Accumulate Direct’s web site is presently locked behind a password:

Seeing as Accumulate Direct is signing up distributors…

…I’m undecided why that is the case.

Accumulate Direct’s official FaceBook web page suggests the corporate is in prelaunch:

Notice this profile isn’t linked from Accumulate Direct’s web site. Both approach, if Accumulate Direct is in prelaunch then this isn’t in any respect communicated from their web site.

By way of a little bit of analysis we come throughout Don and Nancy Carson, Accumulate Direct’s Grasp Distributors:

As per the March twenty second YouTube video above, the Carsons title Dave Jordan as Accumulate Direct’s proprietor and CEO.

Dave Jordan (proper) is greatest recognized within the MLM business because the founder and CEO of Valentus. The Carsons are former Valentus prime earners.

Valentus launched in 2014 bought a variety of “practical drinks”. On the MLM facet of issues Valentus ran an autoship recruitment targeted compensation plan.

Over the course of enterprise, Valentus was always dogged by controversy;

In March 2023 Dave Jordan introduced he had bought Valentus off to Paul Pearson.

Underneath Pearson’s possession, Valentus continues to function as Valentus World.

Accumulate Direct’s web site area registration was final up to date on February twenty fourth, 2023 – earlier than Validus’ sale was made public.

Learn on for a full evaluate of Accumulate Direct’s MLM alternative.

Accumulate Direct’s Merchandise

Accumulate Direct markets a variety of collectibles owned by Dave Jordan.

Collectible classes featured in Accumulate Direct’s advertising and marketing embody basketball, baseball, hockey, Nascar racing, soccer, comedian books and toys.

If you’d like bodily examples of the collectibles Accumulate Direct will supply, Don Carson’s uploaded a “warehouse tour” to YouTube on July 1st.

Pricing isn’t accessible because of the nature of collectibles, however as I perceive it retail clients will be capable to browse collectibles on the market son Accumulate Direct’s web site.

Accumulate Direct’s Compensation Plan

Whereas retail commissions can be found, Accumulate Direct’s compensation plan focuses on recruiting associates on a month-to-month autoship order.

Accumulate Direct Affiliate Ranks

There are fourteen affiliate ranks inside Accumulate Direct’s compensation plan.

Together with their respective qualification standards, they’re as follows:

1. Starter – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with a Starter Product Pack, preserve a ten PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 80 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 10 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
2. Collector – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with a Collector Product Pack, preserve a 40 PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 500 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 20 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
3. Influencer – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with an Influencer Product Pack, preserve a 40 PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 1000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 40 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
4. Group Builder – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with a Group Builder Product Pack, preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 2000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 150 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
5. House Run Hitter – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with a House Run Hitter Product Pack, preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 5000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 300 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
6. Tremendous Star Success – join as a Accumulate Direct affiliate with a Tremendous Star Success Product Pack, preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship and generate and preserve 7500 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 750 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
7. Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship, recruit two associates who every have a standing $119.98 or greater autoship order, and generate and preserve 15,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 1500 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
8. Double Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 30,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 3000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
9. Triple Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 100,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 10,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
10. Blue Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 250,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 25,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
11. Royal Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 500,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 50,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
12. Black Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 750,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 75,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
13. Crown Diamond – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 1,000,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 100,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg
14. Crown Ambassador – preserve an 80 PV a month or greater autoship order, preserve two recruited associates on autoship and generate and preserve 1,500,000 GV a month in weaker binary group facet quantity and 150,000 GV a month in every unilevel group leg

PV stands for “Private Quantity”. PV is gross sales quantity generated by retail buyer orders and an affiliate’s personal orders.

GV stands for “Group Quantity”. GV is PV generated by an affiliate and their downline.

MLM Fee Qualification

New Accumulate Direct associates (Starter to Tremendous Star Success) qualify for MLM commissions by referring a retail buyer or recruiting an affiliate on each side of their binary group.

