This is a question that IBOs need to honestly ask themselves and be objective in their answers, not emotional. If Amway is so great? Why are the results similar to a lottery (a few winners and masses of losers) if Amway is so great? If the system worked the way the diamonds advertised, wouldn't there be a constant churn of new platinums, diamonds and higher ups? Right? People would constantly be progressing and there would be countless numbers of diamonds. Some years back I sent a question a friend who worked at a hotel where the diamonds held a diamond club convention and the answer was that approximately 160 families were in attendance. Why is the count so low? I suppose that many diamonds many have had better things to do but if the vacation is [aid for by Amway and these folks are "free", why wouldn't they attend? You know the answer.
Also, why are IBOs told to purchase an endless supply of training materials is the system? I was told as an IBO that Amway is "simple". Simple doesn't mean easy but at the same time, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to build Amway is what I'm told. But the pitch is that you can't miss any meetings or functions (or your business will backslide 6 months) because you need to be accountable. But I've seen IBOs attend all meeting and functions for months and years and never sponsor a single downline and never progress beyond their personal PV. It's a sad situation.
Even my personal sponsor went 7500 PV and was considered a "gold" direct (at the time) but never got beyond that and eventually started backsliding once I left. He was in the business a few years ago but I'm not sure of the status now. But I can say that I retired comfortably a few years ago while my sponsor is still working. I'm financially free. While I don't own any aircraft, I travel a lot and occasionally, will splurge for first class. If Amway is so great, where are all the young retirees? Instead I see diamonds quitting and/or dying on the job.
During covid 19, businesses that are ecommerce like Amazon went thru the roof. But Amway doesn't appear to have done so well. I wonder why? Is it because Amway is more about recruiting downline that actually selling a decent product at a competitive price? If Amway was what the diamonds advertise it as, Amway would have gone thru the roof like Amazon and some other online retailers. But they did not. So my question worth repeating is; what's so great about Amway?
Amway is not, and never was, about the products. NEVER.
ReplyDeleteTalk to any big shot in Amway, when he's had a few drinks and his tongue is loosened. He'll tell you that nobody ever got rich (or broke even) in the Amway racket by concentrating on the sale of products at retail to non-Amway members. You'd have to be a super-chump to think that you could make a living by selling LOC, vitamin pills, energy bars, and crappy cosmetics to customers.
The only thing that matters in the Amway scam is recruitment of down-line, and the maintaining of that down-line when some IBOs drop out. That's why an Amway go-getter is always in an excitable and frenetic state -- he has to keep his down-line energized, and he has to recruit new IBOs all the time. The guy can't stop. He's got to like the Energizer Bunny.
THAT'S WHERE HIS REAL MONEY IS COMING FROM! Not from selling Amway DishDrops to the old lady next door.