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Originally Posted by xenigo
So here's my burning question:
If I can join a normal affiliate program for free, why would I want to pay to join Amway or Quixstar, or Mona Vie? Logic would presume that if this is indeed NOT a pyramid scheme, I wouldn't have to pay. Logic would also presume that if they really wanted to move as much volume as they could, it would function exactly like a traditional affiliate program. You don't see Amazon charging their affiliates... but I do see their packages on every porch across the United States on a daily basis...
It seems that it's not so much about moving product, or else it would be free to join. It seems it's almost entirely about me paying. My downline paying. Etc.
And I could spam the shit out of my friends and annoy the fuck out of everyone 24 / 7 if I wanted... but I don't... because I don't need to. I sell to people who are searching for what I'm selling.
Why does it seem like their business model revolves around selling things to people that weren't looking for them to begin with?
Why can't they just market themselves using the methods of the traditional affiliate model?
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In the case of Mona Vie or Herbalife, they have products that no one else has and the only way to get them is through the MLM scheme. The people buying the products or buying into the system are looking for something specific, that they can't get elsewhere.
With Amway, like I said you're basically paying to join a wholesale club. It's like $20 and you get access to much more than you'd get at your local BJ's or Sam's club. There are people that join just to do this. Because as you spend, you are generating points which eventually generates cash. If you decide to push a downline, that is open to you and if you can work it...there's money to be made.
I am not a big fan of the Amway culture, but there are plenty of people making money with it and not just the long time folks at the top of the pyramid. I pretty much stopped pushing things because I felt limited being a web marketer and being told that 90% of what I wanted to do wasn't acceptable. They want everyone to have an equal opportunity, or at least that's what they say. I pushed as much as I could and got shot down every step of the way. Amway didn't even like me buying products and selling them for retail on a website.
Amazon has taken a bunch of Amway's online shop ideas and made them there own. Amway had automatic fulfillment 15+ years ago. Amazon added it last year.
I have a case of Mona Vie on hand at all times, and I'm not one of their distributors. You can't sell on eBay unless you sell them OVER retail price. But I drink it every day.