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AKAs:

• Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc. (Beverly, MA and Boston, MA)
• Today's Health
• ITV Direct, Inc.
• Shop America
  • Shop America DBAs:
    • Trudeau
    • Doctor's Health Supply
    • Maximum Value Promotions
    • Kevin Trudeau
    • Alliance Publishing
    • Natural Choices Discount Club
    • Greatest Vitamin in the World
    • Natural Cures Book
    • Natural Cures
    • Shop America
    • Naturalcures.com
    • Coral Calcium Supreme
    • Shop America Marketing Group
    • Atkins Answer
    • I T V Direct

    • NOTE:

      It has been brought to the Bureau's attention through marketing literature, that the President of Natural Cures and Shop America Kevin Trudeau markets and sells The Nouveau Tech Package of Inside Secrets. [AKA: Nouveau Tech Society]

       

• ITV Ventures™
• Natural Cures, Inc.
• Greatest Vitamin in the World [You have GOT to be kidding me! -wds]

I received an email, sent using one of my Contact Me links:

 

Now, I had not seen that infomercial on TV. However, since it was tied to ITV and ITV Direct, both run by Donald Barrett, who produces a number of natural product and book infomercials, I thought I'd better check it out. I found a couple of half-hour long videos online, and since I responded to this person with my research (minus the actual viewing of them), I've seen them both.

Donald calls it "Direct Response Network Marketing."

The first one I saw, was a pre-launch video for ITV Ventures, with Donald Barrett speaking directly to the camera, explaining what ITV/V is all about.

Apparently, this was from a DVD that sponsors give to potential downlines, to explain the costs and the business.

The host is Chloe Marshall, a pretty lady with a fairly strong, but relatively easy-to-understand British accent.

Apparently, she's been on television in Britain a lot, and is considered by some a "British Television Personality". She was a reader in "Newshound" on Friendly TV (apparently they simply pretty much read newspaper stories); a presenter on The Jewelry Channel; various other shop-at-home channels and shows; and now, apparently is a sometime ITV host (though I've not seen her in my area, yet).

(Careful, if you search for her online, guys. There are a number of other Chloe Marshalls, some British, some older and some younger! And, no. I did not find any nekkid (naked) pictures of her, though I wasn't really looking... that hard, anyway. )

The Pre-Launch Video
May be found at ITV Info Line (left video)

Donald stands in a set resembling a living room, at a whiteboard with a music stand (holding his script, probably) behind him, and describes the business directly to the camera, illustrating points on the whiteboard. He is, obviously, passionate about his business, and it shows. However, what he was describing and illustrating sounded like a typical MLM off- and on-line business opportunity (a la Amway, Shaklee, Herbalife, and various others).

In fact, as he was speaking, and drawing on a white board, the first thing I thought was that I'd seen the presentation before (I used to sell Amway, and sat in on a Quixtar introductory meeting). However, he's changed it up somewhat. Part of this was because of adding in the infomercial as advertisement. Most other MLMs start you out by having you sell the business to your family and friends. Donald says that while you can, you get leads from the infomercials. He also talked about them adding the capability to shunt phone calls in to ITV directly to your home phone, from people calling in to ITV for information and to purchase products, potentially making them YOUR customers - and, apparently, they're your customers for LIFE, meaning if you can get their information into your database, whether they call or buy from you, or call the main office, you are supposed to get the credit.

Another reason this reminded me of Amway (which I realize is one of the first major MLMs), is that this is the way we were taught to explain the business to our recruits. The number has changed, and there are other differences, but as I said, it's probably pretty typical for MLMs. But then again, most of them do not generate leads for you, meaning you must do the selling for yourself, both of the product, and the business.

He explains that the process is "patent pending", meaning no one else is supposed to be able to use it ... It's an ITV invention and theirs to license and distribute as they see fit. While they currently only have about 20 health-related (most natural) products, and Kevin Trudeau's books on natural remedies, they are expecting to have well over 200 products soon.

The Infomercial
May be found at ITV Info Line (right video)

The infomercial for ITV Ventures™ was produced at ITV Studios, where Donald normally interviews doctors, people selling natural products, and book authors, except that he sat in the hot-seat, this time, and Chloe interviewed him.

As with most ITV shows, there are usually no cuts to testimonials from those who have used the product. (Typically, there are a couple of "phone calls in" as a testimonial, and maybe a couple of questions.) However, Donald pointed out that the business is just starting out, and NEXT year, he will have testimonials!

