Did someone approach you and kinda busted your balls to get you to join 4Life’s “extraordinary business opportunity”?
Yeap, I’ve been there myself!
Chances are that this person kept mentioning how they earn thousands of dollars per hour by working just for 1 minute per week or how they are changing people’s lives and the world for the better for some unknown reason…
While at first, the whole concept sounded quite intriguing, the more this person tried to convince you how better your life is going to be if you just become a part of 4Life’s “family”, the more suspicious and skeptical you kept growing.
At some point, you realized that since this person was clearly trying to recruit you, 4Life must be operating as an MLM.
However, you have heard your fair share of MLM horror stories…
People who lost money and drifted apart from friends and family after joining pyramid schemes posing as legit MLM companies that turned them into disgusting salespeople pitching crappy products/services even to their neighbor’s dog.
And you definitely don’t want to end up like that.
So, you decided to do your research…
Well, this is your lucky day!
In this review, I am going to cover every single aspect of 4Life (also known as 4Life Research), such as
- What is 4Life about?
- Is 4Life a scam? A pyramid scheme maybe? Or a legit MLM company?
- How to join 4Life as a Distributor?
- How much does it cost to join 4Life?
- Pros and cons of joining 4Life
- 4Life’s compensation plan
- Can you really make money with 4Life, and if yes, how much?
- and much more
In addition, I am going to reveal to you a couple of alternative money-making opportunities.
This way, you’ll have every piece of information you might possibly need to make an informed decision about whether 4Life is worth your time and attention or if you’d better invest in a more legit and promising program.
Let’s get cracking!
4Life MLM Overview
Name: 4Life (also known as 4Life Research) LLC
Owners:
- David Lisonbee (Co-founder & Chairman)
- Bianca Lisonbee (Co-founder)
Price:
- $25 for Enrollment Kit
- $146 – $525 for Enrollment Pack (optional)
- 100 LP (~$120) worth of products per month to qualify for some bonuses
Official Website: 4life.com
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- Free Replicated Website
- Established Company
- Highly Reputable
- Provides Training
- Affordable to Join
- It's Still an MLM
- Complicated Compensation Plan
- Expensive Enrollment Packs
- Low Income Potential
Before I move on to the actual 4Life Research MLM review, I want to reveal to you some statistics about the MLM business model that will probably SHOCK you to your very core.
10 Shocking MLM Statistics
- According to FTC, 99% of all MLM participants lose money
- The chances of profiting by running your own small business are 38% more than by joining an MLM
- The profitability rate of running an online business is 10% - 20% higher than the profitability rate of joining an MLM
- The odds of winning from a single spin of the wheel in a game of roulette in Las Vegas could be as much as 300 times higher than actually profiting in an MLM
- According to AARP Foundation, 47% of MLM participants lose money and 27% make no money whatsoever
- Among the 26% who actually earn a profit, 53% of them earn less than $5000 a year
- 39% of MLM participants quit because pitching crappy products and services to friends and family jeopardized their relationships
- At least 50% of MLM reps quit within 1 year after joining an MLM and 95% quit within 10 years
- 75% of those who have joined and left an MLM state that they would never join another MLM in their life
- A 2018 poll of 1049 MLM reps across various companies found that most of them make less than 70 cents an hour, 20% of them never made a sale, 60% of them had earned less than $500 in sales over the past five years, and 32% of them acquired credit card debt to finance their MLM involvement
…until you’ve taken a good look at these shocking MLM statistics.
What is 4Life Research About?
4Life (also known as 4Life Research) is an MLM company that operates in the health, wellness, and nutritional supplements industry.
The company was launched in 1998 by David and Bianca Lisonbee (husband & wife).
After searching around the internet for a while, David had uncovered something called Transfer Factor that was believed to strengthen and support the body’s immune system.
David and Bianca mortgaged their house in Orem to purchase an office building for the company in Utah and a machine to manufacture Transfer Factor capsules.
All they now needed were distributors to sell the pills.
They approached Louise (David’s mom), and Rita, (Bianca’s sister) asking if they would help. Both of them accepted the offer and started distributing.
Right now, 4Life has expanded its reach worldwide and has offices in more than 22 countries and more than 300.000 distributors selling its products.
Direct Selling News, ranked 4Life as the world’s 51st largest direct-selling company in 2018 and 43rd in 2019.
13 years prior to founding 4Life, in 1985, David co-founded another MLM company called Nature’s Labs (later renamed to Enrich International) which was also involved in the nutritional supplements industry.
Eventually, David left Enrich in order to invest his full attention in launching 4Life.
