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Can You Really Make Money With Powur?

October 20, 2019

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Powur is a rather unusual MLM that has distributors promoting solar panel systems for houses. There aren't many MLMs out there that get heavily involved in utilities – with good reason.

Customers won't generally trust a direct sales company with something as important as their power. After all, what happens if something goes wrong? It's normally much safer to run with an established company. 

Solar panels are a little bit different, as the field is still so new. There aren't many well-known companies to choose from. Plus, anyone looking at a solar system may be more willing to go with an unusual or alternative company. 

As a way to make money, solar panels are interesting. The immediate disadvantage is that you're promoting a non-consumable product. There's also much more legwork involved in making a sale than with a simple product like chocolate. 

Still, the income potential is higher too. Powur isn't a brand new company either. It has been around since 2014 and now operates across a nationwide network. 

MLM VS Affiliate Marketing

Two Ways To Make Money With Powur

Powur is different than most other MLMs, but it does still follow the same basic structure for making money. The first aspect is that you're earning a commission based on the amount that Powur itself makes.

There is also the classic approach of team building (or, as Powur calls the process, revenue sharing). This allows you to earn based on the performance of others. 

So, how does it all work out? Does Powur end up being a good way to earn? Let's find out!

Make Money From Sales

MLMs tend to follow patterns when it comes to products. Often you will see the same products across many different companies, like cosmetics or skin care. But, that’s not the case with Powur. Instead, this company appears to be trying to break out of the mold by focusing on solar panel installations. 

The website is mostly designed for customers, not distributors, so it is filled with information like this: 

Details for Powur Customers

However, there's little information about what customers actually get, which is somewhat frustrating. This is partly because Powur just acts as a middleman. To me, that lack of information is a pretty major issue. After all, solar energy products aren’t all created the same. You really want to know if you are buying something decent before you get involved.

When the company first started, Powur seemed to be acting as a distributor for the company SolarCity. They have since expanded and changed their angle, choosing to work with a network of providers instead. 

Solar Panel Providers

This basically means that Powur is acting as a middleman. The company is just referring customers to the provider that seems like the best fit.

There's nothing wrong with that idea, but it could produce the income potential somewhat. After all, the more groups there are in a supply chain, the lower the profit margins for those further down.

This style also makes it hard to predict any details about the solar panel systems that customers will end up with.  I find that practice a bit concerning. After all, if someone referred you to a company like Powur, you might not know much about solar panels at all. While they might know a little, solar power is not a decision you would want to make without knowing what you are getting into.

The income system from Powur sounds amazing at first glance. Powur splits commission so that distributors get 70% of the income, while Powur gets 30%. But remember, Powur itself is just a middleman. They're basically getting 30% for getting you to do their work. 

You're also just getting a percentage of the profit that Powur receives. This may be vastly different than the amount that customers actually pay. 

There's another limitation too. You're only eligible for a commission from cases where Powur itself earns at least $1,500. Powur estimates that sellers receive an average commission of almost $6,000, but there's no knowing what the low earning sellers are making.

The $1,500 limitation could be a serious problem if Powur's own profitability ever decreases. You could easily find that your income suddenly decreases if the company stops doing well.

Make Money Building A Team

The first part of the team-building plan allows you to earn 20% of Powur's income from each consultant that you refer. That 20% comes from Powur's split of the profit, so consultants still get the full 70% commission from their sales. 

Earning 20% from your direct recruits is pretty good, just be aware that this percentage is still based on Powur's earnings. What this looks like isn't clear, as earnings are likely to be very different from one sale to the next. 

The next step is what Powur calls Leveraged Revenue Sharing. This provides the chance to earn from up to six levels in your team. While Powur doesn't use the traditional terms, they are basically following a standard unilevel team design.  

Commission Per Sale

The percentages are decent here, but take a look at the column to the far right. This is how many consultants you need to recruit to move up the ranks. Even getting five new consultants seems like it would be difficult, as selling solar panel systems is likely to be somewhat complex. 

The Possibility of Being Successful

With any MLM, you have to be able to sell the products and recruit people into the company. Both of those processes tend to be more challenging than they initially sound.

Attempting to sell solar panel systems is likely to be even more difficult than making sales in other MLMs. For one thing, not all homes can even have solar panels.

