Important note: This is a critical and independent review and not a salesletter or an ad!

Format

Different web-scripts (including Javascripts) plus help manual.

Review

Whether you should use pop-ups or not on your web site, is one of the most debated subjects on the Internet. Often they annoy you. But on the other side you'll may welcome them if they don't intrude too much, while at the same same offering you something you really would like to get. 

No matter what you think about pop-ups, it's a fact that they're responsible for countless extra optin list subscriptions and orders. Subscriptions and orders that probably wouldn't be placed if it wasn't for the pop-ups.

So, no wonder that most Direct Response web sites use pop-ups!

One of the most popular pop-up generators is Steve Shaws, "PopUp Master Pro".

The first time I ever heard about PopUp Master Pro was through Jonathan Mizel. Jonathan sold one edition of this pop-up generator which became a huge success.

After I had bought this version of the script myself, I learned that the programmer behind the script was Steve Shaw. However, I soon found out that Steve Shaw had since developed PopUp Master Pro even further. And his latest version of the program is PopUp Master Pro 3 which has more features than ever.

PopUp Master Pro is really easy to use, even if you don't know very much about html and the more technical side of the Internet.

As I mentioned above, PopUp Master Pro has a lot of features. In version 3 (the latest version) Steve Shaw has included not just one, but actually four different versions of the pop-up generator:

• OptInOver Generator
• Main PopUp Generator
• Popup Rotator
• Auto-Optin Popup Generator

Steve Shaw has made it easy for his customers to know exactly how to generate pop-ups and place them on their web sites. I really like the way he takes his customers 'by their hands' and show them exactly what to do.

One important aspect to mention is that the pop-ups generated by one of the four built-in generators in PopUp Master Pro - namely the OptInOver Generator - don't get "killed" by the pop-up killer programs that get more and more widespread. This has been one of the main disadvantages in some of the older pop-up generators.

Note!
Despite the fact that the pop-ups generated by PopUp Master Pro can't be "killed" by the pop-up killer programs, it's of course important that you don't misuse the pop-ups you generate. Pop-ups can be highly effective, provided you use them correctly. But if you misuse them, a lot of your visitors will probably stop visiting your web site. So, be careful how you use such a splendid tool as PopUp Master Pro.

The built-in generator makes it really easy to make your own pop-ups exactly like you want them to be. In the generator you just fill in the text you'd like to have in your your pop-up, it's dimensions etc. When you're done, click the Next-button, and on the next page you'll get the pop-up code to copy and paste on the web page where you'd like to use pop-ups.

Steve Shaw has included several templates and examples, so that you can quickly get an impression of what you would like your pop-ups to look like. 

But if you need even more help, Steve has enclosed four extensive help PDF-manuals (one for each of the pop-up generators) that'll help you step-by-step to work with PopUp Master Pro.

And if that's not enough, you can contact Steve Shaw directly. But considering the detailed and extensive help files he has enclosed with the PopUp Master Pro, I think you'll be able to fix almost all problems on your own.

In short, the buyers of this program get all the help they can hope for, which is very important in my experience.

One really helpful and excellent feature in the generator, is the preview screen which you'll find at the bottom of the pop-up generator. You can use this preview function you'll spare a lot of time fixing errors and making changes to your pop-ups. This preview function is really, really great, in my opinion.

At every point in the pop-up generator, Steve Shaw has added small pop-up help boxes you can click on if you need help. This is a really fine feature in PopUp Master Pro.

Finally, I'd like to mention Steve Shaw's excellent customer service. After you've gotten PopUp Master Pro, you're not left on your own with a program that gets more and more outdated as time goes by. Steve Shaw regularly offers his customers new updates and features. This is certainly not always the way you're treated when you buy other software programs. Steve Shaw's customer service is really one of the best I've seen so far.

Overall assessment

This is a fantastic piece of software. You'll get a lot of features with this software program. And personally I've gotten all the help and support I could possibly hope for, when I got the product.

By using PopUp Master Pro I found that I could easily create both "normal" pop-ups, rotating pop-ups, optin pop-ups (that look like a Windows warning pop-up), and socalled pop-overs, which can't be "killed" by the anti-pop-up software programs.

In my experience, the program works like a dream. I could easily generate the pop-ups exactly the way I wanted them to be.

One of the extra features in PopUp Master Pro, which I found most useful, is the preview function. This function really makes it easy for me to give each new pop-up box exactly the graphic look I want it to have.

All in all this is an excellent software program! And compared to some of the other expensive pop-up generators on the market, you really a lot for your money.

So, if - like me - you use pop-ups on your web site, I can almost guarantee that you'll really like this product. 

In short, this is a really greate product!

Price (at the time of this writing)

US $67

About Steve Shaw

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Buying information

 
Websites

http://www.takanomi.com/ 

http://www.popupmaster.com

http://www.clickbanktoolkit.com

http://www.instantviralmarketing.com

Email

steve@takanomi.com

Snail mail

Steve Shaw
takanomi.com
6 Gormire Avenue
Huntington
York
YO31 9JB
United Kingdom

Phone

+44 (0)1904 677680