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CBD BioCare – Scam or Worth It? [Review]

CBD BioCare is one of many companies that make CBD oil products, which have become increasingly popular. However, is this place a scam?

This isn’t something that is out of the question. With the massive rise of CBD oil there have been new companies popping up all over the place, so it is hard to know which you can trust.

Whether you are looking into CBD BioCare just to buy some of their CBD oil products or if you are looking to join the business opportunity, it doesn’t matter… In this review I’ll be going over all you need to know.

CBD BioCare Review

CBD BioCare is a company that manufactures CBD oil products, which you obviously already know. The company is headquartered in Florida and was founded by Matthew and Stacey Pitts.

The story goes that Matthew visited an old high school friend who had cancer and found that cannabis was one of the only things that relieved his pain and suffering. This was before medical marijuana started becoming so popular and was, well you know, illegal. With an intense interest in helping others with the medicinal benefits of marijuana and with the rising popularity of the cannabis industry, CBD BioCare was born.

And no… CBD oil products will not get you high. They do not contain THC, the cannabinoid which is responsible for such. And yes… It they are completely legal, in all 50 states.

Some of the reasons why this particular brand of CBD oil is pretty good quality include that it is said to be…

  • Full spectrum CBD oil
  • Grown organically in the USA and manuctured in the USA
  • 3rd party tested

And then besides the products themselves, there is also a business opportunity here that I will go into more detail on soon.

The Products

Some of their top-selling products include things like…

  • CBD oil
  • Anti-aging collagen retinol cream infused with CBD oil
  • Pain cream that consists of Emu oil mixed with CBD oil

And as mentioned, these are all claim to be full-spectrum, made in the USA, and 3rd party tested to ensure the best quality.

Full Spectrum

What full-spectrum means is that it is full of all the terpenes, cannabinoids, flavonoids, etc in hemp. However, it does not have any THC, which as I mentioned is the stuff that makes you high. So the term “full”-spectrum is a bit misleading.

The reason full-spectrum is looked at as a good thing is because you get benefits from more of what the cannabis plant has to offer.

However, this term “full-spectrum” is often misused and seems to have many different meanings. I’m not really so sure that the CBD oil products this company produces are full-spectrum as you would think.

Made in the USA

The hemp plants that this oil is harvested from are grown in the USA and all of the lab work is also done in the USA.

Why is this a good thing? Well… Because the USA is well known for having some pretty good regulations in place to keep companies like this honest and ethical. This helps to ensure that they aren’t engaging in any less than ethical business practices and that you aren’t getting ripped off in one way or another.

It is also worth mentioning that they state on their website that their products are manufactured in a FDA registered facility.

3rd Party Tested

Third party testing is always a big deal and this place does indeed have third-party testing conducted on their products. And, they even have the certificates of analysis available for public view on their website.

I took a look at these certificates and found that most of them have been conducted by Envio Labs and Encore Labs.

Now I’m no expert on lab results like this, but everything seems to check out. The analyses show that the CBD content is as they say it is and the products seem to be good quality.

The Business Opportunity

CBD BioCare also has a business opportunity that anyone can join to make money selling their products, as well as recruiting in other sales representatives. There have been lots of companies presenting opportunities like this lately, such as HempWorx for example.

In order to become a sales representative, you first have to choose a representative package. And no… You don’t have to take out your wallet and buy a bunch of products like a lot of companies force you to do. There is a free option where you can join without any cost. The 3 different options include the following…

  1. Free option gives you access to member’s dashboard, tracks visitors, sales, commissions, etc.
  2. $99 option gives you access to dashboard plus you get personalized landing pages, coupons you can give visitors and more.
  3. $199 option you get access to dashboard, coupons, and you get one some of the CBD oil products along with it all.

You will start out as a Sales Representative earning 20% commissions on your sales, but have the ability to move up the ranks and potentially earn 40%.

  • Sales Representative
    • You start out at this level and make 20% commissions on your sales
    • Once you reach $1000 in sales you get bumped up to a 25% commission rate
  • Sales Manager
    • Once you make a total of $5000 you move up to this rank and earn 30%
    • After making $15,000 you earn 35%
  • CBD CEO
    • You hit this rank once you reach $40k in sales and now you earn 40% commissions

compensation plan

Some of the good things about this compensation plan include that there are no fees, no minimums, no sales quotas, etc. All you have to do is sign up and choose a package, which could be free depending on which choice you decide. And of course the commissions are pretty good.

There does seem to be a bit of a MLM structure here however. I did see that they mention recruiting in reps beneath you, called “sub- reps”, but I don’t know exactly how this all works. There really isn’t all that much information on the compensation plan.

Summing It All Up

So CBD BioCare is a company that sells various different CBD products, all of which have been tested for quality assurance by third-party labs, and they also have a business opportunity that anyone can join.

All in all I don’t see any reason to call this place a scam. In fact, it seems that their products are actually pretty good based on what I see and what I have found out. Now they may be a bit overpriced, but as far as quality goes they are good.

I hope you enjoyed this honest review and found it at least somewhat helpful.

If you were looking into this to join the business opportunity, you may also be interested in taking a look at how I went from $0 to over $6000 a month working for myself online [learn more]. It has nothing to do with CBD oil or anything like that, but it may be something of interest since you are looking to make money on your own terms.

How I make a living online here

Comments or questions? Leave them below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can 🙂

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VOXXlife is a scam? – Are The Rumors True?

VOXXlife… Is this place a scam? Or the rumors out there on the Internet true?

Welcome to my review! Here you are going to get a good overview of what is going on here and my honest opinion of whether or not this place is a scam.

PS: I am in no way affiliated with this company so information you are going to get here is actually going to be unbiased, not a bunch of promotional crap that is misleading and gives you the wrong opinion about things.

Overview of VOXXlife

  • Website: voxxlife.com
  • Founder: Jay Dhaliwal
  • Products: Socks and insoles
  • Opportunity: MLM

In a nutshell, VOXXlife is a MLM company that sells socks and insoles which was created by a guy named Jay Dhailiwal, who is the CEO of the company.

This private company has the goal of drug-free wellness and optimal health for all, all stemming from what they call  Human Performance Technology, or HPT, which is their own product technology that can supposedly reduce stress, increase strength, increase balance and support, and more.

The products are promoted as being good for people who lack energy, have pain, and/or have limited mobility. Overall they seem like good products but are without a doubt overpriced in my opinion, which is pretty typical of MLM companies like this.

Do The Products Even Work?

As stated, the cell socks as well as insoles. Let’s first go over the socks…

  • Antibacterial protection
  • Moisture wicking
  • Compression 2-zone arch support
  • HPT for balance and strength

    Overall the socks seem like pretty well designed products. They provide compression arch support for support instability as well as HPT technology on the ball of the foot for increased strength and balance.

    The insoles supposedly optimize stability and balance the nervous system. The HPT technology for strength and support in this product is included in the heel instead of in the ball of the foot where it was for the socks.

    • Slip resistant
    • Deep heel cut for support and comfort
    • HPT tech for support and strength
    • Multi-density foam for impact absorbance 

    These are said to be anatomically designed for “ultimate fit and form”, but this is going to vary greatly from person to person. These are not form fitted and because of this they are simply not going to be as effective for everyone.

    Sounds cool, but what does the science say?

    HPT tech comes from lots of research done into the different sensory receptors of the brain, accupuncture’s effect on brain activity, dermatome stimulation and somatic pathways. A lot of thought goes into this technology and it is far from just another hyped up over-priced product that isn’t going to do a thing.

    Pretty confusing “sciency” stuff that I’m not going to go into too much detail on, because I don’t want this post to turn into something more confusing than it needs to be. But basically the HPT technology is all about stimulating the brain in different ways to improve…

    • Balance
    • Spacial orientation
    • Proprioception
    • Respiratory control
    • Motor control
    • Posture
    • Heart rate
    • Skeletal musclar system
    • Pain
    • And more…

    And while a lot of the claimed benefits are still based mostly on theory, there have been a few independent studies performed by places such as…

    The HPT tech can supposedly give you the benefits of…

    • 22% more power
    • 31% improved balance
    • 98% success rate for pain relief

    But of course you have to take these statistics with a grain of salt.

    What are people who bought these products saying?

    If you read reviews from people who have actually bought these products and try them out for themselves you are going to find mixed opinions.

    There our people who claim to have put on the socks and experienced noticeable pain relief within hours, as well as feet and a leg soreness lessening noticeably. In the same goes for the insoles.

