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[damoose88]

http://www2.acninc.com/join/301.pdf

ACN's compensation plan as of 3/9/09. Pretty simple and straightforward but if you would like clarification please feel free to PM me.

[anarchist]

MLM - Network Marketing STATISTICS – the Odds of Success – vs. No-product Schemes & Gambling

http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/STATISTICS.htm

1. Disturbing revelations from MLM tax returns: Tax professionals know who is making the money in MLM/network marketing. It's not the new recruits that are buying up products and sales tools to "play the game." See "Survey of Tax Preparers". [cl-ick here to download PDF file.] Conclusions from this survey are strengthened by household surveys on MLM participation. As further support of these findings, a much earlier investigation by the State of Wisconsin documented evidence, from tax returns, that Wisconsin Amway Direct Distributors (the top 1%) had annual net incomes of minus $900.

2. Gambling beats MLM! Where data was available, the rate of success for recruiting MLM's is abysmal. In fact, MLM makes gambling in Las Vegas look like a safe bet in comparison. Even clearly illegal no-product pyramid schemes do far better. Read "Some Shocking Statistics" to compare the likelihood of realizing a profit from twelve MLM programs, as compared with gambling and with no-product pyramid schemes. You will also get some great pointers on how you can do your own calculations of likely profitability of an MLM.

For a general graph comparing MLM to no-product schemes and to gambling, see "Which Does the Greater Harm?" [PDF] For an interesting graph comparing loss rates of 12 specific MLM's with direct selling, no-product pyramid schemes, and gambling, cl-ick here. [PDF]

In fact, a good way to illustrate the abysmal odds of success in MLM/network marketing is to throw a pair of dice three times, betting on snake eyes each time. Based on the research cited above, the odds of profiting to the extent promised in typical MLM opportunity meetings are less than the odds of throwing snake eyes three times in succession.

3. Review of Average Income Reports by Pyramid Scheme Alert also shows MLM/Network Marketing Programs to be Unprofitable. Robert Fitzpatrick, President of Pyramid Scheme Alert, examined reports of average incomes of participants in several MLM/network marketing programs, using somewhat different assumptions than those used by Consumer Awareness Institute. He accepted their numbers without attempting to debug the deceptions in their reporting. Still, he came up with essentially the same conclusion – Their loss rates were horrendous. Read "The Myth of 'Income Opportunity' in Multi-level Marketing."

4. Analysis of sales figures supplied by the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) shows increasing losses by participants as MLM grows world wide. Karl-Heinz Kreiter has done an incredible job of showing how unprofitable direct selling is when the number of MLM participants is factored in - using statistics supplied by the WFDSA. They are condemned by their own numbers! Read the full report – "Outstanding unlimited growth potential for MLM?" at – http://www.mlm-beobachter.de/mlm/mlmwachstum_e.htm

5. Nu Skin's Naughty Numbers: Olympics officials just wanted the money – forget the morality! When the Salt Lake Olympic Committee (SLOC) accepted Nu Skin as a sponsor of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics, a report entitled "Nu Skin's Naughty Numbers" was sent as a petition to them and the local press to discourage SLOC from allowing Nu Skin to exploit its Olympic connection. SLOC, USOC (US Olympic Com.), and IOC (Int'l Olympic Com.) ignored the petition; and the Olympic rings were displayed at Nu Skin "opportunity meetings" (recruitment rallies) world wide and on recruitment and product literature. (The Olympics still accepts Nu Skin as a sponsor.) The same information from the NNN report is included in the updated "Report of Violations" [ PDF] of the FTC Order for Nu Skin to stop its misrepresentations of distributor earnings.

6. More research confirms these abysmal numbers for MLM success rates. Go to the MLM Research page and download additional reports from investigations by the State of Wisconsin on tax returns reported by Amway distributors and other investigations by Consumer Awareness Institute. All these studies point to the same conclusion - that recruiting MLM's are not income opportunities, but loss certainties - for all but a few at the top of their respective pyramids.

To gain a greater understanding of why the media and academia is not more critical of MLM as a business model, read Frequently Asked Questions. To read why MLM is virtually unregulated read and check out the links from the Regulation and Law Enforcement pages. To review the research behind all this, go to the MLM Research page.

Return to Home Page for a starting index to other reports explaining the truth about all aspects of MLM – based on 12 years of solid independent research.

http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/STATISTICS.htm

[Guest]

Hi damoose88!

I took a look to the ACN Compensation plan, and i must say it's pretty interesting. I live in Italy and i would ask you to tell me a little more about the earnings with this company. How much can I expect to earn within the few 6 month? It's hard to get the upper positions? HOw's your experience?

Grazie

[Guest]

I work in the MLM company that have the best Compensation plan in the world .

ps:i am from Serbia, and when i get compensation plan on english i will drop it here...

[Guest]

I worked hard at ACN for over a year and brought a massive customer base to them, they turned it down. my customers plans were changed on them without their consent, customer service is awful and makes it dam near impossible to to fix these problems. all in all the business model is recruit take their warm market build only one leg so they dont cut you out of the cabs ,pumpem and dumpem or turn em and burn em which ever you like better. to quote their training a dud can lead to dud that can lead to a stud. so what about your close friends and family that are"duds" ? i told my upline rvp i knew my friend wouldnt be able to achieve in this he told me put him in anyways you never know who he will lead to. they wont disclose income stating inticement laws? no because if anyone knew the actual amount of work required to hit the positions and what they actually make no one would do it. after a year and over 40 personal recruits and a downline in the hundreds i am so proud of what ive acomplished i have decided not to cash my residual cheques i would rather frame them .$12.50 a month of income has transformed my life. there are viable similar business models out there but one should truly look very long and hard at the comp plans in any business before putting time effort and their reputation on the line working an industry they know little about. 99% or less can do this business and make a profit , so at the end of the year the 90% that havent done anything dont renew 9% hang on refusing to admit they have been had.

how viable is a business that at best grows 1 to 10% each year? looking at the comp plan u can see acn has set this up perfectly for themselves more reasons not to pay than to. i know a few people after 3 years still pounding to hit tc recruiting into a downline thats cut them off so working for free hoping once that tc position they will have made it. recruit someone better than u and they lock u out. all of the guys on top have come from other mlms in which they were stars. its canned excitment the videophone is nice just too expensive to sell vonage is cheaper and skype is dam near free. its a real tough go but for 500 plus becoming a 1200 annual customer base who knows you just might become financially free.dont forget if your gonna sell the video phone you should have one so keep the wallet open theres another $250 ...... lets show this to your friends and family they will love you for it

[marketing]

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