Saturday, November 22, 2008

MonaVie Juice - Scam Or Legitimate Business Opportunity?

By Brian McCoy

Have you heard about the MonaVie MLM company and are wondering whether or not it is a scam? This article will give you some information about the company, so you can decide for yourself if it's legit or not.

1.) The Company

MonaVie first came to market in Jan. '05. Their product is a functional health drink that is made primarily from the Acai berry. MonaVie brought their product to market through the multi-level marketing or MLM industry.

2.) MonaVie Product

The MonaVie products are formulated with one main ingredient, the Acai Berry. There are also 19 other fruit juices that are blended to increase the product's taste. As has become the case with several other "super juices", there are testimonials from people who have used the product. Testimonials have come in reference to headaches, arthritis, and other inflammation based conditions.

3.) Comp Plan

Mona Vie is a network marketing or MLM company that operates with a binary pay plan. Distributors are paid 50% of commissionable volume. An advantage to the binary comp plan is that you only have to build two legs, and only one if you are underneath of a "builder". A binary pay plan works by paying out on the volume of the lower leg. So if you have $30,000 volume in one leg but only $15,000 in the other, you will be paid on the lower $15,000 leg.

The binary pay plan is has gained attraction based on its ease of use in contrast to other MLM plans. A positive to the plan is only having to sign up 2 people to qualify in the pay structure.

Conclusion - Although MonaVie is no a scam, it does have some challenges. The main Mona Vie complaints are the extreme difficultly to market among the barrage of other "super" juices. There are so many companies marketing these juices that it makes it very difficult to stand apart from your competition. Success is much more likely when you choose to market a product that is different from any other product marketed by other MLM companies. - 15431

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