Amway IBO - Oppotunity for every one

Can life get any better ?


So often life is a trade off between making money you need at the sacrifice of the flexibility and time you want, to live your life to the fullest.

Amway an alternative that puts you in control, allowing you the flexibility to work when you want, the time for family and friends, and the income you dream of.

The Amway Opportunity works in two ways.

Giving you the chance to build your own business while at the same time helping other people do the same.

The Amway Business Opportunity adapts easily to your needs and ambitions and grows with them.

You can run your business to be your main source of earnings, or fit it around your current job to provide an additional income.

Whatever you decide, Amway will offer you the training and personal support that's right for you. It's your decision. You choose.

Business Overview



It's quite a claim, but for 1,000,000 people a year it's true. With the support and guidance of the Amway Corporation they are taking their first steps towards a business of their own, giving them the freedom, time and money that'll help them lead a better life.


Person-to-person

The Amway Sales and Marketing Plan was conceived over forty years ago by two young entrepreneurs, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. They saw an opportunity for a retail business without stores and with minimal operating costs, a person-to-person sales business built upon quality products and services.

That business would offer each individual real rewards for their effort and give them the ability to share their success with others.


How do you begin?

First, you are sponsored by another Amway Distributor and you obtain the Amway Business Kit. An Amway Distributor receives no payment for recruiting. He receives income only from selling products to consumers. Remuneration is based solely on the margin from the sale of products and on bonuses based on sales volume.

The Business Kit contains basic literature for your use and for sharing with others. You begin by developing both customers and Distributors as you are equipping yourself with the essentials to build a successful business.

Forming Your Customer Base.

Customers are the people who buy the AMWAY products from you but who aren't Amway Distributors. One of your best sources for building a customer base is a group of people you already know. These acquaintances try AMWAY products and become your customers as they use and reorder various AMWAY items. However, we have found that people everywhere need high-quality products.
Building Your Distributor Group

Distributors are people who have evaluated the Amway business opportunity and elected to join the business. The most successful Amway businesses enjoy a balance of merchandising AMWAY products and sponsoring Distributors. Growth in your business comes from sharing the Amway business opportunity with others and helping them decide if it's right for them. This is called sponsoring. Amway Distributors who sponsor others generally have higher average sales volumes than those who don't sponsor.

Helping Your Group Grow.

Your "group" is the team of Distributors you've sponsored. Many you've sponsored personally, but others were sponsored by those you personally sponsored. You train and motivate your group and, as a result, you earn extra income when they earn income. As you continue to grow your business and they continue to grow theirs, you both can benefit.

Continuing to Build Your Business

Like any other business, your Amway distributorship needs frequent input and activity to grow. However, whatever your goals, you control how quickly or how slowly you build your business. After all, it's your independent Amway business.

Qualifying for Higher Awards

Over time, a distributorship can grow considerably. The more Distributors in your group who become successful in the Amway business, the stronger your business will become, and the higher the pin levels you can qualify for. We call them "pin levels" because you earn incentive pins at the various achievement levels of the business (e.g., at the Diamond Direct level you will earn a pin with a diamond on it). Each pin level features a set of incentives and rewards for being successful.


What Is In It For You


Income, incentives and more

The Amway Opportunity offers Distributors many benefits. Some are financial, others are intangibles, such as peer recognition, pride in achievement, the joy of helping others, working with family, and the esteem of owning your own business.


Income potential

As an Amway Distributor, you can earn income many different ways. You can earn income in at least 10 different ways. They include retail profit (the difference between Distributor Cost and the Retail Price) and nine different bonuses rewarding various levels of accomplishment.

Special Leadership Programs

As you qualify at various levels of achievement, you may be eligible to attend various Amway leadership programs:

Annual Amway Leadership Seminar: In countries around the world, company-paid invitations are extended to Amway leaders to meet in a business-building atmosphere.

Variety of Special Programs: When your business qualifies at a specific Distributor level, a special invitation occurs. Imagine your special day at an Amway facility, your own success story featured in our Distributor magazine, the AMAGRAM and your name and picture added to the Distributor Hall of Fame in Amway's World Headquarters.


