Over time BehindMLM has printed three separate Seacret Direct critiques. The third and newest Seacret Direct overview was printed in August 2020.
Constant throughout all of BehindMLM’s critiques has been Seacret promoting merchandise rooted in Useless Sea salts and minerals.
Seacret Direct nonetheless sells these merchandise however they aren’t the core of the corporate any extra. A go to to Seacret Direct’s web site is now dominated by “Viago”.
Viago got here throughout my desk by way of a reader tip off. I went in search of an official rationalization of Seacret Direct’s branding and got here up clean.
Seacret Direct’s
- linked official FaceBook web page isn’t accessible (or has been deleted)
- official Twitter profile has been posted on since July 2023
- official YouTube channel hasn’t had a video posted on it since Could 2023
- official Vimeo account hasn’t had a video posted on it since June 2022
- linked official Instagram web page isn’t accessible (or has been deleted)
There’s no reference to the Viago rebranding on Seacret Direct’s web site. The corporate web site’s “about us” web page nonetheless reference Seacret Direct and the Useless Sea merchandise.
I believed perhaps Seacret Direct had been bought off however Izhak Ben Shabat (proper) and Dani Solomon are nonetheless listed as co-founders.
Be aware the unique Seacret Direct co-founders have at all times solely been cited as Ben and Mody Ben Shabat – unsure what’s occurring there.
Advertising and marketing from (former) Seacret Direct promoters suggests the rebranding passed off in late July 2024.
BehindMLM final reported on Seacret Direct a number of months after our third overview. On the time Seacret Direct was within the technique of buying WorldVentures.
That deal fell by means of, with WorldVentures going to file for Chapter 11 chapter by the top of 2020.
Seacret Direct launched Membership Seacret, its personal in-house low cost journey reserving providing, in early 2021.
Like Seacret Direct, Membership Seacret has been rebranded to Membership Viago.
Membership Viago membership begins at $99 a month for the essential providing (low cost journey reserving plus telemedicine).
Membership Viago Plus prices $149 a month and provides $50 product credit score and an annual “50/50 Getaway Award”.
There’s additionally a $450 Viago Prelaunch Pack with no particulars:
In our third and most up-to-date Seacret Direct overview, we praised the corporate for lastly shifting away from autoship recruitment.
Eight years on from our authentic Seacret Direct overview, and I’m happy the autoship recruitment focus of the compensation plan has been addressed.
Seacret Direct retail clients are given loads of loyalty incentives, together with tiered credit score, a retail referral fee, reductions and free delivery.
To be clear, it’s nonetheless doable for a Seacret Direct affiliate to enroll, get on autoship, concentrate on recruiting others who do the identical and max out the compensation plan.
That is an ongoing drawback the corporate wants to deal with.
Sadly Viago and Membership Viago compensation plan particulars are hidden from customers. This leaves us unable to successfully consider Viago and Membership Viago’s present providing.
If the main target in Viago has shifted from promoting precise merchandise to low cost journey memberships nonetheless (WorldVentures was a pyramid scheme), I believe retail is as soon as once more not a precedence.
Pending affirmation of Viago’s compensation plan BehindMLM will think about placing collectively a full overview. At time of publication nonetheless Viago’s launch is a little bit of a large number.
On the very least put out a public assertion as to what’s going on and the standing of the corporate. Then arrange a correct Viago web site and ditch the recycled Membership Seacret web site (it is mindless to have two firm web sites).
Full disclosure, together with public entry to compensation plan particulars, is fundamental MLM compliance.
Seacret Direct has been round since 2005 (that’s nineteen years). Izhak Shabat undoubtedly is aware of higher so I’m unsure why the Viago rebranding has been offered so poorly.
Replace twenty second September 2024 – As per a current FaceBook submit from serial Ponzi promoter Luigi Bruni (who appears to have dropped Aurum with a quickness), Viago is holding a prelaunch occasion over October twenty fifth to twenty seventh.
Maybe we’ll get some solutions then. Hat tip to the FaceBook group CashFX (in affiliation with EverFX) Rip-off – Now What!?.