After conducting extensive research, David doesn’t seem to have been involved in any lawsuits, criminal activities, shady practices, or pyramid schemes in the past.
If he is indeed legit and not hiding a thousand skeletons in his closet, well, then, cool!
Bianca believes that her greatest contribution has been to help start Foundation 4Life which is a philanthropic organization, now operating in more than 25 countries worldwide, that is dedicated to serving children in need by providing them resources such as food, clothing, school supplies, housing, and more.
The company is now run by Danny Lee (President & CEO) since 2017.
Danny Lee first joined 4Life in 2008 and operated as its COO until 2015 when he was appointed with the role of CMO.
It is said that throughout his career, Danny has worked several executive positions in huge companies such as Mrs. Fields, Merrill Lynch, Arthur Andersen, and Overstock.
Danny doesn’t seem to have any kind of rap sheet either… He seems quite legit!
You can find a lot more about 4Life Research and its founders, leadership team, products, policies, awards, etc on the company’s official website.
4Life's Products & Prices
4Life Research manufactures and distributes products that fall under the 5 following categories:
- Nutrition
- Overall Health & Wellness
- Personal care
- Skincare
- Essential oils
Most of the company’s flagship products have been created using Transfer Factors.
Transfer Factors are small molecules that all animals have and are produced by mothers in order to boost the immune system of their newborns.
4Life’s Transfer Factor is patented, certified, highly researched by 4Life’s in-house science team and sourced in the three following ways:
- UltraFactor XF – Proteins and other peptides derived from cow colostrum
- OvoFactor – Proteins and other peptides derived from egg yolk
- NanoFactor – Concentration of nano-filtered cow colostrum
I first came across colostrum when I put together a review around another wellness MLM called Anovite.
Colostrum is a substance found in the mother milk of mammals only for a few hours after the baby is born.
According to research, colostrum increases the chances of survival of mammal newborns by supercharging their immune system, firing up their metabolism, and boosting tissue regeneration and repair.
4Life’s flagship product is the Transfer Factor Classic (the first Transfer Factor product 4Life started manufacturing and distributing).
Transfer Factor Classic costs $52 (30-day supply) and is said to
- Support the immune system’s natural ability to recognize, respond to, and remember potential threats
- Boosts natural killer (NK) cell activity by up to 204%
Other 4Life products that are manufactured using the company’s patented Transfer Factor are:
- Transfer Factor Plus: $57
- RioVida: $26 – $61 (Transfer Factor + Antioxidants)
- RiteStart: $40 – $61 (Transfer Factor + Vitamins + Several seed extracts)
- Transfer Factor Tri-Factor: $42
- Immune Spray: $26 (Mount & throat spray with colloidal silver)
- RenewAll: $19 (Topical Transfer Factor gel)
The rest of 4Life’s products count up to dozens so I am not going to be listing every single one of them here for obvious reasons.
You can find out more about 4Life’s products and their respective prices, the science behind 4Life’s Transfer Factors, the company’s science team, etc on 4Life’s official website and e-shop.
4Life Distributor
Compensation Plan
The majority of MLM companies have so extremely complicated compensation plans that it feels like you need to have a rocket scientist doctorate to understand just their first paragraph.
4Life’s compensation plan is no exception…
Nonetheless, in order to make things easier for you, I’ll try my best to get you up to speed.
So, 4Life compensates its Distributors in the following 8 different ways…
- Retail Profit
- 4Life Loyalty Program
- Rapid Rewards
- Builder Bonus
- Uni-Level Team Commissions
- Infinity Payout
- Pool Bonuses
- Incentive Trips
1 • Retail Profit
As a Distributor for 4Life, you’ll be able to purchase the company’s products on wholesale prices and then resell them at retail prices.
The Retail Profit pays you the difference between the retail price you sold a product and the wholesale price you purchased it.
In addition, both Distributors and Preferred Customers receive a 25% discount on all personal orders that generate 100+ LP
LP (Life Points) = Points assigned to all 4Life’s products used to calculate the commissions of Distributors
2 • 4Life Loyalty Program
Sign up for 4Life’s Loyalty Program (AutoShip) and receive 15% in free product credits as well as free products delivered to you monthly.
You can discover more about 4Life’s Loyalty Program right here.
3 • Rapid Rewards
Earn 25% commissions on all the orders of your customers as well as on the first order of all your personally enrolled Preferred Customers when ranking as an Associate or higher.
