Network Marketing vs. Pyramid Scheme - Know the Difference

Different states define pyramid schemes in different ways. However, in general:

* A marketing network (The GOOD) is an organization that uses direct selling as a way to market products. The people in a network earn their compensation, or commission, from selling products and services. An exchange of goods/product or services for money.

* A pyramid or pyramid scheme (The BAD) refers to an illegal network operation where participants are rewarded substantially for the recruitment or enrollment of other participants rather than for selling products or services. There are no goods/product or service, only a promise of a return on the investment.

Know the difference when looking into a potential business opportunity. I did my research on USANA and it has been a life changing experience so far. Contact me if you want to know more about it.

International Growth

I've got my eyes set on building my USANA business internationally and with the list of countries that USANA ships to, there are no limits to my teams success. It's only a matter of when. See the list below for full details.


USANA is open in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the Caribbean Islands*.

*The Caribbean Islands consist of the U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, the Federated States of Micronesia (also known as Carolina Island), Marshall Islands, North Mariana Islands**, Palau, Guam, and America Samoa.

**USANA is not open for business in the following islands of the North Mariana Islands: Farallon de Pajaros, Moug Island, Asuncion Island, Agrihan, Pagan, Guguan, Sarigan, Anatahan, and Farallom de Medinilla.

Shipping Info
All markets have their own labeled products and warehouses. Each market has certain regulations, and the products shipped from their warehouses are labeled in accordance with those regulations.

Products labeled for the United States are shipped to the United States, Caribbean Islands (NFR only), the Netherlands (NFR only), and Puerto Rico.

NFR stands for Not For Resale. Associates may only purchase U.S. labeled products for their personal use in these markets. Associates in these markets may participate in the compensation plan, but all sales requirements must be met through the Preferred Customer program.

Some markets may purchase select U.S. labeled products on an NFR basis in addition to those labeled for resale in that market, including Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan.

RESET day 5 (Final)

Here's my final weigh in from Saturday night. I wasn't able to post the photo until now due to that fact I had family over for the weekend and it was non-stop fun. So in the end I lost a total of 5 lbs in 5 days with the USANA RESET. My stomach feel flatter, my skin feels and looks great and my metabolism is on track. I recommend the RESET cleanse to anyone that wants to lose weight or just get their digestive system back on track after years of bad eating habits.

I will be continuing with the transform phase of the RESET program. My goal is to get down to 170 lbs.

RESET day 4

Things got a little busy last night with family coming into town to visit, but I did take my daily photo. I'm down to 179.8 lbs and feeling great. I don't feel bloated, my stomach is flatter, my skin feels and looks better than before. I love it. I plan on doing this ever 3 to 4 months for regular maintenance.

Today is my last day and I'll be taking one last photo tonight and posting it.

RESET day 3

Another successful day of my RESET. I did walk through the food court at the mall today and didn't even flinch. I had eaten my nutribar just before going in and there was no temptation at all. As you can see, I've dropped another pound. Woot!
2 more days to go.

RESET day 2

At the end of day 2 I have lost another 1.2 lbs which takes me down to 181.2 lbs. The weight loss is great, but as I wrote before, I am more excited about the detox that is happening along with it. I am still feeling good with no cravings or hunger pains. The 12oz. nutrimeal shakes are holding me over (3 hours) until it's time for a snack. I could get used to eating all these fruits and veggies.
Today my exercise routine consisted of an upper body plate workout and 45 minutes in the pool doing laps. I feel AWESOME!
I will be back tomorrow evening for another post.

Just a little Wednesday morning motivation from some professional athletes about the USANA products and business.