Your potential customers would be largely limited to homeowners. That excludes people renting and dramatically limits the number of customers you can potentially reach.

And don't you think solar panel salespeople are kind of annoying? As soon as they knock at my door I'm just searching for a way to tell them, “no thanks”, and get back to what I was doing.

Finally, solar energy is kind of a specialist idea. Some people would be interested in it, sure, but many others wouldn’t be. Most people who would want solar panels have probably already got them anyway. 

All of these factors strongly limit how many people you could sell to. In turn, that lowers your odds of being successful dramatically. Realistically, how many of your social contacts would seriously consider getting solar energy?

With Powur, it seems that the company’s product choice dramatically limits the potential for distributors to be successful. Sure, if you know the right people or are really good at networking, you might get somewhere, but most people won’t.

Can You Generate Reliable Income With Powur?

Like any MLM, Powur is a viable way to make money. The unusual product choice could be an advantage, but it could be a disadvantage just as easily. 

After all, people expect to buy cosmetics and health care products from distributors. Solar power? Well, that’s something different entirely.

Another issue is the downline. Your income relies very strongly on your downline, which is an issue with any MLM. This means that your income (and your rank) can fluctuate based on how well other people do. To me, that’s one of the worst parts of an MLM. It means that you are never fully in control of your own income.

One final thing is that you end up completely dependent on the company, just like any other kind of job out there. You aren't a business owner. You are a worker bee. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as it's what you want. 

Still Selling Junk To Your Friends?

What is this - the 1950's selling Tupperware? Gimme a break. It's 2019. If you want to build a business, you NEED to be online or your business will be dead in less than 10 years.

Plus, those MLM parties boring as hell, and you know it. Nobody wants to buy that overpriced junk. Sorry to be so straightforward, but I really want to see you succeed.

You can start an affiliate website, you can promote ANY products you want from ANY company, so why are you selling such a limited range of products? Affiliate commissions range from 5% to 75%, and include Amazon products, digital products, and recurring services.

Last year I generated multiple six figures with my affiliate sites, and I can show you how to make them using the same templates. You get to promte whatever you want of course, and YOU keep all the profits (no upline!).

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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 with you. MLM sucks. I've tried it. The fees. The recruiting. The parties. The cold calling. Bleh.

Affiliate marketing is cheaper, faster, and easier for someone with no experience creating a business. See for yourself and join millions of other successful affiliate generating income from their websites!

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Filed Under: Multi-Level Marketing Tagged With: MLM, Network Marketing Reviews


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Comments

  1. Cameron says

    July 19, 2019 at 8:35 am

    Update review…:)! If you have the time to write negative reviews you should updaye your reivew when you are wrong. Since your update commissions habe have increased dramtically and bring cost of goods to to consumer like never seen in solar before. Average solar sale makes anywhere from 2k to 7k per home..and this is without recruiting team members. The CONSTUALNT can designe and finance the whple project with Powur. Only growth and amazing things since your review:) lets see of you are humble enough to admit when your wrong and actually write an accurate review!

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  2. Christa says

    May 7, 2018 at 12:34 am

    This article isn’t exactly ‘true.’ I am not affiliated with Powur, but I am looking for more information before deciding to join or not. I joined 2 mlm’s last year and within 4 months began making $10k a month, with no previous lead gen skills… just good old hard work and starting a new social media profile. I am weary of mlm’s because one of the companies did halt and run off with my commissions. But it does seem unfair to dog all mlm’s or even say it’s ridiculous or will be difficult to sell solar… because I am in Venice, Ca and now that I am in the business of social media marketing and lead gen… this sounds like the simplest thing ever. Also, considering you posted this kind of dogging the company, but then posted your own links and informstion for your affiliate business that you would make a personal gain off of, I am not sure if this post helps me make any real decision, because I see your motivations have nothing to do with this company, but how you can turn the reader into a customer of yours. Thank you, but I do not feel that this is unbiased.