From Diamond rank, this turns into two recruited associates on a minimal $119.98 month-to-month autoship order (one on each side of the binary group).

Retail Commissions

Accumulate Direct associates earn retail commissions on the sale of collectibles to retail clients.

Retail commissions are paid because the distinction between the wholesale and retail price of collectibles ordered.

Recruitment Commissions

Accumulate Direct associates are paid to recruit new associates.

Recruitment fee quantities are decided by how a lot a newly recruited Accumulate Direct affiliate spends once they join:

• recruit a Starter tier affiliate and obtain $5
• recruit a Collector tier affiliate and obtain $10
• recruit an Influencer tier affiliate and obtain $20
• recruit a House Run Hitter tier affiliate and obtain $50
• recruit a Tremendous Star Collector tier affiliate and obtain $100

Residual Recruitment Commissions

Accumulate Direct pays residual recruitment commissions through a unilevel compensation construction.

A unilevel compensation construction locations an affiliate on the prime of a unilevel group, with each personally recruited affiliate positioned instantly beneath them (stage 1):

If any stage 1 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on stage 2 of the unique affiliate’s unilevel group.

If any stage 2 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on stage 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.

Accumulate Direct caps payable unilevel group ranges at seven.

Residual recruitment commissions are paid as a proportion of recruited affiliate order quantity:

• stage 1 (personally recruited associates) – 5%
• stage 2 – 4%
• ranges 3 to five – 3%
• stage 6 – 2%
• stage 7 – 1%

Residual Commissions

Accumulate Direct pays residual commissions through a binary compensation construction.

A binary compensation construction locations an affiliate on the prime of a binary group, break up into two sides (left and proper):

The primary stage of the binary group homes two positions. The second stage of the binary group is generated by splitting these first two positions into one other two positions every (4 positions).

Subsequent ranges of the binary group are generated as required, with every new stage housing twice as many positions because the earlier stage.

Positions within the binary group are stuffed through direct and oblique recruitment of associates. Notice there isn’t any restrict to how deep a binary group can develop.

Residual commissions are tracked primarily based on a 200 BV to 100 BV ratio. That’s 200 BV on one facet of the binary group matched with 100 BV on the opposite facet. This matching is known as a “cycle”.

On the finish of every week Accumulate Direct tallies up what number of cycles an affiliate generated throughout their binary group.

As much as $20 is paid out per cycle generated, capped at $100,000:

• Starter tier associates earn $5 per cycle capped at 5 cycles per week ($25)
• Collector tier associates earn $10 per cycle capped at 10 cycles per week ($100)
• Influencer tier associates earn $10 per cycle capped at 20 cycles per week ($200)
• Group Builder tier associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 20 cycles per week ($400)
• House Run Hitter tier associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 30 cycles per week ($600)
• Tremendous Star Success tier associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 50 cycles per week ($1000)
• Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 100 cycles per week ($2000)
• Double Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 200 cycles per week ($4000)
• Triple Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 400 cycles per week ($8000)
• Blue Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 800 cycles per week ($16,000)
• Royal Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 1600 cycles per week ($32,000)
• Black Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 2400 cycles per week ($48,000)
• Crown Diamond ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 3500 cycles per week ($70,000)
• Crown Ambassador ranked associates earn $20 per cycle capped at 5000 cycles per week ($100,000)

Matching Bonus

Accumulate Direct pays a Matching Bonus on residual commissions earned by downline associates.

The Matching Bonus is paid through the identical unilevel group used to pay residual recruitment commissions (see “Residual Recruitment Commissions” above), this time capped at seven ranges.

