People and Connection Review: A share economy MLM opp?
People and Connection provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.
The People and Connection website domain (“peopleandconnection.com”) was first registered on January 7th, 2016. The domain registration details were last updated on December 8th, 2012.
Unfortunately the People and Connection website domain has been privately registered and provides no ownership information about the company.
Further research reveals a People and Connection marketing presentation naming Fabriche Kerherve (President), Jean Marc Colaianni (Chairman) and Adele Sgro (Board Member) as co-founders of the company.
Why this information isn’t available on the People and Connection website is unclear.
From what I can ascertain, People and Connection initially launched last year via the domain (“pc4.life”). This launch appears to have flopped, with the company recently rebooting through a new domain.
Prior to founding People and Connection, all three co-founders were Organo Gold affiliates.
Jean Marc Colaianni and Adele Sgro stopped appear to have stopped promoting Organo Gold in 2014. Last year Colaianni was promoting OXO Worldwide.
After Organo Gold, Fabriche Kerherve started promoting Conligus as a “founder” in 2014.
Conligus was a “pay to play” pyramid scheme.
Launched on or around May 2014, Conligus collapsed in February, 2015. What was left of the affiliate-base was sold off to the OneCoin Ponzi scheme in early 2016.
According to Obtainer Online, Kerherve left Conligus a month before it’s collapse.
On the Internet, various e-mails were sent out that were probably written by Kerherve in which the Steinkeller brothers were called the proverbial three monkeys.
As part of the affiliate database sale Kerherve’s Conligus co-founders, the Steinkeller Brothers and Staffan Liback, were given cushy positions at the top of the OneCoin investor base.
Read on for a full review of the People and Connection MLM opportunity.
People and Connection Products
People and Products operate the website Dream Rent, through which affiliate-offered services can be rented.
Imagine a new way of travelling. A new way of exploring.
Discover a new potential for your properties and exploit their true value.
Dream Rent is currently scheduled to launch in ten days with property listings only.
The People and Connection Compensation Plan
People and Connection affiliates sign up by purchasing affiliate packages:
- Basic – €249 EUR
- Pro – €499 EUR
- Enterprise – €1249 EUR
Commissions are paid when they recruit others who do the same.
Service commissions are also paid out if recruited affiliates generate service sales.
People and Connection Affiliate Ranks
There are twelve affiliate ranks within the People and Connection compensation plan.
Along with their respective qualification criteria they are as follows:
- Starter – sign up as a People and Connection affiliate and maintain MLM commission qualification
- Data Bronze – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least two affiliates and generate at least one binary commission
- Data Silver – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least four affiliates (two on both sides of the binary team) and generate at least five binary commissions within a week
- Data Gold – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least six affiliates (three on both sides of the binary team) and generate at least ten binary commissions within a week
- Platinum – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least eight affiliates (four on both sides of the binary team, at least one must be Silver) and generate at least twenty binary commissions within two weeks
- Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least ten affiliates (five on both sides of the binary team, at least one must be Gold) and generate at least fifty binary commissions within two weeks
- Double Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least twelve affiliates (six on both sides of the binary team, at least one Platinum on both sides) and generate at least seventy-five binary commissions within two weeks
- Triple Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, recruit at least fourteen affiliates (seven on both sides of the binary team, at least one Diamond on both sides) and generate at least one hundred binary commissions within two weeks
- White Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, maintain at least fourteen recruited affiliates (seven on both sides of the binary team, at least one Double Diamond on both sides) and generate at least one hundred and fifty binary commissions within two weeks
- Blue Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, maintain at least fourteen recruited affiliates (seven on both sides of the binary team, at least one Triple Diamond on both sides) and generate at least two hundred and fifty binary commissions within two weeks
- Black Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, maintain at least fourteen recruited affiliates (seven on both sides of the binary team, at least one White Diamond on both sides) and generate at least five hundred binary commissions within four weeks
- Crown Diamond – maintain MLM commission qualification, maintain at least fourteen recruited affiliates (seven on both sides of the binary team, at least one Blue Diamond on both sides) and generate at least one thousand binary commissions within four weeks
Recruitment Commissions
People and Connection affiliates are paid directly when they recruit new affiliates.
