Scentsy Review
Company: Scentsy
Website: www.scentsy.com
Type: MLM
Products: Light bulbs, Beauty products, etc.
Rating: 3/10
How to Sell Scentsy Online? Let’s be real
The first thing that will surprise you when you first learn about the requirements of joining Scentsy is the amount of
money you are required to spend. Before you can enroll, you have to pay $99 for the starter kit. And to top that, that amount will roll to $120 after you are done adding the costs of shipping and tax. To put salt on the wound, you will be sent business supplies every month and that will cost you over $30.
Even if you are going to make thousands of dollars working for Scentsy, isn’t the amount too much for a beginner? If you are still curious and want to get to the end of the tunnel, follow me as I analyze the structure of this MLM Company.
In the following paragraphs, you will learn more about this company, its compensation plan, and products. In the last section of this article, I have exclusive information for you. Don’t jump right there now, I want you to read everything from here on so that you will learn as much as possible about Scentsy.
Scentsy Products
- Scentsy Bar
- Layers Shower Gel
- Layers Hand Cream
- Full Size Scentsy Warmer
- Layers Hand Cream
- Light Bulbs
- Scentsy Buddy
Compensation Plan
To be sincere with you, the compensation plan of Scentsy is complex and you may be overwhelmed when you read the chart. However, I am not going to show you any chart here. I am simply going to break down the compensation plan here and hope you will understand it. If you can’t understand it here, then I don’t think you should go further. Why is that? It is because your familiarity with the compensation plan is central to your success with this company. If you are working for a company and you don’t know your salary structure, will you stay with such company?
As per the compensation plan, what you are paid depends on your rank in the system and Personal Retail Volume. The ranking system in Scentsy is based on the number of products each member can sell. If you can sell large quantities of products while you are still new, you can climb the rank quickly. The Personal Retail Volume is simply the subtotal of all orders from you.
Now that we have that out of the way, let’s move on to the next step.
When you first join, you will start at the bottom of the rank, you will be an Escential consultant with 20% commission of your retail sales. You will remain at this level until you are able to sell $1,000 — don’t worry, that is not monthly but the overall selling. If you think you can sell as much as that, read on. After selling $1,000, you will become a Certified Consultant. Instead of 20%, you will now be entitled to 25% of your retail sales.
If you like to go after the best, you can decide to recruit other consultants into the system. You will be their senior and you will earn certain percentages from their sales each month, which is usually $150. If these junior consultants can stay active, you will be promoted to lead consultant. Here is the deal: you will now have additional 2% commission from your junior recruits and an extra 2% commission from your personal wholesale volume (different from your retail volume, which is 25%).
As you can see, the more you move in the rank, the more money you can earn. However, one thing you should understand is that we have not included all the requirements of each level. As I have mentioned before, I have only tried to simplify the compensation plan. I will call this a model – a model is a simplification of real life situations by which you slim down the details. You will need to read the chart for more information if you intend joining.
Should You Join Scentsy ?
During my research, I discovered that people are divided over whether this is a good program or not. While some people are complaining about the company, others were praising it. However, no matter how much praises an MLM company receives, the structure, which it operates, does not change. If some people are happy with it, it simply does not validate the operations of the company.
However, one thing is clear from what I have written in previous paragraphs. When you are starting out, you have to spend a lot of money. And for you to maintain your membership, you have to buy lots of products every single month. Even if you have the money to spare, I would advise you spend it at the appropriate places – in this case a profitable and less risky business.
Above is also a chart that shows you the income potential of each level and also the percentage of people that have reached those levels. As you can see, it does not look like most of the people are making a lot of money except for the 0.2%
That business is what I promised you above. And you can find the information about it in the next section.
Why I Prefer Affiliate Marketing Over MLM
Unlike MLM, which is somewhat complicated, affiliate marketing is actually simple. Although it seems like joining an MLM program is a simply filling a form with your name and email address, there is more to it than meets the eye. After paying the fee that is required before you join, you will be faced by an obstacle to progress that many have already complained about. That is because there are so many different levels and different requirements for each one.
If you are able to move from one level to the other, then you will have new set of requirements that is very different and often difficult that what you had before. This is just like learning everything from scratch. However, affiliate marketing allows you to create different income streams from different sites. If you create a successful site in one niche, you can go to another niche, use the same blueprint you used before and you will be successful.
Affiliate marketing gives you full control of your business. Your earning potential is very dependent on what you do. Because of this, I say affiliate marketing allows you to write your own check. As long as you are doing things right and are sticking to what is working for you, you shouldn’t have any problem. However, MLM makes you dependent on your down line for success.
> Make sure you check out my recommended affiliate marketing training <
Finally, affiliate marketing allows you to delve into new markets and make huge profits. You can make mistakes along the way, learn from your mistakes, and better your potential. A single mistake with MLM could mean the end of your business – and ultimately your investment.
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Hello Valie,
I just visited your site and I have to say I am kinda shocked in how many issues are within scentsy. I have heard a lot about the business and I never expected to be such a pain especially with how much money you shell out just to get started. Very informative!
Hi Megan
I agree. The start up costs if these MLM companies are very high and I wonder where it goes? Maybe it goes to the 0.2% that are making over $100 000 per year.
Oh great…a program with a starter kit! The typical red flag of an MLM program. I don’t like programs that involve buying a lot of product each and every month. I completely agree with you that affiliate marketing is better than MLM in many ways. One of the best is that you don’t need to handle any physical products! You can sell them electronically through your website without holding inventory. These days, it’s also cheap to run and maintain a website. With over 3 billion internet users, there’s never been a better time to be an affiliate marketer.
I agree Matthew. You can even start your own website for free if there is no other choice. Doing affiliate marketing is a lot of work, but in the end you will make more money through it than MLM.
There are so many opportunities online for affiliate while MLM only limits you to one niche and a range of products.
Hello Valie,
I actually never heard of Scentsy before. I am glad you described it well here. I don’t think it would be an option that I am interested in pursuing. As you shown in your table, it is obvious the majority get stuck at the 2nd level, and very few get to the top. Do you know of any MLM company that would be worthwhile to look into? I too prefer the affiliate marketing approach. I really like your comparison graph. Cheers
Hi Paul
There are so many MLM companies so this makes it very difficult to point out one. Just make sure that the products are good and that you will actually use them and that the compensation plan is simple to understand for you and your referrals.
Really impressed with your review of Scentsy, and really enjoyed the chart you found that shows how most members are ranked!
I was interested in this opportunity before reading your review, but I have to agree that affiliate marketing and building websites seems more lucrative.
With your recommendation how quickly do you think you can start making money?
I was a previous director with Scentsy, I wanted to add, it appears your chart is accurate to what my knowledge of people’s earnings and mine were at the time. Just like any business, Direct Sales takes work and dedication. IF you work it like a job you can be in that top 1 to 2% if you dibble dabble you won’t be, and that goes for all ds companies.