Jamberry Nails Review: Better Than Most MLM Companies

For those wondering whether Jamberry Nails is legit or just another pyramid scheme-ish scam, this Jamberry Nails review was written just for you.

Jamberry Nails in a nutshell

Did a Jamberry Nails consultant approach you about this business opportunity, telling you how you could make some extra money with this company?

If your answer was yes, I would like to start by telling you Congratulations! Most people would just jump into the opportunity without thinking twice but you made a smart move by looking into the company first.

This review provides in-depth information on Jamberry nails – a lot of info consultants would not tell you – and then you can make an informed decision on whether this company is right for you.

I understand that some people might not want to sit through this long in-depth review due to time or patience constraints. If you are one of such people, please stick around for a minute and read through the following point-form summary of some important things to know about this company:

Jamberry Nails is a legit company that sells nails and nail-related products
To become a consultant of the company, you need to pay $99 for a starter kit
There are no mandatory recurring monthly charges or auto-ship costs for consultants
Consultants do not need to keep inventory
You can earn between 30%-40% commissions depending on your retail sales volume
To remain an active consultant, you must reach at least 600 PRV (Personal Retail Volume) within a rolling 12-month period
They operate using a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) business model
This is not a work-from-home opportunity.
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What is Jamberry Nails?

Jamberry Nails is an MLM-based company that sells nails and nail-related products. The company was founded in 2011 by 3 sisters and is currently headquartered in Lindon, Utah.

The Products

If a consultant has pitched the idea of joining this business opportunity to you, chances are they showed you the products.

If you have seen the products, you should be able to judge for yourself if they are quality or not. If you haven’t, you should probably do a little digging into the products.

From my own brief research, the products appear to have mixed reviews. While this could be an issue, it should not be a huge issue.

From a marketing perspective, I think the products are marketable. The products are unique and the prices are reasonable. At least, it is cheaper to get nails from Jamberry Nails than it is to get a proper Mani/Pedi spa treatment.

Having said all that, one big problem you might have is being able to get leads. The products are nice but in order to make any form of substantial income as a consultant, you must be able to get regular leads.

The way this company recommends you go about your marketing is by hosting regular parties. You invite as many friends and family members to your party and showcase some of their products. You could also have these friends invite some of their own friends as well. For each sale made during these parties, you will earn a 30% commission.

These friends and family members can also ask you to have a party at their place and they will invite as many people as possible. It is in their best interest to invite a lot of people because host rewards go up according to the sales volume that happens during a party. For each sale, the consultant gets 30% commissions on each sale.

This is basically the process of promoting the products as a consultant. Based on the level of training Jamberry Nails gives you, your success will be largely ‘hit and miss’.

You depend on your friends and family to get your business up and running. After that, you now have to hope that your friends and family are able to find other interested people and so on. This is how they teach you to get leads to make sales to.

Personally, I think this marketing technique is outdated and redundant. Whenever you or any of your friends are unable to find interested people, your business is practically done. If you want to learn how to use the internet to get a never-ending flow of leads, check out this review.

The Business Opportunity

To be fair to this company, they are big on their products.

I don’t mind a company paying people to promote its products. It’s way cheaper than regular advertising. I also do not mind a company paying its consultants a specified number of levels down, provided the emphasis remains on the products rather than recruiting.

Jamberry Nails prides itself in the products they offer. The parties organized by consultants are usually a show of the products. They are not gathering people to sell them false dreams – a trait that is all too familiar with a lot of MLM companies.

Having said all that, it is still an MLM company and you do get compensated when someone becomes a consultant of the company through you and when someone becomes a consultant through them. More on the compensation plan below.

To become a consultant, you will have to purchase a starter kit for $99. This kit includes about $130 worth of products along with a start-up guide, catalogs, brochures and three months use of a personal website. After three months, there will be a monthly fee to use this website.

To remain a consultant, you will have to earn 600 RPV within a rolling 12-month period. If you fail to meet this requirement, you are booted out of the company.

The Compensation Plan

This company has ranks and criteria you must meet to achieve those ranks and of course, your commission rates will be affected by your rank. Instead of putting it into words for you, I will just let a consultant of the company fill you in.

Remember this is a Jamberry Nails consultant doing the presentation and I do NOT endorse this video. I am sharing this solely for educational purposes.

One thing you must know is that your success or failure depends on the attitude of your downline, some of whom you might not know personally.

Income Disclosure

Let’s take a look at Jamberry Nails’ Official Income Disclosure Statement for the year 2015…

Let’s translate this to English:

Only 12.44% of all consultants did not earn anything in 2015
However, 85.87% of all consultants earn less than $1000 per month
This supports my assertion that this is an opportunity for some extra part-time income at best
Even though this table shows the number of months consultants remain with the company, it does not show how much time the consultants invest to achieve those earnings
If we look at the number of frontline team members, we can see that income increases with increasing team members
If you want the big bucks with this company, you are going to have to recruit people into the opportunity
These numbers do not include any expenses incurred by the consultant

How much could you earn?

Let’s paint a very simple scenario to put things into perspective.

At 30% commissions, you will have to make $1500 worth of sales to earn $450 per month.

The company offers many products but I suppose the most popular and easiest to promote, for obvious reasons, would be the nail wraps.

These cost $15 each and you will have to sell 100 of these every month to make $450 per month. If you now wanted to earn $1000 per month, you would have to sell 220 of these every month.

Using the methods they teach you, you will find yourself actively putting in full-time effort in order to achieve part-time results.

Remember this scenario is simplistic and you could, in fact, earn much more by putting much less effort if you leverage the power of the internet.

What I liked

Compared to other MLMs, this opportunity is relatively cheap to join
The products are unique and reasonably priced
The company prides on the quality of its products rather than recruiting
Consultants do not have to keep inventory
Only a small fraction of consultants did not receive any payments

What I didn’t like

They do not offer in-depth training on how to get leads
Paltry earnings for a lot of hard work

Is Jamberry Nails a Pyramid Scheme?

Absolutely not! The company is big on their products and as a consultant, you have a fair chance of making some money just by selling the products. I think this is one of the more legal MLM companies around.

With that said, I still would not recommend the opportunity because you are very likely going to put in a lot of effort into selling or recruiting and get minimal results. You are better off spending that time in a job, quite frankly.

Closing Thoughts

The company is neither a scam nor a pyramid scheme. Jamberry Nails is a legit company that sells real products.

If you are passionate about nails and are looking to earn some extra side money, Jamberry Nails might be good for you. If you are looking to make a huge income from this company, it is possible, though not probable and very difficult as well.

If you are not comfortable with the idea of pitching the products or business opportunity to strangers, or if you’re not comfortable hosting parties, you probably should not join this company.

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