One of the reasons why upline and Amway presentations still manage to get people into the business is because the Amway opportunity is made to sound easy. Sure, the presenter of the plan might mention that it takes work, but prospects walking out of the meetings will get the impression that all they need is six, or that the task of going diamond is very manageable. It isn't until a prospect signs up and gets to work that he or she will find out how difficult it is to build an Amway business. In fact, the business in itself is not mind boggling, but overcoming the reputation issues that Amway has will doom most of the eager new IBOs. What's sad is so many IBOs lose money while in the process of discovering this for themselves.
Even seasoned IBOs who have been trained to counter attack people's objections about Amway will struggle when presented with the simple facts that Amway products are not necessarily the greatest and are not necessarily the best value. If this were true, Amway could move much more product simply by marketing these great products and selling them in stores. But since IBOs move and market Amway products for no salary and at their own expense, it's a great deal for Amway. I wonder what Amway sales would be if they did not count sales to IBOs for self consumption? Seems many of these IBOs will loyally buy Amway products while they are building the Amway business but that loyalty seems to fade once the dreams of early retirement and going diamond fades away. Amway's attrition rate seems to back up this theory. If not, Amway's sales would be climbing each year as IBOs regularly drop out of the business.
One glaring problem that IBOs seems to ignore is how often platinums and high level IBOs like diamonds fall out of qualification. Yes, Amway has many new platinums, etc, but what about the people who worked their tails off just to end up falling out of qualification a year later? The income stops when your volume stops. There are countless stories of diamonds quitting or leaving Amway. IBOs should do some research and look for answers as to why this is. I think they would not like the answers. They will find that some diamonds are broke, in debt and struggling. In other words, diamonds are like the rest of the world, but have been elevated as special in the Amway world. Do you really think you can live a jetset lifestyle on 100K per year? Many people think $100K is great because they might earn far less, but $100K or $200K is really just a middle class lifestyle, and maybe less if the diamond is in debt because they show off a diamond lifestyle. Behind the smoke and mirrors of the diamond illusion, I think prospects would be shocked at how diamonds really live.
Amway may sound easy but the reality paints a very different picture. Go find out for yourself.
Joe, you are absolutely right but we are dealing not with an intellectual issue but an emotional and psychological issue. You can point out fact after fact to zealous IBOs, but it won't affect them. They have been "fired up," as the up-line manipulators say.
ReplyDeleteSome people really do get off on being "fired up," just as some others do with heroin or crack cocaine. You think logic and rationality are going to stop them from getting their fix? The Amway Corporation survives and thrives on their addiction, just as drug dealers survive and thrive on junkies.
AMWAY IS LEGALIZED THEFT.
I believe people can become addicted to Amway, especially when the alleged desired result is untold wealth, early retirement and living he "diamond" lifestyle.
DeleteOnce someone bites, they sort of have to snap out of it on their own. Facts and reasoning go out the window in these cases.
you are correct or if you are in a crisis mode in life.. they love to use the love bomb, make a friend, we are a family, Jesus wants you to be be rich BS ... typical cult techniques that work. Look like youre living "the american dream" .. total SCAM
DeleteYes, the Amway people become your "family" while you are active and for that reason, some people enjoy the socail aspect of Amway until they realize they are losing their shirts in the process.
DeleteSpot on!! If this was so easy, then these things should happen:
ReplyDelete- All IBO's would earn a profit.
- Everyone goes diamond.
- No one would have to grind their ass for a living,
I don't expect everyone to succeed, but if at least half of the IBOs actually made money, I would see it as a viable business and not a scam.
DeleteThey made it sound easy by saying just recruit. What if you recruit 100 people and 99% quit? That is where the real hard part comes...
ReplyDeleteI think the doable question is determined bu understanding what does doable require. The model is about contacting and sponsoring. Showing the plan to a few friends wont get you very far. Its 5 nights a week for several years. Thats 250 plans a year, say 3 or 4 people each time. Thats 1000 people per year. That means contacting 30 people per day to get a 10% show up rate. From all of that you prably sponsor 100 in a year of whom 90 drop out. You may get 2 or 3 leaders eventually. Bill brit said he found a handful of people who made him a millionaire and 3 who made him a multi millionaire. Holly chen said she stood every day in supermarket queues all day and contacted everyone in the lines. Both of britt and chen became multi millionaire. But who can realistically bring such intensity. Thats why its not doable for the average person.
ReplyDeleteVery true, not mt mention Britt and Chen are not newbies to Amway so they had less of a "stigma" with the Amway name. I might add that Britt died while still working Amway rather than "walking away" to enjoy residual income.
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