12 recommendations about Zrii you should read before joining

If you’re looking for some new-agey, transcendental healing, you’ve arrived at the mecca. (Well, maybe if mecca were for Hindus).

Sanskrit for “light, luster, splendor, and prosperity”, Zrii is an Ayurveda-loving, peace-dreaming yogini’s dream company. And while the vast majority don’t make a lot, their compensation plan is definitely one of the better ones in the industry. Does this mean I’m involved?

This video explains everything:

Make sense? Either way, here’s 12 recommendations about Zrii you should read before joining.

#12. Backed by Deepak Chopra

This dude’s practically a king in the new age movement, and his Ayurveda health center, The Chopra Center, officially endorses them AND sells their products on their site. Chopra has been a name in the game since the 70s and has completed residencies in internal medicine and endocrinology. [1]

They’ve got a slew of other all-star endorsements including freestyle soccer world champion Boyka Ortiz, and Chris Gardner, author of The Pursuit of Happiness.

#11. Has been criticized for luring people away from traditional medicine

Their distributors often make claims about the healing powers of Zrii, going so far as to say it can cure cancer, that aren’t clinically proven.

What’s more, they do it in a way that lures customers away from traditional medicine, and this can cause serious health problems. [2]

#10. Run by former Fruit of the Loom CEO

This explains why they’re a little different.

While he was with Fruit of the Loom, he grew their revenue from $500 million to almost $2.5 billion. If he could match that at Zrii, they’ve got a real bright future ahead of them.

However, while he was growing that revenue, he was growing Fruit of the Loom’s debt even more. Eventually the company saw a net loss of $576 million in 1999 and Farley was forced to leave his position. Hopefully he doesn’t repeat that part of his career. [3]

#9. Weird lawsuits with ex-managers at Zrii

There was a point in Zrii’s history when a group of top-level ex-employees staged a walk-out and then, after joining LifeVantage, attempted to buy out Zrii.

They claimed that Farley was taking the company in the wrong direction and gaining unnecessary debt (sound familiar?) using company money for personal expenses. [4]

However, then Zrii sued LifeVantage, claiming it had conspired with the executives to either take over the Utah company on the cheap or ruin it. Zrii won $400k from them. [5]

So were their claims false, or is this another case where the big guy always beats the underdog?

#8. Huge sales in first year

They hit a whopping $45 million in their FIRST YEAR, back in 2007.

Since then they’ve grown – not tremendously, but impressively. In 2015 they hit $100 million.

#7. Big international presence

Zrii is present in 18 countries, and they’re huge in South America.

In fact, their Regional VP of South America, Carlos Lopez Ortega, is a beast when it comes to marketing and business. He’s worked for both Red Bull and Coca-Cola.

Zrii headquarters is located in Utah, however it has expanded across the globe to Canada, Colombia, Israel, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Peru. They are also planning on expanding with Zrii Hong Kong, Zrii China, and Zrii Taiwan.

#6. Revolves around one fruit – amalaki

This one little fruit packs some punch.

Chopra even said it’s the one thing he’d take daily to promote his own health. It supports digestion, strengthens immunity, and increases energy. It’s a strong antioxidant that is sacred to Hindu. [6]

And unlike a lot of miracle fruits, this one has some clinically suggested benefits, including potential activity against some cancers. [7]

#5. Other products branch out but are founded in this fruit

They include coffee, meal replacement shakes, green tea products, vitamins, cleansing systems, and an energy drink. Naturally-based, most are gluten free, GMO free, and certified Halal.

• Zrii Amalaki, their flagship product, contains not only amalaki but also turmeric, ginger, jujube, schizandria, Tulsi, and haritaki.
• Zrii Rise, a high performance coffee containing Colombian Arabica beans and green coffee bean extract plus amalaki, of course.
• Zrii Achieve, a meal replacement shake in chocolate or vanilla.
• Zrii Accell, an energy booster with green tea.
• Daily AM & PM vitamins.
• Smart Omega-4, containing omega-3s EPA, DHA, and more.
• Zrii Purify, a 4-part cleanse system.

#4. Brand new skincare line

A lot of MLMs are hopping on this trend, and it’s starting to pay off.

Their line includes a facial serum, night cream, day cream, and exfoliator called “zriinew”.

This is a really smart way to target new markets, considering their impending expansion into Asia. Asia has the largest market for skincare products. [8]

#3. Distributors (Independent Executives) actually meet trainers

Online learning can be a struggle. Especially if you can’t put a face to the name of the person teaching you.

