WHO IS HERBALIFE?

Herbalife is a manufacturer of dietary and sport supplements, focused on selling its products to people who want to consume them.

Independent researches have proven that there is a widespread consumer demand for Herbalife products. There is only one way to buy Herbalife products, and that is to purchase them form Independent Herbalife distributors.

Only Distributers and Preferred Members can buy products directly form the company. 

• Members join simply to receive a discount on products they consume.
• Distributors join to make a part-time income as well, and a small percentage join in search of full-time income and a carreer.

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WHY INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS? 

When it comes to how the manufactured products will be sold, Herbalife choose to sell them through a network of independent distributors rather than through a chain of supermarkets, farmacies and stores.

Wanna know why?

When a manufacturer chooses to sell it's products through a chain of supermarkets or farmacies it may be available to a wider audience, but so are hundreds of other supplements. When opting for the classic kind of product sales, the manufacturer has to spend a great deal of money in classic methods of advertising, radio, papers, banners, TV commercials and so on, just to make the public aware that this product exist and that they are awesome! This is a huge amount of money given away to people who deal in advertising. 

Instead of doing this, Herbalife chose not to distribute its products through retail stores, but through a chain of individuals that already have a good relationship with the brand and the products and to give them the opportunity to earn all this money, saved by not dealing with advertising. 

Basically, "Herbalife puts its products in hands of people who have a personal experience with Herbalife products, have knowledge of the products, have a personal result an have become a brand testimonial on their own." This way the products have a voice to speak for them which is more powerful than thousands commercials.

From the first day Herbalife understood there is one problem with selling quality supplements and that is; these products are very specific. Herbalife implanted a great deal of science and safety control in every product. How the products are made is what dictates the price of a product and it's something that consumers mostly ignore because today, there are so many similar products available out there, and for a much lower price....

Herbalife products are for everyone but not everyone is willing to spend money on them, because the majority of people simply doesn't understand what to use them for, why or how to use them to get optimal results, and most important, they ignore all the science behind the products. With direct selling, customers can be sure the person they buy from have all the necessary knowledge and will help them achieve their goal!

Also, when selling products through direct selling methods people who are satisfied and love the products can make a income on the side without having to go through the difficulties of opening a retail store or a farmacy to place the product on the market, but simply talk to other people, recommend the products and selling them at the recommended prices. It's simple and easy so that anyone can do it!.

HOW DISTRIBUTERS GET PAYED?

Herbalife distributors are compensated solely based upon product sales

That includes:

• retail profit from direct sales to customers
• provisions from sales through a network of members and distributors in their "downline members."

Nothing is earned by distributors for mere recruitment or for converting a customer from a Herbalife preferred member or distributor. This element of the Herbalife business model is referred to as multi-level marketing (MLM).

In a multi-level marketing model, distributors do not receive compensation solely for recruiting other distributors into their downline. Instead, they become eligible for increased discounts or "commissions" only when the new distributors in their downline purchase Herbalife® products for consumption and/or for resale to consumers.

Companies that use MLM models for compensation have been a frequent subject of criticism and lawsuits because of a widespread ignorance about how this marketing model actually works. 

Multi level marketing allows a common person to start earning retail money the same moment they sign up as a memeber by selling products from person to person. It allows distributers to invest what they earn to make more money, without the whole process of opening a store to sell products, or to become the owner of a chain of stores to double the profits.

Eventually the process of doubling the income depends entirely on the ability of signing up other people as distributers and teaching them various skills to sell forth the same products from person to person.

WHAT IS THIS "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY"?

Here we must specify that there are people that actually work for Herbalife and get a regular paycheck. There are people that work in their manufacturing facilities, in management, design, distribution ect. But when it comes to Herbalife, the term most commonly used is "Independent distributor". 

Herbalife chose to operate through a carefully designed marketing plan and it exactly this marketing plan that gives the opportunity to achieve an amazing business career because it compensates people by giving them a percentage for every product sold into their downline. 

The only requirement Herbalife needs to become a distributer is to sign a contract between the company and the person - called International Member Pack.

This membership pack is the same:

• for people who only want to purchase products for personal use directly from the company (preferred members)
• and for those who wants to resell them to other people / distribute them (independent distributers).

But people who wish to be distributers should check if their country of residence has any special requirements that are needed for somebody to distribute nutritional products (like an artisan permit or a business certificate ect)

Where and how distributers will place the products is entirely up to them and their skills. 

There is a worldwide support sistem available to Herbalife distributers, so they can develop the right skills and take advantage of the compensation plan that the Herbalife marketing plan offers. 

In the Marketing Plan, a distributer starts off as a Herbalife Member with the possibility to earn from 25 to 50 percent from retail profit when selling Herbalife products. This marketing plan is the opportunity for people who apply and give their loyalty to this company to earn up to 73% of the profits the company makes. This is the exact percent Herbalife company gives back annualy to the distributers through different channels (retail, wholesale profits, royalty and various bonuses). 

That's why simply being an independent distributer is essentially the "business opportunity".

WHAT REALTIONSHIP DO I HAVE WITH THE COMPANY BY BEING AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTER?

Today 90% of people work for a paycheck, and are used to sell their time for money and therefore is very common to search for a well payed job But there's a problem with this way of making money. Sooner or later you run out of time to sell...

Being "independent" means that you get payed for the value you put on the market and in this case, it means the amount of products you manage to sell through your own network of associates. 

We are not hiring people! If you wish to work for Herbalife and get a regular paycheck, please, go to L.A. and provide them your resume. What an independent distributor does is far more interesting, exciting and challenging.

• But what kind of a business relationship is that? 
• What is the difference between being an independent distributor or an employee?

The main difference is:

• An employee is a person hired by the employer, to work on a regular basis, in exchange for a fixed remuneration.
• An independent contractor is a self employed person who provides services to other organization for a contracting fee.

When a worker is an employee, employers must also pay state and federal unemployment tax, social security tax and workers compensation/disability premiums to a State Insurance Fund.

When a worker is an independent contractor, the hiring party is not required to make any of these payments, instead the worker is required to do them from the payments they get (altough some countries may require them to because of their laws).

As an independent distributor in any case there are some facts you will enjoy:

• not relying on this business as the sole source of income, 
• working at your own pace, 
• being your own boss and adjusting your own working time and goals,
• payment based on performance (commission)
• working on field, from home or without a steady office and retaining a degree of control and independence