Dinosaur Business Model Or Cutting Edge?

 A recent comment prompted me to post this article.  The comment was about whether or not some groups still used voicemail and as far as I knew, they still use a voicemail system not because it’s so vital to the Amway business but because it was a big money maker for the diamonds.   Former higher up former pin I knew once told me that a diamond can make several to ten dollars per voicemail subscription.  And diamonds typically will have close to a thousand or more downline 

When I was an IBO, we actually had to call our upline weekly to order stuff then pick it up on another day.  Amway did upgrade to direct shipping but aside from that, the business appears to be the same as it was many years ago.  Recruiting in person or by social media is common but the concept that Amway eliminates the middle man is still the pitch.   But Amway actually creates middlemen.  If not, customers would order direct from Amway.  

With new technology like facebook live or Zoom, or Google meets, why in the world would anyone need an archaic voicemail system.  I did hear that some diamonds used Zoom or other means of holding functions but charged full price.  So stop and think.   If diamonds really succeeded by helping downline succeed, why would you need to pay full price for  a function that costs next to nothing to put in?   Why not give that information to down line and rake in the fruits of their success? 

The answer is obvious.  The upline diamonds success comes in part by schlepping useless archaic methods and systems on due line for handsome profits.  Even some methods such as buying from yourself have been employed for decades with little to no success to speak of.  Upline used to say look at the fruit on the tree.  In the 1990’s, there were some new diamonds and sone Amway momentum.  But Amway seems to have fallen on leaner times in the last 5-7 years.  

But overall, apparently, little has changed over the years.   I don’t know on many ground breaking new products.  I haven’t heard of any new innovations created by upline diamonds and there doesn’t appear to be any surge in new diamonds, at least in North America.   Amway looks like a dinosaur trying to compete in a cutting edge world.   I haven’t heard much about whether upline still pushes religious overtones and politics at functions but then again, leopards don’t change their spots right?