In this blog post,I reported that ITV Ventures would cease to exist on October 3, 2008 and it would be replaced by a company called EVS (Elite Virtual Systems). I now have a clearer picture of what EVS is and is not.

It is not a Network Marketing company. That component of the business model has been completely removed from what I can tell.

It will continue to use independent home agents as a call center for infomercials. But the big difference will be that the infomercials will be 3rd party infomercials. Formerly, ITV created, produced, and aired all their own infomercial shows – that will not be the case here. This shifts the risk of the cost of media off EVS.

It’s a bit unclear on exactly what products will be offered, but EVS agents can begin taking calls sometime in mid October. Since I don’t know the product specifics yet, I don’t have commission details. Call agents in EVS will be held to performance standards as well. The measure of performance will be Revenue per Call (RPC). Those with below par RPC will be dropped from receiving calls. I am not clear on how that RPC will be reported or communicated to the reps.

The biggest impetus to joining EVS is that if you were in ITV Ventures, your residual customers will come with you and your residual income will follow. As for me, I’m afraid I am not terribly excited about EVS and will join it only to keep my residuals coming in. I would be crazy to throw that away. It costs $80 per month to stay in EVS and as long as the residuals pay more than that, it behooves me to stay in EVS.

It’s doubtful I will work EVS very much (if at all). There were times when ITV Ventures felt more like a job than a business and EVS will be even more so. EVS will be more like work from home opportunity and there is a huge difference between “Working from home” and a “Home Based Business”.