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To Eleonora, I think what you're seeing is just a lot of Shaklee people who are happy with the company, the products and their opportunity to make money. As for me, I have used Shaklee products for over 30 years, after initially using the nutrition and seeing a big difference in my health. It is not a scam, but it does take work, and a lot of people want the "get rich quick" way. Everyone has the same opportunity to make it in this business, which is one of the ways it is differentiated from a pyramid (which is a scam). I would encourage you to either contact a distributor on your own (go to www.shaklee.com and search for a distributor) or call 1-800-SHAKLEE. They will either give you someone's name or take your info and have someone contact you. (Or look in your Yellow Pages). Listen to the COMPLETE opportunity and make up your own mind. There is no arm-twisting, no subterfuge, no under-handedness. Are there people out there who aren't "good" Shaklee distributors? Sure - we're only human. But most of the people I've met in Shaklee over 30 years are good people. Good luck. Mary

I think the comment is valid, but I'm surprise of something, Every time that I'm looking for some bad reviews of Shaklee some one appears in their rescue, to me this is suspicions is like shaklee has eyes every were to publish their good name on the internet to avoid people stop enrolling them. I'm about to join them, but first I wanna now everything about the business, whether this is a scam or not, however it has been hard to find bad comments about them.I'm just 24 and I would like to know the true of all this.

I had not known much about Shaklee untill I was brought into the company by an internet marking company. That promised automation on recruiting and all advertising to be done online. I made the same mistake as others, and after a little education I came to the realization that not many companies allow people the gain revenue using the company name. That is there BRAND and how they make some money without having to pay a commission on those sales, or it over saturates the market causing way to high of advertising costs for everyone. I mean where on the internet are you going to advertise. Google, Yahoo, MSN/BING. 90% of you would and ppc would be way to high to be fair to anyone new. Yes there are that many distributors. The best way is to build a subscriber list of people who saw an ad or squeeze pages about An incredible MLM company No name on this page or adverting, or a page describing the best green baby safe product in the country. Don't have both these ads bring people to the same list, they will be different subcribers with diff. needs, so treat them like that or the list will dwindle. Thats one way it can be done. If you dont know what I am talking about on this you need to BUY one of the courses I used to get started in Internet Marketing awhile back. No its not my product but email me and I will send you the info. if you want it. chadwilgus at epropages dot com chadwilgus@epropages.com

I am looking to work with someone such as Becky (August 30,2009 at 7:52 thread)that has the experience to teach me how to "build online". I have been an advocate and user of Shaklee products since 1968. Joseph Alexander, Jr. 4050 Valley View Lane, Apt.102 Farmers Branch, Tx 75244 469-361-7089 *leave message with call back number*

About the 250 PV- In my first month- just as a customer in Shaklee- 7 years ago- I had over 500 PV just with people asking me about the products. I was not marketing- people were coming to me. I did not decide to actually build a business until after this. People want these products- they are not hard to sell if you talk to people who actually want them. As our CEo says, this is a simple business- not always easy but simple.

I am sorry that you did not have someone knowledgeable to help you build on-line. We started with Shaklee 7 years ago and have advertised with key words ever since. We do occasionally get notes from Shaklee legal- we ask them what they would like us to change- we do so kindly and move on. We make alot of money with Shaklee. The problem with the site you tried to create is that you can't have a seperate store and have to go through there's so that Shaklee does not get in legal trouble with the FTC for false claims- they can't police all the sites. Tryly , we are not crazy about everything but we make it work and earn a 6 figure income with Shaklee. BTW- I have to say that Shaklee is much more liberal than most MLMs I have seen and the Grays are awesome people- not my group but truly wonderful people.

I am considering joining Shaklee. Can someone explain to me a bit more about the problems(or benefits) of the limitations with the website restrictions? From what I understand you cannot use google adwords etc. So then how do you advertise your site? Thanks

I live in Minneapolis - there are lots of seminars we attend free. We also have tons of free online and free conference calls from Shaklee and field people. After you become a member there are lots of free trainings on your member site in Shaklee University. I also use www.lookandlisten123.com the password and username are both: shaklee. They do not track who uses it - you don't have to enter any personal information - it's just a free site to educate yourself about Shaklee. There are tons of free calls during the week - check with your sponsor on how to access them. There are people who try to make money on the field, but you don't have to subscribe to those systems - it's your call. In fact, if they aren't at the level you want to attain, why would you pay them anything? Good luck to you - Shaklee is positioned for exponential growth - it's a great time to help others lead healthier lives!

Do you have to pay any money out of your pocket for the Shaklee seminars?

While I understand that you want to do a better job of creating a website, I also understand where Shaklee is coming from. If they allowed people to create their own Shaklee website then they would have to spend a ridiculous amount of time reading through them to make sure there wasn't any false advertising or incorrect information. I went to this last Shaklee convention, and there was an entire seminar and a half on increasing traffic to your personal website including starting a blog about something related to Shaklee (environmentally friendliness, health, going green, sports, whatever). They have also revamped their personal website because it wasn't up to par. As for it not showing up on google, can you imagine the mess if every shaklee person website came up when it was googled, plus it would be unfair as the people up on top who have the highest traffic on their website would receive a higher listing on the search results. I'm glad it isn't done that way or I could lose customers because people would just google it and sign up under some big-shot instead of me.

This was an awesome resource when deciding to join the Shaklee family or not. I weighed all the pros and cons and the pros won by a landslide. The internet advertising rules were re-written earlier this year. It's now a great asset for those involved with internet marketing already.