The infomercial pretty much says the same thing the pre-launch video does, but without the whiteboard, no graphics, and in an interview format. In fact, there were a couple of places where Donald said almost EXACTLY the same things. (While they look very unscripted, the ITV Infomercials are VERY scripted.)

The Product

So what's the business?

As stated, it appears to be an MLM tied to the infomercials produced by ITV. ITV Ventures™ is relatively new, so it's hard to find anything but people and sites promoting them. This does not mean they are good, bad, will make you a bunch of money, or are a scam. You will have to judge that for yourself, and decide whether you can afford to join.

To me, this DOES sound a lot like Amway/Quixstar, Herbalife, and other MLMs. You sell the product and make a profit, and you sponsor new people into the business, and get income from their initial fees, their sales, and people THEY sponsor. And they sponsor people who sponsor people who... Pyramidic in nature, there are apparently limits. You are only allowed four (4) people as your immediate downline. The assumption is that two or three of those will do well, and get four people under them, and each of them will get four, etc.; And one or two will be talked out of it by family or friends at the beginning. Well, if YOU got a fifth (5th) person, they would go into one of the slots under the downline not doing as well. Not only do YOU make money on their product and downline, but the one(s) not doing as well, do too. They see they're making money just from joining, and realize they can make more if they got more into it, and it motivates them.

There is REQUIRED monthly training, where you will be educated.

Something to remember, though - For each agent, not only will it cost $165 (basic papers) or $499 ("Briefcase in a Box" with samples) startup, but it will cost $129 per month, and this is REQUIRED. It breaks down as follows: You are REQUIRED to sell or buy $100 of product per month. Of course, this means that each member of your downline do, too, which means you get some profit from them. The other $29 required per month is for the training. At this point, I'm not sure what that entails, but I would be willing to bet there are CDs/DVDs, conference calls, newsletters, etc.

And, of course, there will be seminars. Don't count on these being free. They usually aren't. That doesn't mean that it will cost the thousands that individual seminars sometimes do, but it will probably cost up to about $100 each to attend. (And if you don't, some will probably question your commitment.)

Something to think about, though: Because a major part of the business is in promoting the business, and Donald and his crew are changing the way it works, there's always the possibility that they may get in trouble with the government for THIS, too. (ITV and Barrett have already been in trouble for some of the claims made on the products infomercials (not ITV Ventures, that I know of), and some products and claimants have been pulled.) By the same token, Amway and the others weathered MANY government inquiries.

Something ELSE to think about: When you sign someone up at $499 (under you), you get $150 from the PRODUCTS being sold. There's about $600 RETAIL (Around $300 wholesale) products in the package. This means that on the wholesales products, you are making 1/2 in these packages. Since the company still must make a profit, the products cost THEM less than $150 per package. Which means obviously, that SOMEONE is making out BIG TIME with these products. I would venture to say that the cost to make them is pennies.

• The makers are making money (they HAVE to... Why would they make the product in the first place, otherwise. In a Utopian world, it would be for the "good of mankind", but this is NOT a Utopian world. People do things to make money.)
• ITV is making money (for producing the infomercials, for marketing the product, and for the sale, itself, not to mention the monthly $129 it costs each and every person to KEEP making money in ITV Ventures).
• YOU are making money (50% of the WHOLESALE price of the product).
• Your DOWNLINE is making money (100% profit).

And it doesn't appear that ANYONE is making "pennies". Doesn't that mean that the actual CUSTOMERS of the products are being MAJORLY RIPPED OFF?

BTW: Here's a page with terms and conditions to join ITV Ventures as of 10/01/2007. Basically, it's a contract, including most of the costs required to join and stay with ITV Ventures as an IBO. (This page was in a small scrolling box, in fairly small print, like software terms and conditions, which few people read completely. I suggestion you do so, here, so you understand all and for WHAT you are paying.)

Remember, there are thousands of sites on the internet with free articles and information to help you start a business. There are MANY MLM-specific sites out there. See my Shams/Infomercial Info Links and other links on that page for some of these sites.

And, as always, remember that this is just information I would give to family and friends.

Product Websites

Enter "ITV Ventures™" in a search engine (especially Google) and you will find hundreds or thousands of pages touting the business. Many are or "home-agent" owners' sites. Most will go to a corporate site (meaning many of them look exactly the same). They simple track the homepage that linked to them, and know the owner, whose name they include in the information. The home-agent is supposed to get credit for anyone who goes through their site. (This is the way many MLMs work.)

