Amplifei Review: Hapinss Brands supps w/ forced autoship
Amplifei operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche. The company is headed up by Founder and CEO Robert Oblon.
On its website Amplifei provides a UPS store address in Indiana.
According to Oblon’s Facebook profile he’s based out of California. I assume this is where Amplifei is actually run from, as opposed to out of a UPS store in Indiana.
Robert Oblon (right) put Amplifei together after falling out with his previous company, Elepreneurs.
Elepreneurs has its roots in Elevacity, a travel booking engine themed MLM Oblon launched on or around 2014.
We’ll go into a bit more detail below, but the following is from Amplifei’s website;
After launching in December 2017, (Elepreneurs) became the fastest growing company in the world for 2018.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances that cannot be shared as of this writing, Robert ended up settling disputes with the companies he created in February of 2020 and decided to create a new company that launched June 1st, 2020.
The new company is called Amplifei International.
In researching what happened prior to publication of our updated September 2020 Elepreneurs review, I came across a quote from long-time MLM industry veteran Troy Dooly;
Robert Oblon was removed from the Board of Directors and stripped of his position of authority as a result of gross financial misconduct.
He voluntarily resigned to avoid punitive legal actions arising from his malfeasance.
In February 2020, Elepreneurs itself accused Oblon of “gross financial misconduct”.
Unfortunately whatever settlement was reached between Oblon and Elepreneurs was never made public.
“Circumstances that cannot be shared” suggests a confidentiality agreement was part of the settlement.
Oblon’s other MLM claim to fame is co-founding WorldVentures, a recently collapsed travel-themed pyramid scheme.
Perhaps tellingly, Oblon’s relationship with WorldVentures also ended in a lawsuit.
Read on for a full review of Amplifei’s MLM opportunity.
Amplifei’s Products
Amplifei do not list any specific products on their website.
Rather than just keep things simple, Robert Oblon has artificially separated Amplfei’s marketed products from the MLM opportunity.
Amplifei’s products are offered through Hapinss Brands.
Note that’s not a spelling mistake. It’s unfortunately the actual name of the company.
As per a July 10th 2020 press-release;
Oblon has secured on behalf of HAPInss Brands the world-wide exclusive to the first of its kind product called BiomeIX, a unique form of tributyrin.
Although HAPInsss’ [sic] flagship product lines center on gut health and healing, HAPInss Brands will be focusing on products and services which provide a well-balanced healthy and happy family lifestyle.
Over the coming months Hapinss Brands expanded their range, granting Amplifei access to more products.
Amplifei International Given Approval to Market HAPInss Brands’ New “Hemplifei” CBD Products
Hemplifei’s CBD products are formulated exclusively for HAPInss customers and only available through an Amplifei VIP.
The title of the quoted press-release is a bit bizarre, seeing as Oblon owns both Amplifei and Hapinss Brands.
To get any actual information on Amplifei’s products you have to head over to a separate Hapinss Brands website.
- Shut Ei – “a unique blend of all natural ingredients formulated to help you sleep better at night”, retails at $70 for a bottle of 60 capsules
- Hapitides Citrus Nucleotide Drink – “may help increase overall vitality and endurance, convalescence, improve natural ability to resist infections, restore and boost immunity, speed up the rate of recovery after exercise and protect the liver, skin, muscles, stomach and known to support healthy regrowth of the villi in the intestines”, retails at $70 for a pouch of 30 servings
- Hapicaps – “a combination of the strongest all-natural brain enhancing ingredients brought together in an all-in-one capsule for high performance thinking and doing”, retails at $65 for a bottle of 30 capsules
- Biomeix ADK – “hacks your system to get gut healing SCFAs into your GI tract for an amplified sense of wellbeing”, retails at $70 for a bottle of 60 capsules
- Hemplifei – mint or black cherry flavored full-spectrum hemp oil, retails at $80 for a 2 fl. oz. bottle (60 ml)
- Hemplifei Caps Energyah – “these capsules can be taken daily to support homeostasis, or biological harmony in our bodies and intended to enhance your energy with Caffeine and other natural ingredients such as Rosemary Leaf, Dicaffeine Malate, Yerba Mate Leaf Extract, and Bacopa Monnieri Extract”, retails at $90 for a bottle of 60 capsules
- Hemplifei Caps Naturalah – “these capsules can be taken daily to support homeostasis, or biological harmony in our bodies and intended to enhance your overall wellbeing”, retails at $90 for a bottle of 60 capsules
Hapinss also details a $99 one-time premium membership.