Low start-up costs

With an Amway Business Kit being the only start-up cost, virtually anyone can own an Amway business. Compared to other business opportunities, initial costs for starting an Amway business is intentionally low, priced affordably for nearly anyone with a desire to invest in their future.

Low risk

Our product-buy-back policy and no inventory requirement ensure a very low risk when starting an Amway business. Our Amway Satisfaction Guarantee has always been a measure of confidence in the quality and value of AMWAY products, one more way Amway supports the business opportunity for Distributors.

Performance based

Amway is a performance-based business that rewards people in direct proportion to their effort. The bigger the financial goal, the more time and effort a Distributor will need to put into his or her business. With an Amway business, a Distributor can work as much or little as he or she likes. The rewards are based directly on the Distributor's accomplishments.

Direct Selling is the trend

Thirty-four million people worldwide are engaged in direct selling, an $82 billion industry. As people become busier, they're looking for ways to save time on routine tasks, such as shopping for everyday needs. Direct selling fills this need nicely, because Amway Distributors deliver products to their doors. In addition, Amway is one of largest direct selling companies in the world and with a 40-year history of success.

Flexibility

Goals and rewards are different for each Distributor. You have the flexibility of working part time while keeping a full-time job or building an Amway business into a full-time career. You choose the time you invest in building your Amway business.

Product support

The Amway business opportunity is supported by a diverse line of hundreds of quality AMWAY products and, in many markets, thousands of other brand-name products and services. Amway has established a reputation for innovation in developing top quality products and packaging.

Corporate support.

More than 12,000 people worldwide are employed in Amway manufacturing, administration, and distribution facilities totalling 10 million square feet (929,000 square meters). Amway manufactures products in the United States, China and Korea and maintains product warehousing facilities around the globe.

Equality of opportunity

Anyone starting an Amway business gets in at the same level. Each new Distributor has the same opportunity to surpass the most successful Distributor, and the business opportunity is continually improved. The Amway Opportunity has been imitated often, but the level of support Amway provides Distributors is difficult to duplicate.

Personal experiences

When you go to the theatre, you experience the film with your own set of perceptions. The same goes for the Amway business. Each person brings his or her own special needs and dreams to the table. As you attend Distributor meetings organised by your Distributor organisation, you will meet real Distributors who tell you what they've experienced from embracing the Amway Opportunity. Every month the AMAGRAM, our monthly magazines features personal experiences of people from diverse backgrounds qualifying for higher awards.

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Amway Products - The best of the best

Amway's product line grew from LOC, with the laundry detergent SA8 added in 1960, and later the hair care product Satinique (1965) and the cosmetics line Artistry (1968). Today Amway manufactures over 450 products, with manufacturing facilities in China, India and the United States, as well as Nutrilite organic farms in Brazil, Mexico and the United States (California and Washington State). In addition, Amway affiliates market products from hundreds of other manufacturers offering everything from books (e.g. Barnes & Noble, North America) to wine (World of Wine, Europe).

Household cleaners

Amway is best known in North America for its original multi-purpose cleaning product LOC, SA8 laundry detergent, and Dish Drops dishwashing liquid. In the January 2007 issue of Consumer Reports, SA8 with Bioquest was rated the best-performing laundry detergent, scoring 99 out of a possible 100 points.


Consumer Reports did, however, criticise SA8's pricing, a situation which was disputed by Amway. Consumer Reports conducted blind testing of detergents in 2010 and ranked versions of Amway's Legacy of Clean detergents 9th and 18th of 20 detergents tested. Consumer Reports program manager Pat Slaven recommended against buying the products because consumers can "go to the grocery store and get something that performs a whole lot better for a whole lot less money."

Health and beauty

Amway's health and beauty brands include Artistry, Beautycycle, Time Defiance, Artistry Essentials, Pure White, Satinique, Tolsom, Body Series, Glister, Moiskin (South America), Nutrilite, Nutriway (Scandinavia and Australia/New Zealand), eSpring, Atmosphere and iCook as well as XL and XS Energy drinks.