How much of a recruitment commission is paid out is determined by how much a newly recruited affiliate spends on their membership:
- recruit a Basic affiliate = €45 EUR
- recruit a Pro affiliate = €90 EUR
- recruit an Enterprise affiliate = €225 EUR
Residual Commissions
People and Connection pay residual recruitment commissions via a binary compensation structure.
A binary compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a binary team, split into two sides (left and right):
The first level of the binary team houses two positions. The second level of the binary team is generated by splitting these first two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).
Subsequent levels of the binary team are generated as required, with each new level housing twice as many positions as the previous level.
Positions in the binary team are filled via direct and indirect recruitment of affiliates. Note that there is no limit to how deep a binary team can grow.
Each People and Connection affiliate package generates a set number of points:
- Basic – 125 points
- Pro – 275 points
- Enterprise – 700 points
A €50 EUR monthly affiliate fee generates 40 points (affiliates can waive the fee if they generate 80 points in service sales).
At the end of each week People and Connection tally up sales volume generated via affiliate fees and service sales.
For each 150 points matched on both sides of the binary team, a “cycle commission” is paid out.
- Data Bronze affiliates earn a €15 EUR cycle commission
- Data Silver and Data Gold affiliates earn a €22.5 EUR cycle commission
- Platinum and higher ranked affiliates earn a €30 EUR cycle commission
Weekly binary commission earning caps are also based on People and Connection affiliate ranks:
- Data Bronze – up to €300 EUR
- Data Silver – up to €600 EUR
- Data Gold – up to €1200 EUR
- Platinum – up to €2400 EUR
- Diamond – up to €4800 EUR
- Double Diamond – up to €9600 EUR
- Triple Diamond – up to €12,000 EUR
- White Diamond – up to €18,000 EUR
- Blue Diamond – up to €24,000 EUR
- Black Diamond – up to €36,000 EUR
- Crown Diamond – up to €50,000 EUR
Matching Bonus
People and Connection pay a matching bonus on binary commissions via a unilevel compensation structure.
A unilevel compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a unilevel team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them (level 1):
If any level 1 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s unilevel team.
If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on and so forth down a theoretical infinite number of levels.
People and Connection affiliates can earn a matching bonus on up to seven unilevel levels, as determined by their affiliate rank:
- Emerald – 5% on levels 1 and 2
- Diamond – 10% on level 1 and 5% on levels 2 and 3
- Double Diamond – 10% on levels 1 and 2 and 5% on levels 3 and 4
- Triple Diamond – 10% on levels 1 to 3 and 5% on levels 4 and 5
- White Diamond – 10% on levels 1 to 4 and 5% on levels 5 and 6
- Blue Diamond – 20% on level 1, 10% on levels 2 to 5 and 5% on levels 6 and 7
- Black Diamond – 20% on levels 1 and 2, 10% on levels 3 to 6 and 5% on level 7
- Crown Diamond – 20% on levels 1 to 3 and 10% on levels 4 to 7
Renting Fee Commissions
People and Connection affiliates earn a renting commission, based on their rank:
- Basic affiliates receive up to 25% of the allocated renting commission
- Pro affiliates receive up to 50% of the allocated renting commission
- Enterprise affiliates receive the full 100% allocated renting commission
Note that these commissions are coded to Enterprise affiliates, who receive 75% from Basic affiliate renting fees and 50% from Pro affiliate fees.
A percentage of service fees collected by downline affiliates are paid out using the same unilevel compensation structure as the Matching Bonus.
- Data Bronze – 8% on levels 1 and 2
- Data Silver – 8% on levels 1 to 3
- Data Gold – 8% on levels 1 to 4
- Platinum – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 1% on level 7 onward
- Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 2% on level 7 onward
- Double Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 3% on level 7 onward
- Triple Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 4% on level 7 onward
- White Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 5% on level 7 onward
- Blue Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 6% on level 7 onward
- Black Diamond – 8% on levels 1 to 6 and 7% on level 7 onward
- Crown Diamond – 8% across the entire unilevel team
Joining People and Connection
People and Connection affiliate membership is tied to the purchase of one of three packages:
- Basic – €249 EUR
- Pro – €499 EUR
- Enterprise – €1249 EUR
A People and Connection affiliate can self-qualify for commissions by paying €50 EUR a month or generated 80 points in monthly sales volume.