I have done my best to to "weed out" owner sites, so no one gets credit for my sending potential customers to ITV Ventures™ sites. However, there are so many, and many seem to be named "itv"-something or other ... .

If, after reading this page and it's links, you decide that this opportunity is for you, you will need to find a "sponsor", so use the search I described above, unless you actually know someone. With the internet the way it is, they don't have to be family, friends, or neighbors, nor do they even have to be in your town, state, or country. (I believe the business is only available in the US and maybe Canada, right now.) Be sure they are good - That they actually provide training and other support. They should be easy-to-contact, and well-versed in the business. I suggest you check ALL of the links on this page, prepare a list of questions to ask each potential sponsor you contact, and, if they have problems answering, find someone else.

However, Donald Barrett, himself, has said what many of us believe:

... And this is true of Donald, himself. He makes no bones about it. By the same token, he was in the business of MAKING infomercials for others, and selling their products. That is until ITV Ventures™.

Following are links to what appear to be "main" sites for the product.

• ITVhbb
• ITV Ventures™ | Home
• ITV Ventures™ IBO™ with ITV Ventures™ - Ranked #1 with MLMRankings.com
• Infomercials ITV Ventures™ ITV Home Business TV Products includes
• ITV Ventures™ Information Site, which goes to ITV SuperStars (Affilliate Link - Auto Audio - 5 minute overview - Originally phone call). Unexpandable Infomercial for ITV Ventures™ available here, too.
• ITV Flash Movie (you can listen to the testimonials, and scroll down the flash movie presentation and view it.)
• www.itvsponsor.info - Comprehensive review w/costs

Infomercials for many products sold at ITV available at:

• ITV Info Line

Other ITV Sites (many are affiliate sites)

• Examples of ITV Websites (What YOURS would/could look like)
  NOTE: If I found similar pages, I listed two of them that I found through Google, where the main differences are the page "owners" and contact information. Basically, the way they could/would do this is:
  1. The company creates a site.
  2. The owner (IBO) will purchase a domain name, and set it up to "alias" or forward to the company page.

  3. As the forwarding occurs, the company program will read who's page it is, and place their info on the page.

     This way, the company controls what's on the site, protecting themselves from lawsuit.

  Apparently, though, if an affiliate wants to do more with their site, as long as it's approved by ITV Legal, they can (see second solid bullet on). Otherwise, they will be asked to remove whatever bothers legal.

  • ITVNetHealth.com - ITV Leaders and ITVMoneyMan.com - ITV Leaders sales page
  • ITVSuperstar.com - TV Infomercials Make Money at Home Business and BevLytton.com/itv/ - TV Infomercial Leads For Your Home Business
  • Infomercials ITV Ventures ITV Home Business TV Products
  • ITVVenturesLife.com - ITVEagle.com (There are a BATCH of pages that forward/alias to this site. All appear to have Jay Colvin as the owner, though many are subdirectories of other sites. This leads me to believe that only those in on the ground floor got ITV sites, and their downline are allowed to alias/forward to THEM. At the same time, the owner name doesn't change...
  • ITVSponsor.info - ITV Ventures Review
  • InHomeAgent.info - Information and additional costs for the leads ITV Ventures promises.
     
• The Formula to Earn a Mountain of Meaningful Wealth
  Page approved by ITV Legal Department - Step-by-Step
• MLM-TheWholeTruth.com - ITV Direct / ITV Ventures - MLM Company Profile
  This PROVES that Barrett AND Trudeau founded ITV Ventures, and Trudeau is part of it, though many will argue to the contrary.
• Itv Ventures - Www.itvventures.com - MoneyMakerGroup Forum (formatted version)
  MoneyMakerGroup Forum > Itv Ventures - Www.itvventures.com (less formatted version)
  VERY positive descriptions from those who started 09/12/2006 - 09/12/2007 - some of the costs are discussed. Remember, these are people who started before the infomercial for ITV Ventures came out to the public.

BBB Information
(All found October 01, 2007)

All of the following information found using the www.bbb.org Company Search, looking for "ITV".

• BBB Report for Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc. (Beverly and Boston, MA)

  Address: P.O. Box 7083. Beverly, MA 01915

  The Bureau processed a total of 612 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period. Of the total 612 complaints closed in the last 36 months, 585 were closed in the last 12 months. [See the link for more.]

  NOT a member of the BBB.

  Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc. DBAs:

  • Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc.
  • Today's Health
  • ITV Direct, Inc.

  • Shop America (Kevin Trudeau, according to BBB records)

    The BBB processed a total of 1121 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period.Of the total of 1121 complaints closed in 36 months, 391 were closed in the last year.

    Shop America DBAs:

    • Trudeau
    • Doctor's Health Supply
    • Maximum Value Promotions
    • Kevin Trudeau
    • Alliance Publishing
    • Natural Choices Discount Club
    • Greatest Vitamin in the World
    • Natural Cures Book
    • Natural Cures
    • Shop America
    • Naturalcures.com
    • Coral Calcium Supreme
    • Shop America Marketing Group
    • Atkins Answer
    • I T V Direct

    NOTE:

    It has been brought to the Bureau's attention through marketing literature, that the President of Natural Cures and Shop America Kevin Trudeau markets and sells The Nouveau Tech Package of Inside Secrets. [AKA: Nouveau Tech Society]

    Government Actions

    The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint for Permanent Injunction and other Equitable Relief in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois against Kevin Trudeau, Shop America (USA), LLC, Robert Barefoot and Deonna Enterprises, Inc.for their deceptive acts or practices and false advertisements in connection with the advertising promotions, and sale of purported "coral calcium" supplements, in violation of Section 5(a) and 12 of the FTC Act, 15 USC,(a) and 52.

    Defendant Kevin Trudeau has promoted, marketed, offered for sale, and distributed various products and programs through the use of infomercials and direct mail for the past three years, he also directs, controls, formulates, or participates in the acts and practices of Shop America (USA) including the acts and practices addressed in the complaint.

    [Source: The Better Business Bureau® - BBB Reliability Report on Shop America]

     

  • ITV Ventures™
  • Natural Cures, Inc.
  • Greatest Vitamin in the World (OMG! This ties Barrett and Trudeau to Lapre!)

  Additional Addresses:

  • 100 Cummings Center, Suite #142N Beverly, MA 01915
  • 900 Cummings Center, Suite #B07U Beverly, MA 01915
  • P.O. Box 414979 Boston, MA 02241
  • 55 Cherry Hill Drive Beverly, MA 01915
  • [And more, when you include Shop America in the addresses]

   

• BBB Report for ITV Ventures™ (Louisville KY)

  Address: 11437 N. Tazwell Drive, Louisville, KY 40241

  The Bureau has processed no customer complaints on this company in its three year reporting period

  DBAs: None listed

  Additional Addresses: None listed

Reviews and Warnings

This section lists the sites where I found "negative" comments about the people and company, and/or the product. Some of the terms "sham", "scam", "scams", "flim-flam", "complain", "complaints", "rip", "rip-off", "fraud", "warning", similar words, and maybe just "review" were used in searching for negative comments.

There are few real "rip-off" reports on ITV Ventures... Remember, it's very new. Remember also that it's an MLM, and you are a "customer for life" of the person who originally wrote you up. While you can deal with the company, if that person was nasty or something to you, they will still get credit for your purchases, unless they haven't kept up the monthly fees, remaining active.

• Trex Blog
  ITV Ventures home agent SPAMMED a potential client (which, I'm sure, is in violation of their Policies/Procedures)
  • Scam.com - ITV Ventures thread 1
• Scam.com - ITV ventures thread 2
• Scam.com - ITV Ventures - Barrett w/ Trudeau
  NOTE: This thread is SEVEN PAGES LONG, and degenerates into major bashing between some of the posters, a couple talking about Trudeau and Barrett, and a couple defending ITV Ventures. At times it comical, at others, disturbing that people who only know each other through this forum would talk to ANYONE that way! Still and all, there's a LOT of information on ITV, ITV Direct, ITV Ventures, Kevin Trudeau, etc. If you have a few hours, or read quickly, read through it all! LOL
• And, in case I missed some, or some threads start after 09/30/2007, here are the search results on Scam.com for ITV Ventures (288 individual posts 10/01/2007.)

• Ripoff Report Search Results: itv (54 reports on 10/01/2007 - not all having to do with ITV Ventures, but ITV Direct. Includes at least one for ITV Ventures from an ex-employee.)

• OnlineMLM.com Message Forums: General: Frauds and Scams: Re: [mlmblonde] ITV Ventures (ITVHomeAgent) (One asking about it, 2 responding with "problems" they have with it, and two from an IBO defending it.)

