By: Brian Garvin
Submitted: 2008-09-23 00:43:56 | Word Count: 498
The One Group is another name for the Organic and Natural Enterprise Group (hence ONE Group). The One Group is based in Australia and makes a variety of cosmetics and personal care products for health, skin and hair. It is the first company to make these types of products that has had them certified by the USDA, IFOAM and the ACO.
The One Group offers people a business opportunity that promises to earn the business owner at least a part time income. The business has an evaluation checklist that is sixteen points long. The checklist is very well thought out and includes questions like “would you want to tell others about the products” and “do they require repeat purchasing” and “can I make my start up costs back quickly and earn a profit”? This is a very good sign.
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The checklist, conveniently, also answers the sixteen questions and gives you advice or links to pages that will provide you with more information. All of this is out in the open and requires no personal information to access. This is a very very good sign.
The company comes with a sizable start up cost of sixty dollars (US) for the registration and then about three hundred dollars (US). The three hundred dollars buys a “fast start” order that you can use to start your business. The purchasing of this kit also raises you up a title level from “Associate” to “Senior Associate.” From here you can go on to sell products and recruit your down line (which will earn you even more money).
The main down side that we see is that the company does not provide any details as to its payment schedule. There is no mention of how much commission the One Group business opportunity pays its representatives. There is no word on what is expected of the down line or what kind of commission schedule the down line is on. The One Group does not specify how often its sales associates are paid, or how much they are expected to sell (there is mention of an optional monthly goal to be set by the associate but nothing that is required).
It is hard to trust a company that does not tell you up front how you will be paid. In fact, you should not trust a company that does not tell you up front how or how often you will be paid.
Another bad sign is that while we were looking over what The One Group’s Income Opportunity had to offer, the company website went down.
Organic and Natural are buzzwords right now and anybody who sells organic products is probably going to make a good and steady income. What that person needs to be sure of is that he or she knows what kind of a situation they are getting into when undertaking the task of being a product peddler. Be wary, but it looks like the company might know what it is doing.
