Beware of these Ambassador Requests

Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 11:56 am

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I’ve noticed a rise in brands/companies direct messaging me via social media mainly on Instagram. This isn’t anything new but some of these requests can seem odd.

Most ambassador requests have been direct messaged to me via someone claiming to be a brand recruiter or an associated profile. Some are just random product users who hope to entice you to join the program. Okay, the last one is more like Multi-level marketing tactics and I’ll mention that later.

Here’s a video I shared a while ago about some of the ambassador requests you might want to beware of.

The trend

I’ve noticed brand ambassador requests happen in waves. This being said the DM’s are always happening with the new trends. For example, I had a number of people bombard my Instagram DM’s asking for blue light glasses ambassadorships. That’s faded a bit now we are back to jewelry brands.

Granted this may change with the trend or even season depending on the items. But I’ve noticed one thing for certain when a trend is popular my DM’s are flooded with ambassadorship requests. To make it worse some even spam for the same website repeatedly.

Language some DM’s use

I find it funny how some of the brand recruiters try to flatter you. Some use very casual openings such as:

Either way they try to add flattery in hopes that you will say yes to the ambassador request.

a red flag

I’m all for helping brands out and even doing ambassadorships but I don’t agree to try to promote the hell out of a product in hopes to make a sale. I also find it odd that some brand recruiters make it sound like you will get an excellent deal on the product but you have to pay shipping. Or you get a certain percentage off for friends if they purchase a certain dollar limit.

Here’s a good example of what I mean by the shipping fee. This brand recruiter contacted me from some jewelry brand. The company sold simple rings, necklaces, etc. The recruiter claimed I would earn a 15% commission and an additional $500 in another message.

If you are going to have a 100% free item but have to pay $15 to $29 USD per item international shipping fee that’s not free. As for the 15% commission and extra $500 goes. I believe the $500 was if I was a top ambassador. So basically sell to everyone I could. The products were gold-plated and were all over $50.

do your research

Since I had a few minutes I looked up the brand and found out this brand Venus Fortuna has a number of scam site listings. You can read one here (source scam pulse). I also looked up their ICANN info and saw they were based in Indonesia. Yet the Whois listing states they are London-based. Either way, they are based outside of the US.

a note about MLM (Multi-level marketing)

I thought this needed to be added as well. I had a profile contact me offering an ambassadorship program for a vitamin company. I wasn’t familiar with the product. I kindly declined the offer. The women wouldn’t let up. She sent me a reply stating that the brand offered a monthly raffle. I assumed it was for the best promo image or something of that nature.

Basically, they wanted you to share a product image and your opinion. The brand would use your image and you’d be entered into the raffle (That was my understanding of it). I’m not even sure if that’s ethical for a brand to do.

To me, this had hints of an MLM offer. Even though the person who reached out to me say straight out it was one. I had a feeling it would turn into one as time went on.

Other MLM offers

I’ve also had people try to share their sales pitches for vitamins or wellness products, hair care (Monat), and a few others. some people try to disguise them as an ambassadorship program or opportunity. But eventually, they slip in the if you have friends who are interested in our products have them contact us.

Things you can do

If you have these types of direct messages you can delete them or block the sender. You can also do your own research on the companies requesting the ambassadorship.

Always make sure you know what the terms are and what is going to be required of you. If they will be using your images you can ask to be given credit for the photo the same goes for videos as well.

I hope this post was helpful. Feel free to share your ambassador request stories in the comments below.