I’m in Amway — not as active as I would like to be, but in it nonetheless. And I would tell my fellow Freepers what I tell anyone who asks me about it: I think it is one of the finest organizations in America today.
I like the products. I like the people. And love the spirit of unity and fellowship that pervades the company. Amway is one of the few organizations I know of today where you can look around you in meeting and know that everyone you see is actively pulling (and, yes, in many cases praying) for your success.
Does everyone succeed? No, in the real world (rather than a Marxist state or Obamaville — but, then, I repeat myself), some fail while others succeed. It all depends on how hard you want to work. I, personally, do not work Amway hard enough. But, that is my failing, not the organization’s.
In life, you make your choices, and you take your chances. And, I’d say Amway is a pretty good choice all the way around.
One of my husband’s colleagues is in an MLM that sells vitamins and various cosmetics and nutriceuticals. She approached us to buy product when we were her clients. She turned up the pressure to sell the products when we became colleagues. She ruined her primary business with all that pressure and became a joke and an outcast within the profession.
Most people absolutely detest being presented with over-priced products they neither need nor want and then being told how rich the salesperson is getting from the operation. Just say the phrase MLM to have your target run screaming in the opposite direction. Try to organize a home party for anything and you will discover that people today don’t have the time or patience for this sort of marketing and everyone knows how it works.
I did Amway once, but I was only doing it because my parents asked me to, and I had no motivation. Obviously, I didn’t succeed. Recently, I started with a different company called Visalus. We market the 90 Day Body by Vi Challenge, which is a meal replacement shake plan. Ive lost 25 pounds in less than two months Great product, great company great people. Many Amway reps are joining our group. The focus is on getting customers FIRST, because we have a 3 for Free program, where if you get three customers to buy the same product you’re buying, you get yours free. Very cool, and with six customers in my group, I don’t pay to eat two meals a day now. That promotion is available even to customers, so there is no pressure to be a distributor. Also, there is no special distributor pricing, which again shows customer focus. There are some great leaders in this company. My upline is a former UPS driver who now makes more in a month than he did in a whole year with UPS. We will hit a billion in sales in the next month without leaving the North American market.