Category Archives: Amway Myths

Let’s Talk About Tools I

Probably the last major “unresolved” issue in the public arena with regards Amway is the “tools” or Business Support Materials (BSM), and in particular controversy over profits earned from BSM by “higher pins”. If you spend even a small amount of time on the internet researching Amway you’ll find many claims that “the real money” [...]

Amway Myth: If the products are so good, why do so few new IBOs renew?

One of the superficially reasonable questions that some Amway/Quixtar critics have espoused is “If the products are so good, then why is it that so few new IBOs renew their businesses?”
On the face of it this seems a reasonable question. According to statistics revealed in the recent disputes between Quixtar and TEAM, only 3.8% of [...]

AMWAY MYTH: Amway business vs Tools business – a conflict of interest?

Most, perhaps all, large and long-term Amway/Quixtar businesses use some kind of Business Support Material (BSM or "tools") to help train and motivate their groups. Just like in pretty much any other business, the more of a particular product you buy, the cheaper you get each "unit". So an IBO who purchases 1 CDs from [...]

MYTH: It’s a pyramid if most products are bought by IBOs

Many critics like to claim that Amway and other MLMs are a “product based illegal pyramid scheme”. The claim is that they are illegal pyramid schemes because the majority of products are consumed by “members of the scheme” and not retail customers. It’s quite common for them to also claim that in the FTC vs [...]

MYTH: There are only 55 qualified Quixtar Diamonds and above

I regularly see Quixtar critics doing convulated calculations based on little but assumptions and guestimates trying to calculate how many qualified Diamonds and above there are in Quixtar in North America. Back in 25 Lawdawg, the self-styled expert of the mlm lawblawg claimed there were only about 55 (site now gone). This has bounced around [...]

MYTH: North American sales have shrunk in the last 15 years

I've today come across yet again an Amway critic claiming that Amway/Quixtar North American sales have declined in the last 15 years. I suspect this Myth comes about because Amway in North America used to report their sales data as "estimated retail sales", ie as if the products had been sold at recommended retail price [...]

Amway/Quixtar Myths, Psycho-facts and the Internet Echo Chamber

The Internet is unprecedented in it’s ability to provide access to massive amounts of information to anyone who wants it. However, as a true “medium of the people” there is no editorial oversight. There is nobody fact-checking statements and claims. Anybody can write pretty much anything they want. In theory of course, if one person [...]

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