4 • Builder Bonus
The Builder Bonus pays out $50, $200, or $800 based on the following criteria:
$50 Builder Bonus:
- Have 3 personally enrolled Preferred Customers or Distributors, each generating at least 100 LP through the Loyalty Program
- Generate at least 600 LP in Team Volume
- Rank as a Builder
$200 Builder Bonus:
- Have 3 personally enrolled Distributors who have personally enrolled 3 Preferred Customers or Distributors each
- Each one of the 3 Preferred Customers/Distributors that your personally enrolled Distributors have recruited must generate at least 100 LP through the Loyalty Program
- Each one of your 3 personally enrolled Distributors must have at least 600 LP in Team Volume
- Rank as a Builder or Diamond
$800 Builder Bonus:
- Have 9 Distributors on your second level who have personally enrolled 3 Preferred Customers or Distributors each
- Each one of the 3 Preferred Customers/Distributors that your 2nd Level Distributors have recruited must generate at least 100 LP through the Loyalty Program
- Each one of the 9 Distributors on your 2nd Level must have at least 600 LP in Team Volume
- Rank as Builder, Diamond, or Presidential Diamond
Team Volume = Volume generated by the orders placed by you, your Preferred Customers, and your personally enrolled Distributors.
Please note the in order to qualify for the Builder Bonus you’ll have to set up a personal 100 LP Loyalty Program order.
5 • Uni-Level Team Commissions
4Life pays you a percentage of the LP generated by the orders placed by the customers of the Distributors in your downline through a uni-level structure up to 9 Levels of Distributors deep.
- 1st Level = Your personally enrolled Distributors
- 2nd Level = The recruits of your personally enrolled Distributors
- 3rd Level = The recruits of your 2nd Level Distributors
- and so on…
The higher your rank the more levels of Distributors you can earn those Uni-Level Commissions through.
Associate:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
Builder:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
Diamond:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
- 12% of LP on your Level 3
Presidential Diamond:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
- 12% of LP on your Level 3
- 3% of LP on your Level 4
- 3% of LP on your Level 5
International Diamond:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
- 12% of LP on your Level 3
- 3% of LP on your Level 4
- 3% of LP on your Level 5
- 2% of LP on your Level 6
- 2% of LP on your Level 7
Gold International Diamond:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
- 12% of LP on your Level 3
- 3% of LP on your Level 4
- 3% of LP on your Level 5
- 2% of LP on your Level 6
- 2% of LP on your Level 7
- 2% of LP on your Level 8
- 2% of LP on your Level 9
Platinum International Diamond:
- 2% of LP on your Level 1
- 5% of LP on your Level 2
- 12% of LP on your Level 3
- 3% of LP on your Level 4
- 3% of LP on your Level 5
- 2% of LP on your Level 6
- 2% of LP on your Level 7
- 2% of LP on your Level 8
- 2% of LP on your Level 9
6 • Infinity Payout
Once you reach the rank of Diamond or higher, you can qualify for receiving the Infinity Payout Bonus.
This bonus pays you a percentage of the LP generated in up to 7 Generations of Distributors deep in your downline.
1st Generation = All the Levels in your downline until reaching a Distributor who has reached the same or higher rank than you. This is where the 2nd Generation starts and again includes all the Level until you come across another Distributor who has reached the same or higher rank than you.
The higher your rank the more Generations of Distributors you can earn this Infinity Payout through.
Diamond:
- 6% on your 1st Generation
Presidential Diamond:
- 12% on your 1st Generation
- 3% on your 2nd & 3rd Generations
International Diamond:
- 12% on your 1st Generation
- 3% on your 2nd & 3rd Generations
- 2% on your 4th & 5th Generations
Gold International Diamond & Platinum International Diamond:
- 12% on your 1st Generation
- 3% on your 2nd & 3rd Generations
- 2% on your 4th & 5th Generations
- 2% on your 6th & 7th Generations
7 • Pool Bonuses
International Diamond & Gold International Diamond ranked Distibutors can participate in the Premier Pool Bonus.
The Premier Pool Bonus shares 2% of the company’s worldwide LP among those who managed to participate in the pool.
Platinum International Diamond ranked Distributors can participate in the Platinum Pool Bonus.
The Platinum Pool Bonus shares 1% of the company’s worldwide LP among those who managed to participate in the pool.
8 • Incentive Trips
In addition to everything else, 4Life offers incentive trips to exotic locations.
4Life discloses that less than 1% of its Distributors actually qualify for those incentive trips.
You can study 4Life’s full compensation plan for yourself right here.
The video below also sums up the company’s compensation plan pretty neatly so you might want to give it a watch if you still have any gaps.
Please note that 4Life’s compensation plan might undergo changes from time to time so by the time you read this review, some of the info, the commission rates, the rank qualifications, etc that I shared with you right above might not be that accurate.
