Buy products, sell products, sponsor others. That is the Amway business in a nutshell. If you have bought and sold Amway products, you already possess the main skills needed to run an Amway business. If you have also sponsored downline, you probably have all the skills needed to build an Amway business. So the question is how much training and tools are needed? Is the investment in tools worth the price for what you get in return? In my informed opinion, I would have to resoundingly say "no".
For many IBOs, the tools are the reason why they are unable to profit. Voicemail for example, is an outdated tool that costs more than most IBO's bonuses. With the ability for IBOs to use email, twitter, or facebook, voicemail is an outdated and frankly, less efficient manner for an upline to communicate with their groups. Standing orders, while some training and advice may be helpful to IBOs, a weekly subcription quickly becomes an expense that an IBO can do without. My upline swore that tapes/cds were vital in sponsoring other, but I had never sponsored, or knew of other crossline who used a tape/cd to sponsor someone. As I said, if you already sold a product and sponsored downline, you probably already possess the skills needed to build an Amway business.
Functions, especially the ones that require airline travel are the most costly and gives the least return on investment. You leave your home and business to attend a function somewhere. You incur a lot of cost and while you are gone, your business is closed. For most IBOs, they will never recoup the expense of one of these functions, let alone having multiple functions througout the year. Also, the functions appear to be more of a social event than an actual business seminar. Sure, the bright lights and touching speeches may inspire you, but how does that translate into business growth? I never observed appreciable growth in my group or crossline as a result of a big function. Sure, there may be exceptions, but overall, the functions were just a drain on IBO resources.
It is my observation that when uplines talk about tools being "needed", they are saying it because upline needs you to buy tools. For many uplines, the tools business is their primary business with Amway being secondary. Some uplines earn far more from the tools sales than from Amway. For that reason, the tools sales are "needed". If you are new or seeking information, try asking upline or your sponsor, what tangible benefit can be received by attending a big function. My sponsor told me that he could not describe the event, that I simply "needed" to attend it in person and see for myself. After my first major function, I did not see what the big deal was. I had to use time off from work, incur some fairly large expenses for travel and it did not result in business growth.
So are tools needed? It is my opinion that some tools may be helpful to an IBO, but if the tools do not directly teach you to sell Amway products or result in you being able to sponsor downline, the tools purchases can be questionable as it won't help your bottom line. However, your continued tool purchases greatly benefits your upline diamond's bottom line. Beware.
13 comments:
the tools aren't needed if they're optional. period. apparently that didn't dawn on my upline.
anon from canada, shut up!
Before the internet my buddy was involved in a nutritional mlm. The audio tapes,literature etc where sold to distributors at cost. The cost of the tapes where 50 cents per. So he had a chance of making money recruiting n retailing. If he had the same size group in amway he and his group would lose money. Today with the internet people have access to free literature,videos,audios,training etc.
Why would IBO's need so many expensive tools when they have webinars and video conferencing? The tools are just a scam run by upline.
Was shown the business recently again by someone in jody victors group. When he told me the cost to access the markerman site with password is something like 30-40.00 a month i started to laugh. The distributor looked at me like im a idiot when i question the cost for the support material. He just rolled his eyes and said it's a business expensive no big deal. There has to be quite a bit of brainwashing for people to pay for this nonsense.
It is not necessarily true that tools aren't needed if they're optional. For some people, attending class isn't a requirement if it's optional. You are free to choose. But attending class becomes a requirement if you want to pass with a good grade instead of just passing.
Of course tools are needed.
Without the tool income, how would the kingpins make payments on their houses, cars, boats and jewelry?
So what's your point? Good for the kingpins! Actually, I admire and respect them more than you. I see myself as a kingpin.
Exactly my point. Pigs don't know pigs stink.
Neither do idiots know that they are idiots, did they ever? Right Joecool?
Are you saying that you don't know you're an idiot?
Of course the "tools" (and I use that term loosely) aren't needed. Amway isn't a real business, it's a scam. The only people making money are those that can create an alternate income stream.
I'm 27 and was recently approached by someone to sell Amway. I seriously thought I was in the Twilight Zone. I'm college educated, have a good job and make $70k a year. Why would I want to sell Red Bull knockoffs and vitamins? Look at all the so-called Diamonds. They are all new money rednecks with no class and no education. I mean a sucker is born every minute, but you'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind to fall for Amway in 2010.
I am deaf, dumb and blind to fall for Amway in 2010. Happy? I used to have a good ('good') job...
Anon from Canada, you're not fooling anyone.
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