    However, of course you are also going to find reviews claiming that these things don’t do a darn thing and call them a scam. As with any type of health products, people’s bodies react differently and you also have to realize that there could be many different causes for symptoms such as foot pain, back pain, etc.

    So while these products are not a “cure all” (as some associates might be promoting them as), they do seem to work for some people.

    The “Pyramid Scheme” Opportunity

    Have you heard the rumors that VOXXlife is a pyramid scheme?

    Oh you haven’t?… Well I guess now you have.

    I’m joking though… It is not a pyramid scheme although it does have the typical pyramid-scheme -like structure of a MLM, because it is a MLM.

    Joining the Opportunity

    In order to join you will first have to pay $40 membership fee and then you will be pushed into buying one of their products packages which range from $200-$600…

    • Bronze = $200
    • Silver = $400
    • Gold = $600

    The nice thing about the compensation plan is that there are no monthly purchase requirements

    Earning Commissions

    So obviously you’re going to be able to sell these products yourself and earn commissions… Which range from 25 to 50%. But there is a heck of a lot more to the compensation plan than just this.

    As with most MLM’s, there are a handful of different ranks that you are able to move up and increase your earnings by increasing the size of your downline. There are 7 leadership ranks total and you can earn down to 8 levels.

    What exactly does this mean?

    Well you see…. With a MLM opportunity like this one of the main ways to make money is to recruit in other associates beneath you. Rather than just selling products, you also recruit in other associates that sell products and recruit in other associates… And so on.

    When you personally recruit in other associates they go to your level 1, when they recruit in associates they are placed at your level 2, and so on and so forth… All the way down to level 8.

    You will earn 20% commissions from the people on your level 1 that you directly recruited in as well as 2.5% commissions on all of the other levels, as you can see above.

    Sounds like a pyramid scheme doesn’t it?

    Ya… It does… But believe it or not this is legal because this company is selling legitimate products. I can’t argue with the fact that the compensation plan resembles a pyramid scheme very much however, which there is a big problem with as I will go over shortly.

    How much opportunity is there really?

    Now if you no me then you know I am not a very big fan of MLM’s. That said, VOXXlife does seem to be any market that is largely untapped and there is probably some decent opportunity here, at least better than most MLM’s out there.

    There his such huge potential in the insole and sock market. If this technology they have developed really does work as good as they say, then there is definitely a heck of a lot of money to be made. 

    Why The Opportunity Is More Difficult Than It Seems

    Now if you are thinking about getting involved in the business opportunity then you MUST know that it is more difficult than it seems. These sorts of opportunities are always presented as some incredible way to make money and live a life of financial freedom, but the reality is a little bit different than that.

    The Pyramid Structure

    The pyramid structure that MLM’s have actually make it more difficult to make money, in particular for those who are new to join and are low in rank. The reason for this is because money is siphoned out of the pockets of those low on the pyramid and given to those above them in the form of commissions.

    It certainly serves as a great incentive to try to move up the ranks so that you can earn more inclined your way to the top, but it also makes it more difficult to do such. 

    Why not just eliminate the whole pyramid structure and allow people to earn higher commissions on the products that they sell? Well… This would make it easier to start out but then there wouldn’t be the potential to build a massive team underneath you and earn large amounts of money.

    Over-priced Products

    What you also have to realize is that the products being sold here are overpriced. Now of course this is just my opinion but I think many people out there would agree with me on this.

    I don’t care about the all the HPT technology… It still just a small little sock made of a little bit of fabric.

    Try selling these and you will likely quickly realize that many people will agree.

    Earnings Disclosure

    Unfortunately there is no earnings disclosure presented by VOXXlife so I can give you any numbers to look at as far as how much associates are actually making you join this opportunity. However, I am willing to bet that isn’t very much on average.

    I’ve reviewed many different MLM opportunities and they are all the same when it comes to earnings… A very small percentage of people at the very top of their pyramid -like structures earn the majority of the money while most people don’t make all that much.

    Conclusion – Scam or Not?

    I wouldn’t call VOXXlife because they do sell legitimate products and their MLM structure is legal, but after reading this you can probably see why many people do call this place a scam… and so can I.

    The bottom line here is that their products are overpriced and there opportunity is often promoted in a bit of a misleading way. MLM’s can be very luring because they present a lot of potential to move up through the ranks, but very few people actually succeed in these types of businesses, which is the reason they have extremely high turnover rates.

    Now associates that are trying to recruit you and will often tell you that people fail because they don’t try hard enough and things like that, but the reality is that with a pyramid-like structure the majority of people are bound to struggle and fail… Because there are always going to be many more people at the bottom of the structure than at the top due to the pyramid shape of it.

    Anyways… I hope you enjoyed this review and found it insightful.

    Please leave any comments or questions below and I’ll get back to you soon 🙂

    And also, if you know anyone who is involved in this MLM and has a cult-like mentality (which is pretty common for MLM’s) you should tell him to read this.

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    Finish Line Network, Scam or Legit? – What They Won’t Tell You

    In this review I’ll be going over the Finish Line Network in whether or not I think it is worth anyone’s time and/or money. It is being heavily promoted right now as a great opportunity to make money online, but of course you can’t always trust what you hear. Believe it or not… Not everything you hear online is true. But I’m sure you already know this… After all you are taking time right now to do some research into this opportunity and are wondering if this is all just a scam.

    What you are told in the reality of things are often somewhat different. This is the case when it comes to Finish Line Network. People promoting this program are trying to make money off of you joining in so of course you are only going to get the good sides of the story, and not the downsides to it all. I, however, am not promoting Finish Line Network so I will not be actively trying to recruit you and. I’ll be giving my opinion as I see it.

    Throughout this review I will go over a basic overview of the program, how it all works, the compensation plan, whether or not it is a pyramid scheme, three good reasons to avoid it and more.

    Finish Line Network Review

    A lot of high-level online marketers you make a lot of money are actively promoting Finish Line Network, which is how I came across in the first place. I know that Mack Mills (from Secret Income Formula, etc) and Michael Mansell of Team Mansell are both promoting this particular opportunity along with many others.

    But anyways… Basically this is one of those online marketing programs that is promoted is a great way to make money online. People buy into it and then the way they are taught to make money online is by promoting it to other people. So you buy into it and then promote it to others.

    The the system is already in place… Essentially all you have to do is work on the promotion and marketing of it in order to make money, but of course this is much easier said than done.

    How It Works

    There our four different product lines within the Finish Line Network program. These include the following…

    You have your Silver subscription, Gold subscription, ePOD, and the high-ticket live event called Digital Domination.

    I’m not going to get into much detail with each of these different products, but basically they are all online marketing products that will help you go out and sell the system… After all that is what it is all about… Buying in and then reselling it to other people.

    The Silver and Gold subscriptions or more of your core memberships I guess you could say. With the Silver subscription you get access to the sales conversion app and with the Gold subscription you get access to monthly virtual live events among other things. The ePOD, which stands for Email Profits On Demand, is a product that is focused all on email marketing. And lastly, the Digital Domination Is a live events that you would actually attend in person and get to listen in on strategic talk from some top-level online marketers.

    But there really isn’t much focus placed on the products themselves. Most of the focus is placed on reselling these products and earning commissions doing so. Once you buy one of the products you have the rights to then resell that product and earn commissions doing so. This is important… You only can earn commissions on what you already earn and you will see this makes a big difference in the compensation plan, which I will now dive into…

    The Compensation Plan

    Within the compensation plan there are five different ranks. These include…

    • Rising Star – Costs $20 each month to stay an active affiliate
    • 1 Star – Have to sell six Silver subscriptions
    • 2 Star – Have to sell six Gold subscriptions
    • 3 Star – Have to sell six ePOD packages
    • 4 Star – Have to sell six tickets to the Digital Domination live event

    When you first join in you will start out as a Rising Star, and as such you will earn commissions that are split 50/50. The way this compensation plan works is that when a product is sold by someone, the commissions are always split between that person and their sponsor (a.k.a. the person that recruited them in) as long as you are both able to receive commissions from the particular sale.

    Example: So just to give you a quick easy example… Let’s say you are a Rising Star and recruit someone in who purchases the Silver subscription. The Silver subscription costs $47 but only $25 is paid out in commissions. And… There’s something called the Bonus Pool that I will get to in a bit and $5 will be placed in this pool… Only $20 will be split between the seller in their sponsor.

