Touchstone Success operates within the private improvement MLM area of interest.
The corporate is predicated out of Virginia and headed up by founder Danny Pollard (proper).
Curiously, Pollard cites his location as North Carolina on his private LinkedIn profile.
Based on mentioned profile, Touchstone Success began again in 2011.
Previous to 2011 Pollard was a distributor in one thing referred to as Message of the Month.
Message of the Month distributors paid $25 a month and acquired a private improvement audio CD.
So far as I can inform, MOM’s messages have been recorded by Tom Danley. In creating Touchstone Success, Pollard merely changed Danley with himself.
Over the previous ten years, Pollard doesn’t seem to have carried out a lot on-line outdoors of Touchstone Success.
Learn on for a full evaluate of Touchstone Success’ MLM alternative.
Touchstone Success’ Merchandise
Touchstone Success has no retailable services or products, with associates solely in a position to market Touchstone Success affiliate membership itself.
Touchstone Success associates obtain a private improvement CD within the mail every month.
Touchstone Success’ Compensation Plan
Touchstone Success associates pay $35 after which $25 a month.
Commissions are paid after they recruit others who do the identical.
Recruitment Commissions
Touchstone Success associates are paid $15 per affiliate recruited.
Residual Commissions
Touchstone Success pays residual commissions by way of a 3×5 matrix.
A 3×5 matrix locations an affiliate on the prime of a matrix, with three positions immediately underneath them:
These three positions kind the primary degree of the matrix. The second degree of the matrix is generated by splitting these first three positions into one other three positions every (9 positions).
Ranges three to 5 of the matrix are generated in the identical method, with every new degree housing 3 times as many positions because the earlier degree.
Positions within the matrix are crammed by way of direct and oblique recruitment of Touchstone Success associates.
$3 per 30 days is paid per place crammed, so long as recruited associates proceed to pay their $25 a month membership charge.
Becoming a member of Touchstone Success
Touchstone Success affiliate membership is $35 after which $25 a month.
Conclusion
Touchstone Success lacks retail prospects which, in keeping with the FTC, makes it a pyramid scheme.
Everyone who indicators as much as Touchstone Success is an affiliate. Because of this 100% of commissions paid out are tied to recruitment.
Step 1 is turn out to be a buyer.
Step 2 is refer a buyer.
Step 3 is refer one other buyer and hold repeating.
You join, pay charges and receives a commission to recruit others who pay charges.
For his or her half Touchstone Necessities seem to have some self-awareness.
Should you make a purchase order to turn out to be a Distributor?
NO! You turn out to be a distributor by submitting a distributor software.
The account setup charge is $10. Nonetheless, to qualify for a month-to-month fee, you will need to create a brand new private product sale throughout the present month.
It’s closely implied that Touchstone Success associates pay the $25 a month charge themselves.
A $10 account set-up charge plus a $25 month-to-month audio CD buy will get you began.
In any occasion even when one other affiliate is recruited to qualify for commissions, that also a $25 affiliate spend versus retail sale.
Spiritual materials options on Touchstone Success’ web site. And the corporate’s company tackle in that of a church.
One Touchstone Success recording is titled “God’s Formulation for Success”.
The Bible instructs us to not be conformed by the world, however to resume our minds… it’s time that we do it.
Research our plan fastidiously. Take as a lot time as you want.
I can’t communicate to the qualify of Touchstone Success’ $25 a month audio CDs. What I can let you know is that in an age of “touch-of-a-button” podcasts, mailing out CDs is a redundant enterprise mannequin.
As with all MLM pyramid schemes commissions will stall when recruitment drops off.
Math ensures that almost all of contributors in pyramid schemes lose cash.