ACN is another multi-level marketing opportunity, with reselling opportunities that seem to fail to deliver on its promises.

ACN has been around for roughly twenty years, founded in 1993, but this does not equate to a lucrative business endeavor.

The products and services that are made available for reselling are positioned in markets that are full of well-established competition, markets that are not the easiest to gain a foothold in for the direct-marketing beginner.

High-speed internet, phone, home and security packages are a few of the areas they tap in to.

If you happen to be a marketer who has current contact with a cache of residential or business customers, to whom you already provide business and / or communication solutions for, then ACN may just have the product line-up that you are looking for.

This is a network that offers products of a highly specialized nature, and the fact that you have to pay to gain access to the ability to sell their products and services is an immediate deterrent for me.

This being said, ACN is the 22^nd largest direct selling network in the world, with presence in 23 countries, so for the right marketer with the right clientele, earning potential is there. Does this company provide a legitimate model for a home based business to base itself on? All around the internet you will see complaints and statements like ACN is a scam, is it true?

On their website they say “At ACN, if it’s on, you get paid!” sounds good, but in this review we dig deeper. You will also hear from a former ACN member…

ACN Review 2016

Website: acninc.com

Price: fr. $399 to get started

Who is this for? If you love their product and want to share it with family and friends then this might be for you.

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ACN Subscription

To begin reselling ACN services, one needs to first register as a distributor. ACN refers to this as the “ACN Independent Business Owner Agreement” and application is charged at $399, reduced from their long running price of $499. They will also charge you an annual fee.

If you want a ACN website, it`s not clear if this is required or not, then that`s another monthly expense of around $40. This to me is a crazy price when you can get a domain and hosting for a lot less than $480 yearly. Plus it`s a “website” with duplicate content, yes they all look the same so it will never rank in Google or the other search engines. It`s just a place to point your family and friends. It would be a lot cheaper than $480 to just send them a flyer.

Should you be accepted, you are then allowed to resell ACN products and services, receiving the allocated discount and being able to use the ACN marketing material that is made available to you.

Please note that any marketing supplies have to be ordered, with both the items and the shipping paid by you.

ACN Products & Services

You would be provided a range of residential and business services at discounted rates to resell to members of the public, and business enterprises. The following services are available for direct marketing:

Residential

• ACN Companion App – Digital Phone available on the move
• High Speed Internet, Voice & Television Packages
• High Speed Internet Packages
• Wireless Connectivity Packages
• XOOM Energy, Reduced Power Service
• Television Services
• Home Security
• Home Automation
• 24/7 Technical Support

Business Services

• Business Telephone & Internet Services
• High Speed Internet & Voice Packages
• XOOM Gas & Electricity Savings
• Anovia Payment Processing – Payroll, Invoicing, Management Roles
• Business Security
• Business Automation
• Satellite Television Networks
• 24/7 Technical Support

ACN Compensation Plan 2016

One thing that`s important to know if you are doing this to make an income, is how you make a commission and how much you get paid, right? Looking at the ACN compensation plan it took me some time to figure things out.

Every Independent Business Owner (IBO) starts as a Team Trainer (TT).

The first step is to become a Qualified Team Trainer, to reach that first level you will need at least 7 customer points and a minimum of 4 services. It`s not clear how much this will pay you, it depends on the services and points.

There are 6 more levels; Executive team trainer, Executive team Leader, Team Coordinator, Regional Director, Regional VP and Senior VP.

You can earn personal commission and Overriding Residual Commissions from services.

There are also ways to earn bonuses.

Are People Successful with ACN?

According to this ehow article:  

Research indicates, that fewer than 1 in 200 recover the initial investment. The study further found that participants lost an average of $605 per investment.

Not exactly the best numbers. But let`s here what a former member has to say about the program. This is…

Evelyn`s ACN Story

I joined ACN because I had a temp job. When I was presented with the comp plan, the person who sponsored me said all I needed were 2 people and some points. She made it sound so easy and I thought it wouldn’t be hard to find 2 people. I’ve heard of downlines and MLM before, but I never joined anything prior. I think I joined ACN for the wrong reasons and that was to make money.

I understand that making money is important, but what I learned through my experience with these businesses is that you have to like the product you’re selling. I really didn’t care about that ACN phone my goal was to find 2 people willing to pay $500 dollars and I was suppose to make $10,000 dollars a month. That’s all I heard and thought, I could find 2 people willing to invest $500 dollars.

I did research before I invested, and I read a lot of bad reviews out there about ACN. I still ignored those bad reviews, what made decided was the comp plan, I found out someone I went to school with does ACN, she never told me how much money she was making at the time, but she told me it was enough to pay her mortgage, Donald Trump was promoting ACN, my sponsor told me they will be selling electricity in a few months and it was a tax write off. This is so embarrassing Lol

Anyway, I gave my hard earn money as an investment and what I got for $500 dollars was a back office of nothing and a website. I did get people to go to their hyped up presentations and I do have to admit that my sponsor did do a great job with their presentations. I just couldn’t get anyone to join.

I started getting stressed out. Then I went to look on the internet on how to find people to join. I went on Facebook and messaged people about the ACN opportunity, but still no one.

My sponsor called me and told me I would miss out on earnings if I didn’t buy some other products. I needed the phone and another digital product if I wanted to still be eligible for the high paying monthly bonuses. I think the phone was over $200 and I purchased one of those wi-fi drive things by Verizon that I can take with me. I can’t remember how much was that either, all I remember was that I spent over $700 dollars. I made no money or sponsored anyone.

Thank you Evelyn for sharing your story.

Results will look different for different people. I don`t think Evelyn`s experience with ACN is uncommon though.

 

ACN Is It Worth It?

ACN does not supply anything revolutionary, but they are a multi-million dollar supplier of direct-sell services, carrying an industry-leading backing. This can do wonders for credibility, especially when approaching customers that operate businesses larger than small to medium-sized operations.

With that said it seems to me that they use misleading statements to get people to join and approach their family and friends with this so called opportunity. Do you feel comfortable promoting to family and friends?

This service, it seems to be very hard to sell to somebody outside of your “family and friends zone”. Promoting ACN online to savvy online users, I don`t see the potential.

It should also be noted that ACN has quite a large amount of upsell among its interactions with staff and support, after all they have already sold you membership, you’re another potential return customer!

So is the ACN opportunity for you?

Personally I would stay away from it. I don`t feel comfortable approaching family and friends with this and I don`t see an online opportunity either. The earning potential seems to be for a few and I simply believe there are better options out there.

I know you came here for the ACN opportunity, to find out if ACN is a scam or a legit opportunity. The decision will of course be yours. I DO want to show you something different though.

Something where you:

• do not have to sell to family and friends
• do not have to promote products you are not 100% sure about

In fact you promote products you enjoy and feel comfortable with… it`s called affiliate marketing.

Never pay to promote products again. In fact companies like amazon, will be happy to pay you a commission if you send them traffic that turns into sales.

In short this is what affiliate marketing is… Take a topic or interest that you enjoy and create a website around that. You learn how to get visitors to your site. If somebody clicks through your affiliate link, to amazon for example, and make a purchase you will make a commission…

The best part is there is a ton of training to get, at this online training center.

Check out our review and start for FREE.

I would love to hear from you, feel free to leave a comment below. Will you go the MLM rout? What did you think of this ACN review? Have you maybe worked with ACN? Please share your thoughts below,

Have a productive day,

Vicky