Instead of relying on long distance training through phone calls and webinars, trainers actually travel to meet their consultants in person.

While this is great training, it also means additional costs.

#2. Great compensation plan…if you recruit

Like most MLMs, you get immediate commission, residual earnings on recruits, what they call “lifestyle rewards” (cars, vacations, etc), and bonuses.

Various immediate bonuses range from $50-1,000, plus a 20% bonus on all initial orders. Pretty sweet.

The Zrii compensation Plan gives you earnings on your recruits as follows:

• 1^stgeneration – 20%
• 2^ndgeneration – 10%
• 3^rdgeneration through the 7^th generation – 5%

Based on these rankings:

• 4 Star – earn off the 1^stgeneration only
• 5 Star – earn off the 1^stand 2^nd generation
• 6 Star – earn off of generation 1, 2 and 3.
• 7 Star – earn off of generation 1,2,3 and 4.
• 8 Star – earn off of generation 1,2,3,4 and 5
• 9 and 10 Star – earn off of generation 1,2,3,4,5, and 6
• Ruby and more – earn off all generations in the downline.

This is pretty great commission if you can build up a massive team. But can you?

#1. Income disclosure

Their income disclosure answers that question: probably not.

Although to be honest, it is more promising than a lot of MLMs.

86% of their distributors are still on the first rank, making an average of about $2200 per year. [9]

Most people give up at that rate, but if you do manage to move up, it could be worth it…

Recap

Almost 1% make a decent salary. That’s decent for an MLM, but not too impressive as a business.

The top .1% are making, on average, about $470,000. So if you think you’re one in 1,000, give it a shot.

Basically, if you’re in it for the money, your time could be better spent with a different opportunity. Not a Zrii hater, there’s just flaws in the MLM industry.

If you like automated ways to build passive income, there are better ways.

(you will LOL at MLM)

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16 facts you need to know before you join Yanbal

Yanbal is a cosmetic MLM with a high-rollin’ founder who has found himself on the same lists as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. They have a new female CEO who’s all about getting women involved and bringing home the bacon.

Cosmetic products aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, that’s a given. Does this mean I’m involved?

This video explains everything:

Make sense? Either way, here’s 16 facts you need to know before you join Yanbal.

#16. Peruvian MLM

Yanbal was founded in Peru in 1967 by Juan Fernando Belmont Anderson.

They’ve still got a huge Latin American presence throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, Italy, Venezuela, Colombia, and Paraguay, but they’ve also expanded to the USA.

#15. Old and established

They’re coming up on the big 5-0 mark, so they’ve made it over the hill. They’re present in 11 countries and have over half a million distributors.

#14. Consistently ranked in top 100 MLMs

They’ve been ranked in the top 100 for several years by Direct Selling News, hitting number 30 in 2016. This places them right next to Beachbody, Itworks!, and Advocare. Not a bad place to chill.

However, in 2014 they were ranked 20, so they are losing ground. [1]

#13. Big sales numbers

They can pump out sales numbers with the big boys. In 2015 they made it to $747 million in sales.

But again, they seem to be in a downturn. In 2014 they made $856 million in sales.

#12. Founder has been on the Forbes billionaire list

That’s right, he’s up there with Jeezy, Yeezy, and Weezy, and all the Lils (Wayne, John, Bow Wow…ok Lil Bow Wow probably isn’t a billionaire).

Well, sort of.

Yanbal founder Juan Fernando Belmont Anderson was on the Forbes billionaires list in 2013 and 2014, ranked #670 and #1465, respectively, after declaring his fortune to be valued at $2.2 billion. However…

#11. He fell off the billionaire list after 2014

Forbes figured out his company is an MLM and said that network marketing companies are usually valued at much lower numbers than mainstream cosmetic companies. The pyramid structure tends to inflate their demand and sales numbers, thus overvaluing their profit.

He has since fallen off the Forbes list. [2]

#10. Strong message

Yanbal is committed to empowering women and providing them with business opportunities. Back in 1967 when they got started, their goal was to “break a social paradigm” by proving that women can support their households and build their own businesses.

You know, I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T women. I can get behind that.

The message has been strengthened now that he’s passed the company to his own daughter, Janine Belmont, now the CEO of Yanbal.

#9. But do they really promote female empowerment?

