Friday, January 22, 2010

Still no Contract and archaic registration

After a 4 week pre-launch and now 11 days into the launch, we still don't have a contract for the Associates to adhere to and you still have to wire transfer your money to become an Associate.

While the absence of a legal agreement is a favorable situation for those who resort to deception and copyright infringement to attract and sign on prospects, my impression is that this is a harmful situation for Pyxism's attractiveness and credibility as a legitimate business.

Yes, management is established and has proven themselves in other Network Marketing companies before, and yes there has been tremendous work done to become a Licensed Travel reseller in several States - which I understand is no easy feat. But seeing all the websites that blatantly steal the Pyxism text and images and who lead you to believing you are on the corporate site, or who require you to opt-in to their prospect list, could be harmful to the brand of Pyxism. There are good quality videos and sites and there are bad ones - which implies there is no quality control. Maybe it's just me with my background in Quality Systems and Marketing, but I hope that Pyxism managemenet gets around soon to pulling in the reigns on this Wild West approach to growing the organization. Sure it is easy and great for the early and agressive recruiters to operate in this type of scenario, but is it sustainable? Will the brand image become blemished as some leave after disappointing results and the net becomes polluted with mixed messages and hype. We'll see.

At the Associates conference call on Monday, it was mentioned that other payment methods are coming around and it should be soon when Associates can sign on with a simple credit card payment. There were just some details to work out regarding situations of refunds and the impact on payouts and the such. In my opinion, this is perfectly understandable, but I am suspecting that sign on rates are not as high as they could be if other payment options were offered.

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