I've been both a customer and an Affiliate of Touchstone, but I won't be using or promoting their products any longer.The products themselves are comparatively expensive which I assume is because they have to factor in the commission they have to pay to Affiliates promoting their products. There's cheaper equivalent products on the market.I'm not sure how Touchstone are still selling their zeolite drops and sprays for human consumption in the UK and Europe as zeolite is now classed as a 'novel food' and I notice other zeolite brands no longer give dosage information on their labels.The Touchstone website encourages you to 'Autoship' and buy packs of 5 to get the best price which, to most consumers nowadays is not a viable option.With regard to Affiliates, the commission structure makes it difficult to earn money for the majority of Affiliates. For example, as an Affiliate+ (which means you get paid commission on your downline) you have to either introduce 5 new paying customers a month or make personal purchases to the value of 100PV. As an example, buying 5 bottles of their Fulvic Minerals at the best price of £175 would only give you 90PV meaning you wouldn't even qualify after buying 5 months worth of one of their products! You would have to spend further on another product to get an additional 10PV to qualify for that month and have to do the save every month to remain qualified.There is the option of just Affiliate, whereby you do not need to meet any minimums, but you only earn commission from your personally introduced customers, and not from your downline. This defeats the whole purpose of a 'Multi Level' marketing business model and I can't imagine any serious Affiliates being interested in this option.As a Touchstone Customer or Affiliate, you are almost coerced into signing up for an Autoship subscription throughout the checkout process. Even if you choose a 'one-off' purchase, rather than subscription, you are hit with pop-ups and tick boxes throughout the check out process to encourage you to subscribe to auto-ship - not good customer practice.There's more bad practice concerning the Affiliate+ fees. The cost to be an Affiliate+ is $19.95 a year. (in the UK you are billed the UK equivalent). Again there is an 'Auto-Renewal' box, and heres' the catch. Not many people like 'Auto-Renewal' as lots can change in 12 months, however if you fail to tick the Affiliate+ auto-renewal box, in 12 months time you lose your position as Affiliate+ and drop to Affilate - meaning you LOSE your whole downline! Naughty!Touchstone say they send a reminder email, but beware, they don't.On the positive side, Touchstone offer a wide range of products which are tested to contain very low levels of heavy metals and many of their products contain organic ingredients. The pay off is the high price.
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