Can a cosmetics company really empower women? It’s hard to say, given the history of marketing in the cosmetics industry.

And they’ve got some marketing and training materials that would make a lot of feminists raise an eyebrow.

For example, their training manuals in Peru are all about teaching distributors how to be (read: look like) the “ideal Yanbal woman”, complete with cartoons and diagrams of how she should dress and prepare herself.

They tell their distributors that they must “look impeccable at all hours of the day” and “always wear stockings even in hot climates”. [3]

While it makes sense that someone selling beauty products should look good, Yanbal’s methods might be outdated at best, and offensive at worse.

#8. Straight-forward, well-designed product

Although they started as a cosmetics company, and still focus heavily on that product line in Latin America, they’ve also developed a jewelry line that’s coming soon.

They also offer products for men and babies in Latin America, such as perfume/cologne and facial and body bath products.

In the U.S., however, they only offer jewelry. This line of products is truly global, created by New York designers, inspired by European stylings, and handcrafted in Peru and Colombia. The styles come in “fashion”, “timeless”, and “bridal”.

Many pieces are gold or silver plated and incorporate crystal or glass pearls. Their gold is 24k and certified with environmentally friendly production.

Shoppers are also offered a free personal stylist (a distributor), making their experience unique to most jewelry outlets.

Their products don’t really have anything unique or gimmicky to them, which could hurt their sales. But it also means they have a product that is clear and straight-forward, something many MLMs lack.

#7. Anyone can host a “boutique” party

One of two opportunities now available to Americans, you can “host a boutique”, which boils down to hosting a party where you help people style and try to sell the Yanbal jewelry. People can try it on together and shop in your living room.

Cute, but a little outdated.

This is something distributors encourage their customers to do. Distributors will then make commission off the party sales, while the hostess will get various rewards, such as product credits ranging from $30-300, a 50% discount on various items, and a potential bonus. [4]

#6. Their distributors are “style advisors”

You get to do more than just show your customers jewelry. Part of your job is to advise them on how to wear the jewelry and mix and match them for various outfits and occasions. [5]

This builds another level of trust that can help sales.

#5. You can be a walking advertisement

One great thing about selling jewelry is that, when you wear it, you’re marketing for yourself everywhere you go.

With most MLM products like supplements and cosmetics, women aren’t going to stop you to ask “what foundation are you wearing?” or “how did you get so fit?” But women stop each other all the time to compliment jewelry, which creates the perfect door to recruit someone as a hostess.

#4. Compensation plan is decent

Style advisors can earn up to 35% commission on sales, but most earn 25%-30% plus occasional bonuses.

They pump up their newbies by providing a lot of initial bonuses to jumpstart their motivation. Within the first month, style advisors can earn various product credits and small cash bonuses, but it slows down quickly for most unless they start recruiting heavily.

Pay overrides are offered on up to three levels down, 6-10% on the first line, 2-5% on the second, and 3% on the third, but you have to get up to the higher statuses to get paid on your third line.

#3. Balanced focus

Based on their marketing materials and training presentations, there seems to be a pretty balanced focus on the three components of network marketing: sales, recruitment, and training/leadership. [6]

This is good news, as MLMs that focus almost solely on recruitment and leave out sales and training are pretty much doomed to fail.

#2. Expensive starter kit

The starter kit is a little spendy at $199 – but it does include various products such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets, as well as training materials. The overall product value of the kit is unclear.

#1. Monthly auto-ships

Although the contract makes it clear to distributors, marketing materials imply the cost is a one-time fee when it’s actually a product subscription that needs to be paid monthly.

And cancellation is harder than just clicking a few buttons – the contract states that they must be submitted in writing. [7]

Recap

Money making potential here? It could be possible, if you worked at it enough.

If you are all about the product and have a method of getting leads that can be scaled, Yanbal isn’t a bad choice.

But if it’s solely the side income opportunity you’re chasing and you like automated ways to build passive income, there are better ways.

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14 important things to know before joining Wealthy Affiliate

Imagine sitting back and watching the Benjamins roll in without ever having to recruit a single soul or hit up a single relative on social media. Or even lifting a finger, for that matter.

That’s what Wealthy Affiliate promises, and they offer something that’s pretty priceless at a bargain price. Does this mean that I’m involved?

This video explains everything:

Make sense? Either way, here’s 14 important things to know before joining Wealthy Affiliate.

