An AGLOCO for All Members March 5th, 2007 by haroldbbbg1619 AGLOCO is a ‘big' idea. What I mean by that is that AGLOCO must attract a big community to be effective. By their own standards the creators of AGLOCO have stated they want a community of at least 10,000,000 members. (Seems like a big number but it is just about 1% of the current Internet population.) Oh don't get me wrong, I think they can be profitable at 500,000 or so. But to really be the Internet Revolution I and others think they can be, they need to be 10,000,000 on their way to 100,000,000. AGLOCO is still a pre-launch company (yes they have an enormous amount of publicity for a pre-launch Internet startup coming out of Stanford University – but they only announced their existence four months ago). Much focus has been on AGLOCO member growth and the AGLOCO referral system. It has been stated by AGLOCO that less than 20% of AGLOCO members will ever have a referral and less than 5% will ever have many referrals. So, AGLOCO is much like a big tree with lots of leaves – regular members represented by the leaves. Like any tree, it will only flourish if the leaves are healthy. To do that AGLOCO must appeal to a large segment of the world's internet population. Let's see what their chances look like. Cost /ease of being a regular AGLOCO member. • Free – no cost to join or maintain Membership – software is free • Joining takes less than 2 minutes. • Viewbar takes up a small amount of the desktop while surfing • All information private – so no cost there • No spam (a once a month AGLOCO update email appears to be the total email incursion.) • Viewbar can be turned off anytime with one click – no spyware Conclusion – cost to regular members is very low. Benefits of being a regular AGLOCO member • Some utility (probably not as much as the Google or Yahoo toolbars) • Income from monthly surfing - $50 to $100 a year (smaller in first year) • Income from affiliate rebates (discounts etc. - varies by person greatly - but the biggest users of the Internet would get the most benefits) • Income from being an owner – could be more than $100 if a regular member is an early joiner. Conclusion – a small but reasonable amount of cash income plus positive value of software utility. Based on this very quick look at AGLOCO's leaves, they should be very happy. They do almost nothing and get something (even $50 a year is infinitely more than any other software is paying them). As the AGLOCO economic network grows over time, the amount of utility should increase as well as the actual cash economic dividends. This should mean the leaves stay green and the AGLOCO tree continues to grow healthy. I do think that AGLOCO is a good idea for ALL Members.