This document describes a "transitional business model" used by some Youngevity distributors. It is meant for distributors with an established customer base who hold workshops or events to take orders. Key points:
- It allows distributors to continue servicing existing customers who prefer to have products ordered for them rather than shopping online.
- Distributors can earn a 30% commission (quickstart bonus) on orders placed for new or existing "preferred customers" at workshops.
- However, preferred customers do not count towards career plan advancement. The model also lacks growth potential and duplicability.
- The document provides guidelines for distributors on how to process workshop orders through the Youngevity
2. WHAT IS THE PLAN?
Because there are so many of our team with an established base of
customers that expect a certain level of service we have put together
this 'Transitional Business Model'
A Transitional Business Model
Youngevity
MLM Model
Previous Company
Party Plan Model
3. HOW DO WE MAKE MONEY AT YGY NOW ?
Residual Income
(Downline purchases)
~ 8% of BV
Quickstart Bonus
(New Customer Commission)
30% of BV
CEO & Faststart Bonus
(New Business Builders)
$200 per person
NOTE: There are 10 ways to earn income in this business, these are just four of them.....
$120
$350
$800Example: SEMD with 4 new CEO's in a month($1280)
4. WHAT ABOUT THE WORKSHOP MODEL?
Residual Income
(Downline purchases)
~ 8% of BV
Quickstart Bonus
(New Customer Commission)
30% of BV
CEO & Faststart Bonus
(New Business Builders)
$200 per person
NOTE: There are 10 ways to earn income in this business, these are just four of them.....
$600
$350
$0
Example: SEMD with workshop/outside orders of
$2000 sales only ($950)
5. WHAT IS A 'TRANSITIONAL' BUSINESS MODEL?
This is not the core way that Youngevity does business
This is not the way that we recommend a new distributor be
brought on to this business
This is totally legal and an acceptable way to run your business, it
is just not very duplicatable
This is a very valid way of doing business for the established
workshop focused distributor
6. WHO WOULD USE THIS MODEL?
Anyone who holds a workshop with scrapbookers that like to have
the service of ordering products done for them
Anyone who plans to collect outside orders for customers to
deliver to them
Anyone who holds weekend retreats and needs to order raffles
and goody bag items
Anyone who plans to have an inventory for product to sell at a
tradeshow, booth or table at an event
7. CUSTOMER PROFILE
This model is perfect for the customer
Who is not computer literate and does NOT want to order online
Who does NOT order consistently or often
Who will NEVER add any team members
NOTE: This model works slightly different for
digital but works as well
8. HOW DO I GET THE 30% COMMISSION?
1. You MUST have an active $100 Autoship on file
2. You MUST create a new Preferred Customer every 30 days if you
hold a monthly event or as needed if events are less frequent
3. You CANNOT place more than $750 BV in orders per Preferred
Customer
9. ORDERING CONSIDERATIONS
Decide how you will charge shipping and deliver:
Use the flat rate of 8% and have all product delivered at one
time to one location for pick up
Charge shipping based on the total and direct ship to each
individual. Under $80 = $6.50 over $80 = 8%.
Collect payment in whatever forms you are comfortable with - you
can only pay with a credit or debit at checkout so if you collect
cash or check you will have to pay on your card
10. ORDERING CONSIDERATIONS
If you charge retail prices you will have to claim the difference in
income and sales tax on your own - Youngevity will NOT provide
you with this information
We recommend charging them wholesale like they would get as
your preferred customer and then you don't have to claim any
income or tax info and you will still make the 30% commission
11. ORDERING PREPARATIONS
Choose a name for your event (i.e. September Crop or Monthly
Workshop #9)
Go to your www.<youridhere>.my90forlife.com and choose Join at
the top right
Do NOT log in as yourself
Make sure you select Preferred Customer
Fill in the first and last name as your event and complete the rest
of the information including a site name.
12. ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
Print the paper order form and hand it out to customers to fill out
and collect payment
Go to back to your 90forlife site and login as if you were the
preferred customer
Do NOT log in as yourself
Scroll down to order and fill up the cart with the products ordered
Checkout with the shipping address as you decided previously
If ordering direct ship to multiple people, checkout multiple times
13. WHEN WILL I GET PAID?
Quickstart Bonus is 30% of the total BV and is paid weekly
Quickstart is paid at 26% in the weekly check with the following
4% paid in the monthly check to whomever has the order in their
first level (i.e. if you move this preferred customer to another team
member you would lose 4% of the 30%)
14. WHY NOT STAY WITH THIS MODEL FOREVER?
You can if you want to, just keep in mind the following:
These customers DON"T count in your career plan advancements. They
count in your volume and paycheck but not in your structure for rank
advancement
It is not duplicatable for new distributors
It is not a model for growth - it is a maintenance model
It does not allow your customers the shopping experience where they will
likely spend more than they would at your event because they will add
things to their cart when they are shopping alone.
You have to work more hours to get paid the same amount of income
If you want to run this type of business - GO FOR IT!
15. TRANSITIONING CUSTOMERS TO DISTRIBUTORS
When would you want to transition a person from a 'preferred customer'
that you order for to their own ordering as a distributor?
When they consistently spend $50 a month or more
When they are consistently bringing you friends that are ordering - they could be
earning a referral fee on each of these
16. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DOING THIS?
Once they pay the $10 (one time for a lifetime membership) or once they
join as a CEO
They count in your team/career plan
They earn a referral fee and they enjoy the same discounts
You still earn residual commission from their purchases and now have the
bigger opportunity of earning commission from their friends (that you don't yet
know) purchases too