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Mona Vie offers a nutritional products that are marketed via a multi level network of independent distributors. The benefits attributed to Mona Vie juice and Active include living longer, having greater energy and reduced aches and pains and, if you are a distributor, making money.
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mona Vie was started by Dallin Larsen. The firm is well respected and is considered to have a generous compensation program that can be lucrative if you produce. Like many MLM programs, Mona Vie pays a team bonus on a binary plan in addition to various other income streams including retail sales mark-up, bulk order bonus, first order bonus, star maker bonus, executive bonus and a leadership incentive.
The arrangement seems to place juice costs at about $30-$40 per 25 ounce bottle. You may purchase at wholesale and sell at retail, for about a 15 percent mark-up. Distributorship prices are lower yet, and purchasing wholesale and distributorship pricing, will earn you bonus points and you will progress up the levels. If your customers should purchase in bulk, you will also get bonus points.
The main ingredient of the juice is the acai berry, grown in the Brazilian Amazon and believed to be one of the finest antioxidant super-foods in the world. The acai berry is combined with other fruits to create a great-tasting, healthy juice. With 2 ounces of juice in the morning and 1 ounce of juice at night, the company says you can improve your quality of life instantly. (That is about 1 bottle per week).
Health benefits attributed to the product include boosting your immune system and improved resistance to serious conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, blindness, cancer and other chronic illnesses. The company literature that I read refrained from making such claims. Some people believe that antioxidants are helpful in slowing aging.
Less that 17 percent of Americans get their daily recommended servings of fruit and produce and 48 percent consume less than one serving a day, so this product could be fulfilling a need for better nutritional habits for most of us.
Mona Vie literature states that acai berry is the key ingredient of the product due to acai’s high anti-oxidant value. The ORAC value per serving is not stated on the particular brochure that I have. A nutrition facts table on the brochure list indicates that a serving contains 20% of the daily recommended value of Vitamin C, 1% of the sodium and 3% of the total carbohydrates.
Based on what I had heard about Mona Vie, I expected it to be a complete nutritional product. However, based on the literature, it is primarily an antioxidant product and you have to go elsewhere to get your vitamins, minerals and so on. Considering the high price and narrow coverage, I am not impressed Mona Vie. A liquid supplement product that I use from an MLM company costs only $30 per month delivered and covers all the vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and antioxidants (2500 ORAC). That beats Mona Vie hands down for value.
Those looking for an antioxidant supplement or business should check out Xocai healthy chocolate with 3582 ORAC value in each square. I suspect that it is easier to sell people on the idea of substituing healthy chocolate for other candy in order to get their antioxidants than getting them add a costly juice.
If you feel that your home business should have a consumable product that people need and want and that is good value, then you may have some concerns over the cost / benefit aspect of Mona Vie. However, the company is very successful which makes it clear that they know how to market and build a distributor organization.
From a product standpoint, I find the Mona Vie business opportunity to be less desirable than other options due to concerns about the price of the product relative to its limited set of nutritional components. The products are probably of high quality but may be a tough sell in todays economy where more and more people are having to tighten their belt.
Experienced network marketers know that having a great product does not build a business; you need great marketing as well. But marketing is certainly a lot easier if you have a product that is well priced and offers a compelling value. Mona Vie is a well respected company but I think their products are overpriced.
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