I send this message to inform IBOs tha they should be aware of their circumstances in business. What I mean is when you are a new IBO, it is common for you to buy/sell your 100 PV, and perhaps listen to some cds. If you basically did what your sponsor or upline advised, you made your 100 PV bonus level and you will receive a bonus from Amway for about $10. If you did as advised by your upline/sponsor, then you likely made a namelist and started contacting some potential business partners aka prospects. You're probably a bit excited because things are going as you expected. You did your part and a bonus is on it's way to your doorstep. Heck, you may have even sponsored a friend or relative because of your newly found excitement and enthusiasm. It's new and shiny like being on a honeymoon for newlyweds.
But what happens after a few months? If you are still doing 100 PV and have no downline, then what are the chances that you will ever achieve anything? Your excitement is wearing off and now the Amway opportunity is becoming "work". You are also starting to notice that it is starting to get expensive to continue to purchase products, many of which you never purchased before. For example, were you buying cases of energy drinks and "high end" vitamins before Amway? Did you buy $50 cases of bottled water before Amway? Supposedly their laundry soap and other cleaners are highly concentrated, therefore your consumables are the nutrition/vitamin products.
Even if you managed to find some downline, are they duplicating what you do? Are they also moving volume and sponsoring downline? If not, what are your chances of fulfilling the 6-4-2 plan or some similar version of it. When I saw the plan, I thought it was reasonable and I was on my way to platinum. What I discovered though, is that as you progress, upline has greater expectations of you and that includes more tool purchases. (I was in WWDB). In the end, my recommended tool purchases ate up any profits I had and at the 4000 level, I was just about breaking even, which means I was at a loss when factoring in my time spent and other miscellaneous expenses such as gas money.
Where are you at? If you're been in for more than a year, are you on schedule to become platinum or are you at 200 PV with one downline? Maybe you have a small group with 600 PV? You still aren't close to a net profit. For the vast majority of people, success is not right around the corner. What's around the corner for most is more time lost, more money expended, and no progress. If your group is now growing each and every month, you are sliding backwards. If you don't constantly have new IBOs coming into the group, you are probably stagnant. With about half of IBOs dropping out each year, keeping a group together is a tremendous task.
IBOs, where are you at after a few months? Where are you at after a year? If you haven't gone platinum, it is nearly a certainty that it will never happen, despite what your upline might say. The facts are there, it's a matter of whether you want to believe it or not.
8 comments:
I signed up 20+ yrs ago and honeymoon was over day #1. Bringing that kit home and going through the prices. I knew the first 24 hours the prices where to high and impossible to sell. I wasn't even confident with retailing enough to pay half my kit. You add in a meeting where my platinum told me there's a event coming up for 75.00 fed(which was pricey 20 yrs ago). I can understand why people do jack squat from day one.
That's a good comment. I agree. The prices are high, My sponsor deflected that one by saying if Amway can make you rich, does it matter? I bit for a while but you're right. When most people see what you saw, it's easy to understand why so many people do nothing.
The only thing which stopped me from returning my kit. Was half of it was from wwdb. Not guaranteed for refunds. That's why these groups are so determined to sell you a kit which has system materials. Try asking to buy a kit without system support materials and you'd get scolded.
True. The IBOs always talk about how Amway stuff is refundable, You should seek a refund from WWDB and if they refuse, register a complaint with Amway and with the BBB.
Joe, these days when I'm prospected. I tell them I'll buy the literature portion of the kit from Amway corp only and absolutely no tools. One response was our group wwdb don't do that.
I believe that is against Amway rules. It kind of sounds like BS. But coming from WWDB, not that suprising.
Actually the risk is quite low if you sign up directly from amway. Its 67.00 for literature portion and 80 something for product kit. You can force them to sign you up by finding out their ibo Id. Or better yet have the computer from Ada pick your sponsor. My guess is wwdb kit is nearly 200 with tools?
Yes, if you sign up direct from Amway, the risk is low but your chance of making money is even lower unless you exclusively sell products and do not worry about making your 100 PV bonus by purchasing your own products.
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