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I have written more than my fair share of reviews of various MLM programs through the years. After all the time I’ve spent in the MLM industry, and reviewing MLM products there are a few key things I would always look for when reading an MLM business review and that includes Ardyss reviews.

One thing you should expect from Ardyss reviews, or any MLM reviews, is an organized system that allows for an objective evaluation of the program. I personally have a three point system that I use; I look at the product, the company, and the marketing materials.

For example, my method of analyzing prospective MLM businesses consists of looking at three key factors, the product, the company, and the company’s marketing. I use these concepts in not just my Ardyss reviews, but my reviews of any MLM product. Obviously different reviewers may have their own systems, but you should see some system that cannot only be applied to the product mentioned specifically in the review, but any other MLM product out there as well.

True Ardyss reviews will be honest and unbiased. Any reviews that only focus on a product’s benefits should be considered with skepticism. No matter how good I think the Ardyss Body Magic might be at reshaping a woman’s body, it is just a body reshaping garment. The decision by Ardyss to involve themselves in the crowded health supplement and skin care product industries speaks volumes.

Following my own system for reviewing, it is important to consider both the good aspects of Ardyss itself. For instance, their long history with manufacturing their reshaping garments is good. However, I find the decision to enter the highly competitive markets of health supplements and skin care products dubious, at best. This is another example of the kind of information you should be looking for in Ardyss reviews.

The last and perhaps least important thing to consider when looking at an MLM business is the marketing system that is in place. Ardyss does has some tools in place that make it much easier than ever for their distributors to use the internet to build up their business, but it takes real marketing knowledge to achieve lasting results.

I am sure there will be some Ardyss reviews out there that are more ad copy than actual review, but the internet has plenty of information floating around about how to succeed at a MLM Business. Between this information and the ability to use the internet as a distribution channel, the internet has changed the way multilevel marketing works on a fundamental level.

The best Ardyss reviews will be honest, taking into consideration all aspects of an MLM program. I would not be surprised to see such articles frequently bringing up the importance of knowing how to market, as it so essential to all multilevel marketing efforts.

In my years in the MLM industry I have seen complaints about just about every MLM program I have ever looked at. It is for that reason that I am not surprised to see the number of Ardyss International complaints that are floating around out there in the echo chamber commonly called the internet.

To start with, some of the Ardyss International complaints or MLM complaints in general, are in fact valid. Whether a given product is worth its cost is completely subjective to the consumer. Complaints about the price or the effects of the product are valid because the consumer’s feelings are valid, but they are ultimately just opinion.

Most Ardyss International complaints are accusations of false or misleading advertising. These charges are leveled at both the product, and the business opportunity, and they are fairly common complaints about any multilevel marketing product.

Let us first consider the Ardyss International complaints that focus on the product. Is it falsely advertised? Honestly, sometimes. This is not emblematic of the whole organization, or most of its distributors. However with the accessibility of MLM programs there will always be some people who join the program and then resort to false claims about the product in a desperate attempt to improve their results.

The Ardyss International complaints that are focused on the business opportunity are pretty standard for any MLM business. Usually most complaints focus on whether or not a MLM business can really provide income without work, or if anybody can actually succeed with one.

As for the Ardyss International complaints that focus on the business, they tend to split into complaints about some of the widely popularized benefits of an MLM business. MLM businesses are often described as being something that anybody can do. They are also touted as being an opportunity for people to derive an income from their business without needing to work. While both of these statements are true, the MLM business is by no means simple or clean cut.

It is also true that anybody can succeed with a MLM business. Anybody can succeed, if they know the necessary marketing techniques that anybody needs to succeed in MLM. You cannot change a light bulb without a ladder, so how do you expect to succeed in a marketing business if you do not know how to market?

The Ardyss International complaints out there are all variations of the same complaints lodged against any MLM product. Usually people who complain about a MLM Business have either tried on their self, or knew somebody who did, and had terrible results. If you take the time to educate yourself on marketing, you can avoid joining the ranks of the dissatisfied.

MLM programs are not new to me. In my years working in the MLM industry I realized there was a real shortage of unbiased reviews out there, so I decided to start doing my own. In this article I will be reviewing Ardyss Internation.

I have reviewed lots of MLM businesses other than Ardyss International, and I have always used the same elegant system to do so. By focusing on simple but important and universal aspects of MLM offers I am able to review them all from a detached and unbiased position.

I always examine the product, the company, and the marketing materials the company is offering. By evaluating all MLM programs using these same three guide posts it allows me to make an objective evaluation of the program, as well as compare it to other programs.

That being said let us go ahead and look at the Ardyss International product, or rather, their product lines. Ardyss has not one, but three different lines of products. Their primary product line is their body reshaping garments like the Body Magic. That is where the company started, and it is what they are best at. They also offer health supplements and skin care products; however both of those product lines have much stiffer competition than the garment line has.

