NOTE: Watch this Video (below) FIRST, to ensure you get the most benefit from this SendOutCards Review.

NOTE: For more details on this company, read my other articles: SendOutCards Marketing Tips & The Truth About The SendOutCards Scam.

Why Read This Review?

I believe there is a HUGE untapped potential with this company and at the end of this review I reveal why.

My goal here is to present you with the facts so you can make a decision about starting your MLM business. I have nothing to do with this company, I am NOT a distributor or an employee of SendOutCards. I’m a business expert from the school of hard knocks as well as a traditional MBA – with over 2 decades entrepreneurial experience in various businesses, primarily start-ups.

Regardless of the business you choose, expect to spend a considerable amount of time, effort and money getting your business up and running. I coach many people in the MLM industry and I’ve experienced and witnessed first hand what it takes to breakthrough. Those who are successful have the tenacity and mindset of an entrepreneur, from day 1. “Quit” is not in their vocabulary.

Pros & Cons Summary:

This is a company in good standing, loved by its distributors, with products that have little competition and an excellent comp plan with huge potential for financial success. See "Untapped Goldmine" at the end of this article.

For specifics, read the detailed explanation below.

Explanation of Pros & Cons

The Reputation

A quick Google search on both SendOutCards and Kody Bateman (CEO) didn’t reveal any shocking or disheartening news. Overall, Blog information appeared very positive. MLMs tend to have a reputation of “get-rich-quick” and occasionally, because of this, a trail of disillusioned people. Not so with this company, indicating the leaders are positioning this opportunity properly.

A quick check with both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) – at the time of this writing – revealed no complaints.

Years In Business

Ninety percent of most businesses fail their first year. So, a little longevity, especially for an MLM or Network Marketing company, will make your new business opportunity a safer bet. SendOutCards has made it past the five-year mark which proves they’ve handled their initial growing pains and are solid. They were founded in 2004.

Management

Kody Bateman, CEO of SendOutCards is on a mission to build a billion-dollar greeting cards company. His trigger for starting this business is a heartfelt story. His brother had been killed in a tragic electrical accident immediately after Kody had left home for his first job, following college. Kody hadn’t really taken the time to say goodbye and then it was too late. That’s when it all started.

A Google search didn’t reveal much information about Mr. Bateman’s business experience, and the corporate website wasn’t much more informative – which is always a concern considering leadership is such a critical component of a company’s success. It appears Mr. Bateman began the business right out of college, with little corporate experience. While the company IS thriving, I’d prefer to see a more experienced management team.

Financial Stability

At the time of this writing, the company is debt free.

Products

IF you like the product, chances are your customers will, too. This is especially important with MLMs and Network Marketing companies. Personally, I love the concept of SendOutCards: an online hub that makes it simple and convenient to select a printed greeting card, have it stuffed into an envelope, stamped and sent in the mail on your behalf.

Also included is an online contact manager and a reminder system, all for the price of your card. PLUS – printed with your handwritten signature, and you can upload your own images for full customization making it as easy to send a greeting as it is to send an email. Who wouldn’t like that?

Competition

Greeting cards comprise a billion dollar industry. Hallmark and American Greetings are each 3-ton gorillas – but, SendOutCards has a unique delivery and distribution model, and the Network Marketing distinction puts them in a unique category. A huge advantage is that there really are no competitors in this (MLM) space. First to market is always an advantage.

Compensation Plan

The company offers a front-end compensation plan, otherwise known as direct sales, with decent commissions, fast. I’m a big believer in this type of comp plan because it offers GPT (Get Paid Today). This is important because cash flow is critical for you and your team members as you start your business. This allows faster cash flow and keeps you “in money” as you grow your revenues.

They also have a back-end compensation plan, which generates a residual income so you make money even when you’re “not working.” Always a plus.

The key here, as with all home-based businesses is getting enough people to take a look at your plan, daily, to get critical mass. To be successful, you want to be signing up one new member every single day.

Here’s how it works:

1.    First, You become a customer

2.    Then, You decide to participate in comp plan and encourage others to become a customer by offering a free gift account. (Great incentive!)

7 levels of compensation:

1. Customer Direct Sales Profits: People purchase an annual pre-paid greeting card account used to purchase the cards and stamps.

2. Retail profits from Preferred customers (paid monthly). This pays volume commissions.

3. Wholesale Packages – $298 including a coaching session from you. You get $120 bonus, paid after coaching is completed (paid weekly basis).

4. Entrepreneur Pkg Plus – $398 same as above but includes coaching done in your downline, where you can receive a bonus from $15 to $50 per coaching session. (paid weekly).

5. Treat em Right Seminar Bonus (paid weekly) You will receive a bonus when reps in your group attend this seminar. The bonus ranges from $5 to $30 per attendee.

6. 7-level Volume Bonus: paid on the greeting cards that are sold in your entire group (paid monthly).

7. Leadership Volume Bonus: paid on greeting cards sold on unlimited levels within your group. Commissions of 5% to 25%, depending on ranks of leadership.

Leadership

Always look at the leadership or the top producers in any MLM organization. Sit in on one of their trainings. Interview them if you can.

How do they market and train their team? This is a critical component of how quickly you will start making money. You want to look for a “blueprint”, or a “system” that will get you started step-by-step.

The only downside, that I see, is the top producers are old school marketers: utilizing the 3-foot rule, and the friends and family list of warm contacts all pointed towards hotel or home meetings. This type of marketing requires a huge sphere of influence to achieve any kind of success. Remember, you need a lot of people looking at your opportunity daily, in order to reach the goal of one new sign-up per day.

See Training below.

Training

Like most MLM companies, this company also offers system training and recorded webinars and plugs distributors into EFTBN (Eagles Flight Team Building Network) and various other mindset types of education, which are great. However, SendOutCards is not training on Internet Marketing, which for today’s MLM distributors, is a fatal mistake.

Internet Marketing will allow you to generate 50 to 100 leads per day. That’s actually, several hundred people per day, looking at your opportunity. You’d have a really tough time, personally finding and talking to that many people every single day and that’s the value of leveraging the Internet. People will actually flock to YOU.

I see this with a lot of MLM companies. They pitch the “old school” style of marketing and it’s the #1 reason people fail: chasing prospects and attempting to convince them that they want your offering. It requires talking to anybody within 3-feet to reach those critical numbers. Believe me, I know – I’ve done it. Pretty soon your friends, family and neighbors – even the mailman – is avoiding you!

It’s the biggest opportunity for distributors.

Untapped Goldmine In SendOutCards Revealed

The offering is outstanding, especially when combined with the power of attraction marketing and today’s technology. That’s exactly why I put together this website. The distributor who uses the Internet for this specific business will dominate the market in a matter of months.

Forget home and hotel meetings, forget constantly approaching strangers. Instead, use my system of creating powerful sales funnels online that automatically “informs” prospects who have requested information and then ultimately purchase from you – - while you’re sleeping. I’ve done it for my business and many, many others. I will show you EXACTLY step-by-step how you can do it too!

To get all of my tried and true resources along with a blueprint of exactly how to achieve success online, click the link below. Learn step-by-step what I’ve learned working 13 years in Internet marketing. Plus, you’ll get to train with people like industry legend, Mike Dillard – and so much more! Remember, “Quit” is not part of a successful entrepreneur’s vocabulary – so don’t quit your due diligence here.

Click the link below and tap into this HIDDEN GOLDMINE to SKYROCKET your business, right now!

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