Artistry

Artistry is a brand of skin care and colour cosmetics, produced by Access Business Group and marketed by Amway in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. Access, Quixtar, and Amway are part of the Alticor group of companies. Euromonitor International, a researcher and publisher of market reports, business reference books and online information databases, independently categorises Artistry as a prestige brand and ranks Artistry as one of the top five in sales in this category, alongside Clinique, Estée Lauder, Lancôme, and Chanel.Artistry is the only direct sales brand classified in the "prestige" category. 

Artistry was launched in 1968 as a product line of skincare under the Nutrilite brand and continues to utilise Nutrilite research and technology, including patented Nutrilite extracts which are organically grown.



As of 2000, the Artistry range included over 400 products.



Up to and including 2004, Ingrid Vandebosch of Belgium was known to be the face of Artistry. She was followed in 2005 by Canadian model Kim Tyo.


In 2005, Amway introduced Artistry's two sister brands NAO Cosmetics and Eddie Funkhouser. These brands are targeted to a younger audience, with NAO Cosmetics available in North America and Eddie Funkhouser in other Amway markets. Amway ceased marketing these brands in 2010.

In May 2007, it was announced by Skate Canada and Quixtar that Artistry Cosmetics would be the official skin care and cosmetics sponsor for Skate Canada events and the Skate Canada national team.

In 2008, Alticor announced actress Sandra Bullock as "the face" of Artistry Creme LuXury.

In 2010, Artistry and Amway became sponsors of the Miss America competition, with the winner taking the role of Artistry spokesperson.

The Artistry Essentials skincare line won AmeriStar’s 2007 Package Competition in the category of Health & Beauty Aids Artistry Créme Luxury (also known Créme L/X) won the Skin Care Prestige category in the International Package Design Awards (IPDA) in 2008 and was nominated as a finalist in the Best New Skincare Product of the Year category for the 2009 UK Beauty Awards.

Amway's Artistry products include skin care, cosmetics, and anti-aging creams and serums.

Nutrilite

Amway's largest selling brand is the Nutrilite range of health supplements (marketed as Nutriway in some countries), and in 2008 Nutrilite sales exceeded US$3billion globally. In 2001, five Nutrilite products were the first dietary supplements to be certified by NSF International. Surveys by independent group Consumerlab.com since 2002 have rated Nutrilite as having the highest customer satisfaction rating (96% in 2006) in the direct selling/MLM brand category.In 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 in the nutrient and health food category, Nutrilite won "Platinum" and "Gold" awards in Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Asia overall in the Reader's Digest "Trusted Brands of Asia" survey. In 2008 Nutrilite scientists, in partnership with Alticor subsidiary Interleukin Genetics won the 12th John M. Kinney Award for Nutrition and Metabolism for their research into the interaction between nutrition and genetics. In January 2009, Amway announced a voluntary recall of Nutrilite and XS Energy Bars after learning that they had possibly been manufactured with Salmonella-contaminated ingredients from Peanut Corporation of America. The company indicated that it had not received any reports of illness in connection with the products.

Nutrilite is a brand of mineral, vitamin, and dietary supplements created in 1934 by Dr. Carl F. Rehnborg. Nutrilite products are currently manufactured by Access Business Group, a subsidiary of Alticor whose products are sold via the Amway and Amway Global Corporations worldwide. The Nutrilite brand is known as Nutriway in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand. Nutrilite has passed US$14billion in annual sales for the first time during 2010 making it the number one sold nutritional product, making more than double the second biggest nutritional company being GNC.

