Chris Malta

I too was a victim of scam artists who had minimal teachings and you were lucky to have a conversation with your coach (I won't even use the word "teacher") without a weekly appointment if you needed help in between weeks, you would wait for 3-4 days only to speak to another coach, not even your own! Chris' approach to genuine teaching was worlds apart from the scammers, and less expensive.

My husband and I took the E-biz courses together and from start to launch it took us a little less than 2 years. We are older so learning was a challenge, I will admit. But Chris stood by us, answering our calls and questions whenever we needed teaching and interpretation of the course studies. We were never deceived about the length of time. It's human nature to want to get through difficult stuff quicker, but NO business owner EVER has an easy time IF they do it right, which is what Chris teaches. We weren't happy shelling out money we struggled to get before even making a sale, but there is NO business in the world that doesn't have start-up costs. And it certainly wasn't $6000! Chris was never misleading about that!

In conclusion, I feel Chris was born to teach. His patience, willingness to help on a weekend, holiday or late evening and his genuinely honest persona is what made us stick with him during difficult times. If you make the commitment to learn and grow a business from nothing to something, you best be realistic in knowing it won't happen overnight and it won't happen for some as quickly as others who may have some initial experience.

When we realized how very different Chris Malta's course is compared to the scammer course we took, put up a website and didn't sell a thing in over a year, it was clearly evident that the course material was like night and day. If you want to get it done quickly and half-ass, DON'T go with Chris Malta... I really don't have to finish this sentence, do I? The answer is obvious.

It's not rocket science. This man who lost everything also lost his soul, which is very sad. That is still no reason to consciously try to trash a man's reputation. Shame on you. Chris is a good man, a great human being and has worked hard to build his business, NOT through deceit and over-compensation, but in a refreshingly honest approach to teaching what he has learned over 40 years. Any student of his is lucky to have access to his knowledge and expertise.

I too feel for this guy, losing all in a hurricane. Very devastating.

However, in spite of all that, he did come back to restart his course. What he didn’t like was he had to review/renew his market research, that’s all. After two years it should be a little out of date. What I think is that he was not or ever was ready to continue or finish the course because this course is really detailed and difficult.

You need to be in a focused frame of mind.I know from my experience in the online business world that there are many more scams than legit courses out there. When I started with Chris Malta, I was coming off a “slam, bam, thank you ma-am” e-commerce course that got me up and running in two weeks … WOW. No, not wow, “whoa” is the word because I never made one cent with that program. Six months wasted there.

Why? Because I was only told what to do and not why. A $6000 mistake. This is just one of the few mistakes I’ve made.

Anyway, I digress.Let me say that EBiz Foundations is a soup to nuts course that everyone in the ecommerce business should consider before jumping into the fray. Anyone worth their salt in the ecommerce, online business does say that there is no quick or easy way to be successful. This is definitely not for everyone. Just for the ones who are willing to work hard and long to achieve their goals.

I know you can feel overwhelmed and discouraged at times. I have and still do at times. Maybe this guy is feeling that too. He got to section 41, more than half way.

He only needed a week of review and refresh, and he would be on track again. What a shame he misunderstood that he only had to do one chapter over again.Starting any business costs a lot of money and time. My wife spent nearly 5 years, 18+ hours a day and a *** ton of money before she saw a profit. The point is, if you believe it, it will happen.This guy needs to own his decision to quit and not continue.

Nobody else is to blame.

He knew the rules going in.You know what they say: “winners never quit and quitters never win”. He will never know what could be.

LennyB

I completely disagree with the bad comments about the eBuz education course from Chris Malta. I have taken the courses and believe Chris to be an honest man trying to help online retailers educated about the business.

Any business, I mean any business requires long working hours and dedication to see results.

Not everyone is fit for ecommerce, the learning curse is great and demanding. Chris is a good man.

