“It’s not about harassing friends to sign up.
MILLION DOLLAR PYRAMID HOST AND AUSTRALIAN DREAM MOVIE
“I would happily share with all of my friends and family a great movie I saw. Ms McVinish disagreed that commercialising personal relationships by attempting to sell products to or sign up family and friends left a bad taste in some people’s mouths. “There’s a right leg and a left leg when you’re building your business, that’s how points are distributed upline,” she said. “How it effectively works, there’s you, and then it’s a binary plan - two legs, there’s a right side and a left side - you build your business evenly,” Ms McVinish said.Īsked to explain the difference between the two “legs”, Ms McVinish said there was “no difference”. What we offer, we offer to every distributor, so somebody that’s putting in several hours a week, and someone fulltime job, we offer them the same incentives, the same promotions.”Īs with most MLM companies, members earn commissions from new sign-ups underneath them through a complex, multi-tiered structure. “There are no payments based on sign-ups, payments are based on sales. “The good thing about this industry and Jeunesse is you get out what you put in,” she said. “Regulated by the Direct Selling Association of Australia, we provide a flexible and genuine income opportunity for our 40,000+ distributors through distribution of our skincare and wellness products.”Īsked how much the average distributor in Australia made, Ms McVinish said “regulations” prevented her from making income claims, but said it ranged from “a couple of hundred dollars a week” to a “six-figure salary”. “Jeunesse Global Australia is a respected network marketing operation underpinned by compliance and due diligence. “We operate in the Australasian market and cannot comment on matters outside our jurisdiction,” said Rachel McVinish, general manager of Jeunesse Global Australia. The company has indicated it will defend the lawsuits. That suit, which also names Mr Ray and other top Jeunesse distributors, alleges the company is a pyramid scheme and preys on Chinese-American immigrants by encouraging them to sell miracle products to their families and friends. The defendants named in the suit include Jeunesse chief executive Ogale Ray and other top executives, as well as high-level distributors.Ī second lawsuit making similar allegations was filed in the California state court in December. Last July, a former US distributor filed a lawsuit in the Arizona federal court alleging the company was an illegal pyramid scheme. “Add to that a $US19.95 renewal fee each year and the need to purchase at least $US100 each month to remain qualified for all commissions and bonuses and the expenses begin to mount.” “Not surprisingly, many distributors are encouraged to buy the most expensive $US1800 package - as Hui explains, ‘it’s a no brainer’ because it temporarily catapults newbies four levels up the compensation structure to the rank of Sapphire. Next they are encouraged in the strongest possible way to jump-start their business by purchasing a product package, which range in price from about $US200 to $US1800,” the group wrote. “New Jeunesse distributors are required to purchase a mandatory starter kit for $US49.95. Truth in Advertising described the Jeunesse compensation plan as “complicated” and “pretty expensive”.
Jeunesse distributors’ use of unsubstantiated health and treatment claims about Jeunesse products, such as being able to cure cancer and other serious illnesses.” the use of deceptive income claims - both by the company and its distributors - regarding the financial gains consumers will achieve by becoming distributors,” the group wrote. In 2015, US not-for-profit group Truth in Advertising took aim at Jeunesse after discovering what it described as a “host of issues” with the company. Globally, Jeunesse claims sales of $1.88 billion ($US1.4 billion) in 2016.īut like Tupperware, Amway, Isagenix, Lyoness, Herbalife, WorldVentures, and countless other multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes before it, Jeunesse has drawn attention from consumer watchdogs. The company has just announced a record $13 million sales month in February, a 296 per cent year-on-year increase.
Jeunesse Global, which markets anti-ageing skincare products, says it has attracted more than 46,000 Australian members since launching in 2012, with an 884 per cent increase in revenue over that time. A CONTROVERSIAL multi-level marketing company whose US executives are facing pyramid scheme and racketeering allegations claims to be enjoying record growth in Australia.
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