12-months of Free Shipping on all orders
Digital Toolset (HapiChat & VIP Mobile Pass)
Advance Purchase on new products
Free LiveStreams for all events
Travel Benefits
Quarterly Magazine Subscription
AmpLIFEi’d Days
Lightning Deals
“Dash Days” on Secret Products
That’s all only information provided.
According to an August 2020 press-release, Amplifei also offered Travopoly memberships.
Travopoly itself is the original travel booking engine WorldVentures launched with.
Oblon repurposed Travopoly for Elevacity. With Amplifei Travopoly has been repurposed and relaunched again.
There’s no mention of Travopoly on either Amplifei or Hapinss Brands’ website.
Whether Travopoly is bundled as “travel benefits” with the $99 premium membership is unclear.
Amplifei’s Compensation Plan
Amplifei do not provide a copy of their compensation plan on their website.
The following compensation breakdown has been put together from official Hapinss Brands documents, sourced from various Amplifei presentations dated January 2021.
Amplifei Affiliate Ranks
There are 37 known affiliate ranks within Amplifei’s compensation plan.
Along with their known qualification criteria, they are as follows:
- Reseller – generate 300 monthly QAP
- Reseller L1 – generate 500 monthly QAP
- Reseller L2 – generate 900 monthly QAP
- Reseller L3 – generate 1500 monthly QAP
- Pearl – generate 2000 monthly QAP
- Pearl L1 – generate 2500 monthly QAP
- Pearl L2 – generate 3000 monthly QAP
- Pearl L3 – generate 4000 monthly QAP
- Sapphire – recruit and maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 5000 monthly QAP
- Sapphire L1 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 7500 monthly QAP
- Sapphire L2 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 10,000 monthly QAP
- Sapphire L3 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 15,000 monthly QAP
- Ruby – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 20,000 monthly QAP
- Ruby L1 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 25,000 monthly QAP
- Ruby L2 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 30,000 monthly QAP
- Ruby L3 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 40,000 monthly QAP
- Emerald – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 50,000 monthly QAP
- Emerald L1 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 20,000 monthly QAP
- Emerald L2 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates, achieve and remain Core 12 qualified and generate 100,000 monthly QAP
- Emerald L3 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 150,000 monthly QAP
- Diamond – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 200,000 monthly QAP
- Diamond L1 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 250,000 monthly QAP
- Diamond L2 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 300,000 monthly QAP
- Diamond L3 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 400,000 monthly QAP
- Double Diamond – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 500,000 monthly QAP
- Double Diamond L1 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 750,000 monthly QAP
- Double Diamond L2 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 1,000,000 monthly QAP
- Double Diamond L3 – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 1,500,000 monthly QAP
- Blue Diamond – maintain three commission qualified affiliates and generate 2,000,000 monthly QAP
- Blue Diamond L1 – not disclosed
- Blue Diamond L2 – not disclosed
- Blue Diamond L3 – not disclosed
- Pink Diamond – not disclosed
- Pink Diamond L1 – not disclosed
- Pink Diamond L2 – not disclosed
- Pink Diamond L3 – not disclosed
- Black Diamond – not disclosed
I believe there are ranks higher than Blue Diamond L3, however information on these ranks was not available at time of publication.
QAP stands for Qualified Amplfei Points. I searched high and low for a definition of QAP and came up blank.
I’m assuming QAP is Amplifei renaming Group Volume (GV), which is simply downline generated sales volume.
For Emerald and higher ranks Core 12 qualified status must be maintained. There is no available information as to what Core 12 qualified is.
Commission Qualification
Amplifei affiliates must maintain a 50 PV monthly order to qualify for commissions.
This requirement applies to retail commissions.
Retail Commissions
Amplifei affiliates earn a 25% base commission on sales volume generated by retail sales.
Retail Bonuses
Retail Bonuses offered by Amplifei include the New Customer Bonus, Customer Acquisition Bonus and Monthly Retention Bonus.
Through the New Customer Bonus, an additional 20% can be earned on new customer orders.
The exact New Customer Bonus percentage paid out is based on how many new retail customers an Amplifei affiliate has sold to that month.
- sell to 1 to 3 new customers in a month and receive a 5% New Customer Bonus
- sell to 4 to 6 new customers in a month and receive a 10% New Customer Bonus
- sell to 7 to 10 new customers in a month and receive a 15% New Customer Bonus
- sell to 11 or more new customers in a month and receive a 20% New Customer Bonus
The Customer Acquisition Bonus rewards affiliates with $20 per three new retail customers they sell products to.
The Monthly Retention Bonus is an undisclosed increase to the base retail commission paid out, tied to how many months a retail customer maintains a monthly order (autoship).
