Is Zilis A Scam? – Another CBD Pyramid Scheme? [Review]

Who Are Steven Thompson & Angie Thopmson?

Steven Thompson & Angie Thompson are the husband and wife team behind Zilis. The couple have extensive experience in both direct selling and the network marketing industry where Steven was associated with LiveSmart 360 which was also known as Cyberwise. 

Notably Steven rose to the rank of vice President of Livesmart360 before he left in 2015 to start Zilis. He is a graduate of the university of Memphis and holds a degree in accounting. 

His Wife Angie is the Chief Operations Officer, holds an honors degree in education from the University of North Texas.

She has worked side by side with her husband for over 20 years and is vastly experienced in network marketing prior to starting Zilis alongside her husband.

The Zilis Compensation Plan has 7 ways for you to earn money which are as follows:  

• Retail Profit

Retail profit is simple the money that you make as a profit when you sell Zilis products. This is the foundation of all businesses, retail sales.

Retail profit is not explained in great detail other than you can earn a maximum of 100% of retail profits. If you have preferred customers on autoship they are entitled to a 50% discount. 

• Fast Start Bonus

The fast start bonus is earned when you sponsor a new ambassador to the Zilis opportunity. The amount earned depends on the starter pack that they buy as follows: 

• Bronze - $20
• Silver - $60
• Gold - $130

NOTE: If you join Zilis opportunity, it is therefore in the best interest of your sponsor and not necessarily your own that you join at the most expensive starting point, the $1,299 Gold Starter Pack. 

From you joining at that point your sponsor will earn $130 as a bonus. If you start at the least expensive point, the $99 basic your sponsor will earn no bonus. 

At the end of the day if their system works it does not matter which starter pack you buy. 

Binary Team Builder

This is where the residual payments and the multilevel marketing aspect of the company's compensation plan kicks in. They operate using the Binary Compensation model. 

With the binary compensation model you recruit two members who then recruit two each..who then do the same. Which is why and how a binary compensation model looks like a Pyramid. 

You have a right and left leg. Your commission from the binary structure with Zilis is 20% as a maximum of the BV (Business Volume) from the weaker fo the two legs.  

The actual percentage and team builder commission you could earn is based on where you rank as shown below. 

Payments are on a weekly basis and Team Builder Bonus varies from $250 to $25,000.

• Infinity Fast Start

This is very similar to the bonus above, the fast start bonus with the exception that it is only available to Ambassadors who have achieved leadership ranks.

It is at that rank (or greater) you have the ability to earn the bonuses when you recruit new ambassadors. The amount indicated in the table below: 

• Area - Bronze Pack $8; Silver Pack$35; Gold Pack $60
• Regional - Bronze Pack $7; Silver Pack $25; Gold Pack $50
• National - Bronze Pack  $6; Silver Pack $15; Gold Pack $40

These bonuses have been designed in a way to ensure that once leadership ranks have been achieved they don't stop recruiting. 

It also goes a long way into explaining why the starter packs are so expensive!

• Generational Bonuses

This is where the potential for residual income kicks in. You can earn from the sales volume generated by all of your recruits and their recruits 6 levels deep.

Again the commission is dependent upon where you rank in the Zilis compensation plan. 

• Infinity Matching Bonus

Yet another bonus and again only available for the network marketers that achieve leadership ranks. 

If someone that you have personally sponsored gets to the same rank that you are on you will have earned a infinity matching bonus.  The amount earned is dependent on your rank. 

• Area: 10%
• Regional: 20%
• National: 30%
• President: 40%

• Benefits

Zilis has more benefits which are non financial, "blessings benefit" which is where they will donate to a local charity in your town or city on a monthly basis. 

Another benefit is a full reimbursement on health care insurance and contribution of $400 to $1,200 for payments on the lease of a Zilis Jeep.

• Global Bonus Pool

Every quarter the company has a bonus pool payout of 2% of all sales to distributors ranked at regional level or higher. 

Rising The Ranks

It is clear from the Zilis compensation plan and its structure that promotion and rising the ranks is based on recruitment.

Recruit more and you will earn the promotions necessary to earn the extra and almost seemingly endless bonuses and a greater commissions.

You can join Zilis by simply paying the membership fee of $99 for the cheapest bundle pack.

