1. Melaleuca, Mary Kay, MLM Review
http://www.empowernetwork.com/wellcraft3/blog/melaleuca- mary- kay- mlm- review?id=wellcraft3 December 6, 2012
Melaleuca Review, and Mary Kay Review…How does it compare?
Having been a member of Melaleuca for several years, It was our second stab a MLM (Multi Level
Marketing). Our first was Mary Kay Products.
My wife was in the Mortgage industry and was looking
to get into something she could do from home. Not
sure how we originally heard about Mary Kay, but most
likely from a business friend, or word of mouth. All
sounded good as my wife loved the products and likely
felt that since she knew a lot of personal business
connections it would be an easy sell. Say what? Hold
on. Want to make quick enemies of some of your friends, relatives, neighbors and business
associates? Don’t mention what you want to meet with them about and it looks like a “blind side
Amway ambush.” Mention anything about a “pyramid” and they think you are doing something
illegal.
Inventory? What do you mean you have to have a spare room of products ready for shipment?
You mean you have to ship your own products to your customers, and also call them to re-order.
Hell, this is getting really cumbersome. What are the commissions?
Sell enough and they provide you with a “Pink Cadillac” to run around in. Woops, watch out, look
out the window and you see a Mary Kay distributor may be knocking on your door. Pull the curtains
and lock the doors.
And what kind of income are we talking about? Well, these are today’s numbers, so think what it
was like 15 years ago.
One recruit was told that if she held one skin-care class a week, she would be able to earn
$17,040 a year. She was told a lot of consultants are making $100 an hour. In reality, the best that
we were able to figure out for actual numbers is that of the U.S. sales force of 600,000 women,
maybe 300 of them are making six figures. The rest are, at best, making $25,000-30,000 a year. It’s
really a minimum wage or a sub-minimum wage job.
And this is what we did for over a year, and literally made no money. However, my wife had skin
care products for at least 5 years. I think our original investment in products was around $5,000.
This business faded into the night.
Melaleuca rises from over the hill into a sunny, clear blue sky morning.
2. Here comes our savior at last.
This Melaleuca Review will will focus on a business that sappeared more to our liking. These are
mostly household products, from food bars, to antiperspirant deodorant, to green eco-sensitive
cleaning products that everyone needs. Much more of a variety to sell, and more highly
consumable.
Now we still have a lot of our friends and relatives left, even as a result of Mary Kay, as we didn’t
force them to buy Mary Kay products, just listen to our lectures. After all, we can now approach
the husbands as well, as they were pretty much out of the picture with the Mary Kay products.
Now that we know how to hold meeting and gather people together, and
because these Melaleuca products are something everyone needs, and we f ind
that a lot of the products are concentrated and go f urther than store-bought,
this makes them a more likeable product line and very cost-ef f ective as well,
compared to retail brick and mortar store bought products.
Oops! Have to buy our sales brochures, some pocket folders for our presentations, and don’t
forget the business cards. Let’s schedule at least 2-3 meeting a week by phone calling suspects
(no, that’s not fair) potential members and clue them in the greatest MLM business since sliced
bread. All these products can be ordered from a catalog, and online if you remain a member with a
minimum membership fee each month. Phone call, phone call, more phone calling, personal
meetings to explain new products (I think they have over 400 products now) that is continuous
and very labor intensive, and growing.
My mind is very weak right now on the commission structure, but I believe we were getting
somewhere around 7% on sales in our downline. I’m sure I would remember if it were more
substantial. Our biggest check over a one month period of time was around $300, and the rest
much lower.
Now, don’t get me wrong. Melaleuca has great products and today we still order
around $75 worth of products every month. But because it was so hard
supporting our downline, we now receive no commissions. And the f ew people
we brought in have dropped out. In f act, in the beginning, we were so intent on
getting our downline started, that two or three of our f irst members, we paid f or
their f irst months membership. Bad idea. These people had no incentive to
prosper. Melaleuca MLM business slowly f ades away into the sunset.
Well, I’ll work on my graphic design business right now. It’s been successfully in operation for over
20 years, and the mortgage business for my wife is picking up (we haven’t hit the brick wall yet of
the downturned housing market).
The sun rises with a faint hope of a
new MLM called Empower Network.
Let’s go sell our friends, relatives
and neighbors (the ones we have
left) about this new MLM called
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No weekly meetings
No approaching friends and relatives (unless they come to you and wonder why you are always
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5. About The Author: wellcraf t3
Graduate of the University of Washington (Huskies) and still watch every Husky game
every Saturday. Retired owner of a Graphic Design firm looking for a little extra cash
with Empower Network. Living in Everett, WA and love to boat, fish, play golf, tennis
and bowl. Two daughters have graduated from college... one living near LA, CA and one studying in
New York to achieve her Masters in International Relations.