Recruitment Commissions
Amplifei affiliates are paid a commission when they recruit an affiliate who signs up with a pack.
- recruit a Happy Pack affiliate and receive $100
- recruit a Happier Pack affiliate and receive $250
- recruit a Happiest Pack affiliate and receive $400
Residual Commissions
Amplifei pays residual commissions daily based on rank qualification:
- qualify at Reseller – receive 60 cents a day
- qualify at Reseller L1 and receive $1.20 a day
- qualify at Reseller L2 and receive $1.80 a day
- qualify at Reseller L3 and receive $3 a day
- qualify at Pearl and receive $4 a day
- qualify at Pearl L1 and receive $5 a day
- qualify at Pearl L2 and receive $6 a day
- qualify at Pearl L3 and receive $8 a day
- qualify at Sapphire and receive $10 a day
- qualify at Sapphire L1 and receive $15 a day
- qualify at Sapphire L2 and receive $20 a day
- qualify at Sapphire L3 and receive $30 a day
- qualify at Ruby and receive $40 a day
- qualify at Ruby L1 and receive $50 a day
- qualify at Ruby L2 and receive $60 a day
- qualify at Ruby L3 and receive $80 a day
- qualify at Emerald and receive $100 a day
- qualify at Emerald L1 and receive $40 a day
- qualify at Emerald L2 and receive $200 a day
- qualify at Emerald L3 and receive $300 a day
- qualify at Diamond and receive $400 a day
- qualify at Diamond L1 and receive $500 a day
- qualify at Diamond L2 and receive $600 a day
- qualify at Diamond L3 and receive $800 a day
- qualify at Double Diamond and receive $1,000 a day
- qualify at Double Diamond L1 and receive $1500 a day
- qualify at Double Diamond L2 and receive $2000 a day
- qualify at Double Diamond L3 and receive $3000 a day
- qualify at Blue Diamond and receive $4000 a day
There are higher daily pay tiers than Blue Diamond. Information on these tiers was not available at time of publication.
Matching Bonus
Amplifei pays a 25% Matching Bonus on residual commissions earned by personally recruited affiliates.
X10 Bonus
The X10 Bonus is an autoship bonus, specifically pertaining to Amplifei’s Gut Health Triad bundle.
The Gut Health Triad bundle includes Biome iX ADK, HapiTides, and HapiCaps for $139 a month.
Although available one-time for $210, the X10 Bonus is only paid out on Gut Health Triad autoship acquisition.
An Amplifei affiliate receives a $200 X10 Bonus each month they generate and maintain ten or more active Gut Health Triad autoships orders.
These autoship orders can be held by retail customers or recruited affiliates.
Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
The Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus is a monthly bonus rewarded to qualifying Pearl and higher ranked affiliates.
- qualify at Pearl and receive a $200 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Sapphire and receive a $500 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Sapphire L2 and receive a $1000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Ruby and receive a $2000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Emerald and receive a $4000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Emerald L2 and receive a $5000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Pink Diamond and receive a $10,000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Pink Diamond L2 and receive a $15,000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
- qualify at Black Diamond and receive a $25,000 Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus
I’m assuming in-between ranks are paid the same Lifestyle Global Pool Bonus until the next rank tier is achieved, however this isn’t clarified in the available marketing material.
Founder’s Pool
Amplifei affiliates who spent $1000 when they sign up receive one share in the Founder’s Pool.
Other than it being paid out on a 90 day schedule, details of Amplifei’s Founder’s Pool are not provided to the public.
Joining Amplifei
Amplifei affiliate membership is free, however affiliates are required to maintain a monthly autoship order to qualify for commissions.
The minimum autoship order amount is 50 PV a month.
New Amplifei affiliates can also choose to sign up with various packs:
- Happy Pack – $250
- Happier Pack – $500
- Happiest Pack – $1000
The Happy and Happier Packs come bundled with Amplifei products. They don’t offer any compensation advantage.
The Happiest Pack is bundled with
- a 7 night vacation for two (marketing material suggests a “Mexico resort vacation”)
- a one year Travopoly subscription
- one share in Amplifei’s Founder’s Pool (see compensation plan details above)
Conclusion
BehindMLM first WorldVentures failing to generate significant retail activity in 2011.
In 2016 we criticized Elavacity for a lack of disclosure and the potential to operate as a pyramid scheme.
Within 24 hours of publishing our review, Robert Oblon responded by asking for “the best way to give you the accurate and relevant information”.
I replied through email or the comments section. Oblon never followed up.
In 2018 we reviewed Elepreneurs, calling out mandatory autoship and a lack of retail focus – which lent itself to pyramid recruitment.