If you still have questions about it, you can contact the company’s support team through the email addresses customerservice@4life.com & international@4life.com
Or you could email me at harry@dearboss-iquit.com and I will do my best to help you out.
4Life's Distributor
Ranks & Qualifications
Associate:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 1 personally recruited Distributor and/or Preferred Customer who generates 100+ PV per month
Builder:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 3 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
Diamond:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 6 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
- Generate al least 3000 LP on your first 3 Levels
Presidential Diamond:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 8 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
- Generate al least 10.000 LP on your first 3 Levels
- Have at least 1 Diamond or higher ranked Distributor on 2 separate legs
International Diamond:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 10 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
- Generate al least 20.000 LP on your first 3 Levels
- Have at least 1 Presidential Diamond or higher ranked Distributor on 2 separate legs
Gold International Diamond:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 12 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
- Generate al least 20.000 LP on your first 3 Levels
- Have at least 1 International Diamond or higher ranked Distributor on 3 separate legs each of them generating at least 50.000 OV
- Generate at least 250.000 OV monthly
Platinum International Diamond:
- Have 100+ monthly PV
- Have at least 12 personally recruited Distributors and/or Preferred Customers who generate 100+ PV per month each
- Generate al least 20.000 LP on your first 3 Levels
- Have at least 1 International Diamond or higher ranked Distributor on 3 separate legs each of them generating at least 50.000 OV
- Generate at least 1.000.000 OV monthly
OV (Organizational Volume) = LP generated through personal purchases, customer accounts, and all distributors and customers in your downline.
PV (Principal Volume) =The total LP generated through products purchased by you or customers on your replicated website
How to Join 4Life as a Distributor?
In order to join 4Life as a Distributor, you have to take the following steps:
- Head over to 4life.com
- Click the “Sign up” button on the top right corner of the website
- Then, click the “Sign up for just $25” button
- Fill in the requested personal information as well as your Enroller ID Number
- If you don’t have an Enroller ID number check the “I don’t know a distributor” box
- Click “Submit”
- Click “Keep this Address” or scroll down and click “Update address” if you need to alter your address
- Choose an Enrollment Pack (optional) and click “Checkout”
- Fill in your payment information and hit “Submit”
That’s it!
You are now a Distributor for 4Life.
How Much Does It Cost to Join 4Life as a Distributor?
All you have to pay to sign up as a Distributor for 4Life is a $25 Enrollment Kit.
During your signup, 4Life offers you the option to purchase one of the 3 following Enrollment Packs:
- Immune IQ Starter Pack: $146
- Preferred Customer Basic Enrollment Pack: $250
- Preferred Customer Premium Enrollment Pack: $525
Purchasing one of those Enrollment Packs grants you access to several discounted products + LP.
The more expensive the Enrollment Pack, the more products and LP you’ll receive.
In addition, if you purchase the Basic or Premium Enrollment Pack, the $25 Enrollment Kit fee gets omitted.
Furthermore, be aware that in order to qualify for the Builder Bonus, you’ll need to set up a personal monthly AutoShip order of 100LP (~$120) worth of products.
Lastly, all of 4Life’s Distributors need to maintain at least 100PV per month in order to be considered active and qualified for commissions.
PV is generated in two ways:
- Personal purchases
- Retail sales
If you don’t manage to sell 100PV worth of product during any given month, in order to keep yourself active and receive the rest of the commissions you have generated during that month, you’ll have to personally purchase products yourself until you reach the 100PV quota.
Is 4Life a Pyramid Scheme?
Most of the time it’s very hard to distinguish between a legit MLM company and a pyramid scheme.
Make sure to watch the video below to discover how to spot and avoid pyramid schemes in general.
The main difference between a legit MLM and a pyramid scheme is that your income potential with a legit MLM is mostly based on selling the company’s actual products or services to retail customers while your income potential with a pyramid scheme is mostly or solely based on recruiting other people into the scheme.
Not all MLMs are legitimate. If the money you make through an MLM is based on your sales to the public, it may be a legitimate one. If the money you make is based on the number of people you recruit and your sales to them, it’s not legit. It’s a pyramid scheme. Pyramid schemes are illegal, and the vast majority of their participants lose money. – Federal Trade Commission
Since 4Life offers you the option to earn money by selling its products to retail customers, technically the company cannot be considered a pyramid scheme.
On the other hand, the company’s compensation plan displays some pyramid-like characteristics.
First of all, 4Life’s Preferred Customers are not really customers but Distributors…
Either you sign up as a Distributor or as a Preferred Customer it’s the exact same thing.
