Is Wake Up Now Club a scam?

[Everyday expenses]

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Referral marketing is what you and I do when we watch a great movie and we tell others. Or the reverse, the movie was terrible and we share that. You definitely need to be wise in what you affiliate yourself with. But there is money to be had. My mom didn't go get a second job to feed me, she found a networking company that she did on the side. We had a car, and a passive income with a mom that was home when we got home from school.

[EmzieAtInfinity]

Referral marketing is what you and I do when we watch a great movie and we tell others. Or the reverse, the movie was terrible and we share that. You definitely need to be wise in what you affiliate yourself with. But there is money to be had. My mom didn't go get a second job to feed me, she found a networking company that she did on the side. We had a car, and a passive income with a mom that was home when we got home from school.

Wake Up Now can for sure bring in money.

[Aries11]

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I agree as I am sure it can def bring in money. What I worry about is those who have little to no understanding how business and MLM's work. When one says it can "for sure" bring in money, that's obvious. But do you want to bring in money ethically? Just because you can make money doesn't mean its ethical. Also, most of these salesman have not read their policies and procedures, and it is evident in their treatment of their teams and those they need to sell too. I am not against the corporation, because initially it seems the company wanted to help families gain financial freedom by bringing extra cash flow on a monthly basis. I have a BIG problem with anyone having the ability to be their own IBO. Im sorry but its my truth. The reason why these companies dry up (besides being illegal or unethical) is that they have uneducated individuals trying to run a business. I apologize for my hard words but most of these individuals don't have much cognitive brain activity going on upstairs anyway. I mean to think that you should be a business manager and not have gone to college, business school, a high school diploma? You have to be living in a fantasy world. Overall, my big issue is the unethical practices by the people not by the product. They have below average people selling an average idea and that's why it will eventually dry up. People if you want to get rich, take the time out to read your own policies and procedures for your company because when the **** hits the fan, the company will protect itself not you. So BE ETHICAL!

[igniterep]

MLMs like WUN are not scams. I don't participate in this one, but I do make money in other ones. Why all the hate for MLMs here?

[btctony]

MLMs like WUN are not scams. I don't participate in this one, but I do make money in other ones. Why all the hate for MLMs here?

Probably because 99% of them are not very ethical and will with 100% certainty always bottom out.

[igniterep]

Probably because 99% of them are not very ethical and will with 100% certainty always bottom out.

This is not true. Maybe the ones that you have come across, but I have come across plenty that are legitimate and make people money. You shouldn't let your own bias keep others from enjoying the dream that you can't see.

[mikesmithibo]

WakeUpNow info

A lot of folks here are extremely misinformed about WakeUpNow. I use the membership only (for now). Yes I was referred to by an IBO of WUN, but I decided to put it on hold and use the benefits. I just didn't have time to juggle my other business and WUN.

What really attracted me to it was TaxBot and the Vacation Club. I personally am no expert on finding deals for vacations and what not, so it helps that WakeUpNow has a ton of deals ready to be booked or purchased. And TaxBot just makes it super easy to track my business expenses and I save thousands more using TaxBot than I ever will spend with the WakeUpNow membership. The price DOES NOT come from the deals you can find in the hub (coupons and promos). That part of WUN is actually completely FREE to anybody who decides they want to sign up as a FREE preferred customer.

The mis-information is not to blame on the people calling it a scam. I don't think you should be so quick to call a company a scam when you never been in the company, or barely have done your research but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. The real problem is the IBOs in WakeUpNow who tend to (as with any company in this type of industry) sell people on the dream and not the benefits. It's simply easier to get people to join in the hopes of making money. Thankfully, WakeUpNow has a strict compliance department and has and will continue to kick IBOs out who violate the Terms of Service.

There's nothing wrong with getting people to join to make money, but the FTC has strict regulations on this. You build a team of recruits so you can train that team to sell product, not necessarily to build more recruits. That's where people get it mistaken. In WakeUpNow, you can get 100 people to sign up as a preferred customer and as they buy things within that month, that will increase your volume and potentially your pay (rank).

There are other products like the coffee and energy drink lines. The skin care lines, etc. There can be a HUGE potential market for the Awaken Energy if people executed it in the right way. It's cheaper than RedBull and healthier. But people LOVE RedBull. Did I mention it taste better? WakeUpNow sent me a free case for winning a contest. I don't usually do energy drinks at all, but that stuff is good.

All in all, the IBOs need to step up and create a better image for WUN. Troy Dooly already warned WUN IBOs of their compliance issues and now works closely with WUN's compliance department.

To those who promote WUN. You have many different niches in WakeUpNow that can actually make you a lot of money by selling the product alone. C'mon. People love energy drinks and coffee. They love to vacation. Let's face it. You know damn well when your friends and family book a vacation they DO NOT get 7 night stays at luxury condos for as low as around 100 dollars (in some cases yes families do, but I'm talking to the younger crowds). We're speaking of the average person here. They don't. Spring break comes around and they book something by a beach at a dirt cheap nasty hotel.