Ardyss International itself is nearly 20 years old, having been incorporated in 1991. They have been making the reshaping garments the whole time, and I feel comfortable saying that a manufacturer with substandard product would not last as long as Ardyss has, so that makes Ardyss as a company pretty solid from an MLM perspective.

Finally there are the marketing materials. I usually feel this is the least important factor as the marketing skill of an individual distributor is much more important to his success than the quality of the company’s marketing materials. That being said Ardyss International does offer a line of brochures for their distributors as well as an internet portal that makes internet sales and recruiting easier for the distributors.

That is right it takes marketing skills to succeed in Ardyss International just like it does in any other MLM opportunity. Without the requisite understanding of marketing, building a network of recruits and customers can be a tedious and arduous task.

I strongly recommend to anybody who is already involved in an MLM Business, or is considering joining one like Ardyss International, to go ahead and take the time to educate their self on marketing.

If there is one thing I have plenty of experience with its multilevel marketing programs. I have spent years in this industry learning how to succeed at it, and realize that there is a shortage of impartial reviews about most MLM products, which is why I like to do them. In this article I will be looking at Ardyss Internation.

Ardyss International is not the first MLM company I have reviewed, so I will be using my now standard 3 point evaluation system in this review. While my system is simple, it is highly useful for making objective assessments of MLM products.

I always examine the product, the company, and the marketing materials the company is offering. By evaluating all MLM programs using these same three guide posts it allows me to make an objective evaluation of the program, as well as compare it to other programs.

That being said let us go ahead and look at the Ardyss International product, or rather, their product lines. Ardyss has not one, but three different lines of products. Their primary product line is their body reshaping garments like the Body Magic. That is where the company started, and it is what they are best at. They also offer health supplements and skin care products; however both of those product lines have much stiffer competition than the garment line has.

Ardyss International its self was incorporated in Las Vegas, NV in 1991. The company’s history may go back farther than that, but that is the date that they use in their own history materials. Ardyss International began primarily in Latin American markets but has been quickly gaining ground across the globe since incorporating and using a multilevel marketing distribution system.

Finally there are the marketing materials. I usually feel this is the least important factor as the marketing skill of an individual distributor is much more important to his success than the quality of the company’s marketing materials. That being said Ardyss International does offer a line of brochures for their distributors as well as an internet portal that makes internet sales and recruiting easier for the distributors.

In the end success with Ardyss International, or any other MLM, is going to depend on the marketing knowledge of the distributor. No matter how good the product, how solid the company, and how effective the marketing materials may be, if the distributor does not know how to market effectively they will not succeed.

I strongly recommend to anybody who is already involved in an MLM Business, or is considering joining one like Ardyss International, to go ahead and take the time to educate their self on marketing.

I have seen plenty of complaints about various MLM products in my time in the MLM industry. That means I have seen my fair share of Ardyss International complaints as well. The open forum of the internet can be a real breeding ground for negativity, so I am sure you have heard of some complaints as well.

I want to start off by saying some of the Ardyss International complaints out there do have some validity to them. However, these complaints are in the minority and tend to be subjective in nature. A customer’s dissatisfaction with a product is based on their personal experience and is by no means shared amongst all the users of a product. While people are obviously entitled to their opinions, these complaints are purely subjective in nature.

Like any MLM business, lots of the Ardyss International complaints accuse Ardyss of using false or misleading advertising. Not only is this accusation lodged against the assorted product lines offered by Ardyss, they are also lodged against the money making potential of their multilevel marketing system.

So are the Ardyss International complaints about the product being falsely advertised true? Well, frankly, I’d be surprised if they were not true at least some of the time. Multilevel marketing systems offer everyday people the chance to own their business. While it is incumbent on companies like Ardyss to attempt to police the actions and claims of their distributors, it is not logistically feasible for them to be keeping tabs on everybody everywhere. This means there are bound to be a small handful of less than scrupulous people willing to make claims about Ardyss products that Ardyss themselves do not make, but that is an issue that crops in multilevel marketing period, not just for Ardyss.

The Ardyss International complaints that are focused on the business opportunity are pretty standard for any MLM business. Usually most complaints focus on whether or not a MLM business can really provide income without work, or if anybody can actually succeed with one.

Then there’s the “anybody can do it” claim. This one is also true; anybody can succeed in an MLM business assuming they have the right tools. Anybody can turn a screw with a screwdriver, too, but attempting to use your fingernail to turn that screw probably will not get you very far.

As for whether or not anybody can succeed in multilevel marketing, well that is true too. However while anybody can succeed, they still need to know how to market to succeed. A solid understanding of marketing makes it possible to succeed in any MLM, and that includes Ardyss.