Quite likely you will have your sponsor pressure to buy a more expensive version, this is no necessary in your best interest. You sponsor, naturally will be thinking of their pocket and a potential commission if you start with a more expensive pack. 

The $99 bundle pack - starting at this point your sponsor will miss out on a bonus payment hence their motive for suggesting you "upgrade" to a more expensive one. 

The Following Starter Packs Are Optional:

• Bronze Starters Package - $199
• Silver Starters Package - $599
• Gold Starters Package - $1299

The main difference between each starter pack is the products that you get with them as well as the entitlement to earn higher commissions. 

You also have a monthly fee of $29 to access your back office. 

If you are anything like I am you will give some credit and trust to a companies authenticity, particularly if and when they are well rated and respected by consumer organisations, groups and associations. 

Zilis, unfortunately are not accredited by the Better Business Bureau. In their favor they hold a perfect A+ rating with the consumer advocacy group. 

There were not many complaint to be found about Zilis, however one complaint caught my attention where the distributor has difficulty in resigning and have the resignation accepted and processed by the company. 

It is in my understanding that CBD and medical marijuana is legal in the 33 states as indicated in the screenshot below. 

The Food And Drug Administration approved the use of Epidiolex, which is  a drug that contains a purified form of cannabinoid (CBD) for the managing and treating Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome for sufferers aged 2 years old or older. 

Currently there does not exist any other FDA approved products that contain CBD. Thus, any firm marketing CBD products as FDA approved for therapeutic use or to treat a medical condition are breaking the law and doing so illegally!.

Several business's have been warned  by the FDA for selling CBD oil while falsely claiming their product is FDA Approved. 

The main and principle difference between the Hemp Oil and CBD oil is that CBD oil uses all parts of the plant where the CBD oil can be made from whole host of different part of the plant. 

Hemp Oil come from the plants seeds. 

There are a lot of good points about Zilis, such as: 

• Highly Rated By BBB

Despite not being fully accredited by the better business bureau they do hold a perfect A+ rating. 

• Legit MLM Company And You Can Earn From Home

The company is legit and you can earn retail commissions by selling their products. 

• High Quality Products

It does appear that the Zilis products, products sold by Zilis are high quality. 

There were somethings that I did not like about Zilis. Such as:

• No Income Disclosure Available

There is only a general statement regarding income potential on the company website, however, it is never a good thing when a network marketing firm hides their income disclosure.

It is very indicative of a high failure rate of their distributors. 

• Products Are Very Expensive

Compared to other similar products in the industry Zilis product are expensive. 

• Very Expensive To Get Started!

It can cost up to $1,299 to get started! far too much and not necessary! 

• Strong Focus On Recruiting

In my opinion the company has to strong a focus on recruiting, this I could deduce from the compensation plan structure.

Not something I like to see, regardless of the MLM opportunity their focus should be based on sales. This is what makes or breaks a business not recruitment. 

It is in my opinion that you will struggle to earn a full time income with Zilis, this is clear going by the companies statement regarding income that the average distributor earns less than $300 per year ($25/month!). 

MLM are notoriously difficult to earn a full time income from, and most involve the rather complex and annoying process of recruiting others into your opportunity. 

Thankfully there are many ways of earning a living online outside of MLM's and don't involve recruitment. 

Despite the fact that the compensation plan makes Zilis look like a Pyramid Scheme, given the technicalities in the law and the products that they do have available ensure that Zilis is not a Pyramid scheme. 

Yes, 

Zilis operate their business paying on many levels, 6 levels deep using the binary compensation method we can safely say that Zilis is a Multi Level Marketing Business Opportunity. 

In my opinion Zilis is not a scam. They might not be the best business to get started with and be a little coy as far as displaying a current (or any) income disclosure statement they are completely legit and not a scam. 

This does not mean that you will make money with their opportunity, it only means that they comply with current laws and regulations!.

It is in my opinion that you should not get involved with the Zilis Business opportunity. 

I feel that you will find it difficult to earn a full time income with this company and even at that it is getting more and more difficult in the digital world to get good rankings for sites in the natural health industry. 

And even more so if you are a non-health professional. This is due to the famed Google Medic Update dating way back to August 2018. 

Instead of complicating you life annoying friends and family about some kind of MLM business opportunity get involved with something that does not require recruitment. 

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