Conclusion
With the rise of the service industry (Uber, Lyft, I suppose it was only a matter of time before a service based MLM opportunity launched.
I don’t know what happened with People and Connection’s initial launch last year, but they’ve since relaunched with a share economy AirBNB renting model.
Like AirBNB, People and Connection affiliates will be able to list properties for rent. Fees collected from these rentals generate direct and residual retail commissions (assuming renters aren’t People and Connection affiliates).
On top of that you have what is essentially a pyramid scheme.
People and Connection affiliates pay a fee to sign up and are directly and residually paid to recruit others who do the same.
“Pay to play” is also evident, with monthly commission qualification either €50 EUR (40 points) or an 80 point equivalent in service sales.
There’s no legitimate reason for the service sale amount to be double that of an affiliate self-qualifying, other than to ensure the bulk of affiliates pay a monthly fee.
That most People and Connection affiliates aren’t going to have a property to rent out is a given, meaning the primary source of revenue is going to be affiliate packages and ongoing monthly fees.
While the service side of People and Connection could operate legitimately, provided enough non-affiliates use the service, there’s no justifying recruitment commissions paid out.
As with all pyramid schemes, once People and Connection affiliate recruitment slows down so too will the core of the compensation plan.
This will see commission dwindle, eventually causing a collapse.
There’s no doubt that the share economy is taking off, but charging people thousands of euros to list properties they want to rent out makes little sense.
I can sign up for AirBNB and list a property for free. Other than to participate in chain-recruitment, why would I pay People and Connection to capture a much smaller audience?
Thanks for this review, you just forget the freemium part!!
yes there is 3 licenses that the company charge but don’t forget the freemium,why use the people and connection platform dream.rent, because you are going to save 50% on fees !!and you multiply your chance to rent your room or your car! is Airbnb renting cars ???
i have more arguments but… please be more accurate on the business model personaly all the people starting on my team starting for free those willing to go pro can take an oboard license package as you mention it Mr Kerhervé left Conlingus before the collapse cause he disagree with other partners and mr Colaianni never experiment Ponzi scheme company…
the core of the business will be the fees collected from the renting.
Owners will remains in Airbnb but they will be able to list on dream.rent their accommodations and cars aswell for a cheaper price! but maybe you’re right why pay cheaper when you can stay in Airbnb being charged 14%… for the same services…
you forget to mention the part saying that u can just be host without behing a members so many infos missing here…
I didn’t forget, I just don’t include anything not related to the income opportunity. This is a review of the People and Connection MLM business.
Regardless, he still joined, promoted and profited in a pyramid scheme.
People and Connection is also operating as a pyramid scheme on the affiliate side. This is a problem.
But right now it’s affiliate fees, with which recruitment commissions are being paid out. And even if the renting takes off, that doesn’t nullify chain-recruitment compliance issues.
You cannot separate people and connection from Dream.rent because the onboard packs are relate only to the renting packs cause that’s determine the numbers of accommodations and cars tou can listed from 1 to unlimited.
Talk about only PC it’s a non sense! Because all those willing just working with PC are seeking Data revenue when the platform will be open and for the data you don’t need to pay anything…
Once again your response is partial there is a lack of information here.you only making statements like this a scheme because the company is giving direct reward of 45 90. And 225 euros, do you know that if you are a freemium u only get 50% of those commissions?
Do you know how many members have packages? Cause I do it’s only 5% so far… and you know why? Because most of our partners will just join for free and list their cars and home wait 1 year before doing an article clearly partial and try to ask directly to the founders they don’t hiding themselves send a message we will explain to you the business model …
because saying that the dream.rent part is not related to do business is a serious misunderstanding or just you willing say it partially…
Sure you can. Sign up as an affiliate for €249 to €1249 EUR and get paid to recruit others who do the same.
In MLM paying affiliates to recruit affiliates = pyramid scheme.