In both instances, you’ll have to pay for the $25 Enrollment Kit and you’ll be able to participate in the company’s compensation plan.
This shows that 4Life puts a lot of emphasis on recruiting new Distributors even if those new Distributors initially signed up as Preferred Customers and never bother to actually recruit anyone else.
Now that I think about it, this is exactly what 4Life’s Preferred Customers are – Distributors who have never recruited…
What bothers me the most, in this case, is that 4Life tries to mislead us that Preferred Customers are actually separate from Distributors in several instances throughout its compensation plan.
Truthfully, since Preferred Customers and Distributors are one and the same, why even mention the word “Preferred Customer”? Just call everyone a Distributor and avoid all the confusion dudes…
Another sign that 4Life could be operating as a Pyramid Scheme is the qualifications for the Builder Bonus.
The first requirement to qualify for the Builder Bonus is to set up as a personal AutoShip order that generates 100LP per month yourself. The second requirement is to get other Distributors in your downline to set up a 100LP AutoShip order themselves.
The LP volume generated through the AutoShip orders you and your downline have set up gets shared among other Distributors in your upline.
In simpler words, downline recruits generate volume in order for upline recruits to get paid. Does this remind you of something?
Yeap, this specific Builder Bonus is definitely something you would see in a pyramid scheme!
While I am not claiming that 4Life is a pyramid scheme as a whole, there are definitely parts of it that remind of one.
Just keep your eyes open and be cautious…
4Life Research Pros
- Free Replicated Website
- Established Company
- Highly Reputable
- Provides Training
- Affordable to Join
1 • Free Replicated Website
Once you join 4Life as a Distributor, the company provides you with a free replicated website that you can set up through your personal back office.
When people visit your replicated website and purchase 4Life’s products through it, a percentage of what they pay will land in your pocket.
In addition, if someone signs up as a 4Life Distributor through your replicated website you automatically become their sponsor, and they become part of your downline.
If marketed the right way, this replicated website could help you maximize your retail sales, recruits and thus your income.
If your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business – Bill Gates
2 • Established Company
4Life Research has been in business for 22 years now which is exceptional considering that most MLM companies burn to the ground before they even hit the 5-year mark…
Not many companies, MLM or otherwise, can pull such a feat off.
The downside of 4Life being so established is that you might have great difficulty finding people to recruit or purchase the company’s products due to the sheer amount of already existing Distributors that will probably already exist out there.
3 • Highly Reputable
After conducting a lot of research about 4Life, I came to the conclusion that the company has a pretty good reputation both online and offline.
First of all, as I’ve already mentioned, the company was ranked as the 43rd largest direct-selling company in 2019 by Direct Selling News.
Secondly, 4Life has received a number of awards for its products, its business model, its leadership, its philanthropic endeavors, etc.
In addition, 4Life has been accredited by the BBB since 2014. BBB has also rated 4Life with an A+ rating which is actually the highest possible rating.
Furthermore, 4Life has received a 3.5-star rating (out of 5) by consumers under its BBB profile and has received only 2 complaints both of which were resolved in no time and had nothing to do with any serious issues in the first place.
Moreover, truthinadvertising.org had sent a warning letter to 4Life on June 6, 2016, regarding over 140 examples of unrealistic and misleading health and disease-treatment claims made by 4Life’s Distributors about the company’s products.
According to truthinadvertising.org, the company responded almost instantly outlining the steps it had taken thus far with respect to the deceptive claims at issue, including the immediate suspension of numerous of its Distributors.
In addition, 4Life is a member of
- UNPA (United Natural Products Alliance) – International association dedicated to providing consumers with natural health products of superior quality, benefit, and reliability
- The American Botanical Council – Nonprofit research and education organization promoting the responsible use of herbs
- Chamber of Commerce
- IASDA (International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations) – Leading international association that addresses issues surrounding the globalization of dietary supplements
- NSF – 4Life’s manufacturing facilities enjoy NSF International Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) registration
4 • Provides Training
Something that the majority of MLMs don’t offer to their newly recruited members is proper training on selling, recruiting, how the products function, etc (no wonder that such a small percentage of MLM participants manage to make a profit).
According to 4Life, once you join the company as a Distributor you’ll get your hands on a training system called “4Life University”.
4Life University features a proven, step-by-step training to help you build your business, set up your personal account and replicated website, learn about the company’s products, and much more.
You can access 4Life University through your personal dashboard.
5 • Affordable to Join
You can join 4Life as a Distributor with just a one-time payment of $25 for an Enrollment Kit.
