Great For Amway, Not For You?

 I hear ridiculous claims from Amway IBOs and apologists at times. They make all kinds of claims that have nothing to do with their business. For example, Amway recently once reported their sales at 1 billion dollars in a month. It's good - for Amway! It has no bearing on John Smith Enterprises, or whatever you call your business. In fact, because most Amway IBOs lose money, you could conclude that more Amway sales could result in more IBOs losing money.  If the vast majority of active IBOs lose money because of business expenses, then more IBOs likely means more IBOs losing money.  

Amway Arena had a rock concert! Great for Amway - it has no bearing on John Smith Enterprises. The DeVos and Van Andel families are billionaires! Great - it has no bearing on an IBO's business. Amway winning awards has no correlation with an Amway IBO making a net profit. Amway once reported a partnership with the Detroit Red Wings. Great, but that helps IBOs in what way other than having a topic of conversation?  All this hype means nothing to your bottom line as an IBO.

So many IBOs mistakenly or ignorantly confuse Amway's success for their own. Of course, it helps when the corporation gets good press because it can help them recruit downline by having something nice to point out. But then again, many IBOs don't sell goods, they "buy from themselves". If you buy from yourself, then all of this good press does nothing to increase your sales. Without sales, you can't make money unless you recruit tons of downline, and even at that, without sales, you may be running an illegal pyramid, based on my understanding of what constitutes a pyramid.

All of the good things happening for Amway or because of Amway - is it increasing your bottom line? Is it helping your "Independent Business"? If not, then why brag about it? Aren't you an IBO - Independent Business Owner? Can you make the same or similar claims about your own business?

P.S. Amway is NOT endorsed by the BBB or FTC. IBOs who make these claims are possibly in violation of the Amway IBO rules of conduct. IBOs should go look it up if they don't know what I am referring to.