#14. They’re somewhat established

While they haven’t been around for a century, they’ve been operating for a little over a decade, which is quite significant in MLM-years. They’ve also helped over 1 million customers, i.e. “budding entrepreneurs”, start their first online businesses.

#13. Never buy inventory again

It’s all digital! The future is here!

That’s right, no more buying inventory, storing boxes in your home, sending people off with product, or dealing with the U.S. Postal Service, EVER AGAIN. No more parties, no more auto-ships, and no more wondering if you’re going to even be able to cover the cost of your product.

That’s because Wealthy Affiliate is…

#12. Less an MLM, more an affiliate opportunity

The difference here is that Wealthy Affiliate is an educational community, through which you make money by learning how to create affiliate sites that can market any product you want. Although you do make money for referring new members, it’s an affiliate model in that you don’t have a (pyramid-shaped) downstream (the model that looks like a pyramid), and you’re not buying any inventory.

It doesn’t come close to any of the FTC’s “telltale signs of a pyramid scheme”. [1]

#11. Recruiting is not important

Their program for referring new members is a second thought, not highlighted on their website, and is not a main source of income like it is for so many MLMs. Many of their users report not even referring new members at all, but rather focusing on the community and building their sites.

As you can see on the “How Wealthy Affiliate Works” section, the four steps don’t even mention recruitment. [2]

#10. An internet marketing education at an affordable price

If you got a bachelor’s degree in the past 10 years, chances are you know how irrelevant it can be to things like getting a job or making good money…

NBD.

Good thing that degree was super cheap, right?

Too bad these degrees cost upwards of $60,000 nowadays and often take decades to pay off. [3]

Wealthy Affiliate is an education program that actually teaches you something both useful in today’s world and potentially lucrative – internet marketing. They train you to build affiliate marketing sites.

While it’s not always quite as easy as they advertise in their 4-step “choose an interest, build a website, attract visitors, earn revenue” slogan, it’s totally possible to earn money this way. Any earning while you learn is the smart way to go about education.

#9. Affordable memberships

It’s also wildly more affordable not only compared to university courses, but compared to other online digital marketing programs as well.

For example, General Assembly, a popular online education platform, offers a course that costs a whopping $3,950 for a 10-week course that meets 20 times for a total of 40 hours of in-class education. [4]

Meanwhile, a premium membership with Wealthy Affiliate costs $49 per month [5], and you get access to 24/7 support and education. You could hold a membership for over a year and a half at the cost of a two and a half month course.

#8. Free to start

Wealthy Affilliate even offers a free trial period.

That being said, you really need to bump yourself up to premium to get anything useful out of this membership. The free trial includes limited help and some beginner training, but the information is really only new to people who know literally nothing about internet marketing. [6]

#7. Lots more included in the premium membership

Alternatively, once you upgrade to premium, the subscription includes unlimited help and 1-on-1 coaching, 50 websites, private messaging, all phases of bootcamp training program (7 instead of 1), unlimited use of their keyword research tool, 2x payout on affiliate program, website feedback and analysis, and greater access to the Wealthy Affiliate community.

#6. The online community is the best part

One big reason sitting in a classroom for hours on end discussing the Grapes of Wrath has little effect on your future income or career success is because it involves no networking.

Networking, folks, is to career success as cake is to a fat kid. It’s elemental. [7]

Aside from the educational element, the ability to network with and learn from a massive global community of 580,000 business-minded users from over 195 countries is the main product they provide, and truth be told, it’s priceless. [8] Where else can you get that? (Please don’t say Mega Holdings)

Plus, this is a field that changes constantly. You can take a class, but the things you learn might not be relevant a year, or even 6 months from now when Google slaps the web with another update like Penguin and Panda or the next Mark Zuckerberg unveils a brand new social media platform.

With Wealthy Affiliate, you have constant updates. On average, it takes one minute for a user to start getting answers when they post a question.

The program also offers 750+ training updates and 155 system improvements per year. [9]

#5. Affiliate compensation is a perk

If you are on a premium account, for every free account with a domain you sign up, you get $1. For every referral who upgrades to premium, you get $22.50 monthly, and for every upgrade to an annual package, you get $175 annually. On average, 1/8 of users convert to a premium subscription, which is pretty good. [10]

As you can see, it’s not the bulk of your income. But it’s a nice little perk, especially considering all you have to do is get people to click the link on your site. And if Wealthy Affiliate’s lessons really teach you how to generate traffic, this could bring in some nice side money. Apparently they pay out a total of $1 million a year in commissions.

