Currently, zeekrewards.com is the most visited corporate site of ANY network marketing company in the world. At the same time A LOT of red flags come up with regards to the legitimacy of the opportunity. Is it really a viable company built around a real product or just a way for the owners to make a quick buck?

Some people are venturing as far as calling it the biggest PONZI scheme in the world today. Furthermore, rumors state that the company is under investigation, has lost their payment gateway already etc.

So, we think it’s about time we take a closer look.

If you’re with Zeekrewards.com, how has your experience been? Does the company still pay on time? How is customer service? Have you ever bought anything from the penny auction site?

Please post in the comments section below or send to us at zeekrewardsreview@globalnetworker.com

Thanks!

PS: If you have never heard of ZeekRewards it is the marketing arm of  Zeekler.com, a penny auction site.

The main attraction of being a member of Zeekewards is that the company has created a Retail Profit Pool (RPP) and shares up to 50% of the daily net profits with its Qualified Affiliates. Today many affiliates earn thousands of dollars weekly WITHOUT having introduced anyone to the program, just based on “Bids” that they have purchased.

Here’s how it works: When you sell Retail Bids or give away VIP Bids from ZeekRewards you can earn VIP Cash Awards every day for 90 days on the VIP Points you received just for placing ONE FREE AD for Zeekler.com daily and submitting the link to your ad through your ZeekRewards Ad Center in your back office.

Every time you sell Retail Bids or give away VIP Bids as samples to retail customers through your ZeekRewards back office – those bids earn you points in your ZeekRewards VIP ProfitPoint balance. At the end of each day (7 days a week) the company determines its daily overall revenues and shares up to 50% of it’s net profits with its Quaified Affiliates* based on each individuals VIP ProfitPoint Balance.

Published by Keeper Catran-Whitney, the 2011 list is now out and the top 10 are as follows:

1. The DeVos Family (Amway)

2. Aaron Garrity (Xango)

3. Stuart Johnson (Video Plus)

4. Joe Mariano (DSA)

5. The Direct Selling Association

6. Bob Proctor (Speaker and Author)

7. Amy Robinson (DSA)

8. Walter Muyres & Reiner Strecker (Vorwerk & Co)

9. Andrea Jung (Avon)

10. Randy Gage (Trainer and Author)

For the full list of all the TOP 50 Most Influencial People in Direct Selling visit the following web site: http://www.directsellinglive.com/2010POWER50/2010POWER50.htm

Everyone that follows network marketing knows that Visalus is one of the greatest rolls in the history of our industry. The numbers are now in to confirm the buzz:  in 2011 sales skyrocketed to $231 million in 2011 from $34 million in 2010.

All three company co-founders,Ryan Blair, Blake Mallen and Nick Sarnicola have invested back into the company and is “all in” as they pursue the goal of  hitting sales of 1 billion this year. The founders have personally invested $14.6 million in restricted stock of parent company Blyth making them the largest inside shareholders after the Goergen family.

“We believe in Blyth. The Goergens have been like family to us so it only makes sense that we go all in with the Blyth family of companies,” said Ryan Blair who has the role of CEO.

All marketing is good marketing right?

That may be debated, especially when you see Charlie Sheen drinking your product from a rooftop while waiving a machete. But for Xango this could really mean a boost for business. After all, Charlie Sheen has a lot of energy in spite of his heavy drinking and alleged drug abuse!

Here’s what German mlm publication Obtainer writes about Charlie Sheen and his “love” for Xango:

For the last few days, everything to Charlie Sheen revolves around Hollywood. After Warner Bros. fired him because of “moral Verwerflichkeiten”, the actor is on the balcony of a concert hall in Beverly Hills. Wildly, with a cigerette in one hand and a bottle with reddish content in the other hand, he yells “Tiger Blood” and drinks from the bottle. Clearly, the attention of the press is certainly on him.

He uses the term “Tiger Blood” a few more times so the US journalists can hear him, and then he replies “that he could feel the blood”. Has this product unleashed the tiger in Charlie Sheen? Knowledgeable networkers in the industry have already detected what is in the bottle. It’s XanGo!

Charlie Sheen is really not adverse to alcohol and drugs. On the set of “Two and a Half Men”, he often arrived drunk or hung-over. Since he actually plays a parody of himself and his life in the series, the shooting might actually be realistic. In addition, the make-up artist saves the filming. This arises the question, how could he work at all? Probably it’s because he gets his “Tiger blood” from XanGo, which gives him the necessary energy, and overcomes his debauchery.