History of Nutrilite

Dr. Carl Rehnborg created the first multi-vitamin in the 1930s. His time in China between 1917 and 1927 or so exposed him to experiences in which he realized the role vitamins and nutrients impacted general health. He began selling his vitamins as the California Vitamin company and renamed it in 1939 to Nutrilite. In 1945, he invented the multi-level marketing, door-to-door, selling system to distribute his vitamins. Two men, Lee S. Mytinger and William S. Casselberry became exclusive national distributor in 1945 and operated a company to distribute the vitamins.
The founders of Amway, billionaires Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos, began as independent distributors selling Nutrilite products in 1949, at a time when the product's previous distributors (Mytinger and Casselberry, Inc.) were involved in a dispute with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which accused them of false advertising. They rose rapidly to being top-selling distributors. Concerned about the FDA dispute, Van Andel and DeVos launched a new company, the American Way, (later known as Amway), to use the MLM system for other household products. The FDA/Mytinger-Cassleberry dispute, which was went to the United States Supreme Court, was resolved in favor of the FDA in the 1960s.
Amway bought a controlling interest in the company in 1972, and took over complete ownership in 1994.
In 2001, five Nutrilite products were the first dietary supplements to be certified by NSF International.
In 2007, the Simply Nutrilite (later renamed Nutrilite Trim Advantage Body System) line was introduced. The line includes health bars, anti-oxidant, and vitamin supplements.

Distribution and marketing

Nutrilite's vitamin and mineral products are distributed exclusively by Amway affiliates known as Independent Business Owners (IBO) in North America and 90 other countries and territories. Amway, Quixtar, and Access Business Group, are subsidiaries of Alticor.
As spokespersons for the brand, Nutrilite has signed 2008 Olympic gold medalist (4 x 100m relay) Asafa Powell of Jamaica; former 110m men's hurdles world record holder Liu Xiang of China; 2008 Olympic gold and bronze track and field medalist Sanya Richards, FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho; and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in pole vault, Jenn Stuczy

Reception

Nutrilite Double X was tested by ConsumerLab.com in their Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review of 38 of the leading multivitamin/multimineral products sold in the U.S. and Canada. Double X passed ConsumerLab's test, which included testing of selected index elements, their ability to disintegrate in solution per United States Pharmacopeia guidelines, lead contamination threshold set in California Proposition 65, and meeting FDA labeling requirements.

Regulatory and safety issues

In 1948, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seized shipments of Nutrilite, then distributed by a California firm, Mytinger & Casselberry Inc. The FDA claimed that a booklet with the product made false claims that it would cure diseases. The distributor brought suit, claiming the seizures were unconstitutional. In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the seizure was constitutional.



In 1951 the FDA again acted against Nutrilite, issuing a landmark order forbidding 15,000 door-to-door salesmen of the product from making "extravagant" claims for Nutrilite. The FDA prohibited claims that Nutrilite had value in treating 57 diseases, including "cancer, heart trouble, diabetes, arthritis and rheumatism." The FDA said that such claims could endanger the public health when made "in the privacy of the home."
In 2009 Amway voluntarily recalled three kinds of Nutrilite energy bars due to potential contamination with salmonella from the peanut butter salmonella outbreak.

eSpring

Amway's eSpring water filter, introduced in 2000, was the first home water treatment system to incorporate a carbon block filter and Ultraviolet disinfection unit, becoming the first home system to achieve certification for ANSI/NSF Standards 42, 53 and 55. The unit was also the first commercial product to include sister company Fulton Innovations eCoupled wireless power induction technology. Fulton Innovation introduced the technology in other consumer electronic products at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show. Companies licensing this technology include General Motors, Motorola and Visteon.In 2006 eSpring was named Product of the Year by the Poland-based non-profit World Foundation of Health, Heart and Mind.  eSpring has won numerous Gold and Platinum awards in the Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Asia surveys.

Atmosphere

In 2008 Amway's Atmosphere Air Purifier became the first air cleaner certified Asthma and Allergy Friendly by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

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Amway History and it's business

Amway is one of the world's largest and oldest multilevel marketing companies (MLM). Founded as "JaRi Corporation" in 1949 and renamed "Amway Corporation" in 1959, the company restructured in 1999 and became a part of the Alticor holding company. The same year, Alticor launched a sister company to Amway, Quixtar with a focus on utilizing the internet. By 2001 the majority of Amway distributors had transferred to Quixtar and Amway North America was merged into Quixtar. In 2007 Quixtar announced that they were reviving the Amway brand in North America and the Quixtar name would be phased out.

