Lines of Sponsorship Offer
Personal Online Shopping Portals

The lines of affiliation are starting to differentiate themselves from one another more and more these days.    I have discovered three lines of affiliation that offer some sort of personal shopping portal so that distributors can bump up their retail sales.   It will be interesting to see how the other lines of affiliation react to this development in the business. 

Of course the main reason why most Quixtar distributors are unprofitable is that they do not have enough retail sales.   The business was typically built on the self consumption model of 100-150PV per month.  When one includes the typical system costs, the average distributor will always be losing money.  The total bonus pay out to all distributors from 100-150PV in sales might be from  $95 to about $143, yet system expenses for some groups can be as high as $250/month.  This means the average distributor has a built in loss of at least $100/month.   In many cases the distributors' mileage deductions exceeds their Quixtar bonus alone.  But, that is another topic....

These personal shopping portals are a refreshing sign that some line of affiliation leaders might be interested in getting more retail sales so that the individual distributor can actually make a profit. 

Quixtar

Now, Quixtar Corporation has entered the "cookie-cutter" site arena and is allowing Quixtar distributors to market Quixtar products via their own distributor site. All for free.

The sites are slightly customizable with 4 separate templates covering different product categories; beauty products, health products, beauty & health products and Gift & Incentive albums. Also other categories can be added.

The limitation is that only those categories are viewable at the site and the full scope of the entire Quixtar line of products still must be accessed at the main Quixtar site after the site visitor/prospective client signs up.

A header link at the sites also allows visitors to register as clients and another link introduces the Quixtar business opportunity to visitors.

Like all "cookie-cutter" sites though, the individual distributor's web address(URL) of the site is company-generated and not easily remembered by most visitors. Business cards, links, and email will be necessary to introduce visitors and prospective clients to the site.

Internet search engine results based on the site content would list ALL the sites in a random state with no chance of gaining a higher google ranking. I suppose this is in keeping with Quixtar's stance of a "level-playing field" for all distributors.

Here is one for example.

Britt Worldwide

Britt is using the "One Domain" program.   With one domain you can have a custom website with your own company name on it.    Once prospects and customers log in, they can shop for a set of products and submit orders to you.   The website can have a marketing focus in four different areas::
1. eCommerce Business
2. Health & Wellness Traditional
3. Health & Wellness Sports Nutrition
4. Skin Care

Product Shopping
Your prospects can do all of their shopping on this website as they choose from a list of product categories that you control. There is also a Client/Member version of shopping that allows customers to shop via Quixtar if they logged into your website as a member. You choose how visitors shop! 

How Shopping Works
Your prospects can choose their products, submit an order, and print a receipt.
IMPORTANT: To receive shipment, the orders must then be placed by you (the website owner) using Quixtar.
Remember, shopping is for your prospects. All your orders are tracked and can be viewed from your distributor homepage under the link "You Have Product Orders". Once you place the orders on Quixtar, move the orders into "Order History" with a simple click.

The BWW complete package costs $14.95/month plus $87.95/year.   The starter package costs $14.95 per month. 

Worldwide Dream Builders

WWDB is using the "my.biz" program and is part of their Premier Membership program.  There are more details in these documents.  Guide  About My.biz   With the WWDB premier membership for $39.95/month you also get large discounts on BSMs.  ($2.50 for tapes and CDs)

iTeamUSA

Site visitors have also told me about iTeamUSA.   I found some hits with a google search.  You can see an example of their personal portal with this link.   I think it looks pretty good.   I like this portal layout since I do not need to have a password to first get on the site and shop.    If I see something I like, I could create an account online and buy the item right away.

However, sooner or later as these types of sites flood the search engines the sales from random surfers will no doubt trickle down to nothing as more and more selling outlets are available to chose from.    

iTeamUSA actually will guarantee your profitability within 90 days, at least according to their website.   I don't have much information in iTeamUSA and I do not know what their web store portal costs.     If site visitors have more information on this group please write me.