    The Bonus Pool:

    For each sale that is made there will be 20% of that sale sent into the bonus pool. This is a pool of money that builds up based on the amount of sales from every single person in the network and the way members benefit from this is through receiving shares in the bonus pool.

    When you sell a product 20% is sent to the bonus pool but you also receive shares for selling products. So money is taken away from your sale and given back basically. The higher you move up the ranks the more you will earn from this bonus pool, so it is very important to move up the ranks, which you do by selling more products and meeting certain requirements.

    You Need To Spend Money To Make Money

    These sorts of opportunities force members into buying their more expensive products with how the whole resell rights thing works… I’m talking about how you first have to purchase the product in order to sell and earn commissions doing such. If, for example, you only purchase the Silver subscription and then go out to promote Finish Line Network two other people, who let’s say buy in at the Gold subscription level… You will not earn anything from their purchase. Instead… This purchase will be passed up to the next person above you who is qualified to earn such commissions.

    This is how they keep the money coming in. They get people to join in at the lower levels and then the system is set up to pretty much force them into buying the higher-ticket products just for the sake of earning larger commissions.

    Pyramid Scheme

    This doesn’t have your typical MLM structure where there are different levels set up and you earn commissions through a specified number of levels depending on your rank. However… They definitely are multiple levels within the compensation structure because of how commissions are passed up depending on who is commission qualified or not. Every sale is shared between at least two people, the seller in their sponsor, but many sales will be passed up further because not everyone is going to be commission qualified.

    If you read about what the FTC considers a pyramid scheme you will find that the big difference lies on whether or not products are sold to the general public. Is the business actually going out and selling products the general public or are the only people purchasing the products that those that are also promoting the system? Well I think it is pretty obvious that in this case the large majority of people are only buying the products to resell them and make money doing so. I don’t really see anyone buying into this for the actual products alone.

    So is it a pyramid scheme? This can be a tricky question to answer, but is definitely “shady” in my opinion and not something I am particularly fond of.

    3 Good Reasons To Avoid This

    #1 – Very Expensive

    If you want a chance of making good money reselling the products from this network, you are going to have to spend a good amount of money before hand. Buying in at the Silver subscription level and selling this isn’t going to make you much of anything. If you want to be able to earn big money than you are going to have to purchase the big ticket items, such as the 3 year Gold subscription for $2997, ePOD four $1997, or the Digital Domination ticket for $997.

    Ya… It gets expensive.

    You should also know that the products here are extremely overpriced. They could be sold for a fraction of the price, but the prices are inflated to extreme numbers just so that affiliates can make higher commissions when they sell them to other people. There is no need for the prices to be this high but they are so high just for the sake of making money.

    #2 – A Shady Business Model

    Business models like this are ones that you usually want to try to avoid. Just think about it… This opportunity is advertised as a great way to make money online… You buy into it to make money online and then you are just pushed to make money online by selling it to other people.

    Also, recently the FTC has been cracking down on similar make money online programs. MOBE was one of their more recent takedowns which was shut down for being a scam and it was a pretty darn similar business model.

    #3 – Just Not As Easy As It Seems

    It may sound incredibly easy… The program is already in place for you and all you have to do is promote the products. Easy enough, right? Well… Just think about it for a second. When you came across this opportunity what did you do? You are suspicious of it and this led you to do some extra research and eventually come across my review which you are reading now. Many other people are going to act the same way… People don’t just buy into these make money online opportunities as you might think they do.

    In order to make good money you’re going to have to push the higher ticket products on people in these are massively overpriced as I have already discussed.

    Is There Any Reason To Join?

    I guess the answer to this question all depends on what you are looking for. Are you looking to promote a program that sucks you in and pushes you to go out and promote the same darn program to other people? Are you looking to buy into a program that sells products to help you promote the program? Where is the value in this?

    Sure… The products and training you receive could be applied to any online business, but the focus here is on getting people to promote Finish Line Network to other people.

    And of course let’s not forget how expensive it is to get involved in a program like this.

    Overall… It is just definitely not something that I recommend. For a cheaper and much more affordable opportunity I would highly suggest to anyone reading this to take a look at Wealthy Affiliate. This is the program I joined back in 2015 when I first started looking for ways to make money online. To make a long story short… I now make a living working online which goes to show that it does work.

    Questions or comments? Please leave them below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can 🙂

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    Is Nucerity a Scam? – Here Is What You Should Know..

    Is Nucerity a Scam

    Is Nucerity a scam? Or is this a legitimate business that sells legitimate products?

    I’m guessing that you are probably looking into this because you were approached by someone working for Nucerity and more than likely asked to join the business opportunity. This is what usually seems to make people question the legitimacy of such a business.

    The best answer I can give you is that No, Nucerity it is not a scam… HOWEVER, there are definitely a few things that you need to know… Things that independent business owners working for Nucerity or more than likely not going to tell you.

    What Is Nucerity?

    Nucerity is a MLM company that sells antiaging products, such as moisturizers for your skin and hair, exfoliating cream, serum for wrinkle reduction around your eyes, etc. One of the more famous products is their “Skincerity” skin mask, which you rub into your skin and it creates a thin film to help lock in your body’s natural moisture.

    Based on the research I have done it seems that their products are high-quality and work. I have found good reviews for them online in multiple different places, although I can’t leave a review of these products personally because I have not tried them.

    The core of this post is not going to be about how will good these antiaging products are… The focus is more on the business opportunity that Nucerity distributors are going around promoting.

    The Business Opportunity

    As stated above, Nucerity is what you call a MLM, or multilevel marketing, business. This basically means that it has a pyramid-like structure where distributors can recruit in other distributors beneath them and earn money from their efforts.

    In order to become a distributor you must first purchase a Starter Kit for $59. You may have also heard about these “activation packages” that cost either $500 or $1000, but I will get to that in a bit. The bare minimum is the $59 starter pack.

    At the core of the compensation plan is a binary compensation structure. This is where there are two open positions below each person. Below you there are two positions, below each of those two positions there are two positions, and so on. So at each level going down the number of open positions doubles, although these positions don’t always get entirely filled.

    You can see the diagram below to get a picture of what I am talking about here.

    Binary compensation structures are very common with MLM businesses. With this you will earn a percentage of the sales from the “lesser leg” of the structure, meaning the side that had less volume.

    Of course in order to start earning from this compensation plan you will first have to recruit in 2 other distributors. You also must stay active, which requires that you bring in at least 100 PV each month, along with the two distributors you just recruited in. PV just stands for “personal volume” in just means you must sell a certain amount of products each month.

    Retail Profits

    Retail profits are pretty straightforward and there are two ways you can earn these.

    First, you can buy Nucerity products at wholesale prices and then resell them at retail prices, thus earning you the price difference. Second you can just refer people to your replicated website where they can order Nucerity directly. Nucerity will handle the shipment of orders and everything like that.

    If you get preferred customers to sign up you will be able to earn recurring commissions, which is much more desirable than making a one time sale.

    Team Matching Bonuses

    There is also a Team Matching Bonus that you can earn down to 8 generations deep at its max. You can see from the chart below that the number of generations you will be able to earn off of depends on your rank. The higher up the ranks you move, the more generations you earn off of.

    And if you don’t know, generations are basically teams that have developed within your downline.

    Okay… Now on to these high-priced “activation packages” that I mentioned. You may or may not have heard of these, but they are definitely pushed on you by Nucerity. These activation packages cost either $500 or $1000 and the point of them is to be able to earn large commissions. You first buy one of these expensive packages and then you recruit others to buy them, hopefully recouping your initial investment and more.

    Sounds Like a Pyramid Scheme Doesn’t It?

    actually isn’t but does resemble one if you don’t know, generations are basically if you don’t know

    After seeing the compensation plan you are probably wondering if this business is even legal. It seems a bit like a pyramid scheme, doesn’t not? I mean you have the pyramid-like binary compensation structure as well as the team matching bonuses which is all about recruitment of other distributors into the business.

    So is a pyramid scheme?

    Well unfortunately the answer to this is complicated. The FTC basically describes a pyramid scheme as being such that focuses too much on recruitment of other distributors rather than product sales to the general public. The problem is that I have no way of finding out how much revenue is actually coming in from product sales to the general public vs recruitment of other distributors.

    They do not provide any sort of earnings disclaimer or anything like that which would help in this manner. My best guess would be that they are not a pyramid scheme, just judging from the fact that they have been in business for quite a while.

    That said, it doesn’t make it a great business opportunity and I will tell you why.

