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The Quixtar Post


It is a little funny and ironic that the [[http://floatingsun.net/2005/05/06/quickstartamwaybww|most commented post]] on my blog (205 comments and counting) doesn’t have a single comment from me! I always wanted to respond to the comments, but somehow that discussion thread took on a life of its own, and went on without any support from me. Several of the commenters took a very active role, leading and moderating the discussion and answering other comments. And very soon the number of comments grew beyond my capacity to go through and answer individually in one or even a few sittings. So I kept on delaying it, and here we are 205 comments later and still not a single response from me.

I figured it was time to take a look back at that post. And instead of responding with more comments, I thought I would make another post. So here goes.

* That post also happens to be the most popular content on my web site (which is kind of unfortunate, since it is neither an area I’m an expert on or very interested in). It is the most searched content on my web site, and also the most popular landing page (that is, majority of the new visitors to my web site seem to reach here through that post). My WordPress stats show a pretty regular access rate (about 100-150 views daily) over the past 6 months. However, Google Analytics shows a dramatic increase in the number of views in the past month or so. I’m not quite sure why that is — probably the recent increase in commenting activity. Stats before that are a little less reliable, so I’m not mentioning them here.
* For the longest time, that post had Quixtar spelt wrong (it was “Quickstar” for more than a year, then it was “Quixstar” for a few months). No one is to blame but me. But what is surprising is that the post still got so many visitors despite the wrong spelling. Note that the permalink for that post still has the wrong spelling.
* The most frequent search terms were bww, online business, quixstar, and amway
* The comments on that post were going a little out of hand. Since I don’t have the time or interest to handle the comments, I encourage readers to take the discussion elsewhere. I have now disabled any further comments on that post.
* Clearly, there is a LOT of interest in the whole Quixtar business, both positive and negative.

I have a lot more to say on the actual contents of the comments, and all the different commenters but I’ll save that for another post. Stay tuned!


Its weird that [[http://quixtar.com/|Quixtar’s home page]] doesn’t even get the first hit on Google when you [[http://www.google.com/search?&q=quixtar|search for quixtar]]—sure its the first sponsored link, but thats not the same thing. **This is not true anymore**

Anyways, here are some Quixtar related links:

* [[http://quixtar-business-ibo.blogware.com/blog|Quixtar Business IBO blog]]
* [[http://ibofacts.com/IBO facts]]
* [[http://www.webraw.com/quixtar/|Quixtar blog]]
* [[http://www.realquixtarblog.com/|The real Quixtar blog]]
* [[http://quixtarblogbob.blogharbor.com/blog|Quixtar Chatter]]

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Quixtar/Amway/BWW


So last night I had gone to attend this Quixtar/BWW seminar, upon invitation from a friend, who is an IBO in the [[http://quixtar.com/|Quixtar]] family now. The presentation was slick, the speaker professional. I was told the dress code was formal, so I went in shirts and trousers. But I was still under-dressed, because everyone else had shown up in suits and ties. The people were nice and friendly, but the whole environment had this omnious feeling like in those movies where everything was nice and bright, but something dark and murky lurked deep underneath the surface.

For one thing, people related to Quixtar always refer to “the business” or “the plan” or “the team”. I don’t like such omnious notations. Throughout the talk, not even once they explictly declared //who// they actually were. It is true that there’s a lot of crap on the Internet and elsewhere about Quixtar and their family of companies, and while most of it might not be true, I believe some of it still it. More than anything else, I guess I’m just opposed to the idea itself.

I was told to go in with an open mind, and I did my best. But I came out thinking that this is such an intellectually unsatisfying job. You never know the big picture. You’re always in this hierarchy. If something goes wrong and “the team” doesn’t show up, what do you do? What about all these Quixtar products? Who is quality testing them? If Quixtar has so much money, why don’t they advertise their products? Granted that “the business” is supposed to be the advertisement, but I still don’t see any harm in some extra publicity.

I could probably ramble on this for a long time. But I’ll stop for now. [[http://www.merchantsofdeception.com/|Merchants of Deception]] is a must read for anyone who is planning to get into Quixtar. I’m not saying you should believe it, or consider all things said therein true. However, if you’re getting exposed to all the slick presentations from those folks, you should atleast expose yourself to the other side of the story and then make a judgement for yourself.


Thank you all for contributing to this discussion. However, I feel that these discussions are probably better taken elsewhere. I am therefore disabling any further comments on this post. You can still view the existing comments.