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Is Mannatech a Scam? Why Did They Pay a $11-Million Fine?

“Transformational products! Changing lives! Your opportunity!” That’s what Mannatech offers based on their website. Could this be the next business opportunity that would transform also your life or is Mannatech a scam?

Maybe some of your friends have invited you to hear about this opportunity or you have heard about it on the Internet. I decided to write this Mannatech article to give you a little bit more information about this company.

Even though the company is listed on NASDAQ and it has around 25 years of experience in the industry, there are a few things that you may want to consider before joining. Let me show you!

Mannatech Review

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Name: Mannatech

Founded: In 1993 by Samuel L. Caster

Type & Industry: Nutritional supplements. Multi-Level Marketing.

Short Review: Mannatech has its own strengths with enthusiasm and helping people for a healthy. However, several lawsuits, bad reputation, downslide for 15 years and overpriced products don’t make their business opportunity so attractive. I would think at least thrice before joining this system and I certainly don’t recommend it for most people.

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What Is Mannatech? – Is It Completely Reliable?

Mannatech is a multi-level marketing (MLM) company selling nutritional supplements, skincare and some home products like essential oils. The company has been around already for 2,5 decades as the company was founded back in 1993 by Samuel L. Caster. Their stock has been listed on NASDAQ so it’s publicly traded.

All of these signs sound very good and made me think it would fall into the same category with other big MLM-companies like Herbalife, LifeVantage, Usana, and others. However, the closer look at the company has revealed some “not-so-nice-facts” about the company.

Over the years Mannatech has been involved in several lawsuits and some people have tried to get them out of the business. Reasons for these lawsuits vary but Mannatech distributors have, for example, claimed that their products are able to cure cancer or other severe illnesses which certainly is not true.

Well, that kind of claims is quite popular within MLM-companies. Some Herbalife distributors have also said that their nutritional shakes were able to cure heart illnesses and get the women pregnant who weren’t able to have a baby before. Soon they’ll probably claim that MLM-products will give you some superpowers and make you fly… I wouldn’t be even surprised!

In several cases, Mannatech has paid millions of dollars just to stay in the business. They never admitted that they aren’t doing anything wrong as a company. Well, somebody could ask why they are then paying if they don’t do wrong?

If you are interested in reading more details about their lawsuits, you can check them out on this website. The following graph on Google Trends also clearly shows that the popularity of Mannatech has been going significantly down during the past years.

Controversy or not, let’s have a closer look at their products. There are still thousands of people who completely love Mannatech and uses their products daily.

Mannatech Products

You probably saw the categories of their products above that are:

• Integrative Health
• Targeted Health
• Weight + Fitness
• Skincare
• Home Living (essential oils, etc.)

We can honestly say that all these products are typical MLM-stuff. I don’t have a specific data about this but after researching tens and tens of MLM-programs, I have come to a conclusion that there is probably the most network marketing systems in the nutritional supplement industry. Essential oils have also another booming industry during the last years. Some famous programs are doTERRA, Young Living, Wakaya Perfection, etc.

I think these industries are so popular because the profits are high for selling each product. Often MLM-companies offer even 25-30% profit for selling some protein shakes, for example. Think about how much extra there are the prices compared to their real value!

Mannatech has also so-called “MLM-extra” in their pricing. It means that they are way more expensive than similar products in the supermarket.

It’s always good to remember that it’s possible to get false results also from “scientific tests”. One famous example is a research that spread to millions of people claiming that eating chocolate can lose your weight. Like common sense says, it was complete BS and chocolate won’t lose your weight even though the results were in the biggest newspaper in Europe.

How to Get Started with Mannatech?

If you want to join Mannatech MLM-business, you have to pay a fee of $49,99 per year and buy one of their three packages:

• Basic Pack – Price $99 to $169
• All-Star Pack – Price $499
• Premium All-Star Pack – Price $999

We quickly see it’s not the cheapest program out there but not the most expensive one either. Still, in order to buy one of their packages and getting started with the system, I would like to be sure that the program is really worth joining. I give you credit that you are making your homework and reading this article which helps you to decide is Mannatech worth it or not.

Once you start with the company, you’ll receive some training about the company and products. You’ll also get a mentor who is the one that introduced you to Mannatech system. It’s highly important that you have a good mentor. At the beginning of starting a business you need lots of support and help to get started and the ball rolling. I know it from my own experience from building an online business. I’m glad I found a great online business community that has helped me all the way.

Once you have received the training and the basic information of the company, you can start selling products and recruiting new people into the system. If you do this with the “old-school” strategy, you’ll arrange appointments and home parties with your friends, family members, and neighbors. More modern way to get leads is to use the Internet because then you can reach thousands of people automatically by setting up systems working for you.

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Mannatech Compensation Plan

One of the most interesting thing when analyzing an MLM-business opportunity is, of course, having a look at their compensation plan. How much can you earn? How does the system work? Until how many levels can you earn commissions and passive income?

You can check out official 16-page Mannatech compensation plan here. I’ll let also Mannatech associate represent the system for you in the video below. Note that the booklet and the video are both created by their team members and they are highly promotional. The video shows the new compensation plan which was launched in July of 2017.

Even though I almost always find MLM compensation plans exciting (I love numbers. The numbers are flowing in my blood!) I still know that exciting numbers can’t make a shady business good. That’s the case with Mannatech. Let’s also have a quick look at what other people have been saying about Mannatech.

Mannatech Reviews & Complaints

As I mentioned above, there has been lots of controversy about the company. People seem to have a hard time trying to trust the company that has been involved in so many lawsuits during their history.

After reading several reviews of Mannatech, one question comes to my mind strongly, “How on Earth they are still surviving in the business if they have had so negative reputation for years??”

However, even though Mannatech has several downsides they still have a large number of customers who still use their products. They don’t mind paying a bit extra for their nutritional products. Mannatech representatives are obviously drumming the message how effective their products are.

Some reviews say, “THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY I HAVE EVER JOINED.” In my experience those people have been involved with the system less than a month or two.

Mannatech complaints question their products, system and even the whole business. I wouldn’t go so far but I must admit that the company’s history hasn’t been perfect. If they aren’t going to make a shift for better, they have hard times ahead.

Conclusion – Is Mannatech Worth It?

Meh. Nah.

I wouldn’t join Mannatech. There are way too many things that just make it look unattractive. Imagine that you are trying to sell the system to your friends and they check the information on the Internet.  They realize all the negative stuff that’s going around the company. How should a Mannatech representative go to respond to that? Well, a typical response would be, “Haters gonna hate… I’m making money!” That’s what greedy businessmen use to say. 😉

Anyway, the world is full of amazing opportunities. Especially today in 2017 (or the next year in 2018) we have the Internet that has opened awesome business opportunities. I see people every day who are making a living online and celebrating success. In addition, they aren’t only helping themselves but only people who they reach through the Internet.

That’s also possible for you.

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Do you have experience of Mannatech or similar MLM-programs?

Do you prefer generating leads online or offline? What kind of strategy do you use?

Let me know in the comments below! 🙂