The truth is most of the Ardyss International complaints are like the majority of the complaints lodged against other MLM Businesses. They are usually voiced by people who have tried either Ardyss, or some other MLM business but did not get satisfying results. If you want to know how to succeed with Ardyss or any other MLM product, you have to know how to market first and foremost.

I have lots of experience with multilevel marketing programs, but if you do not have that experience a MLM compensation plan can be a bit confusing, and the Ardyss compensation plan is no different. There is tons of jargon involved in a compensation plan, and while they all have similar ideas each plan will change the specific terms they use, hence the confusion for novices.

Like any MLM, the first part of the Ardyss Compensation plan is the profits to be gained from retail sales. Distributors order product from Ardyss at “wholesale” price, with the suggested retail price being 40% above that.

Ardyss recommends that their distributors use a suggested retail price that is 40% above wholesale cost, which is not a bad slice off of your sales. It stands to reason that if you wanted to focus on volume, and were not worried about upsetting your fellow distributors you could easily offer product at a 30% profit range in an attempt to boost volume at the expense of per unit profit.

Obviously boosting your sales volume is essential to working your way up the Ardyss Compensation Plan, but it is better to do this with solid marketing than it is by undercutting. Solid marketing skills will let you increase your sales volume without having to shrink your profit margin.

The Ardyss compensation plan awards promotions they same way that any MLM plan does, which is based on monthly wholesale orders for you and your network. Getting promoted will allow you to increase the number of people in your downline network that you can get commissions for, and that is obviously a good thing.

Since recruiter’s commissions are based on the whole sale orders of their recruits, the more recruits, and the more active they are, the more money you make. As you build your network and climb the promotion ladder you begin to receive commissions from network members farther and farther from you, and that is where you can start making big money.

The Ardyss compensation plan also includes a large number of various bonuses beyond these standard MLM incentives. There are bonuses for recruits, bonuses for new recruit’s orders, and other bonuses based on group sales goals and promotions.

If you want to work your way up the Ardyss compensation plan you better take the time to educate yourself on marketing. With a solid understanding of marketing you can not only grow your own MLM Business, you can pass that knowledge on to your network, boosting their results, and your commissions.

In my years working in the multilevel marketing industry I have looked at more than my fair share of MLM products. While I truly believe success is possible in any MLM system, it would be naive to pretend that any MLM opportunity is as good as another.

To this end I developed a simple three point system I use each and every time I am looking at a new MLM product, whether I am considering participating in it myself, or simply trying to offer a useful review to people considering a given MLM opportunity. That being said let us go ahead and take a look at Ardyss.

When I evaluate any MLM business, Ardyss included, I always look at the product, then the company, and finally any marketing materials that the company might make available. These three traits are obviously a part of any MLM business so they provide me with guideposts when trying to determine the value of an MLM product.

That being said, how does Ardyss score in the product category? Well, that depends largely on which of their products you are talking about. They are leaders in the body reshaping garment business and that means that their wide line of reshaping garments for men and women is going to be solid quality. On the other hand, the health supplement and skin care product lines have plenty of well established competitors in fierce market that not only has product against product, but distribution channel, direct sales and retail, fighting fiercely for the consumer dollar.

Then there is Ardyss the company. Ardyss has been around for nearly two decades (some people claim the company began in Mexico in 1989, but the company’s website seems to instead use their incorporation date of 1991) making body reshaping products. They have plenty of experience in that field. I do not know how I feel about the fact that they were willing to wade into the crowded sea of health care and skin care products.

Lastly there is the marketing system. It is always helpful to find a MLM opportunity that has a solid marketing system in place that lends its self to duplication, but those are not all that common. The truth is that success with Ardyss, or any other MLM opportunity ultimately falls on the shoulders of the distributor.

Then of course there are the marketing materials. The web based interface for sending internet sales and prospects to the Ardyss website sure helps distributors with building their network and sales on the internet. While an easily duplicated marketing system is always desired in an MLM business it is not absolutely necessary.

In fact the marketing materials already out there are the least important of these factors when analyzing an MLM opportunity. Success in multilevel marketing, whether it is with Ardyss or some other MLM product, ultimately depends on the distributor’s knowledge of marketing. If you want your MLM Business to flourish I cannot stress how important it is to understand effective marketing.

I always look at the same three things when evaluating a multilevel marketing business, the product, the company and the marketing materials. By using the same system consistently I find it easier to make objective assessments about a given program or product.

I want to focus on the Ardyss brochures available to distributors as marketing materials in this article, so I’m going to be moving very quickly through my analysis of both the product and the company.

Ardyss has tons of products, no doubt, though their strongest product line has to be their body reshaping garments. They also carry skin care products and health supplements; however considering the fierce competition in both of these industries I do not think they are as solid as the garment line.

A program with the number of options that Ardyss has is certainly good, but both health supplement and skin care are fiercely competitive industries. Unique is always best when looking at a product.