#4. Spam is explicitly banned

They’re very serious about this, and some users have even had their sites deleted for it, so be warned. [11]

That being said, it’s mostly a good thing. If they weren’t very strict on spam, the community would quickly get stuffed full of it and become useless.

#3. You don’t need experience

They’ve had people ages 8-97 use their program to build a website. The average time to build a website with them? 34 seconds flat. [12]

#2. If it’s so easy, can you really make good money?

Here’s the hiccup in the plan.

Online business is not easy. Not only is there a huge learning curve, and you’ll have to be willing to dedicate hours upon hours of your time to learning and reading before you can even get a decent site running, but affiliate marketing is a highly competitive. Many niches are already over-saturated. [13]

While it’s true that some people get rich off affiliate sites, you could probably find more money in your couch cushions what a lot of affiliate sites rake in on a monthly basis.

#1. Affiliate marketing can be learned for free

While the community is super helpful, and lessons speed things up, affiliate marketing is definitely something you can teach yourself with the wealth of information that’s available online.

Recap

Wealthy Affiliate helps you start your own affiliate marketing website, a pretty great skill to have in this digital age. So if you want to learn a new skill and this would be something that interests you, give the free trial a shot.

But if you are looking only at the income opportunity, there are better opportunities out there. If you like automated ways to build passive income, check this out and put your money chasing habits behind you.

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14 points that might change your mind about Yakult

Yakult is a health and wellness MLM with a fermented probiotic yogurt drink that’s made with skim milk and a special strain of bacteria grown from the original mother strain in Japan.

Probiotics have been a hot topic recently in the health space, to say the least. Does this mean I’m involved?

This video explains everything:

Make sense? Either way, here’s 14 points that might change your mind about Yakult.

#14. All about those probiotics

They have varying sizes for their yogurt drink, some additional beverages, and now even a cosmetics line that uses the same strain of bacteria. Nothing like waking up and slathering your face with bacteria.

#13. Old and established Japanese company

The drink was created in 1930 and first manufactured and sold in Japan and Taiwan in 1935.

Eventually, they expanded to Brazil in 1966 due to the large population of Japanese immigrants. Now they’re marketed and sold all over the globe.

#12. Science backed product

The yogurt drink was created by a Japanese microbiologist from Kyoto University named Minoru Shirota.

He was the first person in the world to culture a strain of lactic acid bacterial that benefits human health, destroying harmful bacteria in the intestines, and the bacteria strain was named shirota, after him.

The man is pretty accomplished. He’s even helping to develop a chemotherapy drug called Irinotecan now. [1]

#11. Very unique distribution system

They still run on a home delivery model, carried out by their smiling, uniformed “Yakult ladies” on bicycles.

While this door-to-door method has fallen by the wayside in the States and this kind of model would probably tank immediately, it’s working well in countries like Japan, Singapore, and Myanmar where Yakult operates, primarily in rural areas.

In many countries, especially in rural areas that aren’t well connected to shopping malls and don’t see advertisements everywhere, door-to-door sales is actually considered more of a convenience than an annoyance. Also, selling to consumers in person builds a trust and develops a relationship that virtual sales can never match.

Plus, with other MLMs, all users have to do to cancel their monthly auto-ships is click a few boxes on a computer screen. With Yakult, families have to tell their friendly local Yakult lady that they want to cancel their monthly delivery to her face, which is much harder.

And Yakult has the numbers to show that it works.

#10. Huge global company

Yakult earns an annual revenue of $3 billion with over 30 million in sales every single day.

They operate in 33 countries around the globe. [2]

#9. Distributors are all women

As you might have guessed from the term “Yakult ladies”, they have an all-female Salesforce of over 80,000 distributors around the world. 40,000 are in Japan. [3]

They’ve been known throughout Asia for years as the best source of flexible employment for stay at home moms.

#8. Grassroots education

The “Yakult ladies” aren’t just delivery women, though.

Yakult was a probiotic drink pioneer. They’ve been around way, way longer than the probiotic craze, so people had no idea what priobiotic drinks were or how they could benefit health. In many rural areas, they still don’t.