History

In the early 1930's, Carl Rehnborg began selling the first major line of vitamins in the United States through his "California Vitamin Corporation", which changed its name to Nutrilite Products Company, Inc. in 1939.
In 1945, Nutrilite contracted with a company owned by Lee Mytinger and William Casselberry to become the exclusive American distributor of Nutrilite vitamins. Mytinger and Casselberry started the first major MLM with the same basic principle that underlies the industry today. Each independent distributor would be entitled to make a commission on his or her own sales of Nutrilite products and an override commission on the sales made by those the distributor recruited below them as additional distributors and from those recruited by them and so on.

Mytinger was a salesman and Casselberry was a psychologist. The original Nutrilite vitamin was a combination of vitamins and minerals in a base of alfalfa, parsly, and watercress. They marketed it with the vegetables to make it unique from other products. In the forties and fifties, they sold the material in strength and double strength (Double X) at $20 a month.

Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel became distributors of "Nutrilite" vitamins in Mytinger and Casselberry's network. On September 6, 1949, DeVos and Van Andel incorporated their Nutrilite distributorship in Michigan as Ja-Ri Corporation.


By the late fifties, Van Andel and DeVos and other distributors had been experiencing troubles with their supplier, Nutrilite Products Company, Inc., and Mytinger & Casselberry, Inc. . Mytinger & Casselberry were in the midst of an investigation and prosecution by the Food and Drug Administration for making false health claims about Nutrilite products. A small group of distributors was appointed, with Van Andel as the chairman, to try to work out an arrangement with Nutrilite.
 
Van Andel and DeVos decided that their suppliers were in great danger of collapsing and that they should go into the business themselves, producing their own products and selling them through the Ja­Ri sales organization which had more than 2000 distributors as members. They put together an organization of distributors called the American Way Association, the name of which was later changed to the Amway Distributors Association (this later became North America's "Independent Business Owners Association International" or IBOAI). The primary purpose of this organization was to allow Van Andel and DeVos to communicate with their Nutrilite distributors in the Ja­Ri organization and to hold the business together until they could develop their own manufacturing operation.

Van Andel and DeVos had to be very careful in changing their distributor organization, with its allegiance to Nutrilite food supplement products. Since the distributors were independent, they might quit. It was therefore necessary for Van Andel and DeVos to have these distributors concur in their plans to set up a product distribution and manufacturing operation; and they discussed the type of products they intended to produce with the distributors' association. Many of the distributors in the organization joined the American Way Association, and began distributing products sold to them by Ja-Ri Corporation/Amway Corporation. There were originally 35 Nutrilite distributors who joined as the first distributors of what would become Amway. The first president of the Amway Distributors Association was Walter Bass.

They decided to look for products which were readily consumable, relatively low-­priced, different from those found in retail stores, and which would lead to repeat sales. They chose soap and detergents because they felt it would be the easiest market to train distributors to sell. Van Andel and DeVos began distributing through the Ja­Ri a liquid detergent called 'Frisk', which they renamed LOC (liquid organic compound) and which is still one of the principal Amway products. This product was manufactured by Eckle Company, a small supplier in Detroit, Michigan, and it was one of the only biodegradable liquid detergents available at that time. Van Andel and DeVos, through Ja­Ri Corporation, acquired the company, moved the assets to Ada, Michigan, and changed its name to Amway Manufacturing Company. A few months later they introduced SA8, a biodegradable powder detergent.

In November 1959, Van Andel and DeVos organized "Amway Sales Corporation" and "Amway Services Corporation." In November 1963, the name of "Ja­Ri Corporation" was changed to "Amway Corporation"; and on January 1, 1964, Amway Sales Corporation, Amway Service Corporation, and Amway Manufacturing Corporation were merged into Amway Corporation. Amway subsequently purchased Nutrilite, which is a flagship brand in Amway/Quixtar still today.

Today, "Amway Corporation" has yet another new name, Alticor, Inc., however, it is still the same Michigan Corporation that started as DeVos and Van Andel's Nutrilite distributorship in 1949. Alticor, Inc. owns a number of companies, including -

• Quixtar, a Virginia corporation formerly known as "Amway USA, Inc." that operates the old Amway sales system in the United States and Canada.

• Amway Corporation, a new subsidiary formed in Delaware after Amway changed it's name to Alticor.