WakeUpNow provides so much more for the price. If you look up the individual products and add up the cost of the monthly membership, the product prices exceed the membership price.

Even if WUN did charge people for the deal hub alone (which they don't), it doesn't give anybody the right to bash it and say "Oh, well you can get deals anywhere. Just do a Google search for free." PEOPLE PAY FOR CONVENIENCE all the time even if they can get it for free by wasting their life searching the internet. Google DOES NOT give you a central hub and compiles the best deals on the internet (and free deals). In fact, WakeUpNow just released the Local app, which brings up the best local deals in your area for restaurants, etc. I just used it the other day.

You know what's funny is my girlfriend and I can never think of a good place to eat. The local app not only helped us pick a place (by the deals) but it helped us get deals that we normally wouldn't bother going out of our way to find.

If people would suck it up and use the benefits to their full advantage, there would be nobody screaming scam at this company.

And for those who say people aren't making money and just faking it. Or telling people they're lying when they say they're making a certain amount. First of all if people weren't making money why would they bother wasting their time to tell you that you can make money? You are the one who is in La La Land. The proof is all over the internet and if you can't differentiate real opportunity vs a scam, you are only hurting yourself.

I hope this helped! Now I'm off to do whatever this cool smiley is doing, because i like what he's doing.

[Aries11]

replying to the person above me

First off, The company is NOT approved by the Better Business Bureau; thats the first sign for cover. Second off, you can get taxbot and vacation discounts ANYWHERE online so why pay for what you can get for free (unless your just lazy). And by the way, there not DISCOUNTS IF YOU PAY FOR THEM PEOPLE! MOST OF THE STUFF YOU GET DISCOUNTS ON YOU CAN GET ONLINE. Someone whos what these people call themselves (IBO) told me that they got discounts at Waffle House. If you need discounts at Waffle House why would you expect me to buy into something with you. Anyway, This is the final arguement, if this is such a good investment, why arent the truly rich investing in this once in a life oppurtunity? I mean why hasnt Bill Gates invested or just bought this company? Where's Mr. Buffett and Bloomberg, why arent they throwing money at this pot of gold?? Its because they are SMART and they can smell bull**** a mile away. It scares me that so many people are unwilling to truly work hard in this world and spend the time it takes to work hard by looking for easy ways out, im truly scared for our country and our economy. By the way, go on Forbes, and check out how many guys started broke and then they put 100 in MLM's and all of the sudden there life transformed. Never happened sleepy minds; Its called hard work. People please save your time and go build your resume by getting real jobs, read some business (ETHICS) books and stop taking the easy way out. But that probably wouldnt happen because a job and an education means hours of dedication, not just the movement of your thumb on an Iphone.

This may last 1 year or 5 more years but it wont last because the consumer doesnt last WHEN YOUR BUYING MEMBERSHIPS TO USE DISCOUNTS OR VACATION CLUBS. This isnt the first of its kind smh. Like I said before, when it fails, put this on your resume and see how getting the job goes.

[DiMoN]

I just had a friend join this WUN "business" and he's trying to recruit others. Spamming on Facebook and Twitter and stuff like that.
I personally think that people that join this so called "business" deserve to lose their money.
If you don't have brains to understand that WUN is a pyramid scheme and it may be legal but it's NOT at all ethical then you need to learn a lesson.
WUN does not produce any products or services that you can't get for free. The only way they make money is by recruiting other victims.

Also I looked at their 2013 annual financial report and the company lost over $4.5 million last year.
They owe over $15 million to various investors and creditors and at this rate should be out of business by the end of 2014 if not sooner.
Two of the top three WUN executives have a history of bankrupting companies in past.
In fact only .5% of people in this scheme make their money back. Yes, only 1 out of every 200 people. You have a better chance of winning a lottery or playing roulette.

[lorraineb]

This is not true. Maybe the ones that you have come across, but I have come across plenty that are legitimate and make people money. You shouldn't let your own bias keep others from enjoying the dream that you can't see.

Nobody is trying to squash anybody's dreams. We're just telling it as it is. You're not going to make a lot of money from Wake Up Now. Their own statistics prove this.

[TaylorLauren]

Based on my research

Ok 1st of all can someone give me the definition of a scam?

I think you guys have completely taken this one over the head.

After an extensive look at the products and services i see what the monthly dues are for.

access to membership privileges like 2 weeks of the vacation club (the company has bought over 10,000 timeshares so the members could take vacations for less)

corporate discounts off their cellphone bill, hotel rentals, rent a cars, etc

the marketplace offers rebates and cash back for their members as well.