This is pretty affordable compared to other MLM companies that require hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars of initial investment to become a part of their MLM compensation plan.
To give you a frame of reference, in order to become a Distributor for an MLM called Enagic Kangen Water you need to purchase one of its products and the cheapest one costs $1980.
4Life Research Cons
- It's Still an MLM
- Complicated Compensation Plan
- Expensive Enrollment Packs
- Low Income Potential
1 • It's Still an MLM
Despite all its pros, 4Life is still an MLM.
And I am not at all fond of the MLM business model in general for many reasons…
First of all, the percentage of MLM participants who never actually make a profit is awfully high (74% – 99%).
In addition, the majority of those who do manage to make a profit, don’t earn more than $5000 per year.
Secondly, I hate selling and recruiting…
And thirdly, I’ve heard so many stories of people losing friends, family, and money due to the pushy and sleazy practices they were being taught by their “mentors” that I have become repulsed by the MLM business model in general.
Being involved in an MLM company is just not worth the trouble in my mind.
Especially when there exist other much more legit ways of building a substantial income without having to turn into a sleazy salesperson jeopardizing your relationships with those around you because you can’t stop perceiving them as walking bags of cash.
And truthfully, there’s not a single indication that 4Life is any different from your average MLM in any way…
2 • Complicated Compensation Plan
Life Points, product credits, Preferred Customers and Distributors being one and the same, generations, various percentages, Builder Bonuses, different ranks and levels, pools, shares, yadda yadda yadda.
Seriously, 4Life’s compensation plan is a huge mess.
A person who is newly introduced to the MLM business model doesn’t stand a chance of really grasping how to leverage it to actually make money.
This is no random occurrence though…
MLM companies make their compensation plans so complicated on purpose to “confuse” people into joining them.
It’s called “Complexity Bias” and it’s the tendency of people to trust complex concepts more than simple ones.
Marketers use complexity bias all the time to boost the sales of a product/service by incorporating confusing language or insignificant details into its packaging or sales copy.
MLM companies do the exact same thing with their compensation plans to get more people to join them.
And no, I am not making things up…
You can read all about complexity bias right here.
3 • Expensive Enrollment Packs
Although joining 4Life as a Distributor is pretty cheap at $25, the company’s Enrollment Packs are quite expensive.
Yes, the Enrollment Packs are optional but let’s not kid ourselves here… You are not going to start earning money out of thin air… You are going to need to have products to make demonstrations and give away as samples to potential customers and recruits.
If you are serious about earning money with 4Life, you’ll just HAVE to purchase one of its Enrollment Packs.
And not the cheap Immune IQ Starter Pack that contains just 4 products but one of the more expensive ones like the $250 Basic Enrollment Pack.
Also, consider that when the products you got with your Enrollment Pack run out you’ll have to personally purchase more them for demonstration and sampling purposes something that automatically translates to even more expenses.
In addition, if you want to further increase your chances of actually making any serious money with 4Life, you’ll have to consider using the products yourself as well.
The best way to sell a product is by showing the results you achieved by using it yourself.
More expenses right here…
What I am trying to point out here is to not get fooled by the very small $25 enrollment fee.
The subsequent expenses of actually running your 4Life business could rise up to hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year.
I don’t know about you but for me, that’s way too much money to invest in an MLM.
4 • Low Income Potential
All Income Disclosure Statements I’ve come across until now reveal the exact same thing…
That the vast majority of MLM reps never actually make any profit and those who do make a profit, would have to throw an additional couple of bucks on top of it to buy a pizza.
Unfortunately, 4Life’s Income Disclosure Statement tells the exact same story.
According to it
- 16% of all its Distributors received no income at all during 2019
- 72.6% of all its active Distributors earned an average of $900 during that same year
- Less than 4% earned more than 30.000
Please note that these amounts do not even represent actual profits, as they are before all the expenses incurred by Distributors in the promotion and operation of their businesses.
4Life’s compensation plan proves for once more that joining an MLM company is just not worth the trouble…
I’d better throw my money in the trash (or even better donate it) and at least not waste my time…
4Life Research MLM Review Summary
Income
Potential
72.6% of all 4Life’s active Distributors earned an average of $900 during 2019.
Resources
Free replicated website, training, personal dashboard, marketing materials, etc.
Price
Costs a one-time payment of $25 to join. Subsequent expenses incur to actually run your business.
Legitimacy
4Life is not a pyramid scheme but its compensation has some characteristics of one. Be cautious.
Overall Rating
Is 4Life Research Suggested?
Truthfully, 4Life Research seems like a pretty solid company.