Yakult ladies also go door-to-door providing grassroots education on the benefits of probiotics to rural communities. Through this education, families eventually decide to start purchasing the drink. [4]

It was more effective than traditional marketing because Yakult ladies were members of the communities in which they marketed and sold. Because of that, they understood local customs and culture, and the people trusted them in return. [5]

#7. Limited global expansion

Although Yakult has expanded enormously in Asia, Brazil, and now Australia, their growth is limited in other parts of the world.

Door-to-door sales is dead in the United States, and not as effective in big cities globally. However, they do sell direct-to-consumer in the U.S. now, in retail stores across Western, Southern, and Midwestern states, which could prove successful. [6]

In Europe, they aren’t even legally allowed to make health claims about probiotic drinks, so their marketing is limited pretty severely. [7]

But still, their markets are primarily in Asia, Oceana, and Brazil/Mexico. That being said, they’re doing great in those areas. [8]

#6. All-star sponsorships

They actually own one of Tokyo’s major baseball franchises, the Yakult Swallows.

They’re also a partner of the FINA World Aquatics Championships where they sponsor their own relay challenge and use major swimming stars to promote their name. If Michael Phelps said a health drink works, people would be buying it in droves. [9]

#5. High in sugar

While there are some claims to back up the benefits of the bacteria found in Yakult, it also contains 14g of sugar for every 100g, with is considered high by the UK Food Standards Agency. It’s more sugar per 100g than Coca-Cola.

That being said, the serving size is very small – bottles vary in sizes but usually contain around 8-11 grams of sugar. There’s no fat, cholesterol, preservatives, gluten, or high fructose corn syrup. [10]

#4. Very affordable

Given their business model of marketing to rural families, they can’t be too expensive.

The drink comes in 65 mL bottles, and packs of 7 cost $3.50. They’re actually way cheaper than probiotic supplements. [11]

#3. Benefits of probiotics are limited

Although they make a lot of health claims, and some of them are actually tested, the tests are based on a daily consumption of 40-100 billions of probiotic shirota. One bottle of Yakult only offers about 6.5 billion shirota. [12] [13]

A test in 2014 by the University College London found that Yakult did contain sufficient bacteria, but they were unable to survive in the stomach, basically eliminating any benefit they could produce. [14] However, the study was done with pigs rather than humans, who have entirely different digestive systems. [15]

What’s more, the U.S. courts have ruled twice against class action suits claiming that Yakult is falsely advertising the benefits of its drinks. Not that our judicial system is flawless, but that stands for something, right? [16]

#2. New campaign pokes fun at natural healing

New age remedies are everywhere in MLM. Just about every health and wellness company in this industry has a product based on some magical, all-natural plant or fruit that heals everything (like Kyani).

Yakult’s new campaign pokes fun at these shakra-loving yoga pants wearing earth goddesses with a clever new campaign that champions their roots in science. [17]

#1. Good compensation…in the past

Ladies are paid commission on sales that is reported at 23%. It’s not great, but could be for some of the countries they operate in.

If their distributors don’t sell all the product they receive, however, they have to pay for the remainder themselves. Products are highly perishable, so they can’t just be stockpiled if they don’t sell.

According to one Yakult lady, the offer used to be a fantastic deal for women, at least in South Korea. But now? Maybe not so much.

“There were hardly any day care centers then, and I could carry my baby around on the electric cart while I was working. My house was in my section, my sales area, so I could take a break and make dinner for my kids—there were no other jobs like that. There were so many applicants at that time that they only hired high school graduates, they looked carefully at your character and were picky. It was the most money you could make while also keeping an eye on your kids. [In the late 80s,] 260-270,000 won per month was pretty good money. It was quite a good job – then.” [18]

However, it is completely free to become a distributor.

Recap

Probiotics in general have been trending in the health space for a while. And the company has a huge global presence. But is there really an income opportunity here? It’s possible…

While I’m not a hater of the company, I have turned away from the MLM industry. There are much better ways out there to create a passive income that don’t require selling products to family and friends.

Click here and learn how you can build a real, value driven business that doesn’t involve the old fashioned MLM ways.

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11 truths you need to hear about Xyngular

Xyngular is another health and wellness MLM based in Utah. Shocking, right?

But they’ve been going through some crazy growth spurts recently, shooting them up to the top of the crop when it comes to new Utah businesses. People dig the products. Does this mean I’m involved?

This video explains everything:

Make sense? Either way, here’s 11 truths you need to hear about Xyngular.

