Jeunesse Global Review
Company Name: Jeunesse Global
Costs: $49.95 + $85/month
Industry: Anti-Aging
What Is It
An MLM company with anti-aging serum that uses “growth factors” to enhance cell reparation.
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Short Review
The product itself seems to be based on pseudo-science, and there are much cheaper alternatives with better customer reviews. The opportunity is very standard multi level marketing and doesn’t seem to provide much training or guidance beyond recruitment incentives.
Product Breakdown
The flagship product of Jeunesse is an anti-aging moisturizer called Luminesce. As is common with a lot of MLMs, they tell a pretty nifty story, make up a few words, and pay some doctors to back up their claims. This is by-the book what’s happening with Luminesce.
Here is a video explaining exactly what this moisturizer is supposed to do
Whether or not the product actually works seems to depend on the person. There are very conflicting reviews on Amazon. This is not uncommon with MLM products, as the distributors will flood reviews with 5 stars, and real customers will call out their BS.
Another commonality you’ll find in a lot of health and wellness products promoted by MLM companies that they have doctors backing them up, but there’s more to the story. The main doctor that seems to be supporting Jeunesse’s claims (or doing the research) is Dr. Nathan Newman.
I certainly don’t want to trash the guy’s name, but he is not receiving favorable reviews for his work on Yelp.
He also seems to be very focused on the stem cell growth factors and how it relates to anti-aging. I did see more than a few videos on YouTube featuring him talking about the topic in one form or another. It kind of reminded me of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos from the history channel talking about Aliens all the time. Somehow that dude landed a job talking about ancient history on television despite only holding a bachelors degree in sports information and communication.
It just goes to show you that not everyone on TV knows what they’re talking about.
Aside from Luminesce, Jeunesse also offers a variety of skin care products like night repair, eye cream, cleansers and some nutritional supplements.
All of the products are pretty pricey, and there are cheaper alternatives, with better reviews. Some of them even come with 30-60 day 100% satisfaction guarantees.
$20-$30 with free shipping for the above products, in comparison to $134 + shipping for Luminesce. Also notice the 5 star reviews above.
Opportunity Breakdown
Though they only spend about 1 page of their compensation plan talking about retail sales, here are the deets: You get 20% to 45% retail profit on each sale. You purchase at wholesale price, sell at retail, and keep the profit. What you earn varies because some folks may be receiving a 10% discount for being a preferred customer, or a 20% discount for being on autoship.
As far as cost goes, if you live in the US you can expect to pay $50 to enroll to be a distributer, and about $85/month for autoship of products to meet your qualification needs.
Forcing you to purchase product on a monthly basis is always a warning sign. It means that you have to buy, even if you aren’t selling. It also means that any sales figures the company quotes to show you how popular their product is, aren’t necessarily sales from real customers (because they are sales from distributors purchasing their own product).
If you’re looking to get involved in this opportunity and do not want to get stuck selling this stuff to friends or family, you need to start a website to reach a wider audience.
Anything New or Exciting?
As far as compensation plans go, there isn’t anything too exciting to report. It’s a pretty standard comp plan. There are a few ways to get paid.
- Sell products
- Recruit new distributors (that purchase product)
- Earn commissions from your downline
- Earn bonuses for meeting various sales + recruiting requirements
Here’s a very clear video explaining the comp plan.
- $50 + $85 autoship to get “activated”
- Refer 2 members with 300/600 qualifying volume to get $35 team cycle bonuses
- Rank Levels = Jade, Pearl, Sapphire +more
- Various level commissions based on rank (20% Level 1, 15% Level 2, 10% Level 3, etc)
Note: Be very careful of companies that require you to buy your own products on autoship! Those costs can quickly add up, especially if you are not making sales in the beginning.
Can You Make an Income From This?
Absolutely! I rag on MLMs all the time because I don’t like the business model of recruiting distributors. It just doesn’t make sense to me, and I think a lot of people fail in it.
But anti-aging creams are popular products, and interest just keeps growing.
So actually, I think selling anti-aging cream could be a really lucrative opportunity. And although I don’t like the MLM structure of Jeunesse, Luminesce clearly appeals to some people. I am skeptical of their claims, but I do believe that some people will be satisfied with the product.
A related issue to this is that I don’t believe that Jeunesse gives proper training on how to actually market these products to anyone other than close family and friends. Once you start doing that, you head down the path of every other Tupperware, Amway, or Mary Kay biz op out there.
You’ll be stuck converting high school classmates on Facebook, or throwing cocktail parties for somewhat-close friends with the ulterior motive of selling product.
Without a strategy to get your business online, get a website, and find people who actually what to purchase this, I think most folks will struggle to sell Jeunesse products.
Other Comments
I really do think that anti-aging, and ‘youthfullness’ could be an interesting niche to get into now that I’ve seen how popular the topic is. I would personally build a website about it rather than just do the normal network marketing stuff like throw ‘parties’ or meet with prospects in Starbucks.
I like the idea of selling anti-aging products because it’s a really hot market. Jeunesse Global could possibly fit into this business plan somewhere if you believe their products work.
