Written by Lazy Gardens

A common way to evaluate businesses is to do a “year on year” comparison to see if business is up, down, or holding steady from one year or decade to the next. The news from Mary Kay Canada is bad. Really bad. In a decade, commission income for the majority of the consultants dropped to half what it was in 1999, and the sales directors have also seen a decrease in commission income.

Canadian law requires MLMs to report some income for their recruits. The MLMs do not track sales, but they do know what they pay out in commissions.

Mary Kay Inc. reports annual statistics on consultants, directors, and commissions for Canada. Check out the latest…

2010:

The vast majority of the independent sales force members’ primary source of profit is selling product. In addition, all Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants can earn income from commissions, dovetailing, prizes and awards. To be eligible for commissions, Independent Beauty Consultants must be active themselves and have at least one active recruit during the relevant period. Members of the independent sales force are considered active in a particular month (and for two months after) when they place at least $200.00 in wholesale orders for cosmetics intended for resale during the month.

This is the email a Canadian Pink Truth member sent to all of her Mary Kay unit members. I am impressed by her strength of character and her willingness to put it all on the table. We are honored to have her as one of our members.

It is with sadness that I write this email to you.  I apologize in advance, I wish I could explain this to you in person because an email doesn’t give you the tone of my voice and seems so impersonal, but I didn’t know how else to connect with over 30 people about the same issue. 

Mary Kay Inc. reports annual statistics on consultants, directors, and commissions for Canada:

2007:

• 31,891 sales orce members
• Of the 4,795 who were in the independent sales force for at least one year and who earned commissions, 51%, or 2,445 earned $100 or less in commissions.
• Of the 659 sales directors, 329 earned $17,500 or more in commissions.
• Of the 25 national sales directors, 17 earned $100,000 or more in commissions

Here are the most recent statstics for Mary Kay Canada (2007):

The vast majority of the independent sales force members’ primary source of profit is selling product. In addition, all Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants can earn income from commissions, dovetailing, prizes and awards. To be eligible for commissions, Independent Beauty Consultants must be active themselves and have at least one active recruit during the relevant period. Members of the independent sales force are considered active in a particular month (and for two months after) when they place at least $200 in wholesale orders for cosmetics intended for resale during the month.

Written by MKWidower

Every company uses them… the fine print at the bottom of the page. They tell a lot about the limitations on your life insurance, the warranty on your VCR and even how much money you will make.

wea·sel words. plural noun. Definition:. misleading language: deliberately misleading or ambiguous language ( informal). (from MSN Encarta)

But your income in weasel words???

Yes! Go grab your Canadian version of the February/March copy of Applause and read along with me.