I don't hate Amway. But I am still fascinated that the Amway entry in The Skeptic's Dictionary has been one of the most popular entries for more than a decade. I added an entry on multi-level marketing. I am not going to do separate entries for other MLM schemes, however. Not all MLM programs are created equal. Before getting involved in one I recommend you look at the Consumer Awareness Institute.

Amway was founded in 1959 by Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. For more information, visit the History section.

The Amway business opportunity is open to everyone, regardless of gender, race, age, religion, or political or other personal beliefs. The Amway business appeals to women, men, couples, and families from all backgrounds. Amway has helped to empower millions of women around the world by offering them a low-cost, low-risk opportunity to achieve their goals by owning their own business. This fact is especially gratifying to us.

No. In fact, only a small fee is required to become an Amway business owner. That cost is refundable should you decide to leave the business for any reason.

Amway offers more than 450 unique, high quality products carrying brand names including NUTRILITE™ Vitamins and Food Supplements, ARTISTRY™ Skin Care and Colour Cosmetics, eSpring™ Water Purifier, SATINIQUE™/SATINIQUE Advanced™ Hair Care System, iCook™ Cookware and SA8™ Laundry System. Visit the products section for more information on these and other brands.

Amway's branded products are manufactured by Access Business Group, one of its sister companies in the Alticor Inc. family of companies. Manufacturing facilities are located in Ada, Michigan, USA; Buena Park, California, USA; and Guangzhou, China. Access Business Group also operates farming facilities in California, Washington, Mexico and Brazil.

AMWAY™ products are sold by Amway Business Owners and Sales Representatives. For more information, visit the How to Buy section.

Amway Corporation is part of the Alticor family of companies, privately held by the DeVos and Van Andel families.

Yes.Amway Corporation, Quixtar Inc., and Access Business Group belong to the Alticor family of businesses. Based in Ada, Michigan, USA, Alticor and its affiliates help people live better lives by offering a wide range of consumer products, business opportunities and manufacturing and logistics services in more than 80 countries and territories.

No. The Amway business is open to anyone, regardless of religious, political or other personal beliefs; gender; or race. Respect for every individual is a core value of this business. Although we don't keep records on this, you will find a great diversity of religious faiths, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, etc., among our Business Owners and employees worldwide.

Amway has opened its business opportunity in many new countries in the past decade—over 35 since 1990. Continued development in these countries will fuel long-term growth. Amway will also continue to explore new opportunities for growth in well established countries, including innovative products and new ways for people to become involved with Amway—as Business Owners, product retailers, or consumers.

It never ceases to amaze us when an otherwise "normal" person ignores the very real suffering of the thousands of victims of true hatred and intolerance on our list and accuses us of being a "hate site" merely because we memorialize the plight of victims and call for an end to Islamic terror.

You guys believe there is no God, but you can't prove that there isn't. So being an atheist obviously requires at least as much faith as being a Christian.

A person must be sponsored into the Amway business by an active Amway Business Owner. The sponsoring Business Owner is responsible for teaching the new Business Owner about the Amway business.

No, Amway Corporation is a business and, similar to other large and established companies, has a distinct environment defined by shared business goals. Shared business philosophies, encouragement, support, and a common vision should not be misinterpreted as a cult. Amway is part of a group of companies that manufacture and distribute quality products and services and in its most recent fiscal year (2005) generated global retail sales of $6.4 billion.

Amway meetings are full of shared energy, enthusiasm, and excitement - just like most sales motivation meetings— because this is a proven way to motivate people to sell AMWAY™ products and build their businesses by sponsoring others. Some people aren't accustomed to that. Yet, most successful companies know that enthusiastic meetings increase morale and boost results in any sales force.

To become an Amway Business Owner, an individual must sign an agreement to abide by Amway's Rules of Conduct. Each year, they voluntarily renew that promise when they renew their Amway business. Our Rules promote ethical direct selling principles and provide practical procedures for all Business Owners to observe in operating their Amway businesses.

We are proud of our products and our commitment to research and development. Unlike other multilevel marketing companies that use outside contractors to develop and manufacture most, if not all, of their products, we have our own extensive R&D and manufacturing facilities and make major investments each year in this area. We currently own more than 450 patents worldwide, and we currently employ more than 450 R&D professionals working in 65 labs around the world.

Answer: Put simply, there is so much opportunity out there, that teaching you how to do it doesn't effect the speaker's incomes. Plus, we're not recommending a certain product to sell - just how to do it. So you can apply what we teach to nearly any business concept you have. Doing this doesn't create competition for ourselves - and even if it did, there is no limit to what you can sell on the internet. We just run regular businesses like in the real world - except they're online.

No. They are temporary events. The USA Constitution is a genius code of strong and happy society , and we should insist them to obey the Constitution. We should love them and pray for them, and God will work miracles. Bloody Revolutions are terrorists' acts done by criminals, and they are hateful to God. The society never gains from it. We should obey the law, because it is a blessing to have a law and regulation in a society and it is a curse to have an anarchy and disorder.

I don't hate anyone individually. People are mostly fine when taken as individuals, but when you put them all together you get this incredibly fucked up thing called "society." Society fucking sucks, but the trouble is you can't rid of it without killing everybody and that would just be dumb. So as long as society continues to be stupid, I will continue to be an asshole who bitches about it whether anyone cares or not.

We believe there are a variety of reasons for being part of a multilevel marketing business that apply to Amway as well: Around the world, the Amway business opportunity provides a low-cost, low-risk means to achieve all this – and more. For instance, it: provides people with the flexibility to organize and manage their time as they wish, without the constraints of the typical job You can’t make money in the Amway business unless AMWAY™ products are sold.

Generically, hate crimes may be defined as those offenses committed because of the actual or perceived status characteristic of another; or alternatively a crime where the motive is the actual or perceived status characteristic of another- usually, but not necessarily the crime's victim or target. Status characteristics are those material attributes, like race, common to identifiable classes of people that society recognizes through law, tradition or custom.

All drug addictions work the same way. The drug fools your subconscious mind into thinking that you get a benefit from it. After he puts a cigarette out, the smoker experiences a gradual heightening of the withdrawal effect. The next time he lights a cigarette, the smoker gets very rapid relief from the withdrawal effects. Unfortunately, the subconscious mind is both not very good at spotting gradual changes, and very good at spotting sudden changes.

No, just tell us and we'll make sure that whatever activities you pick, your paths won't cross. Who knows, you might even get to miss him a little. ;-)