I have a friend in Quixtar that makes some money here and there but he really doesn't work hard at it. I met another person at a powerlifting competition that made roughly 100k one year with Quixtar. He is no longer with Quixtar (didn't ask why). I also have been with a couple of MLM programs and have found that products such as cleaners, vitamins, skin products, etc. do not do nearly as well as services. For example, in service based products you may only have to make a sale once as opposed to having to make a sale everytime someone runs out of a product. Usually health products and cleaning products are overpriced and noone no one really needs them. I am a competitive powerlifter and I am usually surrounded by a LOT of shake drinkers and pill poppers and I found that they wanted nothing to do with most MLM products. I thought they would buy like crazy or become distributors. I was wrong. Cleaners are cheaper at local stores. If you need something powerful you can just go to Home Depot, ACE, etc. From what I have noticed is that many MLM companies count on your friends buying overpriced products from you just because they are your friends and they will do it for you. If you are going to go MLM, find a service (not a "product") that is something you would buy and at a price you would like. Make sure you get to talk to an actual person before signing up for anything, make sure you get trained, make sure the comp plan pays commissions on movement of product and not just for your recruiting (or it could be illegal), and DO NOT go for the "ground floor opportunity" (go with a company that has been around for a while).
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Rob Wright
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