Thanks

MY JOURNEY THROUGH

CHRIS MALTA eBIZ FOUNDATIONS COMPLETE ECOMMERCE TRAINING PROGRAM

ONLINE TRAINING COURSE

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT.

Are You contemplating an online presence?

Maybe, you are about to be retired, or already retired, and want to establish an online presence: an online store to market something that peeked your interest, a niche that you felt unserved or underserved; to supplement your finances, or just to be in a position to say to your friends and associates, “Have you seen my website?” And into a dialog with them. Or, maybe, none of the above. But for whatever reason, private or public, you want an online presence, and you decided to have a web site developed. Good.

You now think about the resources to accomplish this. You evaluated your own skills in the area of website development, and if current, no big deal, you just carry on to the end and invite your friends to the launch of your site.

It is like you want to build a house, a dream house, if you are an architect and or builder, you just commit your thoughts to paper in the form of a diagram (blue print), and from that diagram you make a realistic estimate of materials, land, labor, and time. You might even supervise the actual operation to make sure everything is done to your satisfaction. You might even do all the work, or some of it, or even one of it. But you would always make sure that each stage of production is to your approval and satisfaction, before the next stage commences.

However, if your expertise in this area is not current, or non-existent, you would look elsewhere to find the right expertise. Nowhere is more apparent to look than the online resources that are at your disposal to retrieve by carefully crafting search arguments that will return the answers you are looking for. But these answers are tailored, waiting for your search, and You do not even think of looking elsewhere because the online services are right there at your finger tip; they are intimidating, and enticing, all at the same time. Moreover, the enticement is reinforced by the supporting emails, and follow-up leaflets that flood your inboxes, and postal mail boxes.

Once you have narrowed down your list of website builders, you will do your due diligence and select the builder that best meets your approval. An interview will take place between you and the potential website builder/trainer/teacher, and on agreement (contract signing) cash will change hands and training commences.

During this interview, it is important to make sure that the teaching/training/work/ is in sync to deliver your desired and expected end product in the framework of your expected time, expenses, and other resources. The way to accomplish this is to ask questions to address your expectations.

Be always mindful of the fact that they are in the business of selling courses and their primary and only objective is to sell courses, so they will tailor their presentation to do just that, even if it means being deceptive, not disclosing, or cloaking the full or complete extent of the time and expenses associated with their training programs.

Below, is the detail of my journey through Chris Malta eBiz Foundations Ecommerce Online Training Program. It is just the facts as they happened, no opinion, no subjectivation, no objectivation, no conclusion. As you read it you will ask yourself “why didn’t I ask this and that, and so on”. These are the questions you might ask before signing. Make a note of them, and ask them.

My Journey Through Chris Malta eBiz Ecommerce Online Training Program

In February 2015 I received an invitational email from chrismalta.com to participate in a paid online seminar explaining the true ins-and-outs of an ecommerce website. It spiked my interest because I was then looking for precisely that type of information. On the fourth of March I paid the seminar registration fee, and a week after I was sitting at my computer listening to the presentation, narrated by Chris, himself. I was impressed. The presentation was short and spicy, and the call to action was built in. The gist of it was a briefing of what makes for a good website-presentation to the searcher, and how to lead that searcher to become a customer. The entire training would take a year to eighteen months. I liked it then. I would like it even more now, if the true disclosure of time and other resources was given.

Chris called me on the telephone the next day, as a follow-up, and to get my views on the seminar, as well as to explain the cost and method of payment.

During our conversation the idea of curriculum and syllabus kept going through my thought process so I asked him if we (the students) get a curriculum and detail syllabus. He explained that it is just what we have been over, and a syllabus is not really necessary. Subsequently, in August of 2018, I again asked for a copy of the detail syllabus for the course; I gave the reason why I wanted it, and this time I promptly received it (a twenty-five-page document titled ‘2018 Course Detail’). On March 25, 2015 I paid the cost of the training, and training commenced in April 2015. The training began as one would have expected, with the welcome and greeting.

Course Section #5 called for the setting up of a legal entity business name, and establishing of bank account.