It’s been running for 22 years, it has acquired a lot of awards, the products it produces seem to be of high-quality, its founders seem credible and trustworthy, there are no complaints about its products and business opportunity anywhere online, and its leadership team seems to be quite experienced.
In addition, the company has a good reputation both online and offline and it apparently also provides training to its Distributors.
On the other hand, despite the fact that you can sign up as a 4Life Distributor by paying just $25, consider that the subsequent expenses to actually run your business (products purchased for sampling and personal use, marketing, bonus & rank qualifications, etc) could rise up to hundreds of dollars per month.
Nonetheless, I guess that this is the case with the vast majority of MLM companies, especially those that distribute physical products.
Furthermore, be extremely cautious with the pyramid-like structure of some parts of the company’s compensation plan.
I am not claiming that 4Life is a pyramid scheme but if the majority of its volume is generated through recruiting Distributors and not through retail sales (which could be the case), the company could definitely be classified as one.
However, none of all this really matters.
The reason you are here is that you were interested to find out more about 4Life’s business opportunity, right?
Well, unfortunately, the company’s Income Disclosure Statement reveals that the chances of earning a substantial income as one of its Distributors are very slim.
87% of 4Life’s Distributors made less than $900 during 2019 and out of the remaining 13%, less than 4% made more than $30.000 during that same year.
And that’s revenue, not profit!
Would you really want to invest your time and money in a “business opportunity” with such a low income potential?
If so, then well, you have my blessing!
If not, make sure to check out a better money-making opportunity right here.
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Ok Harry your information about some MLM organizations is good.
But that is not the problem.
You bought the roses and only saw the thorns. You became a simple retailer if you never share if you never build your net you are a simple customer. You need to work hard first to change your mind. You need to prepare more with someone to teach you as a networker is not easy because you have to work with people and by the people not alone in order to help people you’ve got the best product in the world but not to become a retailer become a leader sharing the opportunity.
Hey Juan. I’m not a network marketer. I’d never bother with MLM. There are hundreds of better money-making opportunities out there. Thanks a lot for the tips anyway. They might help someone who’d like to build an income with MLM.
All the best,
Harry
My own personal experience with 4Life so far is that I made $900 worth of sales from Nov 2020 to May 2021 but I earned only $49.75. This is because earnings are based on points, not the sales themselves. For example, if you sell $400 worth of products but you have 200 points you earn roughly $50.
Now yesterday I had another surprise. I found out that one of my customers returned a product and that I have to pay 4Life back for the refund…
What???
I had finally earned $114 in balance and now I have to pay this money back!
Now I have two additional sales and 4Life will deduct these earnings from my balance and I’ll still owe almost $50! What the… I don’t want to say this but this is insulting!
According to my rep, I only earned $20 for the last two sales of $300. My mother got upset and told me to get out of there before losing more money. I can earn more by delivering food in one week (close to $1K) than selling those miserable products!
My rep told me that the money I owe will be deducted from the next sales I make.
So 4Life doesn’t pay a 25% commission, that is a total lie. They will pay you by the point! Yup! Only $20 per 100 points! Is this worthy? NOPE!
For example, all products are worth different amounts of points. If you sell $500 worth of products but you have only 200 points you will get paid around $20-$50! Does this make any sense? NO!
You basically get a few dollars (throwing peanuts to the elephants) while 4Life gets the big jackpot money from your hard work!
Unfortunately, I have to leave my website open to be able to pay the rest of the money I owe for a product I have never purchased because the customer asked for a refund!
Ahh, also I was told by my rep that this is part of “their policy”.
This is an MLM Scam in my opinion.
All the sacrifices made to earn some money thrown in the garbage.
You can’t depend on this to make a living, that will be a crazy idea to have in mind.
I’m disappointed.
Hey Lee, I’m sorry to hear about your poor experience with 4Life’s MLM opportunity…
Nonetheless, truth be told, this is exactly how most MLM companies operate in terms of both earnings and refunds.
If the fact that a distributor has to pay back the commissions generated by a product sale that’s about to be refunded is outlined in the 4Life’s policies, then you’ll have to comply.
After all, you’ve probably agreed to said policies upon signing up as an independent distributor.
If you didn’t bother to read and fully comprehend them before accepting them (just like most people do), that’s basically your own fault…
Please note that I’m not trying to point the finger at you… I’m just trying to be as objective as possible here!
All the best and stay safe,
Harry
P.S.: I had to edit most of your comment for clarity as many of your sentences didn’t make much sense and could cause even more confusion to any subsequent readers. I hope that’s okay with you!