• Access Business Group, which is the product manufacturing and development arm of Alticor/Amway/Ja-Ri.

• Fulton Innovation, a research and development group

Business

Amway has grown fairly quickly since its inception. Its historic sales data at estimated retail prices is provided below from 1959 to 2000 (in 2000 Amway switch over to Alticor. At its peak in 1997 Amway estimated retail sales worldwide at 7 Billion USD. With the founding of Alticor, the report methodology was changed and the actual sales to distributors instead of estimated retail sales (ERS) have been reported since 2001. Taking the sales data published in 2001 report into account, the ERS values are about 32% higher than sales to distributors. The actual sales to distributors are marked with *.

Amway Sales Data

Amway has grown fairly quickly since its inception. Its historic sales data at estimated retail prices is provided below from 1959 to 2000 (in 2000 Amway switch over to Alticor. At its peak in 1997 Amway estimated retail sales worldwide at 7 Billion USD. With the founding of Alticor, the report methodology was changed and the actual sales to distributors instead of estimated retail sales (ERS) have been reported since 2001. Taking the sales data published in 2001 report into account, the ERS values are about 32% higher than sales to distributors. The actual sales to distributors are marked with *.

Year	Estimated Retail Sales	Year	Estimated Retail Sales	Year	Estimated Retail Sales	Year	Estimated Retail Sales
1960	$0.5 million	1970	$120 million	1980	$1.1 billion	1990	$2.2 billion
1961	?	1971	$165 million	1981	$1.4 billion	1991	$3.0 billion
1962	?	1972	$180 million	1982	$1.5 billion	1992	$3.9 billion
1963	$21 million	1973	$210 million	1983	$1.13 billion	1993	$4.5 billion
1964	$25 million	1974	$230 million	1984	$1.2 billion	1994	$5.3 billion
1965	$38 million	1975	$250 million	1985	$1.2 billion	1995	$6.3 billion
1966	$40 million	1976	$300 million	1986	$1.3 billion	1996	$6.8 billion
1967	$50 million	1977	$375 million	1987	$1.5 billion	1997	$7.0 billion
1968	$65 million [1]	1978	$500 million	1988	$1.8 billion	1998	$5.7 billion
1969	$85 million	1979	$800 million	1989	$1.9 billion	1999	$5.0 billion

Until 1999 sales were reported at Estimated Retail. This is approximately 32% higher than actual sales revenues from sales made to Amway distributors.
In 2000, Amway was restructed to become a part of holding company Alticor. Alticor and Quixtar sales data is reported as actual sales.

Quixtar North America Sales Data

Year	Quixtar	Partner Stores	IBO Bonuses
2000[2]	$448 million	$70 million	$143 million
2001[3]	$751 million	$65 million	$230 million
2002[4]	$901 million	$57 million	$282 million
2003[5]	$1.035 billion	$58.3 million	$343 million
2004[6]	$1.1 billion	$68.5 million	$373 million
2005FY*[7]	$1.058 billion	$76 million	$345 million
2005CY*[8]	$1.094 billion	$75.5 million	$350.4 million
2006[8]	$1.118 billion	$84.6 million	$370.1 million
2007	$1.072 billion	$70.1 million	$363.0 million

Note: In 2006 Quixtar switched from a Sept 1-Aug 31 Financial Year to using the Jan 1-Dec 31 calendar year as the Financial Year. Both data is provided for 2005 to allow comparisons.

Alticor Sales Data

Year	Sales (USD)
2000	3.84 Billion (5.1 Billion ERP*)
2001	4.1 Billion (5.4 Billion ERP*)
2002	4.5 Billion
2003	4.9 Billion
2004	6.2 Billion
2005	6.4 Billion
2006	6.3 Billion
2007	7.1 Billion
2008	8.2 Billion[9]
2009	8.4 Billion[10]
2010	9.2 Billion