News & Blog Articles

Many of the following are about the coming of ITV Ventures. Not all are bad... Many believe it will work well. And some of those saying it won't work are selling their own Work-at-Home Systems. (I tried to denote with a ($$)

• Icon Enterprises ($$)
  • ITV Ventures - The Verdict Is In Part 1 (10/20/2006)
  • ITV Marches Forward Part 1 (11/09/2006)
  • We Have Liftoff! Part 1 (01/30/2007)
• Ezine Articles - A Review On ITV Ventures - Scam Or Legitimate Business Opportunity ($$)
• Ezine Articles - ITV Ventures Review - Honest Money Making Opportunity Or Scam? ($$)
• Business Small Business Make Money with ITV Ventures - Amazines.com Article Search Engine ($$)
• My “ITV Ventures” MLM Adventure - MLM Work-at-Home Blog (series form) or MLM Work At Home Blog: ITV Ventures (pretty much reverse-date order)
• Start Your TV Business.com (dedicated to assisting others in growing their ITV Ventures home based business)

Legal Problems

ITV Ventures, as of 10/07/2007, have few, if any legal problems. Barrett has apparently had a number of lawyers go over every little detail, and now the system is supposedly patent pending.

However, Barrett, himself, ITV and ITV Direct (the infomercial production end), and Kevin Trudeau, as well as some of those whose products and services ITV Ventures is selling HAVE had legal problems. Barrett's and ITV Direct's troubles were for promoting and selling products that made claims which they could or would not prove, and Trudeau has actually been banned from making infomercials promoting brand-name health products, and has spent a stint in jail for credit card fraud, so he works around the former by writing books and interviewing with anyone interested, so he can get on TV. Also, it's been noted a number of places that Trudeau's book(s?) is/are not much more than long advertisements for his website, where most of the actual information is located, and where you must subscribe to get to it.

• CaseWatch.org - FTC Takes Aim at “Supreme Greens” and “Coral Calcium Daily” (2004)
  • CaseWatch.org - Warning Letter to ITV Direct (04/19/2004)
• FTC, plaintiff v. Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., d/b/a
  Today’s Health and Direct Fulfillment, ITV Direct, Inc., d/b/a Direct Fulfillment, Donald W. Barrett, Healthy Solutions, LLC d/b/a Direct Business Concepts, Health Solutions, Inc., Alejandro Guerrero, a/k/a Alex Guerrero, Michael Howell, Greg Geremesz, Triad ML Marketing, Inc., King Media, Inc., and Allen Stern, defendants.
  NOTE: Contains links to court documents and news releases (06/2004-10/2005)
• National Advertising Review Council (NARC) - Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation (ERSP) Case Documents - ITV DIRECT, INC., Sea Vegg Nutritional Supplement
• Field Reports - ITV Direct, Sea Vegg Presidents Respond to ERSP Findings, FTC Referral - Response Mag (10/01/2005)
• Sour Grapes or Salient Points? How Perception Drives Reality - Response Mag (01/01/2006)

 

Kevin Trudeau, as I said, has been in trouble with the FTC, FDA, SEC, and various other government agencies for various reasons. He served time in jail twice - for swindling a bank, and for cheating his own customers through credit card fraud. He and Barrett are leading the fight against the FDA to get natural products regulations relaxed, so they can make the claims they do without the required testing done by pharmaceutical companies. These products tout the "natural"-ness of their ingredients, and claim that since this is so, they CANNOT harm you.

Well, as I've said elsewhere, Nightshade, Poison Ivy/Oak/Sumac, mushrooms, rattlesnakes, black mambas, etc. are ALL natural, but they (ok... at least SOME mushrooms) can KILL you.

The products also combine items. Everyone knows that Timothy McVeigh combined diesel fuel and fertilizer and blew up the Murrah Building in Oklahoma. While I'm not saying that diesel fuel and fertilizer are used in these products, what I am saying that combinations of certain ingredients can be BAD for you.

And it's difficult to standardize "natural" formulas, because things grow differently. For example, in a strawberry patch, some will NOT be ripe, some will be OVER ripe, and some will be JUST RIGHT. And each strawberry has it's own subtle flavor differences, which means that each has different ingredients. Well, that's NATURAL for you. How can you standardize your natural formulas so that each capsule, pill, supplement drink, whatever is EXACTLY the same and will perform the same every time. And what about those that contain those "natural ingredients" to which SOME people are allergic?

