Awakend fails to offer possession and company info on its web site. The corporate additionally fails to offer a company handle.
On the “contact us” part of their web site, Awakend states it has “restricted assist”. Any questions are to be directed to Awakend uplines.
Awakend entered prelaunch in early August. That is cited as a cause for restricted assist.
Contact Us
We’re in an thrilling prelaunch section with restricted assist! Please contact your upline chief with any questions.
Two months in and that excuse is stretching skinny.
Firm possession and company particulars, assist and on the very least the place you’re working from are fundamental necessities for due-diligence.
Should you’re accepting distributor enrolments this info must be able to go earlier than you prelaunch.
BehindMLM lined Awakend’s prelaunch on August 18th. Given Awakend’s disclosure failures, we’re counting on my earlier analysis.
Awakend’s prelaunch company advertising and marketing efforts are headed up by Danelle Meoli and Chip Macgill.
On social media Meoli refers to Awakend as her firm. Such to the extent there are different Awakend homeowners and co-founders, they haven’t been publicly disclosed.
In August BehindMLM famous eight admins of Awakend’s official company FaceBook group. As we speak that’s been whittled right down to 4; Danelle Meoli and husband Scott, David R Teodosio and Ashlee Headlee.
Underneath the Meolis you may have a bunch of their former Exp Realty and NewULife downlines.
So far as I can inform, everybody who was positioned earlier than Awakend’s public prelaunch is tied to Meoli by her previous MLM firms.
Whereas Meoli is predicated of of Connecticut, Awakend could also be primarily working out of Texas.
I’ll replace if Awakend ever will get round to offering shoppers with a transparent image of firm possession and its possession workforce.
Failing which:
If an MLM firm is just not brazenly upfront about who’s working or owns it, suppose lengthy and onerous about becoming a member of and/or handing over any cash.
Awakend’s Merchandise
Awakend’s flagship product is the load loss complement Zenith.
Zenith is marketed on the premise that obese persons are leptin resistant. Leptin is cited as
a hormone made by fats cells that regulates foot consumption & power expenditure by speaking with the mind.
The speculation is that obese individuals have an excessive amount of leptin, creating leptin resistance over time.
Zenith “gently decreases” leptin ranges, lowering leptin resistance and enabling the hormone to work because it ought to.
Awakend don’t present retail pricing for Zenith on their web site.
To date the one pricing revealed in Awakend advertising and marketing is $135 a month for distributor autoship. That is presumed to be a wholesale value, suggesting Zenith’s retail pricing can be larger.
Awakend’s Compensation Plan
Awakend’s compensation plan pays on retail gross sales and recruitment. Residual commissions are paid by a binary workforce.
Extra performances and rank bonuses are additionally accessible.
Awakend Distributor Ranks
There are fourteen ranks inside Awakend’s compensation plan.
Together with their respective qualification standards, they’re as follows:
- Distributor – join as an Awakend distributor
- Certified Distributor – keep a 100 PV private order over a rolling five-week interval and recruit two distributors (positioned one on each side of the binary workforce)
- Amber Director – keep a 100 PV private order and generate 1000 GV in weaker binary workforce aspect quantity over a rolling five-week interval, and keep two personally recruited Distributors or larger (positioned one on each side of the binary workforce)
- Crystal Director – keep a 100 PV private order and generate 2500 GV in weaker binary workforce aspect quantity over a rolling five-week interval, and recruit and keep 4 Distributors or larger (positioned two on each side of the binary workforce)
- Sapphire – keep a 100 PV private order and generate 5000 GV in weaker binary workforce aspect quantity over a rolling five-week interval, and keep 4 personally recruited Distributors or larger (positioned two on each side of the binary workforce)
- Emerald Director – generate and keep 200 PV over a rolling five-week interval (100 PV have to be personal order), generate 7500 GV in weaker binary workforce aspect quantity over a five-week rolling interval, and keep 4 personally recruited Distributors or larger (positioned two on each side of the binary workforce)
- Ruby Director – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 10,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and recruit and keep six Distributors or larger (positioned three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 20,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and keep six personally recruited Distributors or larger (positioned three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Blue Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 50,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and recruit and keep eight Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Double Blue Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 100,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and recruit and keep ten Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Triple Blue Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 250,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and keep ten personally recruited Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Black Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 400,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and keep ten personally recruited Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Double Black Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 700,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and keep ten personally recruited Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
- Triple Black Diamond Govt – keep 200 PV (100 PV have to be personal order) and generate and keep 1,000,000 GV over a rolling five-week interval, and keep ten personally recruited Distributors or larger (min three on each side of the binary workforce)
PV stands for “Private Quantity”. PV is gross sales quantity generated by an distributor’s personal orders and retail buyer gross sales.
