Pluto Ambassador Scam: Don’t Fall for the Free Eyewear Offer
Don’t fall for Pluto free eyewear ambassador offer on Tiktok and Instagram. It is not a genuine offer.
The brand lures buyers with free eyewear for reviews but delivers eyewear not worth the $35 paid for shipping.
We investigated Plouto.co; Here’s why It’s high risk and potential fraud.
Is Plouto.co Legit? See Disturbing Facts
No Business Address
The store does not provide its business address or warehouse address. As a customer, the only way to know where your order is coming from is after placing the order. While this doesn’t make the online store bad, it’s actually something to be looked into. Heck, I want to know where my order is coming from.
Complaints
One of the complaints by customers is poor quality of items received. According to customers, the sunglasses are not worth the price paid for shipping In fact, you can get it for a far lesser price elsewhere. See what an influencer has to say on TrustPilot
It’s scam. They send awful quality glasses. Shame. Scam company with a fake ambassador program. Don’t fall for it! Just another fake company with purchased followers.
Fails To Pay Ambassadors their Commission
The eyewear store claims ambassadors gets rewarded a 10% commission for every sale made with their link, but fails to pay the commission after getting buyers from the ambassadors. Lots of Plouto Co ambassadors have called out the brand as scam and warned others to stay away.
Pluto Uses Deceptive Marketing Tactics
Plouto.co shares same website design, content and product images of blacklisted Eyewear websites. It also uses same marketing strategy of 100% free pay for only shipping. However, reviews show that the eyewears are not up to the quality paid for the shipping.
Recently Registered Website
The domain ‘plouto.co’ was recently registered on November 2022. This means the website has been open not up to a year. So the store has no reputation and could easily shut down any time.
Too Good To Be True Discount & Sales Offer
The discount margin is too large and unrealistic even on a sale. What this store simply does is use the cheap price as a bait to lure buyers. When people see the low price, they become tempted to take a risk.
Is Pluto Eyewear a Scam?
The Pluto Eyewear is not a scam perse, however it’s not really legit. The eyewear are misleading sold as quality product but are actually not worth the price paid for shipping.
In reality, buyers do not benefit anything from the ’free eyewear’ offer. This is because the brand ambassador program is just a sales tactics.
10 Proven Ways To Spot an Instagram or TikTok Scam Ambassador Program
- Requests for you to purchase their product first for reimbursement later.
- Requires you to purchase at a discount.
- You have to cover the shipping fees and expenses.
- Asking you to create content for their use on their Instagram/website, using their product but they don’t pay you or give you the product. In return, they will help promote your social media accounts (i.e. will credit you)
- Brands requesting a collaboration by commenting in your comments on Instagram, or your blog. They’re using a shotgun approach hoping you’ll bite.
- Using language that isn’t professional (i.e., sweetie, darling, honey… you get the picture).
- Spelling and grammar errors! This is one of the biggest indicators this is not a professional request.
- A brand collaboration scam will always have caveats in the email or message that makes extra work for you, without really compensating you for it.
- Offering you a special affiliate commission with a “discount” for your followers (there are affiliate programs galore that you can sign-up to).
- It’s from a sketchy company that when you Google it, seems to be doing some questionable work or has poor reviews.
How To Protect Yourself From Online Shopping Scam This 2023
According to FTC, online shopping fraud is the most reported fraud category of 2023. Below are steps to take in order to stay safe and avoid this kind of scam;
Check the Domain age – How old is the website? (You can do so by visiting who.is)
Website Security Check – find out if the website is secured with SSL encryption. (https and padlock symbols).
Find Out Its Physical Location – Does The website provide return address? If Yes (Copy the address and paste on your browser. Google map would show if it is a real warehouse address or a residential address)
Check For Reviews – Are there customer reviews online? (It is advised that you sit it out if there are no customer reviews of the store. However if you’re not patient enough to wait you can send a mail to us to verify if the store is legit)
Beware of the returns and refund policy before purchasing – If the policy isn’t available or if it isn’t favorable to customers, you should quit shopping.
Use secure methods of payment that protect the buyer – payments portals like PayPal make it easy to get your money back.
