these videos, referring to "our business" and "our website". An affiliate call for Uptown Offers on May 27 featured a woman's voice. This voice does not appear to match the one from Devon Crawford's BizCustomers videos.
Uptown Offers describes itself as a "daily deal, online shopping, coupon and rebate community". Merchants register with the company to create daily deals, sell products, and offer coupons, forming the business's retail aspect.
The company promotes a direct sales opportunity. Affiliates are tasked with selling advertising to merchants and products to consumers, earning commissions from both merchant sign-ups and subsequent sales.
Uptown Offers places significant emphasis on a branded mobile application, though it is not yet available. The app is touted as the "world's first 'CONSUMER KILLER AP', designed to combine an international affiliate network with the multi-billion dollar daily deal and discounting market." The company aims for an August 2013 launch. It remains unclear if "killer" is used figuratively.
The Uptown Offers compensation plan pays affiliates for recruiting new members and attracting merchants. It also offers residual commissions based on sales volume generated by an affiliate's downline.
Recruitment commissions, termed "Fast Start Bonuses," are paid when an affiliate brings in a new paid Uptown Offers affiliate. Recruiting a $300 member pays $100. A $600 member yields $200. Recruiting a $900 member results in a $300 bonus, and a $1200 member provides $400. Higher membership fees for new recruits lead to higher commissions for the recruiting affiliate. Uptown Offers does not provide specific commission percentages for daily deals offered to affiliates.