GV stands for “Group Quantity”. GV is PV generated by an Awakend distributor and their downline.
Retail Commissions
Awakend distributors earn commissions on the sale of Zenith to retail clients.
Awakend states:
The fee quantity is the same as the retail value much less the wholesale value.
Given Awakend hasn’t disclosed the retail price of Zenith, we will offer you particular retail fee quantities.
Recruitment Commissions
Awakend distributors earn commissions on recruitment of recent distributors.
- recruit a distributor who indicators up with a 2 Bottle Starter Pack and earn $25
- recruit a distributor who indicators up with a 4 Bottle Starter Pack and earn $50
Awakend additionally has pre-launch founder positions working into 1000’s of {dollars}:
- Important Founder – $1295
- Premier Founder – $2495
- Elite Founder – $3495
Presumably recruitment commissions are additionally paid on these choices. If that’s the case, particulars aren’t offered on Awakend’s web site or of their compensation plan.
Residual Commissions
Awakend pays residual commissions through a binary compensation construction.
A binary compensation construction locations a distributor on the prime of a binary workforce, break up into two sides (left and proper):
The primary stage of the binary workforce homes two positions. The second stage of the binary workforce is generated by splitting these first two positions into one other two positions every (4 positions).
Subsequent ranges of the binary workforce are generated as required, with every new stage housing twice as many positions because the earlier stage.
Positions within the binary workforce are crammed through direct and oblique recruitment of distributors. Notice there isn’t any restrict to how deep a binary workforce can develop.
On the finish of every week Awakend tallies up new gross sales quantity on each side of the binary workforce.
Offered a minimal of 500 GV exists on each side of the binary workforce, distributors earn 5% of generated gross sales quantity.
As soon as paid out on, quantity is flushed. Any leftover quantity carries over into the next week (capped at 3,000,000 GV).
Matching Bonus
Awakend pays a Matching Bonus on residual commissions earned by downline distributors.
Awakend pays the Matching Bonus through a unilevel compensation construction.
A unilevel compensation construction locations a distributor on the prime of a unilevel workforce, with each personally recruited distributor positioned straight beneath them (stage 1):
If any stage 1 distributors recruit new distributors, they’re positioned on stage 2 of the unique distributor’s unilevel workforce.
If any stage 2 distributors recruit new distributors, they’re positioned on stage 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.
Awakend caps the Matching Bonus at seven unilevel workforce ranges, primarily based on rank:
- Sapphire and Emerald Administrators earn a ten% match on stage 1 (personally recruited distributors)
- Ruby Administrators earn a 15% match on stage 1 and 10% on stage 2
- Diamond Executives earn a 15% match on stage 1, 10% on stage 2 and 5% on stage 3
- Blue Diamond Executives earn a 15% match on stage 1, 10% on stage 2 and 5% on ranges 3 and 4
- Double Blue Diamond Executives and better earn a 15% match on stage 1, 10% on stage 2 and 5% on ranges 3 to 7
Rank Achievement Bonus
Awakend rewards distributors for rating at Sapphire and better in accordance with set timelines:
- qualify at Sapphire Director and obtain $100, do it inside 5 weeks of signing up and obtain $500
- qualify at Ruby Director inside ten weeks of qualifying as Sapphire and obtain $500, do it inside 15 weeks of signing up and obtain $1500
- qualify at Double Blue Diamond Govt inside thirty weeks of qualifying at Ruby and obtain $1000, do it inside 30 weeks of signing up and obtain $5000
- qualify at Triple Blue Diamond Govt inside thirty weeks of qualifying at Double Blue Diamond and obtain $2000, do it inside 52 weeks of signing up and obtain $10,000
- qualify at Black Diamond Govt inside thirty weeks of qualifying at Triple Blue Diamond and obtain $3000, do it inside 78 weeks of signing up and obtain $25,000
- qualify at Triple Black Diamond Govt inside forty-five weeks of qualifying at Black Diamond and obtain $10,000, do it inside 110 weeks of signing up and obtain $100,000
Life-style Bonus
Diamond and Triple Blue Diamond executives who qualify and keep rank for ten consecutive weeks qualify for the LifeStyle Bonus.
