There is no information on the Weexor website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Weexor website domain (“weexor.com”) was registered on the 4th of June 2013, however the domain registration is set to private.

“Share certificates” issued by Weexor list a “Rodney J. Watson” as Chairman of the company:

However no further information is provided, with the certificates appearing to be printed off a computer-generated template.

As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Macros Capital website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Macros Capital website domain (“macroscapital.com”) was registered on the 4th of March 2013, however the domain registration is set to private.

A “certificate of registration of a limited partnership” certified by the “Registrar of Companies for Scotland” is provided on the Macros Capital website, however all that is needed to obtain this is the filing of an application with the registrar.

At the time of registration an address in Scotland must be provided, but once obtained a company can register its address offshore. So in summary, the certificate doesn’t provide any useful information.

Two languages are listed on the Macros Capital website, Russian and English, which indicates that these are the two primary markets the company targets.

Also provided on the website are the names of three “representatives”: Jevgeni Hotejenkov (credited as a US rep, however his country is listed as Estonia), Igor Avdeyev (Ukraine) and Pavel Boyko (Spain).

No further information as to what specific roles these three representatives have within Macros Capital is provided.

As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money. [Continue reading…]

Trivita launched in 1999 are based in the US state of Arizona. The company operates in the nutrition and weight loss MLM niche.

Heading up Trivita is CEO and Founder, Michael Ellison. According to Ellison’s Trivita executive bio,

Mr. Ellison has over thirty years of experience leading his own businesses including: Ellison Media Company; Global Duplication & Fulfillment; and Ellison Research.

Through Ellison Media Company, he helped many recognized non-profit organizations grow their outreach in the United States, Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada and Europe.

Michael Ellison has carried over this same innovative and entrepreneurial spirit into the founding of Trivita in 1999 after going through his own personal health crisis at the age of 50.

He joined with a successful developer of four independent direct sales businesses, Barry Borthistle, to create Trivita Inc., a company dedicated to the mission of helping people fight the war on disease by focusing on physical, emotional and spiritual health.

I wasn’t able to find any record of involvement in an MLM company by Ellison (right) prior to 1999, indicating that Trivita was his first stint on the executive management side of the industry.

As for the Ellison Media Company, it appears to be a religious orientated marketing group. Founded in 1977 by Ellison, the company credits itself for much of Trivita’s success.

Founded by Michael Ellison in 1971, Ellison Media Company quickly grew into a national presence in the Christian media industry.

Ellison Media Company was responsible for developing the front-end direct response strategy, which included placement of long-form television and radio infomercial programming, DR print, and Web-based direct marketing response marketing. As a result of Ellison Media Company’s direct response strategies, TriVita

-Acquired over 2,000,000 customers via radio, television, Web and print

-Sold 11 million units of its flagship product

-Ranked in the top 20 frequently aired television infomercials by “Response” magazine

-Expanded its DR activities internationally

Read on for a full review of the Trivita MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Dear Team Herbalife,

Today is a very sad day for us all. Founder’s Circle member, John Peterson passed away suddenly today, following a tragic accident at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

The Herbalife family has lost a dear friend, an inspirational leader, and a loving husband and father of John Jr., Jennifer and Bryan.

John occupies a special place in Herbalife as one of our original Founder’s Circle members, and we spare a special thought for his business partner of many years, Susan.

There can be very few Distributors around the world who have not been inspired by his story or benefitted from his experience and knowledge; something he was always so generous with and willing to share.

John was one of Herbalife’s true personalities and he will be missed.

-Herbalife CEO, Michael Johnson

Despite it being referred to as a “tragic accident” by Herbalife in the above email sent out last Monday, news broke today that Herbalife top earner John Peterson’s death was infact suicide.

Peterson was found inside a 2008 Ford pickup parked at his residence in Steamboat Springs, Colo., where he “succumbed to a single gunshot wound,” said Ray Birch, undersheriff for Routt County. Birch said the initial investigation indicated the gunshot was self-inflicted.

What caught my interest was not the suicide itself, which by all accounts was unremarkable, but rather the environment surrounding it. When I read that Peterson’s death was suicide, immediately the question of whether or not it had something to do with Herbalife came up.