In 2021 here we are again. Robert Oblon is behind yet another company with disclosure issues and mandatory autoship.
Leaving the baggage aside, Amplifei does a terrible job of marketing itself on its website.
There’s literally no products to speak of or compensation information. Instead you get vague “gut-brain axis” marketing and a spiel on how great Oblon is.
As a prospective Amplifei retail customer, I’d be left confused.
And if I’m supposed to be a Hapinss Brands customer, why bother with Amplifei at all?
Complexity for the sake of complexity is not what you want to see in an MLM opportunity. Nor is dishonesty for that matter.
In casting my research net for this review, I came across a marketing interview Oblon did with Troy Dooly.
The interview was uploaded to Dooly’s Facebook profile 12 hours ago, and in it Oblon touches on why he separated Amplifei’s products.
[24:11] It’s still one company, it’s just two brands.
So what we learned years ago … unfortunately in the US, network marketing is taboo.
When you say MLM or multilevel marketing to most people, they say “pyramid” and “Ponzi”.
But what that translates into … we live in a time and day where, if they learn the product is of a network marketing company, they won’t buy it.
They won’t consume it, because there’s been too many Ponzis and pyramids, frankly.
So what we decided to do … is separate the opportunity from the product company and website.
Oblon goes on to explain that when you send customers to Hapinss, they aren’t seeing MLM opportunity or compensation information.
Leaving aside this information isn’t available on Amplifei’s website in any case, I believe if you’re an MLM you need to own it.
When you have affiliate’s marketing your products and earning commission, I don’t see how you can hope to hide the fact that you’re an MLM opportunity.
And Oblon worrying about MLM having the reputation of being full of “Ponzis and pyramids” is somewhat ironic, given Amplifei’s mandatory autoship requirement.
As to Amplifei’s product line, typically we see gut health offered as one product in a range of nutritional supplements.
Amplifei isn’t the first company to build an MLM opportunity around the concept though. In April 2019 BehindMLM reviewed Amare Global, who also market “gut-brain axis” supplements.
Amare Global has been around since 2016. I’m not implying it means anything but I believe they were the first “gut-brain axis” MLM company.
The roadblock with Amplifei’s compensation plan is the mandatory autoship requirement.
This sets Amplifei up as an autoship recruitment opportunity. That is, you sign up as an Amplifei affiliate (preferrably with a pack), get on autoship and then recruit others who do the same.
Based on what compensation information is available, the preferred autoship seems to be Amplifei’s Health Triad bundle.
As per the FTC, focusing on autoship recruitment at the expense of driving retail sales would make Amplifei a pyramid scheme.
This is where your due-diligence into Amplifei should end. Everything else aside, it’s the one red flag that can’t be ignored.
By no means a deal-breaker and more of an annoyance, the other thing I’m not keen on is Oblon’s naming structure.
Hapinss, Amplifei… really?
Amplifei in particular stands out as officially it’s stylized as AmpLIFEi.
Amp-Life-eye? Amp-Life-ee? Ampli-fey? What is this?
Initially I figured Amplifei was “amplify” intentionally misspelt. When I saw the branded capitalization though, I was left unsure till I searched up a video.
Again, complexity for the sake of complexity.
And for those curious, ignore the capitalization. Amplifei is indeed pronounced “amplify”.
Totally a personal opinion though. If you’re into stupidly spelt company names and products that’s cool.
Amplifei’s glaring disclosure and compensation shortfalls? Not so much.
Update 6th March 2022 – Amplifei has been sold to LaCore Enterprises. The business is being merged into Uforia Science.
It’s kind of a separate issue so I didn’t include it in the review proper, but cross-recruitment between Amplifei affiliates and Elepreneurs is a thing.
cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/texas/txedce/4:2021cv00026/203339/22/0.pdf
I’m not claiming Amplifei is encouraging cross-recruitment. At the same time though I’m also not aware of them taking action against any of their affiliates.
I’m so glad I found this article. I started ordering the “Triad Bundle” back in mid-January.
It took three weeks to arrive, and because I was on auto-ship, I only had a week to try it out before getting charged another $150+ for my next monthly shipment.
My second shipment also took 2+ weeks, and when it arrived, it was missing one of the three items ($54 value) with a note saying the item was backordered but would be shipping the week of March 8th.
When March 8th came and went, the update I got was that it would ship the week of March 15th.
When March 15th came and went, the next update told me the week of March 22nd.
Today is now March 25th, and I am not able to get anyone at their support number to answer, and their products page now states to expect 14-17 days shipping on all Triad bundles.
I’ve been waiting since March 1, so I’m at 25 days, with my next $150+ payment scheduled to come out of my account in a few days.
