Aussie, you must be fairly new to the industry. Pay plan comparisons are a total waste of time as you are assuming that all things are equal, i.e., that your product would sell as easily as others, in the same time span, in the same volumes, etc. Second, you can make numbers and percentages do anything you want to on a piece of paper! It's been said numbers and percentages are like hookers-once you get them down you can do anything you want with them. Finally, over the last 10 years the majority of companies that have had the greatest growth, the most success, and where the biggest incomes have been earned, those companies have 3 common denominators-they are health and wellness companies, they have a limited number of products, and they have a binary plan with matching bonuses. If you were looking to increase your chances for success and maximize your income earning potential, you would look for a company that has those 3 characteristics and which is at least 3-5 years as 99% of ALL new MLM companies will fail in the first 2-3 years. Historically, companies with binary plans have experienced the greatest growth and created the biggest checks in the shortest period of time. In addition, binary plans generally pay out more money to the field as they have a "fixed payout," typically 50%, whereas unilevel and stairstep breakaway plans, which are theoretical payouts with some claiming to pay out 55-60-70%, actually pay out from the low 30% range in the case of Amway to the high 30 and low 40% range as a result of "breakage" which is due to the fact that 98% of the people don't meet the qualifications to earn maximum income. Finally, the pay plan is not the deciding factor in whether to take advantage of a particular opportunity. There are far more important variables to look at-the pay plan, the products, and the company in fact are secondary factors, not primary factors in the decision making process.
Regarding Amway, which is the second largest direct selling/network marketing company in the world (Avon is #1), several comments: First, they were not the first direct selling/network marketing company. Second, Amway's pay plan has one of the lowest payouts in the MLM industry (32% which was stated on their corporate site the last time I looked) so the comment made by jvdwalt that if you want to make money, join Amway is hilarious in lieu of the facts.
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