Cloud 9 Life operates within the dietary complement MLM area of interest.
The corporate is predicated out of Florida and headed up by CEO A.Ok. Khalil.
In 2013 Khalil (proper) was appointed President of Zrii. I wasn’t in a position to pin down when Khalil left Zrii however in 2017 he was appointed CEO of Gold Canyon.
Gold Canyon shut down final month. Once more, unsure when Khalil left the corporate however Cloud 9 Life’s official Fb web page was created in June 2019.
Learn on for a full overview of Cloud 9 Life’s MLM alternative.
Cloud 9 Life’s Merchandise
Cloud 9 Life markets a spread of dietary dietary supplements:
- 3 in 30 System – bundles a 3 day provide of Moxy Physique (digestive enzymes) and 30 day provide of Moxy Builder (pre-biotic), retails at $62.49
- Quench – “replenish all main electrolytes and drained power ranges with a novel mixture of nutritional vitamins, minerals, pure caffeine, nopal and evodiamine”, retails at $49.99 for a pack of thirty servings
- Nice Greens – “nutrient-dense greens and Cordyceps mushrooms”, retails at $37.49 for a pack of thirty servings
- Mission Management – “wholesome glucose metabolism and weight plateau buster”, retails at $49.99 for a pack of thirty servings
- Secret Weapon – “accelerated fats burner and temper booster”, retails at $49.99 for a bottle of thirty capsules
- Focus Repair – “gas your mind every day with pure nootropics that ship key vitamins and produce an energized alertness”, retails at $49.99 for a bottle of thirty capsules (15 servings)
- Enhance Focus Restore Bundle – bundles a bottle of Focus Repair with a pack of Quench for $94.99
- Improve Power and Immune Help Restore Bundle – bundles a pack of Quench with a pack of Nice Greens for $83.99
- Weight Management Restore Bundle – bundles a bottle of Secret Management with a pack of Mission Management for $94.99
Cloud 9 Life’s Compensation Plan
Cloud 9 Life’s compensation plan revolves round a unilevel staff.
Reasonably than pay commissions utilizing a standard level-based strategy nonetheless, Cloud 9 Life pays commissions primarily based on rank generations.
Cloud 9 Life Affiliate Ranks
There are eleven affiliate ranks inside Cloud 9 Life’s compensation plan.
Together with their respective qualification standards, they’re as follows:
- Govt – enroll as a Cloud 9 Life affiliate and preserve updated with membership charges
- 1 Star – generate 1000 amassed GV
- 2 Star – generate 2500 amassed GV
- 3 Star – generate 5000 amassed GV
- 4 Star – generate 10,000 amassed GV
- 5 Star – generate 20,000 amassed GV
- 6 Star – generate 40,000 amassed GV
- 7 Star – generate 80,000 amassed GV
- 8 Star – generate 150,000 amassed GV
- 9 Star – generate 250,000 amassed GV
- 10 Star – generate 500,000 amassed GV
GV stands for “Group Quantity” and is PV generated by an affiliate and their downline.
PV stands for “Private Quantity” and is gross sales quantity generated by retail orders and an affiliate’s personal purchases.
Retail Commissions
Cloud 9 Life associates earn 25% of gross sales quantity generated by retail buyer orders, made inside thirty days of the client’s first order.
Recruitment Commissions
Cloud 9 Life associates earn 25% of gross sales quantity generated by personally recruited affiliate orders, made inside thirty days from the affiliate signing up.
Matching Bonus
1 Star or increased ranked Cloud 9 Life associates earn a 25% Matching Bonus on retail and recruitment commissions earned by personally recruited associates.
The Matching Bonus is paid on commissions earned throughout the affiliate’s first thirty days.
Buyer Cloud Bonus
The Buyer Cloud Bonus is a retail bonus primarily based on month-to-month retail buyer order quantity.
- generate 500 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least 5 retail clients and obtain $50
- generate 1000 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least ten retail clients and obtain $150
- generate 2000 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least twenty retail clients and obtain $400
- generate 4000 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least forty retail clients and obtain $1000
- generate 6000 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least sixty retail clients and obtain $2000
- generate 8000 PV value of retail orders throughout at the very least eighty retail clients and obtain $3000
PV for the aim of Buyer Cloud Bonus qualification is restricted to gross sales quantity generated by personally referred retail buyer orders.