As a side note, the entire time I have been involved with this “company”, I have been getting Facebook messages from the person that referred me, telling me what a great opportunity this is to make lots of money, and that she already had a downline in place for me.
From what I have gathered, SHE isn’t even taking the “awesome and amazing products” she suckered me into, and is only doing the minimum $50 monthly order.
I was provided with videos and information on their compensation schedule, and it seems that my $150+ per month pretty much all goes right to my upline.
I feel so scammed, and I should have trusted my gut on this one. Thanks for the article, as I’m heading to cancel my membership.
Thanks for that insight. MLM companies with forced autoship inherently focus on recruitment over retail.
It seems your Amplifei upline is using retail as bait to pitch the income opportunity.
That’s the correct form of “gut-brain-axis.” When your gut tells you something’s amiss, make sure your brain listens.
Misleading title, at best…
(Ozedit: derails removed)
It would have been a very simple matter to contact Robert Oblon and get his own words to make this more than a trash article.
Additionally, just because all comp plan information isn’t laid out on the public portion of the website doesn’t mean there’s anything nefarious or questionable about it.
How many companies actually publish their comp plans online? Further, considering you have the details in your article, the fact it’s not online didn’t seem to deter you from obtaining it.
There is no forced autoship whatsoever. There IS autoship by choice which comes with a discount on the products. There is also single purchase retail pricing.
Of course there is a cost difference between the two that incentivizes customer to maintain autoship, but of course, products meant to support the gut repair process aren’t a one time quick fix either, so it’s sort of a no brainer to opt to pay less and have the convenience of a monthly order automatically shipped to you.
Customers are always free to choose whichever option they prefer, so your article title is patently false.
Jenni A, I would suggest to you – since you obviously haven’t figured it out on your own based on your complaint – that you take the time to email customer service in order to explain the delays caused to you which resulted in you being unable to even have adequate time to try the products before it was time to return them or risk not being refunded.
This is just basic common sense. I think we all know the company would make good on that.
Next time, get a little creative and work towards a simple resolution with the company instead of complaining.
I realize we all live in an instant gratification world these days, so when something doesn’t work the way you think it should, we have this thing called communication – there are even a couple near instant methods available for this; (email, telephone) with which to contact someone and find out what the issue is.
Further, the products are for gut health. You didn’t even give them an opportunity to find out if they’d work for you.
That was just foolhardy, especially considering you most likely did buy them to support your body to heal your health challenges.
I rate this article of little to no value whatsoever. The only thing I can say that offers anything in the way of a redeeming aspect is my own comments.
Any legitimate one does. Withholding vital information to consumers about a business opportunity is a potential violation of the FTC Act.
Mandatory 50 PV affiliate order to qualify for commissions = defacto mandatory autoship.
You know as well as I do if an auditor looked at the books the majority of Amplifei affiliates would be on autoship to qualify as opposed to manually ordering each month.
If you’re going to make health claims, provide peer-reviewed medical studies demonstrating Amplifei’s products provide any gut health benefits.
Failing to do so is a potential violation of the FTC Act (unsubstantiated medical claims).
Instead of coming up with fictional narratives to justify regulatory non-compliance, how about we just stick to the facts hey? Thanks.
What a bunch of horseshit. Sorry, “KD,” but your comments aren’t worth a pair of fetid dingo’s kidneys.
First of all, you assume that I have not tried any and all means necessary to voice my concerns to the Company.
I have called probably at least two dozen times and am never able to speak to anyone.
I consistently get a recorded message asking me to leave a message, which I DO, and not one call has been returned.
Same goes for emailing them– NO RESPONSE. I have managed to get through to their online chat, but it is a robot and never able to understand what I am trying to ask.
Bottom line, it becomes very hard to “give them a chance” as you mentioned when the Company is unable to provide the products in a timely manner, yet seem to be right on time collecting my money.
OZ, the vast majority of corporations DO NOT publish their comp plans online. Period.
An affiliate is not a customer. The only affiliates receiving compensation are the active VIP’s – active is defined as someone who meets the qualifications established by the terms of the (mutual) agreement.
In order to receive compensation, part of the arrangement is that they remain active by having a minimum $50 monthly autoship, (Ozedit: derail waffle removed)
If an auditor reviewed the books, he or she would find ALL active affiliates on autoship. There is nothing questionable or suspicious about that. (Ozedit: derail waffle removed)
As regards your comments about unsubstantiated medical claims, none were made, so there is no FTC violation. (Ozedit: derail waffle removed)
Annie,
Maybe your VIP didn’t make it clear to you that there were some issues that occurred that were responsible for the delays of your items and I apologize for the lack of communication if that’s the case.