• Starter tier associates earn a ten% match on stage 1 (personally recruited associates)
• Collector tier associates earn a 15% match on stage 1
• Influencer tier associates earn a 15% match on stage 1 and 10% on stage 2
• Group Builder tier associates earn a 15% match on stage 1, 10% on stage 2 and 5% on stage 3
• House Run Hitter tier associates earn a 20% match on stage 1 and 10% on ranges 2 and three
• Tremendous Star Success tier associates earn a 20% match on stage 1, 15% on stage 2, 10% on stage 3 and three% on stage 4
• Diamond to Triple Diamond ranked associates earn a 20% match on stage 1, 15% on stage 2, 10% on stage 3, 5% on stage 4 and three% on stage 5
• Blue Diamond to Black Diamond ranked associates earn a 20% match on stage 1, 15% on stage 2, 10% on stage 3, 5% on stage 4 and three% on ranges 5 and 6
• Crown Diamond and Crown Ambassador ranked associates earn a 20% match on stage 1, 15% on stage 2, 10% on stage 3, 5% on stage 4, 3% on ranges 5 and 6 and a pair of% on stage 7

World Group Constructing Bonus

Accumulate Direct units apart 1% of company-wide affiliate membership charges, which it used to fund the World Group Constructing Bonus.

Accumulate Direct associates qualify for a share within the World Group Constructing Bonus by producing 4 factors in a month.

Factors are generated by recruiting Accumulate Direct associates who spend $549.98 or $995.98 once they join:

• recruit a House Run Hitter affiliate = 1 level
• recruit a Tremendous Star Success affiliate = 2 factors

There isn’t any restrict to what number of shares a Accumulate Direct affiliate can generate in a month. Notice nonetheless that shares reset every month.

Becoming a member of Accumulate Direct

Accumulate Direct affiliate membership is $9.98 yearly, plus the acquisition of a Product Pack:

• Starter – $29.98
• Collector – $59.98
• Influencer – $119.98
• Group Builder – $279.98
• House Run Hitter – $549.98
• Tremendous Star Success – $995.98

Based mostly on chosen class choices…

…random collectibles are bundled with every of Accumulate Direct’s Product Packs.

Accumulate Direct Conclusion

Again after I had a bit extra free time to discover the idea behind MLM (no pun supposed), I wrote an article titled “Why combining MLM and collectibles won’t ever work“.

The article digs into why collectibles are collectibles and the way, as a result of these causes are subjective, combining collectibles and MLM is problematic.

With Accumulate Direct we now have Dave Jordan sitting on a warehouse (warehouses?) of collectible items he’s evidently sourced from suppliers.

Apparently there’s pallets of every collectible, which will probably be bought by way of Accumulate Direct associates and retail clients.

As to the collectibles themselves, nostalgia performs heavy into Accumulate Direct’s advertising and marketing. Nothing the corporate sells seems to be a latest collectible, it’s all stuff from many years in the past.

That’s nice however we once more run into individuals accumulating particular issues, not accumulating for the sake of accumulating – not less than not in a enterprise sense, and we will’t overlook Accumulate Direct is at first an MLM alternative.

BehindMLM first got here throughout Dave Jordan combing collectibles and MLM again in 2011.

On the time Jordan, a LiveSmart 360 distributor, introduced he was going to “give away a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} in incentives”.

To obtain a collectible, all one needed to do was watch a LiveSmart 360 enterprise presentation or listening to a name. In different phrases, Jordan gave away collectibles as a advertising and marketing incentive.

This tied into Jordan operating Hawks Pastime Heaven, a defunct collectible retailer.

For the previous 20 years, Dave has been accumulating tens of millions of {dollars} value of sports activities collectibles and interest equipment.

His retailer Hawks Pastime Heaven sells to interest and sports activities fans alike.

I can’t say for certain however I believe Accumulate Direct stock is probably previous Hawks Pastime Heaven inventory, mixed with newer inventory sourced elsewhere.

As per Don Carson;

Our idea is for you all to make the most of what we’re doing, by utilizing Dave’s stock.

He owns all of it, however you get to share it across the globe.

