Even medicinal ginseng which has had at least 300 studies done on it may not
be powerful
enough to overcome a narrow minded view of life. We each have the choice in
life about
how we want to lead it. We can take a positive view or a negative view. Same
price, different
result.
We have a few factions on this newsgroup suggesting that because I am a
distributor of a
unique and powerful natural medicinal herb that is sold through a Multi
Level Marketing
plan, that the product is then somehow no good. How does that make any sense
in logical
thought? Although these same individuals claim to know all about MLM's they
have confused
an MLM marketing plan with pyramid schemes that existed back in the 1970's.
They are very different. A pyramid scheme is an illegal scheme that was
outlawed long ago. It deals only in
money, not a legitimate product. Like a chain letter.
The MLM plan is a legitimate business marketing plan that is utilized under
certain circumstances. Like any business option it has been abused in rare
cases. The MLM plan is a popular method to
market unique health supplements and natural medicinal products because they
are part of a holistic approach to health which must be taylored to
individual needs and requires explanation to the customer. Also, although
many herbs have been shown to aid in the relief of ailments, they require a
drug identification number (DIN) to be sold in stores as a remedy. That
process was designed for
the drug companies products and does not fit a natural model. Here is some
information that should
be enjoyed by a few for its negative
value http://www.freedomofchoicecanada.org/Articles/Article2.html .
There are a number of variations of the MLM plan. Some require you to find
other people, others
have no such requirement. Sometimes there is a certain level of volume
required to maintain your distributor rights, sometimes there is no such
requirement. Compensation also takes many forms,
from sliding volume discounts to as simple as a rebate for each piece of
product. To illustrate how
a MLM plan can be very focused on the product I will use an actual example
of a real plan.
The largest MLM company in Asia is a company called Bing Han Pharmaeutical.
They sell one product called Refined (Panax) Ginseng Powder. They focus on
the product by designing a
MLM plan that allows everyone access to the product. It goes like this. If
you use, or sell 10 cans
of the ginseng over any period of time, you can become a distributor. From
that day forward you
are a distributor and will receive a rebate on every can of ginseng that you
sell. You have no further requirement to do anything to maintain this
status.
There are there others with similar plans to allow doctors access to these
prducts.