    What Distributors Won’t Tell You

    If someone approached you trying to recruit you into this business they probably made the opportunity sound amazing, but what you will probably not told is that the person trying to recruit you in wasn’t even making that great of money. There are people that make good money and MLM’s like this, but the large majority of people make a little.

    The reason for this is simple… It’s all because of the pyramid -like structure that MLM’s have. The big pyramid structure takes away from those at the bottom and gives to those at the top. Money is funneled up from sales at the bottom to the pockets of those above them. Of course with a pyramid structure there are many more people at the bottom than there are at the top and this is something that is always the case… Which means that most people lose out with the MLM structure.

    There is definitely a lot of potential when it comes to MLM’s, because there are so many ranks and there is a lot of room to move up within the businesses, but this downside is something that no one really tells you.

    I have reviewed many different MLM opportunities and some of them provide earnings disclosures of their distributors, which always show that a very small percent make good money while the large majority make very little. Rain International, Beauty Counter and Asea are other very simily MLM’s I’ve reviewed.

    Just Not That Great of an Opportunity

    Just like a typical MLM opportunity Nucerity is promoted as some incredible way to achieve financial freedom. While this is achievable, it is definitely not the walk in the park that it may seem to be..

    Recruitment Is Key

    Success in these businesses pretty much all comes down to recruitment. If you can recruit people and continuously, and yes you do have to recruit in continuously due to the very high turnover rates, then you may be able to build up your team, move up the ranks, and make good money. If you are someone that wouldn’t be any good at recruiting others in then this is definitely not the business for you.

    The focus of the compensation plan is largely on recruitment so this is key.

    Final Thoughts – Scam?

    I already said that Nucerity is not a scam. They probably are running a legal and legitimate MLM operation here, is just that the opportunity is in as good as most people will tell you it is. Some people excel in these types of businesses, but the majority fail… That is what it all comes down to.

    It is also worth mentioning, for those of you just looking to purchase Nucerity products, that the products or more than likely inflated in price. This is common with MLM businesses because they want to make the business opportunity more lucrative for distributors, so they jack up the price a little bit to be able to pay out larger commissions.

    Something Else You May Be Interested In

    Personally I avoid MLM businesses just because of their difficulty in the fact that I wouldn’t really be any good at recruiting people in, as is necessary. If you are like me or just don’t think that a MLM opportunity like this is right for you, then all suggest taking a look at how I make a living working online. You might find that it is something suitable for you as well. I’m not going to get into it here, but you can click the button below to learn more…

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    Is Yoli a Pyramid Scheme? – What You Should Know

     

    Is Yoli a Pyramid Scheme

    Is Yoli a pyramid scheme?

    People working for them claim that the business opportunity is amazing because there is lots of profit potential as well as potential to help others live a healthy lifestyle… But what about all the recruitment that is going on?

    The recruitment side to this business is what leads many to believe that it is nothing more than a pyramid scheme, and I’m going to discuss this in detail. The truth is there is a lot about this business model that does resemble a pyramid scheme, but the answer to whether or not it actually is one is more complicated.

    In this review I’ll be going over how this business works, the compensation plan, whether or not it is a pyramid scheme of course, and a few things that people recruiting you and are not going to tell you… But I will.

    Yoli Review

    Yoli is what you call a MLM, or multilevel marketing business, that operates in the health and wellness industry. They sell a variety of different products with focuses on things like…

    • Balancing pH
    • Supressing appetite
    • Enhancing digestions with enzymes
    • Supporting immune system with probiotics
    • Protein for building lean muscle
    • Joint health
    • Energy

    These products are often sold in kits, such as the alkalinity kit which features a bunch of products for balancing pH, the energy kit which is all about boosting your energy, and so on.

    One thing that is for sure about these products is that they are pretty expensive. Now whether they are worth the value or not is debatable, but there is no doubt there expensive… I don’t think anyone can argue with me on that. If you are someone looking for affordable options then this probably is not for you.

    However, I am guessing that you are more interested in knowing about the business opportunity, which is where there is all that recruitment going on. To learn more about this I will go over the compensation plan and how members of Yoli are getting paid.

    The Compensation Plan

    In order to be able to earn money from the compensation plan, you have to be at least in active member. This means you have to generate at least 50 PV (personal volume) every four weeks. You can generate this by either personally buying products up to 50 PV or selling products to others. However, being an active member still won’t give you access to the full compensation plan. You are also going to want to be a “qualified” member and to achieve this you will need to recruit in at least two members.

    Fast Start Bonus

    The Fast Start Bonus is exactly what it sounds like… It is a bonus designed to give you fast commissions. This bonus is paid when you recruit in new members, which you will earn 20% commissions from their order.

    Bonuses like this are typical with MLM businesses. It seems that everyone has their “fast start bonus”. Two other MLM’s that have this bonus which come to mind include Aegea and Visalus, which are both other health and wellness MLM businesses by the way.

    Retail Commissions

    You will also be able to earn retail commissions, which are commissions from products that you personally sell. You will be able to sell products directly to other people on hand, or you can send people to buy products through the Yoli website with your ID number and you will get credit for the sale.

    The amount you will make will be the difference between the wholesale price in the retail price. Just to give you an example of what you are looking at here, the transformation kit wholesales for $285 and retails for $340. So if you were to sell this you would make a $55 profit

    Binary

    And of course they have a binary structure in place, in which you get paid based on sales generated from your team.

    A binary structure is one that has two open positions below each person. So below you there are two people, below each of those two people there are two people, and so on. At each level it branches out by a multiple of two. You can refer to the diagram below to see what I’m talking about here.

    Sales volume is calculated each week and you get paid commissions based on the sales from the lesser leg, meaning the side (right or left) that generated the least amount of sales volume. The reason for this is because it gives members incentive to build up the lesser legs and balance things out, which is done by everyone in the downline working together as a team.

    Unilevel

    In addition to the binary structure, there is also a uni-level structure in place, which you can also see in the diagram above. With the uni-level structure there are unlimited positions at each level that can be filled. The people that you directly recruit in make up your level 1, the people that they recruit in make up your level 2, the people that those level 2 members recruit in make up your level 3, and so on.

    As you can see from the table below, it is possible to get paid down to 10 levels in depth, which is a heck of a lot.

    Moving Up The Ranks Is Very Important

    If you want to make good money then it is very important to move up the ranks. Moving up the ranks allows you to earn larger commissions and allows you to earn from many more people in the downline.

    So how do you move up the ranks? What it mostly comes down to is recruitment. To move up the ranks you are going to want to recruit more people in generate higher group volumes.

    This is pretty much the gist of the compensation plan. There are other parts to it, such as travel incentives and a luxury car program, which every MLM seems to have, but what I just went over covers most of it.

    Pyramid Scheme or Not?

    Okay, so here we have a compensation plan that is very focused on recruitment… Pretty much your typical MLM compensation plan. But is this a pyramid scheme?

    The truth is that just because there is a lot of focus on recruitment does not make this a pyramid scheme. What I would need to look at to determine whether or not it is one would be the cash flow… Where all their revenue is coming from. Is it mostly coming from recruiting new members and? Or is it coming from sales to the general public?

    The difference between pyramid schemes and legitimate MLM’s is that pyramid schemes focus too heavily on recruitment and that is where the large majority of their revenue comes from, whereas product sales to the general public are put on the back burner.

    Unfortunately I was not able to find any information showing how many sales come from where, so I can only assume that this is a legitimate MLM.

    What No One Tells You

    Legitimate MLM or not, there is still a big downside to any MLM out there.

    The problem is that a very small percentage of people involved in the source of businesses actually make good money. Some reports say that around 95% of people fail and this is a believable number.

    The problem with MLM structured businesses is that they have a pyramid -like structure where money is sucked away from those at the bottom and funneled up to those at the top. This leads to a very uneven income distribution where the few members of the top are earning most of the money, while those at the bottom are struggling.

    Conclusion – Good Opportunity or Not?

    Whether or not this is a good opportunity really depends on you. The bottom line is that if you want to make good money in a typical MLM business like this, you are going to have to be darn good at recruiting in new members. Recruiting in new members is what you are rewarded from the most in the compensation plan so this is what you are going to want to be doing. And don’t think that you can just recruit some people in every now and then. MLM’s like this have very high turnover rates and because of this you will have to recruit people in continuously to really make it.

    So it all comes down to how well you will be able to recruit… For the most part.

    Personally, I stay away from MLM’s because of their difficulty in because that is when be good at recruiting anyone in, but the choice is yours.