To start with, let me say that trying to link any of this with Wall Street theatrics is a futile effort and I’m glad to say that to date, Peterson’s death hasn’t been used by either side of the stock market battle. Let’s hope it stays that way.

On the MLM side of things however, after reading it was a suicide I began to research some immediate thoughts I had and now, a few hours later, despite some pretty large pieces of information missing, think there might be a bit more to this story than we’re being told. [Continue reading…]

Uneeqlee launched in August of 2013 and as per the company’s website domain registration, is based out of Colorado in the US.

Heading up Uneeqlee on the management side of things is CEO and Founder, Seth Fraser (right).

Fraser’s past MLM ventures include the “free stuff” themed MLM opportunities Freebie Force and That Free Thing.

Freebie Force launched back in 2007, offering affiliates access to free stuff deals for a monthly fee and paying them per new affiliate recruited.

By 2010, Freebie Force had collapsed with Fraser selling the affiliate member list to LiveSmart 360 and eventually moving on seven months after the merger.

Convinced that the free stuff MLM business model could still work, Fraser returned with That Free Thing in early 2011.

Again the “affiliates paying a monthly membership fee for free stuff and getting paid for recruitment” business model was used and once again the company eventually went bust.

Affiliate membership went into decline shortly after launch, peaking at a 25% reduction between August and November of 2011.

Today That Free Thing still exists but no longer charges for membership. The site is plastered in advertising and appears to have dropped the concept as an MLM income opportunity altogether.

I’m unaware of any additional projects Fraser has been involved in since That Free Thing, noting that in a Uneeqlee marketing video Fraser states the idea behind company has ‘been in development for two and a half years‘.

Read on for a full review of the Uneeqlee MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the AdProfitFund website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The AdProfitFund website domain (“adprofitfund.com”) was registered on the 25th of June 2013, however the domain registration is set to private.

A big of digging around on the AdProfitFund website revealed the hosting of banners that advertise something called “Xtreme Text Ads”:

Xtreme Text Ads charges affiliates $15 to join and then pays them $5 per affiliate they recruit.

There’s no information on who owns or runs Xtreme Text Ads on the website, however the domain registration lists a “Greg Chadwick” of “Trax Web Design Inc.” as the owner, operating out of British Columbia in Canada.

At this point I was ready to chalk up the trail going cold with Chadwick simply being a web designer, however when I visited the domain of the supplied email address in the registration (“traxwebdesign.com”), I found it redirected to yet another income opportunity.

Trax Web Design’s website domain redirects to something called “MyVipLinks”, which appears to be a directory of dodgy-looking affiliate income opportunities.

Given that web design company websites generally don’t redirect to income opportunity sites, in addition to designing them I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest Chadwick owns all of the websites above, including AdProfitFund.

Read on for a full review of the AdProfitFund MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Tazew launched in July 2013 and is headed up founders Dave Lear, Wallace Nunez and Jeff Whelan.

No information is provided on the Tazew website indicating where the business operates, however the company’s Terms and Conditions to state the following in reference to their affiliate’s Code of Conduct:

The State of Texas is the place of the origin of this Contract and is where the Company accepted the offer of the Applicant to become a Distributor and where the Distributor entered into the Contract with the Company.

The Contract is therefore to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas (without giving effect to any conflict of law provision or rule) as to contracts made and to be wholly performed within the State.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Contract or the breach thereof, or any controversy or claim relating to the business relationships arising between Distributors shall be resolved by mandatory, final, binding, non-appealable arbitration in Dallas, Texas, United States of America.

There’s nothing explicitly mentioned on the Tazew website (the domain registration is set to private), however the above indicates that Tazew operates out of the US state of Texas.

One additional point of interest can be found in Tazew’s “cancellation and refund” policy, which appears to link the company to the previously launched Mobile Blog Pro opportunity.

Here’s Tazew’s cancellation and refund policy:

And here’s Mobile Blog Pro’s version:

Apart from the identical language, note the support email address using the domain “organicwealthacademy.com”. At the time of publication the Organic Wealth Academy domain is expired.

Other similarities linking the two companies are the same hosting company (Xeex) and hosting IP addresses. Tazew is currently hosted on 216.151.159.154 and Mobile Blog Pro over at 216.151.159.153.

That said, Mobile Blog Pro is owned by admin Rune Fjortoft who, at least publicly, doesn’t appear to have any personal connection to Tazew.

