Monavie Pryamid Scam?Health and wellness is a a multi billion dollar industry because baby boomers, the demographic with most of the disposable income, are getting older and they don’t like it.
So it should come as no surprise to see dozens, even hundreds of new health and wellness products and companies springing up across the globe.
Not surprisingly, when a particular company or product starts becoming popular, you will start to see negative reviews and feedback.
The latest Monavie scam claims are a prime example.
Is there any truth to the Monavie scam claims? Any true to the Monavie pyramid accusations? It really depends entirely who is making the claim and what their agenda is. The company’s competition may be quick to disseminate false information. Then disgruntled customers and ex-distributors often join in. So let’s take a real, honest, object look at the company, the products and the compenstation plan without a hidden agenda and let the facts speak for themselves.
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Monavie Scam – the Products
Dallin Larsen co-founded Monavie in 2005. His background is varied. He was acted in the position of VP for USANA, another Utah-based health and wellness network marketing company, and worked in the same capacity with Dynamic Essentials until it was closed by the FDA in 2003. Monavie’s flagship Acai Berry juice product became very popular, very fast because the Acia berry is claims to provide a large number of unique health benefits including arthritis pain and inflamation relief, weight loss, lowering of high cholesteraol, erectile dysfunction and the improvement of a person’s overall health.
But according the the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, while the the acai (ah-sigh-EE) berry is widely claimed to be a so-called superfood rich in antioxidants, fiber, and heart-healthy fats and amino acids… the same can be said about most fruits and vegetables. Standing alone, health benefit claims of acai haven’t been proven.
So the first Monavie scam claim you have to consider is are the products worth the price? Can you buy a similar product, with similar health benefits at your local store and pay less? There are many acai berry products available today. Check your health food store shelves and simply compare ingredients.
Monavie Pyramid Scam – the Opportunity
All Monavie products are sold and distributed entirely through a network of independent Monavie representatives, The cost to join is only $39, but all distributors are required to puchase, consume and sell minimum amount of product on a monthly basis in order to remain qualified to earn commissions on product sales, new distributor signups and team volume overrides.
The Monavie compensation plan is considered to be a hybrid binary that pays a 10% commission on product volume generated on the “weaker leg.” First order bonuses and bulk order bonuses are also paid. To earn the highest commissions allowed, a distributor needs to personally purchase at least 200 points of product every four weeks. You can have up to four business centers and, at the highest levels of the compensation plan, the company pays out a solid 50% of all product volume generated.
So What’s the Monavie Scam Bottom Line?
Monavie is a well-established 5 year old company with a proven track record. The products are viable, and the compensation plan seems fair.
But when you take a closer look at the income disclaimer on the companies web site you will discover a full 87% of the people who sign up to start their own Monavie business and make at least one product do not every sponsor or recruit anyone into the business. In other words, these well-meaning people should really be considered to be nothing more than wholesale customers. The challenge is, from my experience in the health and wellness industry, is if a person is NOT actively building their business – they will NOT continue to purchase products on a monthly basis if a comparable product can be purchased somewhere else less expensively. Like at Costco or your local health food store.
Of those who have sponsored at least one person and who have received at least on non-retail sales related bonus, the average annual income is a little over $2,800. Less than 5% of all active distributors are making more than $10,000 a year and a few top earners are making millions.
Here’s Where the Rubber Meets the Road
If you are seriously thinking about joining Monavie to build a profitable business, realize your business will only grow at the rate in which you can sponsor and recruit new distributors and sell the product. Sales and marketing is the name of the game. Period. Bottom line. No one is going to build your new business for you.
So what’s your plan? Who are you going to approach and how? What happens when you run of “warm market” – those people you know? How do you intend to continue to expose the product and opportunity to new people on a daily basis over an extended period of time? Will you buy business opportunity leads, call them, and follow up? Will you run paid advertising campaigns or have a budget to participate in the various co-ops your team leaders may offer? Will you host home tasting parties or hold business opportunity hotel meetings?
In other words, what’s your plan?