    Since you are looking to make money on your own time, with your own home-based business, I would suggest taking a look at how I make a living online if you think this MLM thing isn’t for you. I have been working online since 2015 and have been able to go full-time with it. You can learn more and learn how you could get started doing the same by clicking the button below:

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    Is Damsel In Defense a Scam? – What You Should Know

    is Damsel In Defense a scam

    Damsel In Defense is said to offer an amazing business opportunity and is in business for a great cause, but are things really as they seem? Should you join this business opportunity for the purposes of women’s empowerment, safety and protection? And of course to make money? Or is Damsel In Defense a scam that you should avoid?

    In this review I will be going over how this company operates and what you definitely should know before hand… Which most people out there probably are not going to tell you.

    Damsel In Defense Review

    Damsel In Defense, or DID as I will be referring to them for short, was founded in 2011 and is out to make the world a better and safer place for women. They sell an array of self defense products ranging from stun guns to concealed carry purses. The products sold are all about self defense. On the website they state that one in every five women is a rape survivor and they hope to change this by getting as many people to join the business as possible and getting these self defense weapons, or tools as they call them, in the hands of as many women as possible.

    It is also worth noting that DID donates to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance, Wipe Every Tear, RAINN, and others, which I see as a great deed. They have even went as far as to creating safe houses in India and Cambodia that are used to help rescue girls from sex trafficking.

    Overall I like what I see when it comes to their mission and vision. They are doing great things and I can see why so many women are joining the business opportunity… However, there is a major flaw that I will discuss shortly that you should definitely know of.

    The Products

    I’m not really going to talk much about the products here, but it will discuss them briefly.

    As mentioned, DID is all about selling self defense products. These products range from stun guns, to striking tools, to tactical pens, to concealed carry purses and bags, and they even have digital protection tools to protect your identity, computer, and to monitor your social media.

    I haven’t actually bought any of their products and test them out, so I cannot say from my personal experience whether they are any good or not. However, they appear to be quality products and I do not see people complaining about the products themselves, so I trust that they do work as intended.

    Does The Business Opportunity Really Empower Women?

    On the homepage of their website they state that one out of every five women is a survivor of rape in that you can help stop it by joining the business. Makes perfect sense… The more people to join, the more products are sold, in the more women are walking around with self defense products for protection.

    But starting a business is not going to be free. You will have to purchase a Starter Kit for $99 (this price is subject to change). With your starter kit you will get…

    • Business cards
    • Catalogs
    • Guildes
    • Brochures
    • Order forms
    • Purse and some self defense tools

    Basically it is a bundle of products and business materials to help get your DID business up off the ground.

    DID products are not sold in stores. This is a direct sales business. Instead of having products sold in stores, they have a bunch of independent contractors, which will be you if you decide to join the business, running around selling products. They promote the use of in-home parties to sell products, although this is not the only way that it can be done.

    Lots of direct sales businesses run off of in-home parties like this, particularly ones with a female market. You see this sort of thing with Pure Romance and Clever Container too.

    In addition to selling products, you will also be able to make money by recruiting in others to join the business. This recruitment side to the business is what causes most of the controversy. People see this and start calling a pyramid scheme, a Ponzi scheme, etc. And although it is neither, there is a downside to this recruitment structure as you will see.

    The Comp Plan

    Below is a screenshot I took of the compensation plan as a whole. This gives you a nice visual of what is going on. Ranks, commissions, personal volume, team volume, group volume, downline bonuses, and more… What does this all mean? I’ll explain it below.

    So at DID there are nine different ranks. The higher you move up the ranks the more of the compensation plan you unlock, which means more money, or potential money for you. The nine different ranks are as follows…

    • Recruit
    • Protoge
    • Junior Mentor
    • Mentor
    • Senior Mentor
    • Director
    • Crystal Director
    • Pearl Director
    • Diamond Director

    So when you are first recruited in you will be at the rank of Recruit. At this level you will be making 25% commissions on sales and when you move up to the next rank you will be making 30% commissions. From then on you will stay making the 30% commissions with no room for improvement.

    The point of moving up the ranks is to capitalize on the MLM, or multilevel marketing, structure. This multilevel structure allows you to earn commissions from people in your downline, a.k.a. your recruits, their recruits, their recruits, and so on.

    Once you reach the rank of Junior Mentor you will be able to earn downline bonuses from level 1. If you move up to the next rank of Mentor you will then be able to earn downline bonuses from level 1 and level 2. If you move all the way up the ranks to that of Diamond Director you will be able to earn commissions down for levels, a separate team bonus, and down three generations.

    Level 1 of your downline consists of the people that you directly recruited into the business; level 2 of the people that your personal recruits then went and recruited in; level 3 are the people that those people and recruited and, and so on. You can see how this has a pyramid -like structure that is nearby the top and branches out at the bottom.

    The Problem That No One Really Tells You

    MLM businesses like this have a lot of potential when it comes to making money. You will always find people that make extreme amounts of money and it can be very luring. However… They don’t work out nearly as well as you may think in this is what people don’t tell you.

    Only a very small percentage of people involved in MLM businesses make good money, while the majority do not. And out of this very small percentage most of them usually employ some “scammy” marketing tactics to bring in new recruits, particularly when it comes to promoting the opportunity with misleading income claims. Truth In Advertising has a good article on this that I just read.

    The reason so few people make money with MLM opportunities has to do with their basic structure. The pyramid -like structure gives people a lot of room to move up within the company, but the fact of the matter is that there will always be many more people at the bottom of the pyramid like structure that are struggling.

    Commissions are being funneled up to those at the top. So that very small percentage of people at the top are reaping the rewards while those low on the pyramid are having potential earnings sucked away from them, making it more difficult to earn money. This is the reason that MLM’s always have very uneven income distributions. What you normally see is a very small percentage of distributors making the majority of the money.

    I was not able to find an income disclosure for Damsel In Defense but based on what I have seen with other similarly structured MLM’s, I am assuming that most people in this business fail.

    Good Opportunity or Not?

    I’m not saying that you shouldn’t get involved, I just want you to know the reality of things. You are likely reading my review here because someone attempted to recruit you into the business and you thought things seemed a bit fishy. And guess what… I bet they did not tell you what I just told you about MLM’s. So just know what you’re getting involved with.

    That said… Some people do excel with these types of business opportunities. If you are into throwing in-home parties to market the self defense products and think you have what it takes to recruit people into the business continuously, then this might be right up your alley.

    And hey… Even if things don’t work out… Even if you join the business opportunity and fail… At least you have some good self defense products.

    While I don’t care for MLM business opportunities in the least bit, I do like Damsel In Defense better than most others that I have looked into and reviewed. I just like what they stand for in the products that they sell.

    Anyways… I hope you enjoyed my review and found at least somewhat helpful. Questions or comments? Please leave them below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can 🙂

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    Is Aegea a Scam? – What You Should Know

    Is Aegea a Scam

    Is Aegea a scam? Do their products really work? Should you join their business opportunity?

    These are all important questions that need to be answered and I see a growing number of people questioning the legitimacy of this business, which is why I decided to take the time to write this review. In this review I will be going over the basics of the company, and overview of the products, a look at the compensation plan and business opportunity, the downside to it all and more.

    Aegea Review

    Aegea is a MLM company that is based around quantum resonance technology, which is behind all their products. This technology was supposedly inspired by Nichola Tesla and is all about blocking harmful waves from entering the body as well as using healthy waves and vibrations to help balance out the body and increase health and a number of different ways.

    This is technology that is rather new and the research being conducted, as far as health benefits go, is still in its infancy.

    But besides the products they also offer the opportunity to create one’s own business out of it all. Anyone can join the business as an affiliate and start selling their products to others as well as recruiting in other affiliates and earning off of their efforts.

    Products

    Quantum Card

    The Quantum card supposedly uses some “revolutionary” carbon fiber and is easy to use. It uses grounding frequency technology to improve well-being. What you do is wave this card overtop of your water, food, and body to receive “earth grounding energy”.

    Nitro QuBits

    This is a bioenergy hologram for increasing nitric oxide levels in your body. It has eight quantum interface that it affects the energetic frequencies of the body and it also helps to reverse harmful effects from “electro smog” caused by cell phones, Wi-Fi, etc.

    Energetics Relief

    THe Energetics Relief product is for cardiovascular and energy support. This product uses the technology to give your body create availability of energy stores. It is also supposed to be good for relief from inflammation, anxiety, nausea, and a range of other things we don’t want.