1. ^ Amagram North America No.9 Vol.12
2. ^ Quixtar IBOs drive $518 million in sales
3. ^ Independent Business Owners Powered by Quixtar Drive $751 Million in E-Commerce Sales
4. ^ Quixtar Inc. Reports Sales of $901 Million
5. ^ Independent Business Owners Generate Record $1 Billion in Sales for Quixtar
6. ^ Quixtar Announces Record Annual Sales of $1.1 Billion; Health & Beauty Products Fuel Growth
7. ^ Quixtar Reports Third Consecutive Year Of Billion-Dollar Sales
8. ^ ^{a b} Quixtar Reports Fourth Consecutive Year Of Billion-Dollar Sales
9. ^ Amway Parent Hits 50th year running recording 15% sales growth
10. ^ Amway Parent grows to $8.4 billion in 2009

Alticor/Amway Historical Sales (graph)

Amway global sales were reported at estimated retail until 2000 when the holding company of Alticor was formed. Alticor reported sales are for actual revenue. In the graph below estimates of Amway actual sales and Alticor estimated retail sales are included for comparison purposes. Note that Alticor sales includes revenues from other sources such Access Business Group and Amway Grand Plaza. Sales are reported in USD millions.

Respected People, Respect Amway

This video from 1999 includes a series of soundbites from respected leaders in business and government with their views on the Amway and Quixtar companies and business opportunity. It includes endorsements of Amway and Quixtar from -

Thomas Donahue, President, United States Chamber of Commerce

Sam Jadallah, Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Microsoft

Stephen Covey , Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes

Jolene Sykes, Publisher, Fortune

Hyrum Smith, Co-chairman of the Boad, Franklin Covey

Wolfgang Schmitt, Chairman, Rubbermaid

R. Craig Hoenshell, Chairman, CEO, AVIS

Jack Haire, Publisher, Time

Stuart Silver, Co-Designer, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Dr Noel Brown, President, Friends of the United Nations

Brian Segal, Publisher, Macleans

Carolyn Wall, Publisher, Newsweek

John Engler , Governor, State of Michigan (1991-2002)

Gary Player , Professional Golfer

Amway and UNICEF

Since 2001, Amway affiliates in Europe have been a major corporate partner of UNICEF's immunization efforts (read more on Amway and UNICEF here ). This video shows Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Roger Moore thanking Amway and Amway IBOs for their support.

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IBO (Independant Business Owner) - Opportunity for everyone

 

An IBO (Independant Business Owner) is a person who has signed a contract of partnership with the the Amway Corporation. An IBO can also be referred to as an ABO (Amway Business Owner) or Amway Distributor in different markets.

IBO

An IBO has the right to distribute (purchase and re-sell) a long range of exclusive, high quality products (see below) marketed by the Amway Corporation, as well as offer the option of signing contracts with the Amway Corporation to others (usually termed sponsoring), thus in effect offering the same opportunity for financial benefit as the IBO enjoys himself. If an IBO chooses to build a network of consumers in this fashion there ample opportunity for creating a substantial income based on the turnover in each IBO's network. This income is calculated according to a bonus system based on a monthly turnover in each IBO's network.

The Independant part of the name refers to two things;

Firstly, the IBO is a business owner in his own right, and is not employed by Amway. The IBO retains the contract as long as he wishes to, and terminates it at his own discretion. The contract lists a set of legal and ethical terms which must be adhered to, but only a violaton of these terms may lead to a premature termination of a contract by the Amway Corporation.

Secondly, each IBO owns his own business which is independant of other IBOs; thus, it is possible for any IBO to create a greater profit than any other IBO, no matter their placement in the network of consumers.

Members

Those who are interested in purchasing Amway's products but in working as an IBO, the Amway Corporation offers a different contract - the membership. People with this type of contract are usually referred to as members. This gives access to the local website and the full range of products available in that market at retail prices; however, only IBO's have the option of retailing Amways products as well as building a network of consumers with the prospect of building an income.

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Mr. Foo Howe Kean - The Founder of Crador Global Network

Mr. Foo Howe Kean started his Amway business in Malaysia in 1978. He went Platinum that year, Pearl in 1979, Emerald and Diamond in 1980, Executive Diamond in 1983 and also the first in the world, Double Diamond in 1992, Triple Diamond in 1995 and Crown and Crown Ambassador within the same month in 2000. He recently achieved Founders Crown Ambassador in 2006.

