Since 1992, USANA has been manufacturing and distributing products all over the world. It’s always interesting to me when I get questions from people who are asking whether or not an MLM company is a scam.
With USANA, the answer is definately no, but before I continue in this article I just wanted to give you a quick disclaimer. I’m not affiliated with USANA in any way, I don’t use their products, and I don’t sponsor people into a USANA downline. However, I’ve been involved with the MLM profession for the last seven years and I can tell you from experience some things that you wouldn’t be able to see on the surface.
To people who are at all familiar with Network Marketing laws that have been established in the USA for more than 30 years, it becomes obvious quite quickly that USANA is not only an excellent Network Marketing company, but that they fall within all of the legal requirements of a legitimate home based business in every established economy in the world.
Not only does USANA meet with strict FTC guidelines, but they have won several international awards for their compensation plan, products, and how they treat their sales force. Quite frankly, USANA is a positive force in the MLM profession world wide and many companies would do good to envy the work that they’ve done over the last 17 years.
This question generally stems from a lack of understanding of the legal parameters for MLM businesses in the United States, and mistaking a legitimate Multi Level Marketing opportunity with a Pyramid Scam. Most people who don’t understand law haven’t taken the time to study the background behind the cases that took place in the early 70′s in the USA. You just have to look at a few aspects of USANA to know that they provide legitimate value to the market place.
First of all, they have an excellent science based product. This is one aspect of USANA that no one can touch. There are more scientific articles written about USANA’s nutritional products than almost any other vitamin company on Earth. I don’t even use their products (although I’m thinking about it), and I can’t deny this.
Second, their compensation plan has one of the most balanced payouts in the MLM industry. While I don’t particularly like binary compensation plans (they’re just not my preference) they have been proven to work with excellent results in the MLM industry over the last 10 years, and USANA has a pay plan with higher average earnings than almost any company that exists. This compensation plan has been tested against all international regulations and stands on it’s own.
Third, look what the actual distributors who have been with the company a long time are saying about it. It’s a pretty rare phenomenon to run into a company with such raving reviews from even the people who aren’t earning the big checks. The verdict is simple – USANA is NOT a scam.
If you’re going to become involved in the USANA business, rather than wasting your time wondering whether or not this business model is a scam, it would greatly benefit you to learn instead the critical skills that you need to understand to take your USANA business to the next level, and recruit your first distributors.
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yeah I agree with that although in other compensation plan have a scam but USANA is the no. 1 legal business plan for me heheh
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Usana is not just a scam but a cult… my friend is so into it that he didnt want to be friends with me anymore because I didnt want to attend a meeting (I was busy with my education and 2 jobs and my family)
If this is how you let your members behave to others, then its a cult.
Also, USANA IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA.
Go run a real business and not a pyramid scheme!!
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Amy Park Reply:
July 12th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Hi, i don’t think your friend handled that correctly. That is an individual person’s actions and maybe you shouldn’t (completely) blame Usana for what has happened. I actually don’t work for Usana but i am however, looking into it. I ran into this article and your comment while i was researching and i would like to (if you don’t mind) talk to you about what you think about it. I’m not anyone official, actually i’m not even out of college, please reply to this comment if you are willing to help me
thank you
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David Wood Reply:
July 16th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Whoever wrote this comment is a moron (just wanted to post up my official opinion).
I’ll tell you what is a cult – the USA ‘system’ of prosperity. It puts 98% of the adult population so broke they can’t eat without help when they hit that magical ‘retirement’ number of 65.
And in this particular ‘cult’ if you don’t follow the system they throw you in jail.
Now MLM – 95% of the people that stick in one company for 10 years earn a six figure residual check – THAT’s not bad.
-dave
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luis cruz Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 am
ok first of all maybe the reason ur friend took u there was because u have 2 jobs and he wanted to help u and second of all usana is not fda approved because fda stands for food and drug administration and obiesly usana sells vitamins usana how ever is in the pda wich are way higher standerts than fda
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USANA REVIEWS.
I found this in a long-tail-keyword tool!
Oh David, how ye never end to impress me with such content!
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-Gregory
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for the helpful review. Usana is a company I’ve been familiar with for a while, but I didn’t know a lot about them as a company. Interesting…
As for our friend who said it’s a cult, I don’t think anything else has to be said other than the internet has more than enough idiots without their “2 cents”. If you can’t make an intelligent argument based on anything other than your champion of a friend left you on your couch with a Bud Light and some Munchos, please stop wasting everyone’s time by hiding behind an anonymous comment.
*steps off soap box*
Anyways, I have to give you “props” on your knowledge of MLM in general, Dave. I’m going to be Googling “binary compensation plan” after this…
Thanks for the value you provide!
Brian Rakowski
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Yea the people making the Usana scam allegations are definitely not doing enough homework. My take also is that many people fail in the Network marketing business (just like any small business). They fail because they quit. The quit because they refused to put in the time necessary to become great at the skills needed to become a top earner in Usana or any MLM Company. Keep bringing the value brother.
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