    EMF Shield

    The EMP Shield it is designed to block out harmful electromagnetic frequencies.

    Freshness Card

    This card is said to enhance the freshness of stored foods. I actually watched a time lapsed video they did on this product with two loaves of bread, one with the freshness card and one without. What happened was the loaf of bread without the freshness card began to mold as normal and the one with the freshness card did not mold at all.

    Honestly it seemed a little bit too good to be true, since common bread mold is caused by a fungi, but they claim it works.

    The Business Opportunity

    There is a good chance you are wondering if Aegea is a scam because of all the affiliates running around promoting this business. You might even be thinking that it is a possible pyramid scheme because of how people are recruiting others in left and right.

    Anyone can join Aegea as an affiliate and start earning by selling their products as well as recruiting other affiliates into the business. This is a MLM company with a typical MLM compensation plan. The different ways that you can earn as an Aegea affiliate include the following…

    Retail Commissions

    This is just the difference between the wholesale in the retail price. As an affiliate you will be able to sell Aegea products in profit from the difference.

    Fast Start Bonus

    The fast start bonus is a bonus paid out when you first recruit someone into the business. This is paid out based on the starter package that they purchase, which you will also be pushed to purchase if you decide to join.

    Binary Pay

    I would say that this is the main part of the compensation plan. It it is a pyramid -like structure with 2 positions beneath each person. So on each level going down the structure has the potential to grow double in size.

    For example… You are at the top of your own binary structure and have two positions beneath you. Beneath each of those two people there are two positions, making four positions total at that level, and so on.

    You will be paid 20% of the commissionable volume of your lesser leg, or the side of your binary tree that has less volume.

    Matching Bonus

    With the Matching Bonus you can earn a percentage of matching commissions that those in your downline make. This matching bonus pays down to 4 levels deep, meaning that you can earn this bonus from the people you personally recruit in (level 1), the people that they recruit in (level 2), and so on.

    Generational Check Match

    This it is also a matching bonus but you must be a Platinum Elite rank and have at least two silver affiliates in your downline to be able to earn this bonus. You can earn 10% check matches on down to five generations of silver affiliates.

    This is very similar to the Matching Bonus discussed above.

    There are also a few other ways to earn with the compensation plan, but I’m not going to get into them. What I have discussed is the gist of it all.

    It’s All About Moving Up The Ranks

    One thing that you definitely need to know if you are possibly thinking about joining this business is that making money is all about moving up the ranks. There are eight different ranks total and as you move up the ranks you will unlock more and more of the compensation plan.

    Moving of these ranks is all about selling more products and recruiting more affiliates in beneath you.

    Lots of Potential With a Big Downside

    MLM businesses like this have lots of potential because of how their compensation plans are structured. They usually have many different ranks, as this one does, which means there is a lot of room to move up within the business.

    As you move up there will be an increasing number of ways to earn and because this is a MLM, or multilevel marketing, business, much of what you will be earning will be commissions flowing up the pyramid like structure from those beneath you.

    What you should know about MLM businesses is that they are much more difficult to make money with than many lead you to believe. When someone is recruiting you and of course they are only going to tell you the upside to it and not the downsides, or at least most of the time that is how it works. The downside is that because of the pyramid like structure, the large majority of people actually find it more difficult to make money while usually only the top few percent reap the majority of the rewards.

    Optavia, Monat Global, etc…. It’s the same story with all MLM companies for the most part.

    Final Thoughts – Scam?

    I definitely would not call Aegea a scam. Sure… Their products may be completely based around technology that is not well proven yet and is largely based on hype, and they do use a pyramid -like business model where affiliates go around recruiting other affiliates in to make money off of them, but there is just no proof that I have of this place being a scam.

    Should you join the business opportunity? Should you buy their products? Well… These are questions you need to answer for yourself. Do you believe in the technology? Do you think you have what it takes to be constantly recruiting other people into the business?… Because that is what it is going to take if you want to join the business opportunity. MLM businesses have very high turnover rates and you have to be a darn good recruiter to make it.

    Any questions, comments, concerns? Please leave them down below in the comment section and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can 🙂

    Also, if you are interested in the business opportunity that Aegea has, you might want to take a look at how I went from $0 to over $6,000 per month online. I work for myself online which gives many of the benefits you would get with running your own little home based Aegea business… Which is why I’m mentioning it.

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    Is Evolution Travel a Scam? – What You Should Know

    is Evolution Travel a scam

    Evolution Travel may offer some good prices on travel deals, but is this place worth getting involved with? Or is Evolution Travel a scam that you should be avoiding?

    Since you are reading my review here and wondering if this place is a scam or not, I am guessing that you are probably contacted by one of Evolution Travel’s “travel agents”. They probably first talked about the amazing deals you can get on travel and shortly after, or maybe even before hand, tried to get you to join the business as a travel agent as well. Why am I guessing this? Well… Because that is what most travel agents seem to do. That is how they operate.

    In this review I will be going over what you need to know about this place before moving forward. If you are thinking about joining as a travel agent you are definitely going to want to read this over and think again. The opportunity is often not nearly as amazing as other travel agents will lead you to believe it is and you will see why.

    Evolution Travel Review

    If you go on the official website and read about this place, you will see that they claim their success comes from both travel sales and their referral program.

    The travel sales are a given… The travel agents that work for this company sell travel packages and this is where much of Evolution Travel’s business comes from. But what is this referral program that they’re talking about?

    The referral program is where the home based travel business comes into play. Anyone can join Evolution Travel as a PTA (professional travel agent) and refer others to Evolution Travel, either as a normal customer or as a PTA, and earn commissions doing so.

    The company was founded in 2015 so it is fairly new. That said, there partnered with Archer Travel Service which has been around since 1952.

    The Products/Service Offered

    Like Expedia, Travelocity, etc., Evolution Travel offers deals on travel packages. There partnered with a variety of different travel companies such as Carnival Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, United Vacations, Sandals, Disney And a lot of other places to bring about the good deals.

    And that is pretty much it… The travel deals should be the main promotion here but unfortunately many PTAs focus on promoting the business opportunity due to the incentive that Evolution Travel gives to recruit other PTAs in.

    The Business Opportunity

    So as a PTA you will be able to make money by selling travel deals as well as recruiting and other PTAs. The cost to become a PTA is $69.95 per month for the administrative fee along with a small one-time charge which varies (It is listed as $30 as I am writing this review).

    Evolution Travel is what you call it a MLM, or multilevel marketing, company which means that they have multiple ranks within their business structure and PTAs can earn commissions from those beneath them.

    MLM’s have pyramid -like structures that are formed via recruitment. They are narrow at the top in branch out further at the bottom as more people are recruited into the business.

    The different ranks here at Evolution Travel include the following. You can also see that I listed the requirements for each rank below. In order to move up the ranks, which allows you to earn more money from the compensation plan, it is all about recruiting in more PTAs.…

    Ranks

    • Consultant
      • This is where you start.
    • Executive Consultant
      • Need to recruit in 3 other PTA’s
    • Bronze Consultant
      • Need to recruit in 6 other PTA’s
    • Silver Consultant
      • Need to recruit in 9 other PTA’s
    • Gold Consultant
      • Need to recruit in 15 other PTA’s
      • Need at least 3 Silver Consultants in three separate legs of your downline
    • Platinum Consultant
      • Need to have at least 400 active PTA’s in your downline (don’t have to be personally recruited)
      • No more than 1/3 of active PTA’s can be on any one lineage

    Travel Commissions

    As a PTA you are obviously going to be able to earn commissions on travel deals that you sell. On commissionable travel, you get 80% commissions from deals that you personally booked and 10% gets passed up to your sponsor. So in total Evolution Travel it’s paying out 90% in commissions here from travel that qualifies as commissionable.

    Residual Commissions

    Of course you are also going to you access to residual commissions that you will earn from PTAs in your downline. This is typical of any MLM business opportunity.

    Leadership Bonuses

    As an incentive to recruit more people in and climb the ranks, they give out Leadership Bonuses that are paid monthly to gold and platinum ranked consultants.

    Company Shares

    As a gold level consultant you will get 20,000 shares of the company. If you move up to the platinum level you will get another 20,000 shares.

    The entire focus of this MLM compensation plan is on recruiting and more PTAs. The more you recruit in, the higher number of active packages you have in your downline, the higher monthly bonuses you will earn among other revenue streams…

    Pyramid Scheme?

    The FTC states that pyramid schemes are business opportunities that rely too much on recruitment. They focus overwhelmingly on recruitment rather than sales to the general public. This is what separates a legitimate MLM opportunity from a pyramid scheme.

