California Department Of Consumer Affairs

Amway and Quixtar are both part of the Alticor family of companies. Amway Corporation was founded in 1959 by Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel In 1999 Quixtar, Amway and Quixtar are officially termed multilevel marketing companies that in reality no more than a legal pyramid scheme.

Amway and Quixtar, primarily engaged, ARTISTRY skin care and color cosmetics, Nutrilite vitamins and supplements, the system for water purification treatment system, and the SA8 Laundry System products

Feeding the American dream of getting rich quick and simple basic formula is simple.

First, there is the "Company", which is the product or product range. Second, there are independent distributors who (a) sell the company's products and (b) recruit new distributors to do the same, ad infinitum, if possible.

The reason distributors do not just sell a product the company is that they receive a "reward" for sale by its recruits. Theoretically, the richest independent distributor to tens, hundreds, thousands, even millions of subordinate distributors who would be doing the actual selling, while the Big One is little or no sales of products in general.

That is, the emphasis MLM schemes are not selling a product, but the company selling the company itself.

can succeed as an independent distributor, but more than likely you'll end up alienating some family and friends. You'll probably end up buying more stuff than you sell. And you'll learn a lot about deceiving yourself and others.

Some of the more Interesting rules enforced by Amway below.

direct distributor or the sponsoring distributor will buy any unused marketable products from a distributor whose inventory is not moving or who wishes to leave the job. Amway conducts buyback policy.

To ensure that distributors do not attempt to secure the performance bonus solely on the basis of purchases, Amway requires that, get a performance bonus, distributors must sell at least 70% of the products that are purchased each month.

"tencustomer rule" provides that distributors can not get a performance bonus unless they prove the sale of each of ten different retail customers during each month.