• MLM Survivors Homepage. Headlines and breaking news about Amway and other Multi-Level Marketing businesses (07/1999)
  Even I never realized this: Quixtar training was first offered by Trudeau's group! Makes me reconsider the positive note I gave Amway/Quixtar. Apparently, things have changed a LOT since the founders retired and died.
• FTC - Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials (09/2004)
• InfomercialWatch.org - Analysis of Kevin Trudeau's "Natural Cures" Infomercial
• What Kevin Trudeau doesn't want you to know - Salon.com
• Diet Power > Features > Featured Articles > Coral Calcium -- an Investigative Article
• TheSmokingGun.com - Would You Buy A Used Cure From This Man - August 26, 2005
• WashingtonPost.com - Wait, There's More
• CureZone.com - Kevin Trudeau Discussion: Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About Discussion Forum: Page 1 of 6 (A HUGE discussion forum - 1,718 messages, 185 topics, 6 pages on 10/07/2007)

Troubling thought: In Barrett's pre-launch video, he mentions that infomercials have made him AND HIS MENTORS millionaires. According to the BBB and MLM-TheWholeTruth.com, Trudeau is involved in Barrett's company, and Barrett and Trudeau are buds. They have worked and DO work together. From my research, it seems that Trudeau has an office in the ITV building, and actually was a FOUNDER of ITV Ventures. All that leads me to believe that Trudeau is one of Barrett's mentors.

While Barrett may have come up with a decent idea, even with it being for those "natural" products, having Trudeau as one of his mentors and a teacher of the MLM process is scary, to me. (And if Kevin was the one who came up with the idea, then Donald better watch his back! If they came up with it together... *shudder*.)

Conclusions

Be sure to read the National Consumer League's A Consumer Guide to Dietary Supplements (PDF) and Naturally Misleading: Consumers’ Understanding of “Natural” and “Plant-Derived” Labeling Claims (PDF).

Something else to remember: PRODUCTS - When someone else signs up at $499 under you, you get $150 off the PRODUCTS being sold. There's about $600 RETAIL (around $300 Wholesale) products in the package. This means that on the wholesales products, you are making 1/2 in these packages. Since the company still must make a profit, the products cost THEM less than $150 per package. Heckuva markup, huh? From way under $150 to manufacture to $600 retail? DA-E-AMN!

So, if you can afford:

• the $499 BIAB OR the $165 Basic IBO Package (which requires other fees - see OAR, below - for the FIRST month, but can be upgraded to the BIAB within two months)
• the $29/monthly fee
• the $99/yearly fee
• the potential $100/month OAR (if your wholesale sales do not reach that amount for a month)
• the shipping and handling on products YOU buy (required or not)
• and if you want to become an In-Home Agent:
  • $49 setup fee
  • $59/monthly fee
  • $2-$25 or more for EACH lead
• seminar and convention expenses (for those IBOs not in the higher levels)

AND, you:

• are a decent/good telephone salesman who can follow scripts
• don't mind selling people the products sold by ITV (books on natural cures, and "natural" products as of this writing - more promised. NOTE: You should be willing to buy and TRY the products yourself)
• are willing to sell people on selling the business as you were
• are willing to WORK (you will have to take calls from potential customers both for products and the business, and from those you recruit as your downline, and MAKE calls for the cheaper in-home leads, though they are to be to people interested in natural products)
• are willing to "work for" (it will be argued that IBOs "work for" themselves, but really... Think about it) Donald Barrett, Kevin Trudeau, ITV, and the product manufacturers, who may include others listed on this site on other pages
• are willing to risk the scrutiny caused the business by the founders' legal problems, negative BBB reports on the companies, and reviews and opinions of naysayers noted above

then it might work for you.

Good luck... I can't afford to even get started in it, nor am I sure about Barrett, Trudeau, many of the formulators/manufacturers, or the products.

NOTE: ALL of the above costs are much less expensive than becoming a retail franchisee, and you SHOULD be able to do all or most of it at home. But, I won't even try to GUESS what your phone bill will be...

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by Bill Sanders © 2007 - email:

Be sure to see the ITV Venture Page Reponses and my related pages:

• Shams/Infomercial Info Division Home
• Shams/Infomercial Info - Business Opportunities
• Shams/Infomercial Info - Health-Related (Most ITV products are health-related)
• Shams/Infomercial Info - ITV Direct (Donald Barrett)
• Shams/Infomercial Info - ITV Ventures™ (T&C and Costs review)

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