Course Sections #2, #4, and #6 required the purchasing of Quick Books Pro 2015, and subscription to Lynda.com for Video training as listed below. The thing to bear in mind here is that Lynda.com courses have no reference material. It is a matter of playing the videos until the information is grasped or understood. This could involve playing the videos more than once. Any subsequent reference or lookup requires playing the videos again if subscription is still current, or renew subscription first.Windows 8.1 – 6 hours of video playing timeGmail Essentials and Learning Chrome – 2 hours video playing timeMS Word 2013 – 6 hours of video playing timeMS Excel 2013 – 7 hours of video playing timeGoogle calendar about an hour of video playing timeQuick Books Pro 2015 – 6 hours of video playing time.

Course Section #9 required the purchasing of the self-contain-course-Book – Simple Market Research.

Course Sections #10 through #34 covered marketing research, utilizing spread sheets, covering topics including but not limited to: Competition, Pricing, Niche marketing and advertising, Keywords, demographics and consumer identification, product qualification, and supply chain.

Course Sections #35 through #39 required the purchasing of monthly subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud. Also required Lynda.com paid subscription for the following:

Design Aesthetics for the web – 3 hours of video playing timeAdobe Creative Cloud Essential Training – 3 hours of video playing timePhotoshop CC 2017 One-on-One Fundamentals – 16 hours of video playing timePhotoshop CC 2017 One-on-One Advanced – 17 hours of video playing timePhotoshop CC 2013 Mastery - 10 hours of video playing timeAdobe Color CC Essential Training 3 hours of video playing timeIllustrator CC 2013 One-on-One Fundamentals – 12 hours of video playing timeIllustrator CC 2013 One-on-One Intermediate – 12 hours of video playing timeIllustrator CC 2013 One-on-One Advanced – 12 hours of video playing timeIllustrator CC 2013 One-on-One Mastery – 12 hours of video playing timeDeke’s Techniques 269 Video Training – 15 minutes of video playing timeDeke’s Techniques 270 Video Training – 15 minutes of video playing time.

I completed the training up to course section #41, in August, 2017. The flood Harvey then came and destroyed my house and the fullness thereof. After setting up temporary domicile I contacted Chris Malta in September of 2017, requesting that due to my disruption, and the time it will take me to reestablish, I cancel the remainder of the course and be given a prorated refund. He informed me that the time has long passed for any type of refund, but I may resume the course when it is possible for me to do so. I asked him to give me the entire course work material all at once, since I have already paid for it, that I may or may not work on it at my leisure, he said no, that is not possible. I decided to resume the course.

It took me until June 2018 before I was recovered from the effects of Harvey, to the point where I could resume the course. I contacted Chris. He informed me that too much time has elapsed to resume the course, but I may restart at the beginning of course section #10.

At this moment I started contemplating whether I should drop the course completely, or restart at section #10. To make this decision, I need to assess what I have completed, and what I have yet to complete. So, I asked Chris to send me a copy of the syllabus, and explained why I need it. He promptly sent it to me, as mentioned before.

Speaking from the syllabus, the part of the course that I have not yet completed lists 79 more sections and 37 more video trainings. Undoubtedly, these require additional expenses for video training subscriptions and or the purchase of software products (this level of detail is only given at the beginning of each lesson).

Retrospect

The original presentation to me was deceptive. Had I seen the syllabus, or, had I known the full extent of time, resources, and expenses associated with this course, I would not have signed up for it in the first place. Now I am faced with the options of dropping the course and losing the almost six thousand dollars, including the cost of the course itself, that I have already sunken into it, or resuming the course at a point where I would not only incur additional cost, but repeat most of those I have already incurred.

Be mindful. The local municipal colleges and career schools are more cost effective; they are accredited, technologically current, staffed with distinguished teachers, and provide all the resources you will need for their courses, during and after. And there is never a discrepancy of course time-line and or content and expense.