Now let’s get into the marketing materials, namely the Ardyss brochures. These brochures espouse the various benefits of a number of their products while containing an area that distributors can use to place their own contact information. They can even be put up on websites in digital formats like the pdf file.

Most importantly for this article though are the marketing materials Ardyss makes available. They offer a number of brochures for distributors to use both as hard copies and in digital mediums such as .pdf files that can be accessed from a website.

Testimonials are always popular in multilevel marketing because of the power they can have to persuade customers, but you have to make sure that any testimonial you use is sincere. Fabricated testimonials are of little value as they wind up being duplicated ad nauseam and ultimately shatter the trust necessary when courting customers and prospects over the internet, which is why the Ardyss brochures can be so useful, they focus on the products.

Ultimately success in any MLM Business is going to depend on your ability to develop your own effective marketing strategy and materials. The Ardyss brochures are useful, but without understanding the general principles of marketing you will never experience real MLM success, no matter how good the brochures might be. Make certain that you take the time to research these concepts for yourself if you want to try your hand at multilevel marketing.

I have lots of experience with multilevel marketing programs, but if you do not have that experience a MLM compensation plan can be a bit confusing, and the Ardyss compensation plan is no different. There is tons of jargon involved in a compensation plan, and while they all have similar ideas each plan will change the specific terms they use, hence the confusion for novices.

The first part of the Ardyss compensation plan, or any MLM compensation package, is the retail profits. When you become an MLM distributor you essentially purchase product at wholesale, then sell it for retail, pocketing the difference.

Ardyss recommends that their distributors use a suggested retail price that is 40% above wholesale cost, which is not a bad slice off of your sales. It stands to reason that if you wanted to focus on volume, and were not worried about upsetting your fellow distributors you could easily offer product at a 30% profit range in an attempt to boost volume at the expense of per unit profit.

There are some definite advantages to finding ways to boost your sales volumes, both personally and in your network, but undercutting the competition is not the best way. Obviously if you really want to boost your volumes you need to be using good marketing techniques. This will allow you to generate respectable volume as well as maintain your per unit profit margin.

The Ardyss Compensation Plan is much like any other MLM compensation package, in that “promotions” which grant you access to bonuses and increase the range of your commissions in your network are triggered by monthly wholesale purchases, both individual and group orders.

Like most MLM programs the Ardyss compensation plan determines the commission for a recruiter based upon the wholesale orders there recruit places. As you ascend the ranks of the compensation plan you will be entitled to commissions on members farther and farther away from you. Initially you only receive commissions from your direct recruits, however as your network grow and you climb the ladder you can begin tapping into commissions on the orders of individuals as far as 5 tiers below you in your network.

On top of these relatively normal provisions, the Ardyss compensation plan also includes a number of bonuses. You are eligible for bonuses for recruiting new distributors, for the orders made by your recruits, and meeting certain sales goals on the group and personal level.

If you want to reach the top of the Ardyss compensation plan, or any MLM Business, you will need to understand how to market well. A solid grasp of marketing principles will not only improve your results, it will help you guide your recruits to better results, too, which means more commissions for you.

Anytime I examine a multilevel marketing system I always look at the same three elements, the product, the company, and the marketing materials. I use this same system for every single multilevel marketing program I look at, and it certainly makes it easier to weigh the pros and cons of participating in any given program.

I want to focus on the Ardyss brochures available to distributors as marketing materials in this article, so I’m going to be moving very quickly through my analysis of both the product and the company.

Ardyss has tons of products, no doubt, though their strongest product line has to be their body reshaping garments. They also carry skin care products and health supplements; however considering the fierce competition in both of these industries I do not think they are as solid as the garment line.

A program with the number of options that Ardyss has is certainly good, but both health supplement and skin care are fiercely competitive industries. Unique is always best when looking at a product.

The company Ardyss has been operating for over 20 years if you go back to the small business that would eventually become the Ardyss Corporation. They started with their body reshaping garments, which means they have got tons of experience in that field under the belt, a definite “plus.”

Now for the important stuff, as far as this article is concerned, the marketing materials. There are a number of Ardyss brochures available to distributors. Distributors can use the brochures to both print hard copies and to make available on their websites in a digital format like the .pdf file. These can definitely be handy, and I am inclined to think they are better than most testimonials actually.

Testimonials are pretty popular because good ones can be so moving, but I do not like them. I have seen too many testimonials that were reused or obviously fabricated, and I am sure I am not the only one. This is why I prefer more informative materials like the Ardyss brochures. When I see a testimonial my inner cynic starts to scream.

In the end, success with a MLM Business depends on the marketing skills of the business owner. The Ardyss brochures are helpful, sure, but the only way to achieve real success is with a solid understanding of effective marketing. Knowing how to market well will give you the ability to turn any MLM product or program into a financial success.