- Diamond Executives obtain $750 a month
- Triple Blue Diamond Executives obtain $1500 a month
To keep up the Life-style Bonus, rank have to be met over a rolling five-week interval.
Becoming a member of Awakend
Fundamental Awakend distributor membership is $50 yearly.
New Awakend distributors may also join with a Starter Pack:
- 2 bottles of Zenith Starter Pack = $260
- 4 bottle of Zenith Starter Pack = $500
Presumably till prelaunch ends, Awakend Founder positions are additionally accessible:
- Important Founder – $1295 (4 bottles of Zenith, Sapphire Director rank for 1 12 months and an Awakend NFT)
- Premier Founder – $2495 (8 bottles of Zenith, Ruby Director rank for 3 years and an Awakend NFT)
- Elite Founder – $3495 (12 bottles of Zenith, Diamond Govt rank for five years and an Awakend NFT)
As detailed above, Awakend’s Founder positions have distinct monetary benefits over common distributor membership.
Awakend Conclusion
There are primarily two classes of weight reduction merchandise; those who straight contribute to weight reduction, and those who help main weight reduction methods.
With respect to Zenith, Awakend instructs shoppers to
use Zenith together with a reduced-calorie weight loss program and common train program.
This locations it into the latter weight reduction product class.
This isn’t a foul factor however it’s vital to notice that, such to the extent Zenith assists with weight reduction, if the weight loss program and train aren’t saved up, it’s a brief resolution.
And at $135 a month wholesale, a considerably costly one.
That is certainly not distinctive to Zenith as a product. The underside line is in case you can’t keep a nutritious diet and train, Zenith isn’t going to do a lot for you long-term.
This raises the query of, in case you’re capable of keep a well being weight loss program and train, do you want dietary supplements like Zenith to start with?
Should you implement a reduced-calorie weight loss program and incorporate train – in case your day by day calorie consumption is in a deficit, that’s you’re burning extra energy than you’re consuming, you’re going to drop a few pounds interval.
In that sense Zenith is an urge for food suppressant. Should you want that to curb your urge for food I’d argue there are far cheaper suppressant choices accessible.
One might argue focusing on leptin discount is more practical however that brings us again to self management. Zenith and different urge for food suppressants aren’t long-term options to weight administration.
If you wish to keep a wholesome weight, you must make a aware choice to vary your weight loss program and train. Sticking to that is a long-term resolution.
Clearly the load loss business is price trillions globally, so persons are shopping for dietary supplements like Zenith. Personally such that you just really feel the necessity to spend on weight reduction merchandise, I feel the you’re higher off straight focusing on your weight loss program.
One different level to notice with Zenith is it’s closely marketed on the outcomes of a 2008 examine and patents.
This a a sophisticated and intensely messy situation, courting again to over a decade.
The lengthy and the wanting it’s Zenith initially made its debut as Max WLX within the 2000s.
Max WLX was a part of Max Worldwide’s MLM providing.
This fell aside on or round 2010, leading to a bitter authorized feud involving a number of events.
BehindMLM has already lined the saga throughout a number of articles:
As of September 2022, a California Courtroom confirmed “the rights to the Patent stay unsettled.”
A trial to resolve the difficulty as soon as and for all is at the moment scheduled for March twenty eighth, 2023.
BehindMLM maintains Awakend shouldn’t have launched till the patent situation is resolved in its entirety.
Transferring on to Awakend’s compensation plan, it’s sadly a typical autoship recruitment pyramid scheme.
This begins with pay-to-play:
- Awakend’s founder packs correlate potential earnings straight with how a lot is spent; and
- Awakend distributors are compelled to keep up a month-to-month order to qualify for commissions.
Energetic – This implies you keep at the very least 100 PV inside a 5-week rolling interval.
This 100PV have to be a private order (doesn’t embrace Buyer CV).