When Amway Taiwan opened in 1982, he started his second business there. He went Platinum, Ruby and Pearl in 1983, Emerald and Diamond in 1984, EDC in 1985, Double Diamond in 1986, Triple Diamond in 1993, Crown in 1999 and Crown Ambassador in 2001.

When Amway China opened in 1995, he started his business there. Now he is Founders Crown Ambassador with 65 FAA in China (2011).

He is also Triple Diamond in Thailand in 2011 , Emerald in Indonesia & Australia and Emerald in the Philippines by 2008.

He is the first Executive Diamond in the world, the first who qualified Diamond and Executive Diamond in two different markets. He is the first person to become a Crown Ambassador in 3 different Market in the world of Amway. His IBO downline has over 800 Diamonds and more than 30 Crown Ambassadors and Founders Council Members.

Success Story

An International Amway Business

When Crown Ambassador Foo Howe Kean first graduated from university, he wanted to own a business. He soon discovered that without capital, experience or guidance the odds were against him. In 1978, he joined Amway because it offered an interesting business opportunity, but he did little with the opportunity. This changed when his upline Triple Diamond Direct Distributor Gerald De Silva, who was also the President of the Malaysian Dentist Association at that time, was introduced to him. Gerald saw potential and business acumen in Foo. He also showed Foo the vision of Amway’s future business. Foo was determined to lay down the solid foundation for an expanding international business that would spread across the Asia Pacific region.

The pioneering leadership of Triple Diamond Direct Distributors Gerald & Angela De Silva’s practice of the highest standard of integrity and strict adherence to the code of ethics and rules of conduct, formed the best fundamental training for the great future leader of Amway. Incidentally, an American Direct Distributor, Sharon Wagner had inspired Foo and Distributor leaders to conduct meetings with a more professional approach.

In less than 3 years after the first meeting with Triple Diamond Direct Distributor Gerald & Angela De Silva, Foo Howe Kean qualified as a Diamond Direct Distributor in 1980 and as an Executive Diamond Direct Distributor in 1983.

When Amway Taiwan was established in 1982, Foo started his second business there. And within, two years he qualified as a Diamond Direct Distributor in Taiwan. He also ventured into China when it was opened in 1995. He has since established a multi-national enterprise. He is a Crown Ambassador Direct Distributor in Amway Malaysia, a Crown Ambassador Direct Distributor in Amway Taiwan, a Crown Ambassador Direct Distributor in Amway China, a Double Diamond Direct Distributor in Amway Thailand, and a Pearl Direct Distributor in Amway Philippines.....

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Crado Global Network Introduction

Crador Global was founded by Founders Crown Ambassador Foo Howe Kean & Shu Chen. Crador is one of the strongest and largest Amway groups in the world with more than 800 diamonds and more than 30 Crown ambassadors and Founder Council Members. Crador philosophy states that all humans are unique and special, so sub-groups such as Network J&J, CA Success Associates, 3s global network, Galaxy Success Networking proliferate under the Crador umbrella. Although these sub-groups operate independently, they do come together annually for a Family Reunion.

Today, Crador Global has expanded to many countries.

In Nov 2006, Crador Global had a Rally in Bangkok, Thailand with more than 15k 21% & aboves and more than 30k 12% & above members who attended. In Oct 2008, Crador Global celebrated their 30th anniversary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 10,000 12% & above members attended.

Vision

The pursuit of a multi-dimentional successful life

Ideas

Respect for the individual - Freedom, Dignity, Worthiness

Business Ethnics - Honesty, Trust, Integrity

Leadership Development - Independence, Expertise, Personal Development

Courageous Challenge - Enthusiasm, Self-Confidence, Perseverance

Culture

Compliments in place of criticisms

Gratitude in place of complaints

Encouragement in place of reproach

Avoid gossip and judgmental talk

Embrace a positive and optimistic attitude 

List Of Sub-groups of Crador

3S Global Network

CA Success Association

J&J Network

3S Qun Xing

Galaxy Success Networking

Instinct Global Network

CN Global Network

PHP Global Network

VIPS Global Network

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