The above online article was originally written in German and translated to English. Click on the link below to see the original online article written in German.

Obtainer Magazine article

If you want to read what Fox News wrote about Xango after the incident, you may find this article here:

Ampegy Energy  was  launched just a few days ago, but many say it is the next MLM powerhouse! (pun intended)

Certainly the people (and the power) behind it is formidable. Ampegy is a new division of Spark Energy, a $11 billion energy company that operates in 15 states.

President of Ampegy is Waters Davis who is also Executive Vice-President og Spark Energy. Spark Founder and CEO Keith Maxwell is also promoted on the Ampegy web site, but it’s a bit unclear if he has an offical role in the company.

More interesting to networkers is the fact that Steve Smith is the Chief Marketing Officer.

Steve Smith was one of the kep people in Excel Telecommunications and is still an icon within the world of network marketing.

In Excel, Steve Smith reportedly had a monthly income of $1.2 million, which may be a record in the industry.

Time will tell if Amergy Energy will be the next giant in network marketing, but when you look at what Steve Smith and Spark Energy has done before, then the future of Amergy looks very bright indeed!

Xango has been in Australia for several years, but never has the growth been bigger. In 2010 the company had 50% increase in new distributors, which is truly remarkable.

To help increase the support of the growing sales force, Xango has decided to  to increase the presence in Australia and New Zealand and to put a full-time General Manager, as well as a Manager of Sales and Marketing, in place for the region.

Barry Read will take the position of General Manager while Sharyn Read will be Sales and Marketing Manager for Australia and New Zealand.

They will both be based in Queensland and manage the whole region from the Xango offices there.

Barry Read is a seasoned veteran with over 17 years of experience as General Manager for one of the largest network marketing companies in the world.

After being accepting his new job with Xango he said the following: “As a veteran in the Australian/New Zealand direct sales industry for nearly two decades, I`ve had a keen eye on XANGO and its success over the past few years. I`m very excited to join forces with the company`s amazing distributors in these markets to help continue this momentum and accelerate strong growth now and well into the future“.

Swedens largest networking company, Oriflame, is the new official sponsor of the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association).

Oriflame was founded in 1967 and has 3.3 million consultants in over 60 countries around the world.

With sponsorship of the Women’s Tennis Association, Oriflame will be represented in Europe, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East and Africa and at 22 WTA events.

“The WTA is the perfect strategic partner for Oriflame as both organizations share a passion and spirit to help women be their best and fulfil their dreams. With the WTA, the very essence of the sport is built around strong women who inspire others around the world to succeed in whatever it is they do and love – which is also the blueprint for Oriflame’s proposition“, says Michael Cervell , Senior President of Direct Sales with Oriflame.

Mannatech recently opened up in Mexico to take root in  the sixth biggest Direct Selling market in the world.

Randy Bancino, President of Mannatech’s International Business, says: “Mexico is one of the most important international market openings that Mannatech has ever undertaken, because Mexico is a hugely strategic market in its own right as well as a gateway to all Latin America. Since 1994, our passion has been to support hard working people looking to improve their lives through healthy living and building a business. We have found that the people of Mexico share our passion for changing people’s lives.”

Network Marketing in Mexico is huge. About 2 percent of the population (2 million people) is involved  and generate a total turnover of 3.5 billion dollars.

Mannatech already operates on all four continents – in Europe, on the African continent, in Australia and New Zeeland, and in the Asian countries of Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea.

Now the company is also in Mexico, thus paving the way for the rest of South America.

Several of the top earners have in fact elected to say goodby to Xowii (and Evolv) and instead move in a different direction.

Phil and Jenny Sack are probably the most prominent of these leaders and they have just announced that TNI will be their new home.

The criteria they had when looking for a new company was:

Furtermore they are rumored to have received $ 5 million to do make the switch.

As far as I know Monavie does not PAY anyone to come onboard, but they have been known to offer “bridge loans” in order to make a transition.

For those who are not familiar with this term “bridge loans” is when a distributors is loaned an amount that is later paid back by the commissions he or she is earning.

Anyone have more details about Nat & Chanida’s decision? They are reportedly making 200K monthly with Agel, but frankly that company is in a lot of trouble after Eric Worre left for SendOutCards and CEO Glen Jensen was terminated.