By and large, they were out of the company’s control, though still not convenient for you. Those shipping issues have been addressed and are in the past now.
If you are so inclined, you obviously bought the products due to health challenges so why not try the products if you still have them?
I hope you have given them a chance. If not, let me encourage you to do so. Otherwise, you’re welcome to send me your information and I’ll be sure to get your refund for you.
No company wants an unhappy, dissatisfied customer. Maybe the author of this article will help facilitate that between us if you’re amendable.
He or she is welcome to share my email address with you personally.
You seem to have a problem with comprehension combined with a propensity for derail spam. To make both our lives easier I’ve cut anything not relevant to our discussion.
From someone who has reviewed over 2500+ MLM companies to date, please stop talking out of your ass.
I don’t care what “corporations” do or don’t do, we’re talking specifically about MLM companies.
The vast majority of MLM companies, certainly any legitimate MLM company, provides consumers with a copy of their compensation plan on their website.
Failing to do so is a potential violation of the FTC Act. You can’t market an MLM business opportunity and hide critical earnings information from consumers.
Thank you for confirming Amplifei affiliates are forced to maintain an autoship order.
MLM companies that generate volume with forced affiliate orders lend themselves to operating as pyramid schemes.
Why bother with retail when affiliates you recruit are forced to purchase product each month? All you have to do is recruit new affiliates to earn commissions.
Forced affiliate purchases is pay to play and it’s at the root of all product-based pyramid schemes. It is for this reason it’s a major red flag, both for consumers and regulators.
And I quote;
The whole bonus plan is covered in a video right here amplifei.com it’s not hard to find for anyone looking.
Stating that products are for gut health is not a medical claim. A medical claim would be stating that the product heals or cures something.
I can claim that tooth paste is for tooth health or helps prevent tooth decay and that is proven true but I cannot claim that it cures cavities or will heal missing teeth.
This review is date-stamped. That video was not on Amplifei’s website at the time of publication.
I’m all for MLM companies addressing concerns raised in our reviews but let’s not pretend Amplifei’s compensation plan was available when I wrote this review.
With respect to gut health claims:
ftc.gov/news-events/media-resources/truth-advertising/health-claims
“Further, the products are for gut health” is a specific claim pertaining to a specific condition (treatment of an unhealthy gut).
Either provide peer-reviewed medical studies pertaining to Amplifei’s products and gut health or stop making illegal health claims.
The comment , “”Further, the products are for gut health” is a specific claim pertaining to a specific condition (treatment of an unhealthy gut).” in no way makes any claims to either a healthy gut or an unhealthy gut. (Ozedit: derail waffle removed)
Please… just stop.
Your Notation:
It’s laughable (Ozedit: derails removed)
Whether you think regulation of illegal health claims is laughable or not is irrelevant.
Stop making illegal health claims pertaining to Amplifei’s products. Thanks.
Those. Are. Medical. Claims.
And FYI, toothpaste does have to contain an ingredient (namely: some form of fluoride) that has been shown in medical studies to reduce dental caries before they can make the claim to “fight cavities.”
So your argument that toothpaste manufacturers don’t need to back up their medical claims is pure rubbish.
10 bucks says KD is a distributor.
KD…….
The Products are for Gut Health …… ??? Have you seen the GUT on the Owner and their So-called Gut Expert ( a Chiropractor ) …….
Look at those Guts ….. Plus they have No Idea when and why you are suppose to take Gut Products ……
And if you are a Gut – Health Company …. What are you doing selling now Coffee …. which is Extremely Acidic and goes against Everything that has to do with Gut Health !!!!
Who does Crazy … Like that …. And the Employees must be pretty small to be working out of a Mail Box at a UPS Store ……. What Great Companies in this industry are Operating from a UPS Post Box ?????
Jenni A,
Have you still not heard anything back? The money of course still has to be promptly taken out to pay for the owners mansion. No expense is spared to keep up that lifestyle.
Sean,
That UPS Post Box has to just be for mailing.
These comments are on point. Just another bad MLM company. A group of liars and narcissists.
Oblon’s “healing the industry” slogan is just a recruiting too. As is the “Christian-based company” they shout from the rafters.
Trying to make money off of peoples faith is disgusting. God’s gonna get’m for that one. lol.
They are the worst of the MLM bunch in my opinion.
Laure Harte is involved- that should speak volumes.
She is An opportunistic liar. Any company she has been involved in-can’t be worth anything and are full of lies.
She makes so many false claims when she tells her “story” A quick search on mycase.in.gov will revel the lies she told about her business partner stealing from her.