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  3. Donald Leckband says

    December 24, 2017 at 10:48 am

    You should update this “report” a little bit because SolarCity and Powur are not partners. Instead, we chose to go another route with this business goal because solar city isn’t in every state or even around the world. At least not in the places we needed to be able to reach. So, now we have solar companies partnering up with Powur. Thus, changing the game entirely for the independent (solar) companies that are small time. Turns out these small time owners only use the finest Solar Panels while Solar City buys those cheap ones from China and totally misusing their reputation. Just an accurate observation that need’s to be shared to this outdated report. BTW, My team and I have been enjoying the diversity and the all around reach we now have that covers more states now than solar city does. Really happy that solar city is out of the way and we are utilizing normal everyday solar experts.

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    • Joel says

      April 2, 2018 at 3:12 pm

      Do you know if there are actually any providers in Canada? Can”t seem to get an answer.

  4. Anonymous Birdman says

    October 28, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    I’ve been working this program, and I must say that the article is a bit old, and could use to be freshened up, since Powur has gone through a lot of changes since the article was written — and for some reason, the author doesn’t see fit to put a date on the article.

    Frankly, a story without a date is missing a crucial piece of data… HELLO??? IS SOMEONE HOME?

    OK, so I have been working Powur for about 6 months, and I’ve been working it pretty consistently. I really love the culture, and I adore solar power.

    Frankly, I don’t care who I promote solar power for, specifically, so this project is perfect for me.

    I do wish that I’d make more moola… and you better not quit your “day job” to work for Powur — or any MLM, for that matter.

    So, with that said, I will brag that I paid back my initial investment of $499 rather quickly, and started to earn money quick, until it dropped off, rather abruptly, and my downline stopped working.

    There’s still hope, and I’m not giving up, however; it’s tough to do when you’re strapped for cash, and must pay for gas and food. So I will find work that pays bills while I remain an advocate for solar power and work to “save” the planet with Jonathan Budd — and through prayer, as there’s only hope for those who turn away from material goals, and instead to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

    I admit that I’m working with yet another solar power company, but it’s not an MLM. It’s a straight-up commission business, and we don’t get paid for appointments.

    I do believe that it will provide more income, and so far, so good.

    But let’s just clear something up… so far, nobody’s admitted what they actually made… ha ha… it seems that it’s a source of embarrassment. Maybe it’s even in our agreement to NOT admit the amounts.

    Let’s just say then that I’ve already cleared 5 figures, and if all goes as planned, I’ll easily make 6 figures or more this year — (be sure to include the figures that come after the decimal).

    Cheers!

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  5. James Riddle says

    July 16, 2017 at 9:42 am

    My biggest concern is the fact that this “opportunity” was advertised in the Sales Jobs section on Craigslist. It does not meet the “sales job” criteria. It is a business opportunity and as such, it should be advertised in the business sales section because they are selling a “business”. There is much less traffic in the business sales section and that is why it was unscrupulously placed in the Sales Jobs section.

    I worked for SolarCity and I quickly discovered that most of the homes do not qualify for a solar panel system. Either the roof is obstructed by trees or other obstructions, the roof structure is no conducive for panel placement, or the roof is not facing the direction for optimum sunlight collection. In other words, you need to talk to a lot of people in order to find the one ideal candidate for solar.

    Charging $499 for this opportunity is a sign that the company is more interested in generating profits than it is in helping people as the videos suggest.

    If Powur is really interested in helping people and saving the planet, the company should eliminate the start-up fee and provide a real opportunity for people to make money and help the planet. I’m having second thoughts now about buying a Tesla.

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    • Juan says

      September 18, 2017 at 2:43 pm

      You can enroll with Powur for Free as an Advocate and promote Solar and get paid!

    • Juan Crespo says

      September 18, 2017 at 2:51 pm

      The information on this Website is way old and Tired ..its going on a one year since we ( Powur) have been partnered with Solar City…we have over 60 providers we are dealing with now,both Natiionally and Internationally… Talk to if you want the Straight Scoop…

    • Johni says

      December 8, 2017 at 8:12 am

      FYI powur hasn’t been with solar City for a long time now!

    • Dave says

      November 4, 2019 at 1:32 am

      I think you should really update. Honestly, I don’t think you would be able to keep up with the changes. Lol. It’s nothing like what you’re describing here. Some things were true at the beginning, I have watched improvements to the entire platform every single quarter since Sept. 2016,

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