I'm a Shaklee distributor. I started using Shaklee because my daughter was allergice to every other laundry product I tried. My grandma used Shaklee so I tried it and it worked. A while later I became a distributor. I have about 10 customers that I give good customer service to. I make around $150.00 a month so that is a little over $1500.00 a year, a nice vacation fund. I do this with minimal effort. The bottom line is you can take it or leave it. Don't critize if you haven't really used the products. If I worked harder I'd probably make more but I just wanted something extra. And to the person who thought this is a pyramid scheme, you don't understand how we are paid. Also, Avon, Longaberger Baskets, Pampered Chef, and countless other home businesses have products not sold in stores. so what.

Sounds like people are spending an awful lot of time and energy complaining about not making money, instead try taking that same time and effort to build a positive attitude and focus on how you can generate some business. Enjoy

Hey Ernesto, Door to door won't be fun, some cities require a license - check with your upline - they may have other ways to help you get started. My daughter gives flyers or cards to her friends parents once in a while. Also, there is a new number for the Vivix call on Sunday nights. 9pm Eastern 605–475–6900 Pin 6333# Not sure what the negative comment about last few paragraphs is about - I don't see any false claims, just DOCUMENTED remarks. Make it a GREAT life - it's yours.

Hi, everyone. Here's what I know is true about the SHAKLEE/Dr. David Sinclair situation. Dr. Sinclair is a Harvard scientist who met SHAKLEE owner Roger Barnett, a Harvard alumni, socially, some years back. They're about the same age (early 40s now), fathers of young children, and passionate about how science can better the future of humanity. Fascinated by each other's vision, they continued communicating. SHAKLEE's team of scientists was doing anti-aging research on resveratrol aimed at producing a nutrition product and Dr. Sinclair joined SHAKLEE's distinguished Scientific Advisory Board about the time that Dr. Sinclair and his associates at Harvard were getting publicity for his research on resveratrol. Well-known scientists have done the same thing over the years, the foremost researcher on fiber, the foremost researcher on hormone replacement therapy problems, the foremost researcher on antioxidants, etc. Their working with SHAKLEE coincided each time with the production and release of a nutritional product. When SHAKLEE's research produced a finished product in 2008, Dr. Sinclair agreed to talk with SHAKLEE distributors at the annual convention. SHAKLEE's legal department was careful not to tell him what to say--he had complete control over his presentations, which were recorded, and additional video clips he made for SHAKLEE websites. We were all pleased that he would endorse VIVIX so enthusiastically and unreservedly! But apparently Dr. Sinclair didn't realize in doing so he was overstepping the contractual agreements about his research that he has with Harvard as well as with a pharmaceutical company starting the long process of developing a medicine based on his research who had paid Dr. Sinclair millions for access to his research. The pharmaceutical company threatened legal action if he didn't step away from association with SHAKLEE and its nutritional product, VIVIX. This had nothing to do with distributors making false claims. In fact our top notch legal department requires us to use SHAKLEE wording without adding to it or altering it--not only for VIVIX, but for every product. That's why SHAKLEE hasn't had any legal problems in its 53-year history, though it has hundreds of products. So, we were using Dr. Sinclair's exact words, as taped. We were using clips of Dr. Sinclair from the Barbara Walter's anti-aging special on ABC, and a clip from Charlie Rose's PBS program--both widely available on the internet. We were using lots of legally sound SHAKLEE literature produced to help us tell the story. But Dr. Sinclair's friend and associate, Roger Barnett, publicly asked all SHAKLEE distributors to help Dr. Sinclair meet his contractual obligations to Harvard and to the pharmaceutical company so no legal action would be taken against Dr. Sinclair when a Wall Street Journal article after Christmas 2008 caused Dr. Sinclair adverse publicity. Roger Barnett had a special teleconference for all business leaders making us fully aware of the situation--that Dr. Sinclair could be in trouble for breach of contract. We all agreed to what SHAKLEE asked of us--not to use Dr. Sinclair's likeness or words any longer in connection with VIVIX, to help him out. Literature and websites were redone to remove his likeness and quotes. We were told that we could refer to his research as we would refer to the research of any other scientist...but not as a scientist with a connection with SHAKLEE. We were cautioned even against the use of the TV clips. In fact, although he also resigned from the SHAKLEE Advisory Board to eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest, Dr. Sinclair has not reversed anything he has said about VIVIX. His ringing endorsement stands. But we distributors have been asked not to use any of his endorsements, even though they have not been withdrawn. SHAKLEE is taking the high road on this, and I admire that. I really believe a good man didn't realize his contractual limitations and when he did, did what he had to do. And we don't really need his endorsement. Our product VIVIX actually goes beyond Dr. Sinclair's research. In addition, SHAKLEE found a muscadine grape with an extra chromosome and Roger secured the harvests for the next ten years at least. SHAKLEE worked with a scientific team at the University of Georgia on a patent-pending extraction process. SHAKLEE is currently doing clinical research to expand the lab research on VIVIX, which is 10 times more powerful than resevertrol alone. Amazing testimonies are flooding in from the Field as the product has been used since August 08. The production had to be quadrupled after a six month's supply ran out in six weeks. We don't need Dr. Sinclair. But we're very grateful for him. I've heard he personally takes VIVIX... ...because we have the product NOW. We don't have to wait 5-7 more years for the medicine version!