In fact- her business partner filed a law suit against her for taking the money. All public record.
Laura also didn’t pay her rent and her property manager had to sue her. She never paid it.
She’s not a saint or a sweet person that everyone sees- she’s manipulative.
After all of my money was lost – I did some digging… lots of lies in her last. Including an affair she had with her pastor.
She does what she needs to to get ahead. Including marrying Robert.
OMG Haley! I knew she was a bad person, but WOW! She is definitely a compulsive liar and to see her and Robert Oblon preach being Christians to build their company is repulsive.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge about her because people need to know who she REALLY is.
What is this… marriage number 4 or 5? And Robert Oblon??? He is just as bad. So unethical and full of deceit.
Sad to see so many being fooled by this evil partnership of theirs. Snakes.
I believe this is her 3 marriage. But (Ozedit: snip, see below)
This isn’t social media. If you want to discuss someone’s personal life do it somewhere else thanks.
I’ve been on the gut triad for three months and it completely stopped my IBS.
I stopped the autoship as I personally hate being tied to it. I will say the products worked for me…. Nothing else has so I am staying on as a customer.
I can say, I like the triad, all the products are great, and I’ll keep buying them.
Looks like Oblon’s attorney filed suit for breach of contract and non-payment. Also just learned distributors haven’t been paid commission. 15 days and counting. No surprise here.
tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn90495155&docId=WOA20210729073143&fbclid=IwAR39xgIz99D_oBFZqouHnvRjjfi0EC0dnWyMhLZa1ujJXBnZHIAppIlrtS8#docIndex=3&page=1
That link is to a change of attorney notice to the Patent and Trademark Office.
Is there an actual source for the breach of contract lawsuit?
Amplifei socials haven’t been updated since October 2020 so not much going on there to verify payment issues.
tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn90495155&docId=WOA20210729073143&fbclid=IwAR39xgIz99D_oBFZqouHnvRjjfi0EC0dnWyMhLZa1ujJXBnZHIAppIlrtS8#docIndex=4&page=1
Thanks. Not quite sure that’s newsworthy on its own but worth noting.
I was with Robert Oblon at his previous company, Elepreneurs, and resigned to go with him when he started Amplifei in June of 2020, so I have been there from the beginning.
He and Laura were good “friends” of ours. We visited Robert at his home in Plano when he and Laura were dating, spent time with them at their river property in MO and went to their home in Indiana.
We weren’t just distributors they didn’t know. We were loyal friends to them.
When we visited Robert in Texas in September 2019, that is where they (and Michael and Shelley Garcia, top leaders at Amplifei) recruited us into an acai company startup they were doing called We Acai and/or Acai Creations.
Ironically, the website is still up at acaihappiness.com/story/. You will see Laura Harte Oblon is the CEO.
Needless to say, we lost all of our money and they have refused to pay us back.
Even after I begged them and the Garcias to so we could pay for my husbands cancer treatment that wasn’t covered by insurance. He has Stage lV Pancreatic Cancer and conventional treatment isn’t working.
They not only refused, but called me a liar and gave me a warning to not ever come at them again.
I have screenshots of that as well. But there is more to the story.
In March of this year, Amplifei changed their Policies & Procedures (without notice) to put me in violation and then terminated me on April 1st.
This change was made within 3 days of my termination (I also have screenshots of that).
I assume they did this to create a story and make us look like the enemy to justify not paying us our money back. He is still to this day calling me names on his company Facebook Lives.
I haven’t spoken to him or his wife since begging for our money back in a Facebook message chat in May where Michael Garcia removed me from so I could no longer message them. And of course, they blocked me.
When Robert was forced out of Elepreneurs for gross financial misconduct, they reached a settlement agreement and paid him 2.4 million dollars to go away.
In the settlement he had a non-compete and one of the stipulations was he could have NO contact with his previous formulator, Kevin Thomas of Alternative Labs.
Oblon secretly broke that agreement in February and March 2020 by meeting with Mr. Thomas at his lab in Florida to discuss future acai products for Amplifei (which our investment money bought the acai product that was supplied to Kevin Thomas).
Recently, Amplifei introduced a new Acai flavored product. So if you need proof there it is.
But if you need more, I have a picture of them at that meeting AND a screenshot of a message from Oblon himself.
Laura Oblon was at the meeting and took the picture and then sent it to the acai investment chat that I was a part of. That information has been sent to the opposing counsel that drew up the settlement agreement for Elepreneurs.
They have tried to destroy us while my husband is fighting for his life.
When Oblon called me out on his Facebook Live on August 19, 2021, I decided I will no longer be quiet about the type of people they are.
