Mannatech – A Brutally Honest Review!

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Let’s talk about Mannatech today, mostly known for selling glyconutrients.

Is mannatech a scam? Here is a real review from someone who doesn’t care if you get started in mannatech or not.

This is a supplement selling company.

When looking at any home based business opportunity, you want to consider 2 things.

1. The product or service the company sells
2. The compensation plan

So let’s look at the products sold by mannatech.

Their main product is ambrotose which is a glyconutrient mix. It looks like a powder and you can mix it with just about any fruit juice to drink it.

Glyconutrients are sugars, but they are actually good sugars…yes there is such a thing.

And the pitch from mannatech is that our current diet does not include these “essential sugars.”

I’m not here to argue health facts, that could be completely accurate.

But here’s the thing to consider. This little powder cost a minimum of $100 a month. Who has an extra $100 a month to spend on 1 supplement? Honestly, not many people.

The second problem is this product relies on people’s discipline to take the product every day. Most of us can barely remember to shower and brush our teeth every day. Just kidding, but you get what I’m saying…

Lastly, I’ve actually taken the product consistently for a month before and didn’t notice any change in my body.

Now I am a young, healthy guy so that may have been why.

I’ve also heard reps say you should take this stuff with a certain stimulator, I don’t remember what is was called, but it’s supposed to make the powder work better…well whatever it was, it cost more money.

Here me out here, I’m not saying the powder doesn’t work. I’ve met people who have been “healed” by this stuff or at least prolonged the illness.

Here’s my problem with the way this product is presented by most people.

It’s presented as a cure all powder. So I can eat pizza, drink beer and watch football all day, but as long as I take the powder, then I’ll be okay? I don’t think so.

The reason I had this thought was because when I attended a few meetings with mannatech, the speaker and “authority figure” on health was at least 200 pounds over weight.

Needless to say, he didn’t make a lasting impression on me.

Now to the compensation plan. I know this plan was voted as a top compensation plan in the industry a few years back. And my aunt has made some really good money with this company in the past…I think like 6 digits a year.

But I also know mannatech has taken some financial hits over the past few years.

Here’s my take on the comp plan…after studying it for hours, I realized it’s damn confusing and nobody can explain it very well.

Let’s break down the facts, to make good money you need to sell a boat load of the powder because you only get a small percentage of residual incomes from the ambrotose sells.

Next is what I call the head-hunter fees. This is the money you make for getting someone signed up as a customer with the company.

The head-hunter fees…in a word…blow. And this is why.

Like other companies out there, there are different levels you can “enter” the company at. Basically the higher the level the more money comes out of your pocket.

The highest level for mannatech cost something like $1,000 to join and this is the level you were trying to push as a rep.

Now, I’m no genius but if most people don’t have $100 to spare on powder then where are they going to get $1,000 to buy a bunch of pills. Yep, that’s right you get like a years supply worth of vitamins and stuff.

So basically you’re pitching someone on buying a years worth of supply of something they’ve never even tried…good luck with that one.

And, you as the salesperson, only make $200 per $1,000 sale. In my opinion, this is a little low when prepared to other opportunities out there who pay you more money for a lot lower purchase price. Make sense?

I hope this has helped you. Overall, I believe you can make money with mannatech and I think they are a quality company.

But you’ll never make money in mannatech without the proper skills.

And most likely, your upline doesn’t know how to teach you the proper skills. Want to know how I know that?

If your upline told you to contact your friends and family and pitch them on this wonderful opportunity, then I was right, they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Trust me. This rarely leads to anything good and these people usually aren’t business builders. They may be great customers for you, but not business building prospects.