This raises the query of, if the collectibles had been in reality value promoting, why doesn’t Jordan simply promote them? Having gotten rid of Valentus he’s actually acquired the free time to take action.

And I feel this ties again into collectibles and MLM simply not being a superb match.

Take your common retail buyer for instance. From what I’ve seen Jordan’s collectibles are the kind of factor you’d discover on eBay and FaceBook Market.

Accumulate Direct isn’t going to compete head on however, if the stock is well-categorized, might carve out a sustainable market.

That in fact comes right down to what they’ve in inventory although. There’s a distinction between promoting fascinating collectibles and collectibles which were sitting round in bins for many years as a result of no one needs them.

In Accumulate Direct advertising and marketing movies, Carson represented that retail clients would be capable to search Accumulate Direct’s web site for particular collectibles.

That’d actually be a approach to drive enterprise however realistically, whim-purchases aren’t going to generate repeat enterprise.

This brings me to Accumulate Direct’s Product Packs. I get the sense these can be found to retail clients, regardless that that doesn’t make any sense.

Why would a retail buyer purchase a collectible bundle of random merchandise? Even when they select a theme, there’s nonetheless far too broad a scope throughout any of the classes.

Let’s say, for instance, I like comedian books. That doesn’t imply I’m going to seek out any comedian ebook from many years in the past of curiosity, not to mention fascinating.

Until I particularly needed a random assortment of themed collectibles, It simply doesn’t make sense for me to buy a Accumulate Direct Product Pack as a retail buyer.

For associates it additionally doesn’t make any sense, absent the hooked up MLM alternative. And right here’s the place we run into the identical compliance points Valentus had.

Accumulate Direct’s MLM alternative is constructed round autoship recruitment. That’s you join as an affiliate, decide to autoship and primarily receives a commission recruiting others who do the identical.

Associates shopping for random collectibles every month makes as little sense as retail clients doing it, so why?

As a result of it generates gross sales quantity, which your upline will get paid on. Your recruits in flip generate gross sales quantity which you receives a commission on.

And that’s just about it. Dave Jordan will get to filter previous collectible inventory he can’t in any other case transfer, and it’s win-win for everybody.

…properly, besides the individuals on the underside of what’s now a pyramid scheme.

I’ve acknowledged it however I’ll state it once more for readability: retail is feasible in Accumulate Direct. The issue is it’s pseudo-compliance.

Accumulate Direct’s Product Packs drive recruitment gross sales quantity, which the corporate pays out on each instantly and residually.

Autoship necessities are danced round, which them first being introduced as “optionally available” (click on to enlarge):

Right here’s the fineprint although from the exact same Accumulate Direct compensation documentation:

Diamond qualification = 80 Private Enterprise Quantity, with your two private IRs one on every leg qualifying every month with a $119.98 order, 15,000+ BV in each legs of which 10% of the BV in every leg must be related Enrollment Tree Enterprise Quantity.

Autoship necessities, whether or not enforced or defacto, in addition to Accumulate Direct Product Packs being tied to affiliate rank, is pay to play.

And pay to play is among the foundations of an MLM pyramid scheme.

If you wish to additional consider Accumulate Direct on a case-by-case foundation, ask your potential upline whether or not they’re on autoship.

If they’re, ask them what number of retail autoship clients they’ve acquired. You need this to not less than equal the autoship quantity of themselves and any associates they’ve recruited.

Take anybody being cagey about disclosing this data as operating a pyramid scheme.

In case your potential upline isn’t on autoship (this isn’t attainable from Diamond as per Accumulate Direct’s personal advertising and marketing materials), ask them how they’re making up their month-to-month gross sales quantity.

If it’s by way of retail gross sales quantity, probe them on what kind of retail buyer is spending cash every month on random collectibles. I’m genuinely curious.

Lest you switch a bunch of unsellable collectibles from Dave Jordan’s (warehouse-sized) storage to your personal storage, actually take into consideration what you’re signing up for with Accumulate Direct.