    So is Evolution Travel a pyramid scheme?

    This is where it gets tricky because it all depends on how much a business relies on recruitment. You are able to have a pyramid like MLM structure that relies on recruitment, but in order to operate legally you can’t relying recruitment too much. This is why you see many MLM companies requiring that there distributors or consultants earn 50% or more of their money from public sales rather than recruitment.

    The problem that I see with Evolution Travel is that they don’t really put much focus at all on selling travel packages to the general public. The compensation plan is entirely focused on recruiting in other PTAs. This is a major problem and a definite sign of a pyramid scheme. There is not really much incentive for existing PTAs to go out and sell travel deals to the general public… It is more lucrative to just recruit in other PTAs and move up the ranks, thus earning more from the compensation plan.

    I Don’t Know If It Is Worth It

    Personally I see future problems with this company. I don’t think they can continue to operate the way that they are and are likely going to come under fire from governments around the world. This opinion is based on what I see from their compensation plan along with the fact that other very similar travel MLM companies, such as World Ventures, have been considered pyramid schemes (I’m talking about in Norway).

    That said… Even if this place isn’t a pyramid scheme and is going to be around for many years to come, I still don’t know if it is worth joining.

    The problem with MLM opportunities like this is that they are much more difficult to make money with than they seem. Of course when other PTAs are trying to recruit you in they are only going to tell you the good stuff, such as the income potential, but the reality is that with MLM’s like this it is more difficult to make money.

    The reason MLM’s or more difficult to make money with it is because of their pyramid -like structure. In short, those at the top or rewarded in those at the bottom have potential profits taken away from them, which are siphoned up to those at the top. This creates a lot of incentive for members to climb the ranks via recruitment to get to the top, but the reality is that there will always be many more people at the bottom of a pyramid -like structure than at the top… Which is why MLM’s have such high turnover rates.

    This is what you won’t hear from someone trying to recruit you in. Of course they are trying to get you in their downline so that they can make money off of you.

    Final Thoughts – Scam?

    Well first off… I don’t really see much point in using Evolution Travel’s travel services. You can get just as good of deals on sites like Expedia and you can get these good deals from the comfort of your own home without talking to an annoying travel agent.

    If you do want to use Evolution Travel’s travel portal to get a discount then go for it, but there really isn’t much point in doing this.

    The MLM business opportunity is the real opportunity here and it doesn’t seem to be that good of one to me. I do not care for MLM’s in general due to their difficulty and focus on recruitment, and I definitely don’t care for this particular MLM opportunity because I feel that it leans too far to the pyramid scheme side of things.

    If you want to join Evolution Travel then go for it. It is your decision… But this is just not something that I personally recommend. If you are still considering joining just know that in order to be successful with this you’re going to have to be continuously recruiting in new PTAs. High turnover rates should be expected so you’re going to have to recruit left and right.

    If you were interested in this business opportunity and are having your doubts, but are still looking for an opportunity that is home-based, you may want to take a look at how I make a living working online. You can click the button below to learn more as well as how you can do the same…

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    Is PlanNet Marketing a Scam? – What You Should Know Beforehand!

    PlanNet Marketing

    PlanNet Marketing is promoted as an amazing way to make money on your own time, working full-time, part-time, or any time as a travel agent. But is it really as amazing as it sounds? Are you really going to be making tons of money and get the ability to travel at discounted rates all over the world? Will you really be able to “write your own paycheck” in a sense?

    Or is PlanNet Marketing a scam that you should be avoiding?

    Since you are here reading my review I am guessing that you are suspicious of the whole thing. You have probably been approached by a travel agent that is part of PlanNet Marketing and have been asked to join. Things probably seem a bit fishy to you and you might even be wondering if this whole thing is a pyramid scheme.

    In this unbiased review I’ll be going over what you definitely need to know before hand, including one very important aspect of the job that no travel agent is going to tell you when they are attempting to recruit you in.

    PlanNet Marketing Review

    PlanNet Marketing is the creation of the Don Bradley, who has years of experience in the network marketing space. The company is partnered with a travel agency called InteleTravel. These two companies combined are what make this  MLM travel business work.

    The opportunity to become a travel agent and run your own home-based to travel business sounds pretty awesome. You get to work on your own time and you also get access to the discount travel rates that come with the business. The same travel deals that you can sell to other people, including cruises, vacations, hotels, resort stays, tours, plane tickets, car rentals, etc., you can also purchase yourself.

    Sounds amazing right…? Hold off on answering this until the end.

    How It All Works

    With PlanNet Marketing there are two different ways that you can earn money and this is something that can get somewhat confusing. These two ways include:

    1. Become an InteleTravel Agent (ITA) and sell the travel deals to others
    2. Become a PlanNet Marketing Rep and sell the business opportunity to others + earn from team commissions

    You see PlanNet Marketing doesn’t actually sell these travel products… It is InteleTravel that does such and because they are partnered together this can get confusing. Basically PlanNet Marketing it is like an MLM business structure that was placed overtop of the InteleTravel business opportunity.

    You can just be an InteleTravel Agent (ITA) and sell travel deals as well as recruit other people to become ITA’s, which will earn you commissions every time. But if you want to take it to the next level then you would want to also become a PlanNet Marketing representative which will allow you to earn commissions from your downline in a multilevel structure.

    The Compensation Plan

    As an ITA you will be able to receive 70-80% paid commissions from selling the travel to other people. As far as I understand you will also be able to receive $50 commissions when you recruit in other ITA’s. But as an ITA only, you will only be able to receive these $50 commissions when you recruit someone in. And by the way it costs $179.95 plus $39.95 per month to become an ITA.

    If you want to take things to the next level and become a PlanNet Marketing wrap than that is going to cost you another $19.95 per month. If you do this you will be able to earn the $50 commissions from each ITA that you recruit in, along with all of the following…

    Direct Sales 50% Matching Bonus

    The Direct Sales 50% Matching Bonuses are bonuses that you are rewarded with for each sale that one of your personal recruits make. So if you recruit in Joe you earn a $50 commission for getting him to join as an ITA. If Joe then goes out and recruit someone else in, you will earn $25, which is the 50% matching bonus.

    Gold Builder Bonus

    If you climbed the ranks and are able to make it to the rank of Gold Builder then you will enjoy a $10 bonus for every ITA sale that is made in your downline, as long as there are any other Gold Builders beneath you.

    These Gold Builder Bonuses are paid out to the first person ranked as Gold Builder in the up line for every ITA sale made in the downline. I hope that makes sense.… It can be a bit confusing.

    Monthly Matrix

    The Monthly Matrix bonus is a four dollar bonus paid per month from the monthly membership fees that your recruits (and everyone) has to pay to stay active. This bonus is paid nine levels deep, meaning that you will earn these bonuses from the people you personally recruit in (level 1), from the people that they recruit in (level 2), from the people that those people recruit in (level 3), and so on.

    If you are a Gold Builder you will also get a 10% match on this monthly bonus.

    7 Ranks

    As you can tell based on what I’ve talked about above, making money with this compensation plan is largely about your rank. Moving up to the rank of Gold Builder comes with a lot of perks and this is only the second rank achievable. After that there are all the director ranks which I’m not going to get into.

    • Rep
    • Gold Builder
    • Director – One Star
    • Director – Two Stars
    • Director – Three Stars
    • Director – Four Stars
    • Director – Five Stars

    Moving up the ranks is obviously all about recruiting and more ITA’s. The better you are at recruiting, the more ITA’s you will recruit in, and the higher up the ranks you will go.

    These are the basics of the compensation plan.

    In a Nutshell

    I know that this can be confusing so I just want to go over things again here real quick to maybe clear a few things up.

    The partnership that PlanNet Marketing and InteleTravel have together is what makes things confusing and I don’t see anyone really addressing this.

    In a nutshell, IntelleTravel is the real business opportunity here. They are what give you the ability to become a home-based travel agent and make money with this all. PlanNet Marketing is basically just a MLM marketing business that promotes the ITA opportunity.

    Correct me if I am wrong, but this is how I best understand it.

    Good Opportunity?… Not As Good As It Seems

    Might sound like a pretty good opportunity, right? Not so fast… Take a look at the income disclosure from their official website, which they are forced to make viewable to the public…

    As you can see, over 97% of all independent representatives (travel agents) made an average of $69.95 for the entire year of 2017. Only 1.81% of all independent representatives made the rank of Gold Builder.

