Trujivan (pronounced “true-jivan”), operates within the magic plastic disc and dietary complement MLM niches.
The corporate supplies a company suite tackle in Las Vegas on its web site. Additional analysis reveals this tackle belongs to a UPS retailer.
Whether or not Trujivan has any bodily ties to Nevada is unclear.
Heading up Trujivan are co-founders Stefan Hostettler (CEO) and Jerry Yerke (President).
In response to their respective social media profiles, Hostettler and Yerke are based mostly out of Switzerland and California respectively.
Trujivan’s advertising and marketing materials states they launched within the US. The corporate plans to develop to Europe in November.
Studying between the strains, Hostettler will seemingly head up Trujivan’s European operations. Yerke will head up US operations.
BehindMLM first got here throughout Stefan Hostettler because the face of the Tycoon69 Ponzi scheme.
Tycoon69 launched in 2019. In July 2020 Swiss regulators cracked down on the Ponzi scheme, resulting in its collapse.
Austrian authorities issued a Tycoon69 securities fraud warning just a few months later.
Right this moment Tycoon69 nonetheless has an internet site up however the enterprise is successfully lifeless.
Jerry Yerke has been concerned in MLM for over a decade.
Within the early 2010s Yerke promoted Lyoness after which Dubli. In 2015 Yerke was appointed Dubli’s Chief Community Officer.
Yerke held that place till at the least mid 2018. In August 2019 Yerke signed on as Director of Enterprise Improvement at Jeunesse.
Though he’s not talked about wherever on Trujivan’s web site, another person price noting is Shane Morand.
As per a press-release issued on September seventeenth, Morand has signed on as Trujivan’s Strategic Advisor and Gross sales Chief.
Morand is without doubt one of the co-founders of Organo Gold. Morand quietly left Organo Gold after its temporary Ponzi scheme romance in 2018.
I don’t have an actual date for when he left however Morand was nonetheless fronting Organo Gold in 2019.
Learn on for a full overview of Trujivan’s MLM alternative.
Trujivan’s Merchandise
Trujivan’s flagship merchandise is a spread of plastic discs.
- TruEMF Protection – “holding your loved ones shielded from EMF is crucial for general well being”
- TruREST – “TruREST discs don’t put you to sleep; they mean you can simply fall into deeper levels of sleep so you’re feeling extra rested if you awaken”
- TruRELIEF – “get reduction from minor discomfort related to complications (even migraines), again ache, wrist ache, knee ache, menstrual cramps, and different minor accidents with out medicine or chemical compounds”
- TruENERGY – “increase your vitality naturally, with out the unwanted side effects”
Trujivan additionally markets two dietary dietary supplements
- TruCORE – “repairing leaky intestine additionally helps with immunity, irritation, and clearer, more healthy pores and skin”
- TruMIND – “anti-aging for the mind”
Trujivan don’t present retail pricing on their web site.
Trujivan does have a web-based retailer, nevertheless customers should first create an account to view pricing.
Trujivan’s Compensation Plan
Trujivan don’t present a duplicate of their compensation plan on their web site. As a substitute customers are supplied with imprecise descriptions.
Trujivan does present a compensation advertising and marketing video, nevertheless it solely covers just a few of the commissions/bonuses paid out.
I’ve performed my greatest to place collectively the next evaluation based mostly off the restricted info Trujivan supplies.
Trujivan Affiliate Ranks
There are seven affiliate ranks inside Trujivan’s compensation plan.
Together with their respective qualification standards, they’re as follows:
- Affiliate – enroll as a Trujivan affiliate
- Bronze – qualification standards not supplied
- Silver – qualification standards not supplied
- Gold – qualification standards not supplied
- Platinum – qualification standards not supplied
- Pearl – qualification standards not supplied
- Emerald -qualification standards not supplied
- White Diamond – qualification standards not supplied
- Black Diamond – qualification standards not supplied
- Crown Rank – qualification standards not supplied
Residual Commissions
Trujivan pays residual commissions by way of a binary compensation construction.
A binary compensation construction locations an affiliate on the high of a binary staff, cut up into two sides (left and proper):
The primary degree of the binary staff homes two positions. The second degree of the binary staff is generated by splitting these first two positions into one other two positions every (4 positions).
Subsequent ranges of the binary staff are generated as required, with every new degree housing twice as many positions because the earlier degree.
Positions within the binary staff are crammed by way of direct and oblique recruitment of associates. Be aware there isn’t any restrict to how deep a binary staff can develop.
On the finish of every week Trujivan tallies up new gross sales quantity (BV) on each side of the binary staff.
Associates are paid $10 per 100 BV matched on each side of the binary staff.
Unmatched quantity carries over into the next week.
Matching Bonus
Trujivan pays a Matching Bonus by way of a unilevel compensation construction.
A unilevel compensation construction locations an affiliate on the high of a unilevel staff, with each personally recruited affiliate positioned straight underneath them (degree 1):
If any degree 1 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 2 of the unique affiliate’s unilevel staff.
If any degree 2 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.
Trujivan caps the Matching Bonus at seven unilevel staff ranges.
The Matching Bonus is paid out as a share of residual commissions earned throughout these seven ranges based mostly on rank:
- Bronze and Silver ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1 (personally recruited associates)
- Gold and Platinum ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1 and 15% on degree 2
- Pearl ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1, 15% on degree 2 and 10% on degree 3
- Emerald ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1, 15% on degree 2, 10% on degree 3 and 5% on degree 4
- White Diamond ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1, 15% on degree 2, 10% on degree 3 and 5% on ranges 4 and 5
- Black Diamond ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1, 15% on degree 2, 10% on degree 3 and 5% on ranges 4 to six
- Crown Rank ranked associates earn a 20% match on degree 1, 15% on degree 2, 10% on degree 3 and 5% on ranges 4 to 7
Recruitment Commissions
Trujivan associates earn a fee on recruitment of Quick Begin Pack associates.