Residual Commissions
Cloud 9 Life pays residual commissions through a unilevel compensation construction.
A unilevel compensation construction locations an affiliate on the prime of a unilevel staff, with each personally recruited affiliate positioned straight underneath them (degree 1):
If any degree 1 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 2 of the unique affiliate’s unilevel staff.
If any degree 2 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.
Inside the unilevel staff Cloud 9 Life defines generations primarily based on rank.
A technology is outlined and begins as soon as the paid as rank of 1 Star Govt is achieved.
From the above rationalization, it seems generations are outlined as a Cloud 9 Life affiliate ranks up.
E.g. Associates added to the unilevel staff when an affiliate is 1 Star are counted within the first technology.
As soon as the affiliate ranks to 2 Star, associates added to the unilevel staff are then counted within the second technology.
Utilizing this generational construction, Cloud 9 Life associates are in a position to earn on as much as seven unilevel staff generations.
- 1 Stars earn 5% throughout one technology
- 2 Stars earn 5% throughout two generations
- 3 Stars earn 5% throughout three generations
- 4 Stars earn 5% throughout 4 generations
- 5 Stars earn 5% throughout 5 generations
- 6 Stars earn 5% throughout six generations
- 7 Stars and better earn 5% throughout seven generations
Notice that generations are calculated for every unilevel staff leg independently of the remainder.
Residual commissions are paid out primarily based on rank, as 5% of generated gross sales quantity throughout nonetheless many ranks an affiliate qualifies for.
Management Coded Bonus
Cloud 9 Life rewards associates 8 Star and better ranked associates for having 1 to 7 Star ranked associates of their unilevel staff.
- a 1 Star unilevel staff member pays $10 a month
- a 2 Star unilevel staff member pays $15 a month
- a 3 Star unilevel staff member pays $20 a month
- a 4 Star unilevel staff member pays $25 a month
- a 5 Star unilevel staff member pays $30 a month
- a 6 Star unilevel staff member pays $35 a month
- a 7 Star unilevel staff member pays $40 a month
When an 8 Star unilevel staff member is present in a unilevel staff leg, they cap off the primary Management Coded Bonus technology for that leg.
The second technology for that leg begins instantly underneath them.
If a second 8 Star or increased ranked affiliate exists deeper within the leg, they cap off the second technology and a 3rd begins underneath them.
If no such affiliate exists, the second technology extends down the complete depth of the leg.
Utilizing this generational construction, Cloud 9 Life associates can earn the above month-to-month bonuses on as much as three generations per unilevel staff leg:
- 8 Stars earn on as much as one technology per leg
- 9 Stars earn on as much as two generations per leg
- 10 Stars earn on as much as three generations per leg
Performers Pool
Cloud 9 Life takes 1% of company-wide gross sales income and positioned it into the Performers Pool.
Cloud 9 Life associates can qualify for shares within the Performers Pool over their first six months with the corporate.
A Cloud 9 Life affiliate receives a share within the Performers Pool every time they refer a retail buyer or recruit a brand new affiliate who orders at the very least 50 PV in a month.
A minimal of three shares in a month are required to earn within the Performers Pool. Shares are reset month-to-month.
Rank Achievement Bonus
Cloud 9 Life associates obtain a Rank Achievement Bonus as they qualify from 1 Star to three Star.
The Rank Achievement Bonus is time delicate, paying extra the earlier an affiliate ranks up:
- qualify as a 1 Star inside 30 days and obtain $200, inside 60 days and obtain $100 or inside 90 days and obtain $50
- qualify as a 2 Star inside 30 days and obtain $400, inside 60 days and obtain $200 or inside 90 days and obtain $100
- qualify as a 3 Star inside 30 days and obtain $800, inside 60 days and obtain $400 or inside 90 days and obtain $200
Cloud 9 Life’s compensation plan states the Rank Achievement Bonus is a “one-time bonus”, so I imagine it pays out as soon as per the very best rank achieved throughout the total ninety day qualification interval.
Life-style Bonus
The Life-style Bonus is paid month-to-month primarily based on rank qualification.
The Life-style Bonus begins on the 4 Star Rank:
- 4 Stars obtain $500 a month
- 5 Stars obtain $1000 a month
- 6 Stars obtain $1500 a month
- 7 Stars and better obtain $2000 a month
Becoming a member of Cloud 9 Life
Cloud 9 Life affiliate membership is $59 or $49 with a month-to-month autoship order, plus the acquisition of an Govt Pack:
- Quick Begin Pack – $110
- Worth Pack – $210
- Builder Pack – $459
The first distinction between the packs is bundled Cloud 9 Life merchandise.