#11. Young but mighty

They just started in 2009, so they’re under a decade old. But they’ve already hit over 1.1 million in annual revenue, and they were named one of the fastest growing companies in Utah TWO years in a row by Utah Business Magazine. [1]

#10. Lots more awards…

• Their product Shine Hormone Optimizer was a finalist for the 2016 SupplySide Editor’s Choice Awards at Informa Exhibitions [2]
• Shine Hormone Optimizer short listed for innovation and market impact in women’s health [3]
• Made the Inc 5,000 list in 2016 [4]
• Record-breaking growth in the past 24 months

To name a few…

#9. They have $1 million+ earners

8 of their distributors have made over a million so far. That’s not a huge number, but it’s good for how new Xyngular is. [5]

#8. Wellness and weight loss products

Their various products serve to help customers with…

• Weight loss
• Energy
• Overall wellness
• Daily nutrition

Their flagship product, Xyng capsules, are supposed to help customers with fat loss, energy, appetite control, and mood improvement.

Other weight loss products include a protein shake, a yam-based fiber that keeps you full, a valerian root supplement that helps control stress and sleep, and a garlic-based detox supplement.

#7. Products cost a pretty penny

Wellness and nutrition MLMs are notorious for having inflated prices (like Jeunesse), but Xyngular wins the day in that regard.

One bottle of their Cheat+ supplement, with 60 capsules, costs $70, and you’re supposed to take 6 a day. So this $70 bottle lasts you 10 days. That’s $210 PER MONTH. For one part of their weight loss program.

Their full-on 8-day weight loss starter program, the Ignite Kit, is $450. FOR 8 DAYS.

You could probably hire a personal trainer and actually save money at that rate.

#6. Based on naturally-sourced ingredients

Xyng contains green tea extract, 5-HTP (increases serotonin), and yohimbe (boosts circulation).

It’s basically a source of energy and mood improvement. Think coffee without the jitters.

Now, the benefits of 5-HTP haven’t been totally proven,  and taking it regularly might actually have negative side effects if not taken properly. [6]

#5. Short term rapid weight loss is NOT healthy

Their 8-day weight loss program that costs as much as a flat screen TV only includes three actual meals over the course of 8 whole days. Most days you’re consuming 500-800 calories, and anything under 1,000 is unhealthy and considered starvation mode for your body. [7]

Basically, the only time you should be restricting your diet that much is out of necessity and under extreme medical supervision. [8]

This also sounds like the mother of all yo-yo diets. To get back to a normal caloric intake you’d be almost doubling your calories, meaning the chances of the weight staying off are slim (pun intended).

#4. But the market is huge and it’s working

But people want their weight loss easy, and they want it now. You can tell them a diet is unhealthy ‘till you’re blue in the face, but if it’s going to make them look hotter for their high school reunion, they’ll probably take the risk.

So, if you’re wanting to sell for Xyngular, what you really need to ask yourself is this: do you need to personally believe in your product to sell it? Can you sell a product that might have health risks?

Even in the shady realm of MLM, almost any sales person will tell you that you need to be genuinely enthusiastic about your product to sell it.

#3. Headed by Mark Walker

This guy has lead two other successful MLMs – Nuskin and Xango.

He was the Vice President of International Operations at Xango where he got them to hit $500 million in annual sales. He also did the same at Nuskin. There’s a good chance he can do it a third time.

#2. Compensation plan with good rewards for high-ranking distributors

Distributors purchase product at wholesale and sell it at retail for a pretty standard profit margin.

In addition, you get a $24 bonus every time a new member purchases a case for their first monthly order. You earn $100 if you order 120 PV and enroll 4 people in your first 30 days.

Residual income is pretty high – 42% on repeat volume sales down to 8 levels. You also get 12% in corporate sales pools, travel rewards, and executive bonuses if you’re a higher-ranking distributors. [9]

#1. Easy advancement

Luckily, it’s pretty easy to advance. There are no structural qualifications for leaders to move up, which is pretty rare in MLM-world.

Recap

Xyngular is a fairly young and growing MLM that has shown some great potential. While it is still a little early to determine how well they’ll do against the industry giants, they’re off to a great start.

But before you join, you gotta remember that they’re still MLM, and the MLM industry has flaws that usually reward the top 1%ers, leaving 99% of the company downline to fight for the scraps.

Nothing against the company, but there are better ways to create a sustainable passive income.

Check this out – you can build a real online business today and forget chasing trendy MLM money-making “opportunities”.

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