- recruit a Silver Pack affiliate and obtain $40
- recruit a Gold Pack affiliate and obtain $100
- recruit a Founder’s Pack affiliate and obtain $150
There’s additionally an identical bonus paid on recruitment commissions earned by personally recruited associates:
- Silver Pack recruitment generates a $15 matching bonus
- Gold Pack and Founder’s Pack recruitment generates a $25 matching bonus
Trujivan’s advertising and marketing materials states to qualify for recruitment commissions, an affiliate should be “Quick Begin Certified”.
No definition is supplied however presumably this implies signing up with a Trujivan Quick Begin Pack ($248 to $899).
Star and Star Marker Bonuses
The Star and Star Maker Bonuses are recruitment bonuses.
New Trujivan associates qualify for a $25 Star Bonus once they recruit two associates “who buy a Quick Begin Pack”.
The Star Maker Bonus is certified for by personally recruiting two associates who’ve certified for the Star Bonus.
The Star Maker Bonus pays out $50.
Way of life Bonus
Trujivan pays ranked associates a weekly Way of life Bonus.
Way of life Bonus quantities and what ranks they’re paid out on are usually not disclosed.
International Bonus Pool
Trujivan takes an undisclosed share of company-wide gross sales quantity and locations it into International Bonus Swimming pools.
International Bonus Pool qualification begins at Ruby rank. Past that no particular info is supplied.
Becoming a member of Trujivan
Primary Trujivan affiliate membership seems to value $49 yearly.
Non-obligatory Quick Begin Packs are additionally out there:
- Silver Pack – $199 + $49 first 12 months annual price
- Gold Pack – $499
- Founder’s Pack – $899
Quick Begin Packs are bundled with varied Trujivan merchandise.
Be aware that the Gold and Founder’s Pack waive the primary 12 months $49 price.
After the primary 12 months Gold and Founder’s Pack associates should pay $49 yearly.
Conclusion
Each few years somebody launches an MLM firm promoting magical hologram discs.
Over time BehindMLM has reviewed CieAura (2013), Pet Protector (2016), Aegea (2018) and Nature’s Frequencies (2020).
All of those firms and Trujivan have one factor in frequent, there are not any peer-reviewed research pertaining to their plastic disc merchandise.
Therefore the time period “magic plastic discs”.
Once I noticed Trujivan had a Chief Medical Advisor, I believed that’d pertain solely to their dietary supplements.
I used to be mistaken.
Dr. Atul Gupta serves as Trujivan’s Chief Medical Advisor.
Apparently Trujivan’s magic plastic discs have “distinctive expertise”. There’s nothing about this expertise on Trujivan’s web site.
That disc Gupta is holding up above is Trujivan’s TruEMF Protection product.
Trujivan claims TruEMF Protection “fortifies your physique’s pure resistance to EMF”, “supplies a secure digital detox” and “safeguards from dangerous radiation”.
Cool. However how? And the place is the verifiable proof backing Trujivan’s advertising and marketing claims?
This, mixed with lack of retail pricing and compensation info supplied, sees Trujivan doubtlessly violating the FTC Act.
I’d love to supply some commentary on Trujivan’s dietary dietary supplements. With out retail pricing nevertheless, customers can’t make an knowledgeable alternative.
My normal rule of thumb is, no matter the rest, keep away from any MLM firm that isn’t upfront about retail pricing.
Shifting onto Trujivan’s compensation plan, what info is out there lends itself to an autoship recruitment scheme.
Trujivan pitch autoship (SmartShip Rewards) as
one of the simplest ways to make sure you meet the minimal month-to-month buy necessities to remain preserve your standing as an lively Unbiased Enterprise Affiliate.
It doesn’t matter what you order or whether or not you really need, signal as much as autoship to qualify for commissions.
Oh and right here’s a little bit additional incentive:
SmartShip Rewards
SmartShip is our computerized month-to-month ordering program that features free delivery. Prospects and IBAs earn reward certificates valued at 5 to twenty% of their very own month-to-month SmartShip orders.
From there the main target is on recruiting others who additionally join autoship.
Tellingly, retail gross sales aren’t talked about in Trujivan’s compensation video or on their web site.
As per the FTC, an MLM firm primarily producing gross sales quantity on affiliate orders is a pyramid scheme.
The final level I need to tackle is Stefan Hostettler’s Tycoon69 Ponzi scheme.
I first grew to become suspicious once I noticed Hostettler nonetheless selling Tycoon69 on his private Fb web page.
Then once I got here throughout Trujivan’s fee choices, I grew to become much more suspicious.
There’s a wide range of payout choices out there with TruJivan to suit your preferences and life-style.
A number of examples embody Payoneer, Direct Deposit, Bitcoin, International eWallet, Credit score Pockets, Valuable Metals, and extra.
We don’t normally see non-Ponzi scheme MLM firms paying out in bitcoin. In actual fact I can’t title one off the highest of my head.
This prompted me to dig deeper till… I ultimately stumbled throughout footage of Trujivan’s Croatia launch occasion:
It seems Trujivan is a computer virus for what’s left of Tycoon69.
Look, there’s no level sugar coating this. Tycoon69 is/was a Ponzi scheme filled with primarily European T69 shitcoin bagholders.
Run.
