Direct selling consists of two main business models: single-level marketing, in which a direct seller makes money by buying products from a parent organization and selling them directly to customers, and multi-level marketing, in which the direct seller may earn money from both direct sales to customers and by sponsoring new direct sellers and potentially earning a commission from their efforts.
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Unlike the 10’s of thousand to millions of dollars required to enter the franchise industry, the Direct Sales / Community building industry can be entered for well under $1000, in most cases under $300. That places this business opportunity well within the reach of almost 100% of Americans and over 80% of the worlds population.
What is not well known about this Direct Sales / Community building industry is that the top end nearly unlimited income potential is there for those who are willing to follow a proven system (similar to the proven system of a franchise) and actually share the products, services and business opportunity with those they know..
Because of the ridiculously inexpensive entry cost of this industry too many people who get started into this opportunity never really take it as serious as they would if they had their entire life savings, and sometime the saving of friends and family on the line. This skews the final numbers heavily towards the industry appearing to be a scam or a fantasy. However you should know that the success percentage of people whom actually follow the system and do the work is far higher than most would think.
When you compare the rewards of success with the costs of failure your dollar for dollar investment to RIO (return on investment) is staggeringly high. You will find a $ million franchise can return well over $100,000 a year in profits while that $250 biz op can return almost that same $100,000 in a month with almost no overhead or loss of the family fortune to obtain it.
I must be very clear that there are a majority of Direct Sales / Community building programs that are based on an over priced and over hyped product that in a couple years will no longer be unique and could require you to start over every few years with a new and different company and product.
That being said if you do your due diligence and research on the company and product before you get involved, and not just jump in over the hype of the potential, you will discover there are a few amazing companies, with exceptional leadership and a blue ocean product that offers limited present and future competition with a unique and virtually unduplicatable product.
A great example of this is one company I have found called Life Leadership. The 2 founders are both Inc Magazine’s Top 50 all time leadership experts. They market digital information products, teaching financial literacy, personal and professional development and leadership training based on personalities that can never be duplicated. They have also just launched a digital phone app based savings platform. This platform offers up to 24% immediate cash back at over 350 top national bands, discounted hotels stays and massively discounted dream vacations through their partnership with Priceline.
Check out this short video that explains the platform http://SuperLifeApp.com
Another thing that makes this company stand out in the Direct Sales / Community building space is the fact that you must be a customer for a minimum of 3 days before you can even entertain the idea of joining their business opportunity. Plus over 90% of all proceeds are returned to the field in the form of commissions and bonuses. Even the CEO and founder get paid the same way as the rank and file distributors making this about the best and most equitable business opportunity you may ever find. That is just a few of the reasons why I have joined them. Another reason was their product line fits into the industry I was already working in.