Actually, I’m not interested at all in any MLM research. I’m just concerned about the 4Life products and their actual quality of nutrition and effectiveness in improving overall health, boosting the body’s immunity, and preventing disease and disorders.
I read your information mentioning colostrum [or material extracted from colostrum] as being one of the key ingredients in making their product a quality health product. Other than the 4Life website, are there any third-party labs that can vouch for 4Life products?
My parents recently started buying 4Life capsules from an acquaintance, and I was just wondering how 4Life product quality compares to more well-known MLM health products like Amway and Herbalife. Additionally, how does 4Life product quality compare to established non-MLM health products like those sold at Costco [Kirkland] or even the abundance of expensive health supplements sold through Amazon? Thanks.
Hey Virgi, thanks a lot for trusting me to answer your queries.
However, my expertise is limited to reviewing money-making opportunities, not comment on the quality of supplements.
Within my review, I claimed that 4Life’s products “seem” high-quality based on information and testimonials I came across online. I haven’t actually tried any of 4Life’s products myself.
If I were you I’d reach out to other bloggers who focus on reviewing the actual products of the company.
In general, the only difference between most MLM products and equivalent products sold by non-MLM retail companies is that the former are usually much more expensive.
I’m sorry I couldn’t help you out more.
All the best,
Harry
By reading your “work” about 4Life I can only assume you have not properly researched how they work nowadays.
First, a Preferred Customer is what it is, NOT a distributor by ANY chance, it is just a customer that wants to buy 4Life Products at a discounted price.
Second, in your whole speech, I don’t see ONE word (unless I bypassed it and I doubt it) about the products that 4Life makes, they’re truly great nutraceuticals even listed on the USA PDR book vs ANY other MLM company out there that just sells cheap juices and tees from overseas, 4Life has a dedicated team of Dr’s studying, analyzing, creating their awarded nutraceuticals again vs ANY other company out there that well just push their people to sell cheap products.
4Life nowadays doesn’t have any “packages” to purchase unless you opt to make one yourself, the operational cost of your business (because ANY business has an operational cost) is less than $130 a month and WORST case scenario you consume their magnificent nutraceuticals that just in 2019 won again another important prize by Health Beauty and Business as the Best Immune System Supplements in the USA… Why not mention all that?
Lastly, of course, you can make very good money in 4Life they use a Hybrid compensation plan that gives you many ways (you call it complicated) to earn money, they don’t use the common “binary” compensation plan that other MLMs use precisely to avoid attrition (there’s a video on YouTube that explains 4Life’s compensation plan).
I started January 2020 and by March I was already a Diamond and I do make amongst all the ways to make money with them about 600-750 a month and is just the beginning. I work for one of the mayor Banking Institutions in the USA and I have 4 clients of mine that work with 4Life the oldest has been 16 years with 4Life and makes more than 120k a month.
The newest has been with 4Life 4 years and makes 13-16k a month, they all work heck is your business so when I compare 4Life with ANY other company out there it is not even a match.
Much better and real-valued nutraceuticals vs generic crap, great company reputation vs others that even landed people in hospitals, great hybrid (for you complicated and/or a mess) compensation plan with many ways (9) on how to make money, great founders vs the other companies nobodies, all USA made in a scientific environment vs the others importing grass and weird stuff from overseas and the list goes on.
4Life objectively is way better and has a better reputation in every single aspect than ANY other MLM company in the market hands down.
Ok, first of all, the moment I took a look at your comment, before even reading it, I immediately knew that you’d be a distributor for 4Life.
Secondly, there’s nothing objective about your comment.
Thirdly, I did mention 4Life’s product under the section “4Life’s Products & Prices” so yeah, you bypassed it.
Moreover, when I try to sign up as a Preferred Customer, I get redirected to the signup form of Distributors. Also, why does a Preferred Customer gets to take part in 4Life’s compensation plan if they are not a Distributor?
Every Distributor of every MLM in the world claims that their products and comp plan are great and that all the products and comp plans of all other MLMs are trash so nothing new to see here…
I know about the video that explains the compensation plan, I’ve included it in my review (didn’t you go through the whole review before leaving such a large comment?)
You said that the operational cost of a 4Life business is less than $130 a month.
Here’s what I said in my review:
So, yeah, nailed that as well.
It’s pretty clear that you felt threatened by my review and I frankly can’t understand why…
I said nothing bad about the company…
While closing my review I even mentioned that 4Life Research seems like a pretty solid company.
I just don’t like MLMs in general and frankly, seeing the kind of brainwashing they do to people like you is one of the main reasons why.
Anyway, I guess I’ll see you around!
Best wishes on all your endeavors,
Harry