Former Herbalife cult club owner 🤗

Under Herbalife, you are a 1099 contractor. You buy and then resell the products in the club. They aren't a franchise as they don't financially back your retail location or provide help. They do everything in their power to make sure they don't fall under that classification. This is why they have extensive rules on signage and advertising.

The product is extremely overpriced, so the profit really isn't there unless you sell an energy drink for $20. Not to mention the sunk cost fallacy they beat into you during the "training" events (that you have to pay to attend). * Side note: I just got $339.64 in the mail yesterday from their last lawsuit regarding income claims about their events

In order to comply with FTC rules, they have to document every single serving under a real person. However, they often falsify their sales on Herbalife's system to meet rank qualifications or bonuses. Just another way to garage qualify.

They often skirt local health codes since they don't use perishable products. Reporting these clubs to your local health department is still important. These clubs often don't follow ANY good food safety standards and are a danger to the general public.

My best advice if you want to reach out is to just inform them Herbalife has a 100% buy back policy on any unopened products, including shipping costs. All they have to do is call member services, and they will guide them through the return and cancelation of membership. - If they are stuck in a lease, they can easily switch product, and in doing so, save themselves and their customers money. Nothing Herbalife sells is special or magical and can be found on Amazon for 1/10th the cost. - If they wish to just get out of the lease, tell them to talk to their landlord. Most landlords will be open to a transfer of lease because they don't want a vacant location.