Having a 100 PV Subscribe and Save order is the easiest way to keep up lively standing. (Ozedit: “subscribe and save” is what Awakend calls autoship)
Pay-to-play in an MLM alternative is a powerful indicator of a pyramid scheme.
Within the case of Awakend, that is signing up, having to put a month-to-month product order to qualify for commissions, after which getting paid to recruit others who do the identical.
Awakend establishing its compensation plan as an autoship pyramid scheme, makes “retail” statements like this come off as pseudo-compliance lip-service:
As a brand new Member, your focus can be on growing a base of retail and most popular clients.
You’ll additionally concentrate on serving to your downline generate quantity by gross sales.
Additional driving house the shortage of retail focus in Awakend is there being no retail pricing on the corporate’s web site. For the final two months the one product orders Awakend has taken in are distributor orders.
And you’ve got Danelle Meoli on social media bragging about Awakend’s “document breaking gross sales”:
Except you’re seeking to quick monitor an FTC investigation, I wouldn’t suppose how rapidly you’ve construct a pyramid scheme is one thing you’d wish to publicly brag about.
The FTC could be very clear on MLM firms with out vital retail gross sales exercise being pyramid schemes.
An autoship recruitment compensation plan virtually ensures an MLM firm is not going to have vital retail gross sales.
The very last thing I wish to contact on are Awakend’s NFTs.
Regardless of being a heavy advertising and marketing level in prelaunch company webinars, there’s no point out of NFTs on Awakend’s web site.
Right here’s Danelle Meoli introducing Awakend’s NFT providing;
Whoever opens an organization in community advertising and marketing and direct gross sales, and marries net 3 know-how, NFTs … whoever does that first, it’s gonna go viral. It’s gonna rock the business.
Our backoffice is the primary within the historical past of direct gross sales to truly have the know-how in our backoffice, all built-in. It took months and it’s now ours. We will take crypto if we wish. We will promote NFTs if we wish.
Different firms are going to take this idea and run with it. You’re in an organization that’s actually, it’s uh historic what we’re doing.
Once I first got here throughout this in August I referred to as it out as a scummy money seize.
Awakend hope to flog 22,222 NFTs. This supplies an instantaneous cashflow vary of $28.7 million to $77.6 million. Thrive merchandise are bundled with Founder’s Packs, so we will knock a bit off – however we’re nonetheless speaking tens of tens of millions of {dollars} in revenue.
Awakend might simply as simply scrap the NFTs and value their Founder’s Packs accordingly however dId YoU hEaR? eVeRyOnE’s DoInG wEb3!
If making tens of tens of millions on the sale of cartoon jpgs wasn’t scummy sufficient – the first advantage of proudly owning an Awakend founder NFT is “first entry for future NFT launches”.
That’s proper, the ten of tens of millions Awakend hopes to generate in its prelaunch is for North America and Canada solely. The corporate seeks to monetize every nation it launches into, with a brand new set of NFTs
And by paying 1000’s now, Awakend’s founder distributors get the privilege of paying extra money for extra NFTs in every nation Awakend migrates to.
I stand by my authentic sentiment. The NFT aspect of Awakend stays a scummy money seize. And an odd one at that, given Meoli isn’t overtly a cryptocurrency advocate.
Supposedly, Meoli’s brother David
works on the NFT firm which can seemingly create the NFTs… referred to as Whisp.
I don’t learn about Whisp. The one crypto associated Whisp I discovered was a crypto fee firm that launched in 2019 and has since collapsed (it’s web site has been transformed right into a crypto spam weblog).
What does match is Danelle Meoli’s brother being a crypto bro (no pun meant). Awakend’s NFT providing could be very a lot misplaced.
Robust “Danelle, embrace your brother!” vibes.
In any occasion, whoever’s behind Awakend’s NFTs the corporate is extraordinarily secretive about it. On only a go to to Awakend’s web site you’d do not know the NFTs exist, or that founders are shopping for monetary benefits over rank-and-file distributors.
Should you paid 1000’s for an Awakend NFT, considering you’re going to get wealthy discovering better fools in different nations, hopefully the belief you’re already the best idiot isn’t too large of a shock.
Toss in a pay-to-play autoship recruitment enterprise mannequin and the unresolved Zenith patent mess, and also you’re left with an MLM alternative greatest prevented.
