Are you thinking about joining Morinda and are wondering if it's a scam or not?

If so, this post is for you.

Below you'll find everything you need to know about this company including background information, price to join, compensation plan overview, product breakdown and more.

By the time you're done reading you'll know if Morinda is right for you.

Let's get into it!

Is Morinda A Pyramid Scheme

Pyramid schemes are illegal to operate in every country and this is especially true in America where Morinda is based out of.

Could a pyramid scheme last for over 25 years without collapsing or being sued by the government? Probably not.

So Morinda isn't an illegal pyramid scheme and instead just has elements of one.

Take a look at the picture below to understand what I mean:

An illegal pyramid scheme looks entirely like the picture above and this usually happens when recruiting is the only way to make money.

Morinda does have products to sell and you can sell them to customers without recruiting for retail commissions.

However, Morinda used to operate in a grey area because they had autoshipment requirements (not entirely sure if this is still a requirement) if you want to receive all benefits of the compensation plan. 

This would require you to spend $100+ monthly on Morinda products and convince the people you recruit to spend $100 on Morinda products,

When too much revenue of a company's is coming from their own distributors buying products, that also means you're in an illegal pyramid scheme.

You'd have to ask the person recruiting you how much of their sales come from recruits and how much comes from retail customers.

If recruitment sales make up more than half that's a MAJOR red flag. 

Success Will Be Rare Here

MLM's are basically universally hated by everyone and there's online communities that exist to just make fun of people that join them.

The hate is pretty justified and I think people are just tired of being recruited to join downlines and stuff like that.

But the main source of the hate comes from the success rate for all MLM's being incredibly low.

I mean REALLY low (up to 99% of people that join a MLM lose money).

I don't think people like seeing their parents or relatives or friends get ripped off by these schemes.

So is Morinda different than other MLM's? Nope.

Their success rate is just as bad and you can see this through their income disclosure form:

The chart above is the different ranks you can achieve at Morinda and how much each group is making.

About 95% of the people in this company are either IPC, Coral or Jade rank. 

If you look at the chart that means 95% to 99% of the distributors (that actually make money) at Morinda make less than $648 for the year. This comes out to less than $2 per day.

The only people making a liveable salary here are the people at the last rank and very few people make it there (1 in 2500). 

63% of the people that join Morinda make nothing at all. 

As you can see the earning potential is really bleak here.

Below is some even more terrible statistics when it comes to MLM's:

As you can see you'll want to stay away from all MLM's, not just Morinda.

How Much To Join

There's a couple costs to joining this company and the first cost is buying a Product Pack. 

There's various packs to choose from and they are:

• CBD Business Pack ($365)
• TNJ + CBD ($375)
• CBD Topicals ($145)
• Tahitian Noni Juice Glass 1-Liter 4 Pack ($130)
• Max 750ml 4 Pack ($165)
• TNJ Starter Pack ($325)
• Everyday Health Starter Pack ($310)
• TeMana Foundation Starter Pack ($365)
• Noni Collagen Starter Pack ($365)
• TeMana Foundation + Collagen Pack Starter Pack

There's a 90 day challenge here where you pick a pack, get a business plan and try to earn money:

Apparently if you don't get the results you're looking for you can a get a refund.

There's also additional costs to running a business that you have to factor in as well.

At one point they required distributors to purchase products every month ($120+) to get full access to the compensation plan but I'm not entirely sure if that's required anymore. 

Morinda Compensation Plan

The compensation plan is very complicated like most MLM's are (Morinda is more complicated than most, though). If you're unfamiliar with MLM jargon and charts it's not going to make much sense to you.

If you want to read the entire thing for yourself, click here. 

I'm going to summarize the main parts so you have a better idea of how you make money here.

Affiliate Ranks:

At Morinda there's 12 different affiliate ranks and they are:

• IPC
• Coral
• Coral Elite
• Jade
• Jade Elite
• Pearl
• Pearl Elite
• Diamond Pearl
• Diamond Pearl Elite
• Double Diamond Pearl 
• Triple Diamond Pearl
• Platinum Diamond Pearl

You go from one rank to another by hitting certain goals (mainly group sales of your downline).

You get various bonuses for ranking up too.

Retail Sales

At Morinda you get 20% on all sales of people you personally enroll and you also earn percentages on sales made by your downline.

You earn down to the 5th geernation which is explained by the chart below:

Residual Income:

Residual income is where most of the money is made and is the money you earn from the sales of your downline.

In this case it's payed out in a unilevel plan and looks like the following:

How much you earn depends on your affiliate rank and how much your downline sells. 

For example Coral and Coral Elites earn 1% of sales on level 1, 5% on levels 2 and 3 and 6% on level 4.

A Diamond Pearl earns 1% on level 1, 5% on levels 2 and 3, 6% on levels 4 and 5, 7% on levels 6 and 7 and 8% on level 8.

Smaller Bonuses

Retail sales along with recruiting commissions make up the majority of the income opportunity at Morinda.

There's smaller bonuses as well including:

• Fast Start Bonus
• TruPerformance Bonus
• Infinity Bonus
• Black Pearl Shared Success Bonus

If you'd like to know the details of these bonuses, read the compensation plan I linked above.

Morinda Products

Morinda products are really expensive and this is going to be a huge hurdle for you if you decide to join.

For example, one of their products is called Tahitian Noni Juice and it costs $30 for a 500mL Bottle:

Do you know how many serving sizes are in this bottle? 8.

If you wanted a month's supply of this juice it would cost over $100. There's not too many people that are going to want to pay this much for juice.

I have no clue if this juice is legit or not but I guarantee you can get the same results from much cheaper products. 

They also offer various CBD products:

CBD is extremely hot right now and it's one of the biggest health trends of the last decade. 

The thing is, though, there's thousands of CBD companies and new ones popping up every single day.

Many of these companies are MLM's and others are not.

So while there's potential to make sales with CBD, you're going to have a hard time competing against other more known brands. 

What I Like About Morinda

Overall there's more to dislike here but there's a few things to like:

• Been around for a while: MLM's come and go and most don't last more than a couple of years. Morinda has been around for nearly 25 years and doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.
• Money back guarantee: I haven't seen many MLM's offer a money back guarantee if you're unhappy with your results. It requires following a 90 day plan and I'm not sure about the fine print but it's nice to see. 

What I Don't Like About Morinda

Here's what I dislike about Morinda:

• Low success rate: More than half of the people that join Morinda lose money. About 95% of the people that join make less than $2 a day. It's really hard to make any significant money here. 
• Expensive products: Paying $100+ a month for a 30 day supply of juice is crazy. Not many people are going to want to pay that.
• Autoshipment: In the past Morinda forced distributors to buy $100+ worth of products every month to be eligible for the full compensation plan. They may have scrapped this but if they haven't it's a major red flag. 
• Bothering friends and family: Who are you going to sell to? The person that recruits you is going to push you to sell to friends and family which is very awkward. In fact, it's one of the main reasons people quit MLM's. 

Is Morinda A Scam?

There's a lot of things I don't like about Morinda but to call it an outright scam is going a little too far.

I'd say it's more just a bad business opportunity.

If they still have autoshipment requirements to get access to the compensation plan I'd be more willing to call it a scam.

When you add up everything you can see why most people fail here:

• Expensive products
• Complicated compensation plan
• Competitive market

And more. There's just not a lot to like here and it's going to be very, very hard to succeed. 

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