After a Cloud 9 Life affiliate’s first yr a $49.99 annual payment applies.
Conclusion
Cloud 9 Life presents itself as a little bit of a “vanilla” MLM alternative.
There’s nothing inherently pink flag worthy in regards to the enterprise, however there’s additionally nothing that significantly stands out.
Cloud 9 Life’s merchandise span well-covered dietary niches; digestive, power, weight-loss, greens and mind gas.
The merchandise appear moderately priced (run a comparative verify in your space) however once more, nothing stood out as significantly marketable.
That is customary fare for a dietary primarily based MLM firm.
Shifting onto Cloud 9 Life’s compensation plan, I discovered it a bit odd that retail commissions had been solely talked about by the use of Buyer Bonus.
The issue there may be the Buyer Bonus is a timed 30 day bonus.
I’m giving the corporate the good thing about the doubt that commissions are in any other case paid on retail orders exterior of this era, however this isn’t explicitly laid out in Cloud 9 Life’s compensation materials.
A part of the rationale I’m prepared to offer Cloud 9 Life the good thing about the doubt is the Buyer Cloud Bonus.
The Buyer Cloud Bonus is a uncooked retail incentive, rewarding associates month on month for producing retail gross sales quantity.
That stated, there are not any strict retail quantity qualifiers. There’s nothing explicitly stopping Cloud 9 Life associates from signing up with autoship, and focusing solely on recruiting others who do the identical.
The corporate does implement affiliate order limits, however these are fairly ethereal:
To assist be sure that C9 Life Executives are buying the quantity of product that may be consumed or offered inside an inexpensive period of time, solely orders equal to or lower than $700 can be accepted and processed.
Earlier than an order can be accepted, an C9 Life Govt should certify that merchandise representing at the very least 70% of his or her prior purchases have been consumed by or offered to finish shoppers (which can embrace the C9 Life Govt and his or her household).
Certifying 70% of prior stock has been consumed doesn’t negate affiliate autoship recruitment (on the expense of retail). It’s additionally meaningless except really verified by Cloud 9 Life compliance.
I’m not completely offered on utilizing generations to pay residual commissions over common unilevel staff ranges.
I really feel capping every technology to five% isn’t as useful as paying particular percentages on every degree.
5% is a fairly common quantity. What you would possibly in any other case make with increased percentages paid out throughout the primary few ranges, you would possibly very nicely make again in later generations at 5%.
Bother is these generations are solely open to increased ranked associates.
Then again I’m unsure I’m absolutely understanding the purpose of utilizing generations. Sometimes a technology extends down the complete depth of a leg.
So what’s the distinction between 5% on one technology, extending down the complete depth of a leg, versus 5% on two generations?
In both state of affairs 5% is paid on quantity generated down the complete depth of the leg.
I may need misunderstood Cloud 9 Life’s residual fee description, so I’ll embrace it verbatim beneath:
A technology is outlined and begins as soon as the paid as rank of 1 Star Govt is achieved.
I learn that as primarily based on the qualifying affiliate’s rank. If it refers to generations inside a unilevel leg outlined when a 1 Star is present in a leg, that defacto in most situations will cap a unilevel leg to seven ranges.
I’ve gone with the way it’s written, hopefully somebody will clear that up although if I’ve misinterpreted.
Sadly with Cloud 9 Life affiliate ranks tied to amassed staff quantity, verifying retail gross sales are happening as a potential affiliate isn’t straight-forward.
You would ask your potential upline what their retail order quantity is every month, however you’re restricted relating to verifying a given quantity.
At finest you may ask for receipts however it’s not unusual for retail orders not positioned straight by means of an organization to not have any.
I feel the most effective total strategy with Cloud 9 Life is to first confirm the dietary supplements are aggressive within the space you propose to market them.
Then enroll as a buyer and trial them for at the very least a month. If that checks out then see the way you go advertising the dietary supplements earlier than committing as an affiliate.
Good luck!
Replace fifth June 2021 – Undecided when precisely it shut down however Cloud 9 Life isn’t any extra.
Co-founder and CEO A.Ok. Khalil has taken up an government place at Jeunesse as President Of International Discipline Growth.