As someone that makes money online by promoting products, I see a huge opportunity in this industry, but would take a different angle than what Jeunesse wants you to. I would promote a variety of products on my website to give people a choice. Tons of companies will pay you to advertise their products on your website!
Oh, and you can start your website about anything you want and still make money (I promote computer software), so if anti-aging isn’t your thing or you decided not to join Jeunesse Global, that’s fine. Any topic works!
What do you think about Nathan Newman and Luminesce? Leave a comment and let us know!
MLM Critic & Author: Nathaniell
What's up ladies and dudes! Great to finally meet you, and I hope you enjoyed this post. I have to be honest though. I'm not a big fan of MLM. Tried it. Hated it.
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Sharon OBar
I am not a distributor. I was mailed some samples and really was.surprised that it improved my complexion. I have been.looking.for something to sell that I believe in. However, I don’t like the idea of being forced to order and forced into autoship. I am.really disappointed, because Icant afford full price. I know you can write your losses off, so I am still considering it. I do think it’s a good product. One.of the creams.actually did conceal my wrinkles and bagginess under my eyes, in about a minute and a half. But I think it may have “inflated” my skin, tho I really can’t figure ‘what’ it did, but it worked. I just thought it would be good to hear.from someone who has sampled it and is not a.distributor.
Nathaniell
Autoship is one reason why I can’t stand MLM!
Alivia Trinh
Hi Nathaniel,
I clearly see what you are trying to do.
You are actually PROMOTING Jeunesse Global rather than dissing it. You know that there are little chickens and sceptical people who be attracted to your website with such title. By writing a negative review, you awaken the successful group of people to go against your post to promote the company. Letting them be the testimonial of the company.
When a bag review is written, it will also attract great reviews. Clearly, you attracted more good reviews than bad reviews. However, also attracted little chickens who goes around and call out “the sky is falling”.
I see this is an opportunity for Jeunesse Global to excel. Having said that, they are placed number 1 in the MLM industry. As big and Google, Apple and Facebook!
Nathaniell
I am so confused by your comment…I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not, and if you are pro MLM or pro Jeunesse or not.
Chip
Never listen to MLM review sites, bla, bla bla, There are so many out there, MLM works with the right company, no different to affiliate marketing. TRY the product first and the business then do your review! Distributors are customers! That’s the whole point of MLM. You try the product, you like it, you have an opportunity to earn an income outside of a JOB. Look around the world, there are negative comments and reviews on many things, look at you tube comments, always a negative or more, a bunch of mixed reviews, the same is on Amazon, that’s the personality of people! You cant please every Tom, Dick & Jane out there.. look at politicians, they can’t. If you want to properly review MLM’s – Join up, actually try the products, work the plan and do what is required and then see if it is a scam. Instead of comparing from the internet and 100 peoples bad experiences.You will always find people with bad experiences and good experiences! The internet reviews on MLM companies are like reviewing the tour de france and not doing it! There is a clear difference! Have a nice day…
Nathaniell
Never said it was a scam brah. You seem to have drunk a lot of the Kool Aid, and will defend your company no matter what. Good luck to you! Report back in a year or two and tell us how it went and if you are making income, or have jumped to the next biz-op.
The Fm Girl
I HAD SUCH A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMPANY AND TRYING TO GET A REFUND, THEY TRIED ALL KINDS OF SCAMS AND LIES NOT TO REFUND ME, THANK GOD I HAD ALL MY RECEIPTS AND EVERY CONTACT WELL DETAILED AND COPIED IN JPEG FORM………..I BEGGING YOU TO RUN RUN RUN VERY FAR FROM THIS COMPANY THE ACCOUNTING DEPT TOLD ME THEY HAVE MORE THAN 100 RETURNS A DAY, THAT’S WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. 100 REFUNDS PER DAYS SAYS A HELL OF A LOT RUN RUN RUN FROM THEM
Phil L
Hey Nathaniel, Great review and nice SEO on it.
My wife and I saw a product demonstration video for Jeunesse, and it was impressive. I wanted to see if they had an affiliate program I could join, and I came across your review.
You saved me a bunch of time. Although I have had good results with doing MLM’s in the past, I’m not looking for one at this time or with this product.
Thanks, and keep the good work.
Phil WA
Nathaniell
Glad I could save you some time Phil! For me, MLM is not always about which ones “get results”, because you can make money with anything. My issues with a lot of MLMs is that they are designed to help the sellers, not the buyers!
Thanks for stopping buy, and I’ll see you around WA.
Liz
They do have an affiliate program. I am actually just doing that. They pay you commissions when people buy the products through the website they give you. I am making pretty good $ by they way…
Chip
Phil, don’t listen to all the negative fools, It’s a good company, yes I am a distributor, but, I don’t slam it in people’s faces. People taint many things with the same brush, rather than actually looking. There is no company 100% perfect, there is good an bad points. For me, the positives far out way the negatives. There are people that will always judge and live with their fears. When I joined, I researched and read and when I jumped in, I have yet to see any direct negatives in this biz. Can things be improved? You bet! like all business’s things can be improved and that’s a good thing