Is Abundance Network a Scam? MLM Review on Alleged Pyramid Scheme

Abundance Network Review

The overview and rankings

What to look for in a MLM:

What is Abundance Network?

What’s in their site is nothing but an affiliate login form and the terms and conditions of joining their program.

I read through it and noticed that they referred multiple times to Autom8tion, which is a company owned by Jeffrey Long and is based in Utah.

Who is Jeff Long?

Jeffrey Long is the founder of the Abundance Network.

He has had a number of experiences with MLMs, just like when he founded AutoXTen in 2011 which collapsed due to unknown reasons after a few years.

He then started SMS Dailies, another company that soon again failed. Then in 2015, he launched Get Paid Social, which is basically a system that spammed posts on Facebook.

It soon stopped operating because of it being labeled as a pyramid scheme. But then, he still didn’t stop and started 1 Online Business, another social media company which was modeled after a pyramid scheme.

It got closed and he promoted Luvv, another one of his endeavors, which again, was dismissed as another pyramid scheme. He founded NewU Financial in 2019 but still was a scam...

Is Abundance Network a pyramid scheme?

Yes, Abundance Network is a pyramid scheme.

Their members can’t earn any money if they don’t recruit people. But a more fitting and specific question to that is… Is Abundance Network a pyramid scheme in disguise?

What is a pyramid scheme?

Members who make the most cash are those who sell the idea of a “business opportunity.”

But if you were to check out the diagram closely, you can see that it is impossible for all members to earn from a system such as this because you’ll just be running out of members to recruit.

Know more about these so-called pyramid schemes in disguise in this 5-minute video...

Let's then know more about why...

Success is rare with Abundance Network

Sadly, it is very hard to see success from an MLM company such as Abundance Network.

Statistics even state that between 72.5% and 99.9% of MLM members lose money.

This is happening as MLMs have a “sales quota” where members can only stay active and receive commissions once they sell a specific number of products monthly.

If they can’t, then they buy the stuff themselves just to stay active. This leads to members losing thousands of dollars from their own savings before recruiting a single person into the company...

How does Abundance Network Work?

Abundance Network works by selling SMS and voicemail services.

However, this isn’t an actual product or service because all you have to do is signup to gain access to the system. And the only way to do earn is by recruiting.

But still, it sounds like a win-win situation to some, not until you know that the company is saving huge money because instead of them undertaking marketing campaigns, they just let their members do all the advertising.

Before confirming if that’s really the case, let’s focus on...

Abundance Network products

You can check out this 5-minute video to see what their SMS product really looks like:

Now that you know their product...

Can you make money with Abundance Network?

You are going to have a very hard time earning money from Abundance Network.

There are some who do, but they work day and night, even more than sales managers. And for what? For payment that’s lower than minimum wage?

They don’t even have an income disclosure to prove that their members are making money...

How to make money with Abundance Network

There is only one way to make money from Abundance Network. And that is by:

• Recruiting members into the company.

This is another very clear sign that there’s something fishy going on here, and that it’s an outright pyramid scheme.

How much does it cost to join Abundance Network?

You need to pay a hefty $200 to become an official member of Abundance Network.

However, that only means that you’re a basic member. In order to become a Master Reseller, as what they want to call it, you have to pay a massive $697.

They say that you can make more money if you become the latter because you have access to more numbers...

Abundance Network monthly cost

I calculated the costs you are going to incur for a year, and this is what I found:

• $200

• $697

Minimum costs for year 1 = $897

And that’s before you add up the other costs for training and promotional expenses like gas, travel, food, and other miscellaneous costs...

Abundance Network compensation plan

MLMs have confusing compensation plans.

The same goes with Abundance Network. Don’t you worry, though, as I’ll simplify it to the best of my capabilities…

Their compensation plan works by having their new affiliate members gift $100 to current and existing members.

So basically, newer members provide a $100 gift to their recruiters, and the latter then provides another $100 to the one who recruited them.

Simply speaking, the $100 just goes up the ladder, much like a pyramid scheme.

There’s really nothing much to say here, apart from the fact that this is an outright scam.

Confused still?

Well, I understand because even though their compensation plan is simpler compared to other MLMs, it’s clear to see that they’re just deceiving their members and promising payment even if the money they are earning is just recycled cash from the pyramid.

There’s only just 1 thing to do, and that is by:

• Recruiting members

Anyways, you can check out this 7-minute compensation plan video below to learn more...

So...

Is Abundance Network a scam?

I don’t normally conclude this in my reviews, but in Abundance Network’s case, I can clearly say that this is a scam.

They don’t sell any real or legit products and services, and their business model and compensation plan are just simply flawed and riddled with all the signs of a scam!

The remaining section of this review will reveal the facts about this company so you can come up with an informed decision if this is for you despite all the clear signs of it being a scam...

What I like about Abundance Network

I hate to say this, but there’s really nothing nice I can say about Abundance Network...

Key Terms:

• Pyramid Scheme – recruits members via a promise for payment from recruiting others into the company rather than providing a product
• Affiliate Marketing- Connecting a customer to a product they are looking for and receiving a commission for doing so
• Red Flag - A warning sign

What I don't like about Abundance Network

#1 No real product

First off, is that there is no real product or service offered.

Although they have an SMS and voice messaging system, if you dig deeper into what they really do, you’ll see that it’s just made for recruiting members into the company.

There’s really no point or any value offered by it, neither.

#2 Expensive subscription

You have to pay $200 or $697 just to become a member.

And for what?

To gain access to the SMS system which allows you to just contact as many people possible and waiting for them to come, hear your sales pitch, and become recruited, and only to do the same thing?

That’s just plain wrong, based on my own perspective...

#3 Owner faced lawsuits

Jeff Long, the founder of Abundance Network, had a series of misfortunes with all of his businesses. Because all of them are downright pyramid schemes! He’s had 6 other businesses previously, all of which have been closed because they’ve been dismissed as a pyramid scheme scam.

They are:

• AutoXTen

• SMS Dailies

• Get Paid Social

• 1 Online Business

• Luvv

• NewU Financial

#4 Is Abundance Network a pyramid scheme in disguise?

The only way you can stay active in the company and earn commissions from the recruits is by, well… recruiting!

Check out the diagram below to know more about what I'm referring to:

You need to sell the idea of a business opportunity to unsuspecting people and then waiting for them to discover that there’s really nothing nice about the “business opportunity” that they’ve grabbed.

#5 Downward trend

I checked Google Trends, and I wasn’t surprised with what I discovered…

As you can see the trend for Abundance Network is going down. This means that there are fewer people searching for the company on the internet, which again is going to make it harder for you to recruit.

I even compared it with Farmasi which is another notable MLM and you can see the gap between the two.

My opinion - Abundance Network

It’s plain to see that there’s nothing nice you can get out of Abundance Network.

They don’t sell any product or service, and their business opportunity is just not good. There’s just no value with whatever they are offering.

So it’s just a no for me...

The only way you can make money is by recruiting as many people as possible.

And that’s if you can recruit! In no way does this sound like a legit business model to me.

You’re just selling the dream of becoming rich by being a member and then leaving it up to your recruits to discover the fact that they’ve just been scammed.

How I make passive income online

MLMs are not scams or illegal. However, I'm not a fan of them because of the restrictions to the expensive products you have to promote.

Once I learnt about affiliate marketing, I realised it's a far superior business model because:

• You can promote anything you want and truly own the business
• You never need to sell to friends and family
• It's completely free to start

In 2018 I had no idea what affiliate marketing was.