GoChi Juice – Free Life International’s New Flagship Product

Free Life International – A Brief Review of the Company and Products

FreeLife International is a network marketing company founded in 1995 by Ray Faltinsky and Kevin Fournier. The company initially launched with a focus on vitamins and nutritional supplements, but has since switched it’s focus to marketing products containing juice from the Chinese wolfberry, also known as the goji berry.

The latin name for the wolfberry is “Lycium barbarum”, and the plant is a member of the family Solanaceae, which includes plants in the deadly nightshade family (potato, tomato, eggplant, deadly nightshade, chili pepper, and tobacco). Wolfberries have been traditionally used in Chinese herbal medicine for nearly 2,000 years, and are considered to be a safe food substance.

Although the wolfberries themselves contain polysaccharides and carotenoid antioxidant compounds which are shown to have beneficial properties in vitro, as yet there are no substantiated studies that prove the various wild claims that have been made regarding the medicinal and anti-cancer properties that Chinese wolfberries are purported to possess.

However, a recent study did conclude that consumption of Goji berry juice produced subjective feelings of increased well-being in the test subjects. Even so, the researchers conducting the study stated that further research and data would be necessary since no physiological changes could be detected in the test subjects.

The FreeLife Business Opportunity Selling GoChi Juice

As a multi-level marketing company, FreeLife International offers a home business opportunity that centers around selling their products to retail end-users, who are encouraged to purchase the products on a monthly “autoship” subscription basis. Autoship programs are prevalent in network marketing companies that sell consumables, as it tends to stabilize distributor sales volume and income.

Unfortunately, industry statistics show that the average customer only stays on an autoship subscription approximately three months. This indicates that a FreeLife distributor would have to build an organization by recruiting mostly other distributors, who would then have a vested interest in continuing to use the products and would therefore be more likely to retain their monthly product subscription.

Although it is possible to build a substantial income with a company that adheres to this business model, for the average person this is a highly improbable outcome. Unfortunately, only a very small percentage of network marketing distributors are able to succeed at these types of business models.

Having said that, the cost of entry to become a FreeLife distributor is quite low at around $40, and the company clearly states that distributors “can earn anywhere from a few dollars to a five-figure monthly income.” According to the 2007 annual income statistics posted to the FreeLife International website, the average entry-level distributor earned $104.48 in 2007, and only the top 3.5% of distributors in the company earned any substantial income (upwards of $60,203.12 annually).

In Conclusion

That FreeLife International sells nutritional supplements that are as good as any on the market is without question. However, the verdict is still out on the health benefits of their flagship product, “GoChi Juice”.

With regards to their business opportunity, FreeLife is similar to most other multi-level marketing companies in that they follow a business model that favors the small percentage of distributors who are highly skilled marketers and sales persons, who are able to build huge downline organizations. Unfortunately, most distributors in these companies will fail to make any significant income at all, despite their efforts.

It is for that reason that this author left the traditional network marketing business model behind and instead chose a business model that allows even the average person to create an above-average income.

If you’d like more information on which company I personally recommend, feel free to contact me at my website listed below.

About the Author:

The Network Marketing Maverick helps average networkers build above average incomes through savvy business training and advice that flies in the face of conventional industry wisdom.

Want to know more? Fill out the response form on the home page for a FREE 7-Day Crash Course on how to succeed in networking, the Maverick Way.

Success Solutions for Network Marketers:

• Strategy
• Marketing
• Training