Meanwhile on the Tazew admin side of things, at the time of publication Dave Lear and Jeff Whelan are currently involved in VidaCup as affiliates, and Wallace Nunez (who credits himself as Wallace Nuanez on his marketing blog “WorkWithWallace”) is in Empower Network.

Read on for a full review of the Tazew MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Rain International launched around 2009 and lists several global office locations on its website, with its US office located in the state of Utah.

Heading up Rain International is Founder and President, Byron Belka.

Widely known as a successful top distributor in the industry, Byron brings over ten years of field experience to the Rain International corporate team.

At the prodigious age of 28, Byron reached top commission level with his first direct sales company and has remained in the industry’s elite class ever since.

Belka (right) initially worked in the mortgage industry before switching over to MLM. Company wise his most recent venture as an affiliate before Rain was eXfuze (multi-botanical beverages), having joined around 2008 I believe.

Prior to Exfuze, Belka was a distributor of Nu Skin. I’m not sure when he joined the company but Belka was credited as a “top 20 Bonus Pool Earner” back in 2003.

Both of these associations appear to have been restricted to an affiliate role, with Belka not entering the executive management side of things until he signed on as Rain International’s Executive Vice-President of Global Sales and Marketing back in August 2011.

I’m a little confused as to how Byron Belka is credited as a founder of Rain International, as he appears to have come on board long after its establishment.

Adding a bit more confusion to the mix that same year (2011), Rain International bought out a company called Rain Nutrition, who at the time were marketing what appears to be Rain International’s product line today.

According to a press-release Rain International put out in late 2011,

Rain International partnered with Rain Nutrition in 2010. Since that time, Rain Nutrition’s proprietary research on seed nutrition supported Rain International’s efforts.

The acquisition will further enhance Rain International’s position as a leader in the seed nutrition industry by bringing Rain Nutrition, a company based on many years of seed research, in house.

“This announcement is a huge milestone in the history of Rain International,” said Executive Vice President, Byron Belka. “This announcement dispels the buzz regarding the acquisition of Rain Nutrition by another MLM company.

We are alive and well, ready to grow globally and are excited to partner with people all over the world. Additionally, this purchase allows Rain International to open its doors to the North American markets giving us the opportunity to accelerate the growth of Rain International locally like we are doing in our other markets around the world.”

Read on for full review of the Rain International MLM business opportunity as it operates today. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Centurion Profits website indicating who owns or runs the company.

The Centurion Profits website domain (“centuronprofits.com”) was registered on the 14th of November 2012, however the domain registration is set to private.

Further research on various social media platforms however uncovers the following two names credited as admins of the company, Keith Curtis and Frank Dillon.

Keith Curtis operates out Indiana in the US and has previously launched the scheme PowerCycle13.

PowerCycle13 launched in August of 2012 and promised participating affiliates 137-200% ROIs on investments. By January 2013 PowerCycle13 had officially run out of money, with Curtis advising affiliates that the company was ‘just about out of funds to keep up with the current shares owned‘.

We regret to inform you that PowerCycle13 is forced to shut its doors. Unfortunately, we cannot continue. I truly am sorry if this has caused any inconvenience to our members.

I have refunded accounts who put in new money the past month starting with the most recent and going backwards. Our accounts are now drained.

There is no way to continue with only 10 percent of the accounts/members actually participating in our program.

As PowerCycle13 was on the verge of organic collapse, Curtis touted a number of possibilities going forward – one of which was

refund(ing) the new money, (closing) down PC13 then do(ing) another program (one that starts off better than this one – I know it was a mess at the beginning) with a new design and new name and more! with the outside programs also linked and more!

Launched in late July 2013, Curtis’ new “program” would appear to be Centurion Profits.

Meanwhile a Frank Dillon appears to be involved in Primerica, but whether or not that’s the same Frank Dillon Keith Curtis has partnered with to admin Centurion Profits is unclear.

Read on for a full review of the Centurion Profits MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

In yet another blow for the MLM revenue-sharing niche, news came in today that the Vice President of AddWallet has officially bailed from the company.

Whether an official announcement will be made remains to be seen, however social media buzz from AddWallet affiliates suggest Bradshaw left because he did ‘not want to relocate to South America‘. [Continue reading…]