The monthly dues arent just for making money that wouldnt make sense. You enroll in the benefits of the company.

It does have a referral program in which you share the opportunity you get paid a commission on it.

referring people is completely optional....You dont have to refer people if you dont want to there are plenty of people who use it for its vacations benefit, or the cell phone discount.


A scam would be you pay for the membership and there is no vacation or there is no cellphone discount

Okay maybe it isn't a scam, but it is definitely not ethical. For the distributors; they obviously do not believe in what they are selling, they are stating that they have all these amazing deals which you have to pay monthly for.. All of these deals are actually found online for free, you just have to be willing to put in the effort to find them, and if you are in a financial hardship, wouldn't you rather do the research than pay monthly?! Also only 1% of the IBO's make over 7k a year.. 99% or so make about 2k a year.. You would make more money working at McDonalds..
My parents always used to say, "if it seems good to be true than it probably is."

[TaylorLauren]

I would also like to add

Okay maybe it isn't a scam, but it is definitely not ethical. For the distributors; they obviously do not believe in what they are selling, they are stating that they have all these amazing deals which you have to pay monthly for.. All of these deals are actually found online for free, you just have to be willing to put in the effort to find them, and if you are in a financial hardship, wouldn't you rather do the research than pay monthly?! Also only 1% of the IBO's make over 7k a year.. 99% or so make about 2k a year.. You would make more money working at McDonalds..
My parents always used to say, "if it seems good to be true than it probably is."

Not all of these companies are a scam.. I know Mary Kay, partylite and some others are actually great. But these sell actual products that you are unable to find other places. I am an Advocare rep and I love it because I help other achieve their health goals.. You just have to believe in what you sell and shouldn't sell anything that you wouldn't buy yourself.

[kevinwit07]

Wake Up Now The Number 1 Network Marketing Company

You should do your own research dont let others tell you if its legit or not, odds are they are just going by what everyone else says. I was introduced to wake up now about a year ago and i didnt sign up with the person that introduced me to it because i didnt know him quite well and I felt it was something illegal just because all my friends would say the same thing about network marketing companies. 5 months later my best friend dragged me to one of the presentations and after listening to it i finally decided to give it a try because it was something i could picture myself doing and i knew everyone else would do it as well. you see the whole point of wake up now is to save money, here you dont have to sell or buy products in order to make income. as a member of wake up now whenever you go out shopping for anything, you now qualify for a discount and upto 50% cashback on your purchase. Its as simple as that, for example last month my sister was going to purchase a led smart tv from target, when i found out i told her not to buy it yet because i was going to search it through the wake up now hub to see if i could get it for a cheaper price. the tv was $1400 at target, i ended up getting that same tv for $1200 and we also received 50% cashback so the tv ended up costing us %650.00. Ive been on it for 3 months now and I am currently receiving triple the income of what i make at my regular job and I could literally say its changing my life. I never believed in these type of companies but i was always open minded to new opportunities, I did my own research and found out it was a legit company which is why i joined. hope this helps.

[Tystevens21]

Only for the desperate and undereducated

Wake up now is not a scam, wake up now walks the fine line between legal
And illegal by selling a few actual products one of which is an energy drink. You can make money but it is with 98% certainty it will
Amount to little more than a few thousand $$ per year if you really hustle. Wake up now preys on weak minded, broke, undereducated minorities mostly black who are between19-28 years old. I could go on for 3 hours ripping wun apart which is made easy by the endless lies and exaggerations they spread all over social media with Facebook Twitter and YouTube becoming forums for these " independent business owners, which is what they like to call themselves "
I'm not going to disect and rip apart the program Although my favorite exaggeration is that visa endorses or stands behind wun, these visa debit cards wun hands out that you could get at a gas station is somehow proof that wun is legit anyway like I said I'll shred this program another time. What I want to talk about that wun sheep
Have no answer or reply to is wun financials as a company. Currently the company is on the verge of bankruptcy, they have lost $10,000,000+ since 2011 and are currently operating on borrowed money , have brought in consulting companies and currently have $400,000 in assets.......... Let that all sink in for a second , $400k in assets???? This company is almost broke and just borrowed $2 mil from the company president. This company is about to fold but they are ramping up recruiting to collect as many subscription $$$ as they can before the whole thing implodes. 100,000 wun members are going to wake up one day very soon and find that they have to start over.

[Stasiaa09]

Dreams don't work unless you do

To all that are skeptics when it comes to network marketing, this is a very great company and its 100% legit. This company provides you with products and services that allow you to have a better life and become successful. This company helps you save money, manage money & make money. I've been with the company for about 2 months and I'm currently bringing in $600/month. Although that may not be much, that's only the beginning of how far I can take my business. Best believe it takes money to make money and anyone who knows about business and investment would know that.