I haven’t spoken to either of them since before April 1st and they are still trying to hurt us. I sent the message asking for our investment back on May 10th. That was the last communication I had.
They use gaslighting tactics and religion to manipulate and control people. They are deceitful and think only of themselves.
Oblon often uses the term he is “healing a broken industry” when the truth is… HE is the problem with the industry. And Laura Oblon is no better.
Together they are a couple that will destroy anyone that gets in their way and will say anyone speaking against them is “an attack from the dark forces that continue the standard ‘modus operandi'”.
It is always those standing up and speaking the truth they say are lying about them and they they play the victim role.
In my opinion, they lead this company like a cult. Please be careful. They are bad seeds.
In closing, we only stayed with them for as long as we did to try and get our investment money back. I have finally come to the realization that it is NEVER going to happen, so I will no longer be quiet.
I have reported them to the FTC, Attorney Generals offices of Texas, Missouri and Indiana, as well as TINA (Truth In Advertising).
If you have been taken advantage of by them, I suggest you do the same. They have to be stopped before more innocent people are hurt.
Is there not an attorney you could consult? She has often had many Facebook lives saying that attorneys have tried to come against them.
If you have the proof you mentioned, I’d have to think there are plenty of people that they’ve screwed over that would be willing to take them on.
I’ve never seen two people more suited for each other based on the fact that they use religion as their hook… Then, they brainwash manipulate and take peoples money.
I always wondered how she went from filing bankruptcy a couple of years ago to buying the house is that she did… When I had dealings with her she literally had no money, and had just left her other husband who had heart issues.
I had put all my money into her first start up that was supposed to be a money back program with receipts… It was all lies. I just wish I’d seen it all before I lost all my money and two of her companies.
I’m sorry that happened to you. Were you her partner in the bakery? Whenever she tells her “story” on Facebook Live, she talks about how her bakery partner stole all the money from her. I now know there are court documents that state otherwise.
There is nothing I would love more than to hold them legally accountable, but the stress from all of this has been horrible for my husband. Right now he is my priority and I rarely mention their names to him.
His prognosis isn’t good, as we are running out of treatment options. The sicker he gets, the more my anger towards them intensifies, but a legal battle isn’t an option at the moment.
I pray for them to be exposed for who they are. All I can do is tell my story and shine as much light as possible on their darkness and corruption.
I pray their “followers” wake up before they become the next name on an already long list of victims.
I would love to talk to you. I am a VIP but see changes being made all the time. Pretty sure Im going to get out.
The products really helped my IBS.. thats the only drawback. Alot of pressure to sell, recruit.
I was a vip with Amplifei since end of April. I did great at first with the business side as well as results from the products.
The comp plan changed 3 times since I joined. The ceo is manipulative and passive aggressive by saying he’s been overpaying us all from the beginning and to he grateful for that…so a little comp plan change should be supported by us if we want the company to be sustainable.
A couple months went by and the products didn’t seem to be working for me anymore. I reached out to an upline, the ceo (never responded to my message), Dr. Nepute, and customer service.
Dr. Nepute said to intermittent fast even longer than I already was.. or said maybe if I’m stressed more than usuao, they won’t work as well ????
Customer service said they could not help with my question and to refer to the Facebook testimonials group. I told them the Facebook page filters their posts and would never accept my question to be posted. I still did not get a concrete answer to my question.
I could go on and on…but please just save yourself some time and heartache by running far away from this company.
No, Sherry. I am not the “business partner” that she speaks of often.
However, you are correct. Court documents show that SHE Was sued for the money. She never paid it. She filed bankruptcy. That lady, lost a ton of money because of Laura.
People need to wake up and do their own research. A quick search on Indiana my case shows all of it. Look under Laura Harte. Laura Teague
I’d be more than happy to speak with anyone who would like to talk. You can reach me at (removed) or message me on my Facebook page (removed).
I had a nice long chat with the Indiana Attorney Generals office and they want to hear from anyone who has been wronged by this company. You can file your complaints here:
in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/file-a-complaint/consumer-complaint/
Keep the discussion onsite thanks. I can pass on details if a reader reaches out.
TINA.org have weighed into the Amplifei debate by stating that
truthinadvertising.org/amplifei/
Thanks for that. I generally take Income Disclosure Statements with a grain of salt unless they include inactive affiliates.
I know what to look for, pity they aren’t required to be presented like that.
Thank you for sharing that! Voices are finally being heard!
There is also a class action in the works against the fraudulent Founders Packs Amplifei sold for $1,000 each.
As soon as I have the case information on it I will share it here.
Sherry, do you have any info on the Founders Packs class action suit?