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So I guess we should all disregard the A+ rating that MonaVie received from the Better Business Bureau. Dallen Larsen is not a perfect human being, but who among us is? Nobody is, and with the exception of Jesus Christ, nobody ever has been or ever will be. As a MonaVie distributor, I have yet to see any income from the business, but as someone who is also a MonaVie consumer, I can speak from personal experience and say that I have indeed seen improvement in my health since I started consistently drinking this product. However, results will vary with different people, as they would with virtually any product. I make no claims as to what consistently drinking this product will do for other people. I speak only from my personal experience.
Eric – why disregard the A+ rating. Monavie is a great company with a great products. That’s not the point. The point is what will YOU, as a distributor, do with the business?
There are a LOT of great network marketing companies out there that have stood the test of time. Yet MOST of the people who get involved don’t make any money. So does this mean the company, products or opportunity is a scam. No. It means those who are not making any money simply did not put in the time and effort necessary to build a business. So, in a sense, they “scammed themselves” by simply not taking action, taking the right actions, or taking the right actions consistently.
The A+ rating you saw was likely not the corporations rating, but that of an individual selling the Mona Vie product. I have family members that have gotten involved with the company and I have many serious concerns regarding it.
The real scam is that when people recruit others, they fail to mention how much money you have to spend and how much the people under you have to spend for you to get any money out of the deal. I did what they told me to do and sold as much as I sould but because the people under me did nothing I made no money. I consider the blown up income possiblity a big scam. They didn’t tell me the truth or I would never had signed up or gotten people I know to sign up.
thank you for the useful website and video rob fore. very well presented and you explain things well. i am thinking of joining and becoming a monavie distributor having attended the meeting today. i must say i LOVE the monavie drink,it does taste FAB not sure of the benefits yet,but im sure 18fruits giving 100% nutrients for the day in 1 tiny shot cant be harmful and is possibly good for us. but what my concern is, i attended the networking meeting, to become a distributor. basically, they say, buy 8 bottles per month minimum, for £200 per month until 10 ppl join under you, then you do NOT need to pay £200 per month for your 8 bottles, coz your 10 ppl will earn you £20 per person, hence £200 per month earned by me so i get 8 bottles for that £200, and then as each person gets more ppl to join and buy 8 bottles per month regularly then i start to get 10% of the total turnover under me, which is £20 per person. PLEASE HELP. is this a scam, what is other ppls opinion on this? i do not mind spending £200 per month until i have 10 ppl who have joined but after that can i make lots of money if those 10 ppl under me are not able to recruit further? i will appreciate any help. kind regards
Monavie is a very well-respected company with great products. So it is definitely not a scam. But if you are serious about considering Monavie as a business, think about this. HOW do you intend to promote the product and introduce people to the opportunity? What PLAN do you have in place to make that happen because even the greatest product in the world will not and cannot sell itself. So let’s say you know 100 people and, over time, you send out samples or do what you do to get 10 customers on the product. Great work. NOW WHAT? Now you have run out of people you know and if you are serious about building a business you will need to embrace a new skill called SALES AND MARKETING. Any clue what to do? If not, I suggest you take a look at our free bootcamp to see if what we do makes sense from a marketing perspective.
I am not in monavie, but I know that they have a good product. Years ago, I opted out of Monavie because I don’t like the idea of auto-ship. I do have partners in my business that are making money with Monavie. It is not a scam. Good luck everyone!
Yeah, Monavie has been around a long time. Definitely not a scam. In the network marketing arena autoship is just a cost of doing business. There is not any MLM program in the world that does not require their distributors to be on autoship because “becoming a product of the product” is important. Plus, the distributor field is where most of the company volume comes from anyway.
Well, thank you very much for ur support and words.
Unfortunately the monavie’s marketing is so good online that hardly u can find some website talking about it, specially in a honest way. Here in Brazil its starting now, less than one month more than 20 people from my tiny city tried to convince my self to join in to this. And it’s so amazing how their meeting can make to the ppl mind that I cant believe… They get so fascinate about it, and its almost impossible to disagree with some “distributor” or better some costumer.. Anyway, I want to thank you very much!
It’s a great company, Pedro and a lot of people having success as distributors. But MOST people won’t have success. Why? Because MOST people simply will not learn how to marketing and promote ANY business effectively.