    So what is the reason for this? Why does it seem that most people fail to make good money?

    Well the reason is because the this is just the way MLM businesses are. I review MLM businesses all the time, Monat Global, Optavia, etc, and this is a commonality with all of them. Most people fail and they have extremely high turnover rates.

    The reason for this is they are pyramid -like structure where money flows up the pyramid in the form of commissions, matching bonuses, etc., and this benefits those at the top while those at the bottom find it more difficult to make money. And of course… With a pyramid -like structure there are always many more people at the bottom than at the top.

    Pyramid Scheme?

    Pyramid schemes are classified by the FTC as businesses that rely too much on recruitment of new representatives rather than sales to the general public. So does this PlanNet Marketing business rely too much on recruitment of new travel agents?

    I think so… That is pretty much all they do. There is almost no focus on selling travel deals to the general public, or at least very little. Because of this I think that the government could potentially step in and make this business change their operations. It is not like this hasn’t happened before.

    Final Thoughts – Scam?

    Pyramid scheme?? This is still open to debate but when it comes to the question of whether or not this is a good opportunity, the statistics say it all. As I went over above, the large majority of people fail in this business and for good reason… The MLM structure ensures that most people are going to fail, which is why I avoid MLM’s and don’t normally recommend them to other people.

    If you are someone who thinks you have the ability to recruit people and continuously, left and right, then this might be something you could potentially excel at, but for most people it is probably not a good choice. But anyways… Join if you want to. I am certainly not stopping you.

    An alternative that you might want to take a look at since you are looking to make money from your own home-based business is how I make money online. I started making money online back in 2015 and currently make a living doing so. I’m not going to get into it here, but if you want to learn more you can click the button below…

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    Is Optavia a Pyramid Scheme? – What You Should Know

    Is Octavia a Pyramid Scheme

    Is Optavia a pyramid scheme? Well… Their business model is that of a MLM and is structured to place a good deal of emphasis on recruitment, but does this amount to it being a pyramid scheme?

    I’m guessing that you are probably reading my post here because you are contacted by an Optavia coach and asked to join in on the business opportunity, or maybe a friend or family member was. But anyways… It doesn’t really matter your reason for reading this. In this short review I will be addressing the claims that Optavia may very well be a pyramid scheme.

    What Is Optavia?

    Optavia is a weight loss MLM company that sells meal plans scientifically designed for weight loss, similar to Avisae, It Works, and Shaklee. They take a more holistic approach to weight loss, not just focusing on the short-term, but rather having a more long-term focus. The goal is to adopt new healthy habits one at a time in your life so that the changes you make stick.

    This is an approach that I really like. A lot of people lose weight and then gain it right back. They put in all this work and effort losing the weight but then end up regressing back to their old unhealthy habits. Optavia’s goal is to help change those habits to healthier ones.

    At the core of the Optavia business model are coaches that are there to help guide and support people on their weight loss journeys. These coaches can be anyone. You are I both could join the business as a coach and make money doing so. Coaches are able to make money by selling weight loss products as well as by recruiting and other coaches beneath them and earning from what they sell.

    This recruitment part of it all is the reason people are calling a pyramid scheme. Yes… Coaches can make money by recruiting in other coaches and so on, but this does not mean it is a pyramid scheme. In order to get a better understanding of what is going on here we first need to take a look at the compensation plan and see how these coaches are getting compensated.

    The Compensation Plan

    There are a bunch of different ways that you can earn as a coach and I will not be going over them all. Just be going over some of the more core components of the compensation plan, starting with client support commissions…

    Client Support Commissions

    These are commissions that are paid out based on the orders that your personal customers make.

    So for example if you recruiting Joe and he buys something through your personal Optavia website, or calls their phone number to order, you get credited for that and earn a commission from the sale, which is 15%.

    Consistency Bonus

    The consistency bonus is a bonus that is paid for having a “frontline” that makes consistent orders each month. Your frontline consists of the people that you have directly recruited in.

    Each product that Optavia sells has a certain number of points attached to it. If the people in your frontline order enough products to reach a 2000 cumulative PV (point value) for three consecutive months, then you get a bonus. And you get a bigger bonus if your frontline reaches a 4000 PV and in even larger bonus if they reach a 6000 PV, as you can see here…

    • 2000 in FLV for 3 months = $250 bonus
    • 4000 in FLV for 3 months = $500 bonus
    • 6000 in FLV for 3 months = $1,000 bonus

    Team Growth Bonuses

    The Team Growth Bonuses are available to coaches that are ranked as a senior coach or higher. This is where you get paid based on the sales that other coach teams make beneath you.

    Executive Director Generation Bonuses

    These bonuses are generational bonuses that are paid for developing executives within your downline. So if coaches beneath you, anywhere beneath you and your downline, make it to the rank of Executive, you will be able to earn commissions from this. At most you’ll be able to earn six generations deep…

    But of course you will not be able to earn down six generations from the get-go. In order to earn down all the generations and unlock the entire opportunity here within the Executive Director Generation Bonuses, you will have to move up the ranks as you can see in this table:

    Moving Up The Ranks

    Making money with Optavia is all about moving up the ranks. As you move up the ranks further you will unlock more and more of the compensation plan and be able to earn more and more. But how do you do this? How do you move up the ranks?

    Well… It’s all about bringing in more clients and recruiting and more coaches. Below you can see a table of all the different ranks and the qualifications that you need to meet in order to move up:

    Pyramid Scheme?

    Okay… So a MLM type business like this can be completely legitimate and rely on recruitment of other distributors, in this case “coaches”, to a good deal. What separates a legitimate MLM from in illegal pyramid scheme is how much they actually rely on recruitment of distributors. If they rely on recruitment like this too much and do not focus enough on selling products to the general public, that is where it begins to cross line and becoming an illegal pyramid scheme.

    That said…there is definitely not enough here for me to say that this is a pyramid scheme, BUT… I am a bit concerned when looking at their compensation plan. They don’t really seem to have any safeguards in place to keep a pyramid scheme -like scenario from playing out.

    As far as I know, you could become a coach and to do nothing but recruit in other coaches to move up the ranks and make tons of money. Some MLM’s that I have reviewed require you to sell a certain amount of products each month to the general public (non-distributors), while Optavia does not.

    But anyways… Know this does not seem like a pyramid scheme to me. Recruitment like this is completely legal and although it might not be the most trustworthy business, since many coaches are out there just to recruit a bunch of people in and make money, it is still legal.

    The Downside To This Type Of Business

    There is a big downside to this type of business, or any MLM business for that matter. This is something that people never tell you… Especially if they are trying to recruit you in.

    While MLM’s like this offer a lot of potential to move up within the company, since there are so many ranks and benefits to be had moving up there all those ranks, the big downside is that they actually make it more difficult for the majority of people to make money.

    You see with a pyramid- like structure such as the MLM structure, the majority of distributors are at the bottom of the pyramid. As we know there are really many benefits at the bottom… You have to work your way to the top to start receiving all those commissions flowing out from the bottom to you. This is good for those at the top but for those at the bottom they just end up getting what could possibly be money in their pockets, sucked away from them in funneled out to those above them.

    I hope this makes sense. In a nutshell what I am saying is that money is being siphoned from the bottom to the top and the majority of people are at the bottom, which means they are getting the short end of the stick.

    This is one of the reasons that MLM businesses have such high turnover rates… There just much more difficult than people are led to believe most of the time.

    Final Thoughts – Good Opportunity?

    If you are thinking about joining Optavia as a coach and looking to capitalize on this business opportunity I am not trying to steer you away from it. I’m just trying to give you a better view of what is really going on here so that you know what you’re getting yourself into if you do join.

    Some people love MLM businesses like this and really excel at them, but then again many people end up failing miserably. It all depends on you and your situation. The bottom line is that to really make any business like this you’re going to have to be darn good at recruiting others in. Those that make it to the top ranks within the company are recruiting and constantly. Remember, these businesses have high turnover rates so you never can just stop recruiting and expect the money to keep flowing inconsistently.

    If you do think you have what it takes to recruit inconsistently and you really do like the products that Optavia sells, and you have a passion for helping people lose weight, then go for it… I wish you luck.

    For those of you who are starting to have doubts on this whole thing, you might want to take a look at what I do to make a living online. I started making money online back in 2015 and went from $0 to now making over $6000 per month. Why I’m telling you about this is because I work for myself and have my own home-based business, which is in a way similar to what you would have working for a MLM company like Optavia.

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