The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against the “Click Profit” business opportunity scheme for allegedly earning $14 million while deceiving consumers with false promises of guaranteed passive income through online stores.
Click Profit is an online business paltform promoted on social media and through websites that claims to help consumers generate passive income by setting up and managing e-commerce stores on Amazon, Walmart, and other platforms.
The company claims its customers are guaranteed profits, stating they are ‘trusted’ by major brands like Nike, Marvel, and Disney.
Click Profit’s websites and advertisements allegedly claimed to offer a “$150k sales gaurantee,” giving the impression of guaranteed investment returns and a steady passive income. The company also promised customers they would have top ranking and visibility for their stores on TikTok, Amazon, eBay, and Walmart.
Source: FTC
The FTC says that Click Profit’s main operational model is to make a direct profit from “management fees” associated with setting up online shops and purchasing inventory.
Specifically, the FTC mentions that consumers are asked to cover significant upfront fees, in many cases reaching up to $45,000, as well as additional charges for inventory purchases and other supposedly required actions.
“The complaint highlights actual statistics on Click Profit’s stores, which are mainly on Amazon, showing that after Amazon’s fees, more than one-fifth of the company’s stores on the platform earn no money at all and another third earns less than $2,500 in gross lifetime sales,” reads FTC’s announcement.
“After factoring in Click Profit’s own startup fees, ongoing charges, and “profit share” fees, most consumers are never able to recoup the costs of starting a store, much less earn the profits promised by the company.”
The FTC announcement says that in most cases, as soon as Click Profit stores were created and added to the e-commerce platforms, they were blocked or suspended.
According to the FTC, Amazon terminated 95% of all stores created by Click Profit created on its platform, leaving the owners, who made a significant investment, with no way to recover it.
For the few stores that did generate revenue, Click Profit allegedly pressured consumers into reinvesting their earnings to buy more inventory instead of keeping the money.
The complaint states that Click Profit often delays store openings for months, and in some cases, never opens them at all.
When clients attempt to communicate with the firm worrying about the progress of their orders, Click Profit allegedly remains unresponsive. Refunds were only issued when those clients sought help from external firms or law enforcement authorities.
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order on March 5, 2025, effectively freezing the company’s activities. However, its website and related promotional materials are still online.
FTC’s complaint seeks to hold the company’s operators accountable for their deceptive practices, recover money for defrauded consumers, and permanently shut down Click Profit.
BleepingComputer has contacted Click Profit for a comment on FTC’s action and we will update this post when we receive a response.
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