For the past year, everyone is thrown into uncertainty because of how the COVID-19 pandemic has gripped us. Almost all of the people I know lost jobs and opportunities. It makes sense how one would jump into the first opportunity that comes.

But it’s a good thing that you are making an effort to research more whatever it is you get yourself into. And I am guessing that is how you found this post.

In this APLGo review, I’ll be talking about APLGo —a Multi-level Marketing business that belongs in the Health and Wellness industry.

I have spent a good amount of time researching APLGo, their products, and business model to find out what is APLGo about? 

What Is APLGo About Summary

Product Name: APLGo

Founder: Sergey Kulikov

Price: $25 (APLGO affiliate membership) + Go-Kit ($100 – $3000)

Rating: 22/100

Best For: those who are highly skilled in sales and have a wide network of people

Recommended: Not Recommended

What Is APLGo About: Health and Wellness Multi-level Marketing Business

Summary:  APLGo is a Multi-level Marketing business that belongs in the Health and Wellness industry. The company claims an APLGo Independent Associate can potentially earn between $500 and $2,000 annually —not only is this claim not substantiated, but it is way below the average annual income of people living in the U.S.

What Is APLGO About?

APLGO revolutionary technology sustains and rejuvenates the beneficial properties of natural ingredients that facilitate cellular absorption. One of the products they’re really proud of is the Acumullit SA which according to them has Power accumulation technology. We’ll know more about it later in this post.

It is a Multi-level Marketing (MLM) business from Russia. MLM means that your income varies depending on the different levels and qualifications the company has. APLGO’s business and its products focus mainly on Health and Wellness.

Back in 2017, APLGO was the online storefront for Ageo Product Line. APLGO in the US has a corporate address in Florida as indicated on the company’s website. 

Founders

APLGO founder Sergey Kulikov is well known among business and network marketing professionals. He is an accomplished analyst and a creator of several successful projects and educational platforms. He remains to be APLGO’s president.

Sergey is said to have made his first million dollars at only 21. He is the author of an online educational platform used within APLGO since 2014 that tracks and manages Associate efficiency.

Is APLGO a Pyramid Scheme?

So is APLGO a pyramid scheme? No, APLGO is not a pyramid scheme because they actually sell products and when a business involves product selling and not just income through recruitment then you can’t label a business a pyramid scheme.

APLGO adapts a Multi-level Marketing model. The thing here is that most MLMs there is a very thin line that separates their business with pyramiding.

What is a Pyramid Scheme

It is important to note that a Pyramid Scheme is ILLEGAL.

If a business is discovered to be operating as a Pyramid scheme they will be litigated and closed down for good.

The reason it is called a pyramid scheme is how money flows upwards. The result is that only very few people from a group would actually be financially successful let alone even earn anything, The people below the pointy end of the pyramid are the real cash cows.

For me, the worst thing about a pyramid scheme is how they exaggerate results and make it sound like it’s easy money for anyone. It has a tendency of exploiting the most vulnerable and hopeful especially pushing the idea that selling to your family is “helping out”. “Helping” them be healthier, “helping” them earn more, “helping” them lose weight etc.

So before joining a company, conduct your research and make sure it is a viable venture.

To be clear, as long as APLGO continues to give the option of selling products and not only focus on recruitment, it won’t fall under the classification of being a pyramid scheme. But if the only real way that people can make money with APLGo is by recruiting others (with little to no retail commissions) then it could be considered a pyramid scheme in disguise.

What is APLGO about: How Does APLGO Work?

For the description to make more sense, let me explain the terms used in the qualifications.

APLGO’s hybrid binary starts off with two legs but is expandable to nine legs. Additional legs are opened up based on rank.

You refer to the leg with the highest volume as the power leg where affiliates earn a percentage of sales volume generated on their pay legs. The pay leg is every leg except the one with the highest volume.

The next term you need to know is PV. PV stands for “Personal Volume” which refers to the sales volume generated by retail customer orders. The tricky part here is that only 50% of a retail customer order volume is counted by  APLGO towards your PV.

Just like any MLM though, PV also includes affiliate’s own purchases, so if you ever need additional PV’s for the month to qualify then you can just buy some for yourself. But I’m just not sure if that is actually sustainable.

Lastly, GV means “Group Volume.” This term comes up when you do some hardcore recruitment. The GV is point volume generated by an affiliate and their downline. So obviously, if you are an upline, you’d be pushed to pressure your donwlines to sell more (and probably recruit more),

Rank	Monthly Qualifications
Associate	40 PV
2 Star Associate	40 PV + recruit two affiliates (minimum monthly 40 PV)
Manager	40 PV +  250 GV in monthly binary payleg volume
Senior Manager	40 PV +  500 GV in monthly binary payleg volume
Director	60 PV +  1000 GV in monthly binary payleg volume
Senior Director	80 PV +  2500 GV in monthly binary payleg volume
Managing Director	100 PV + 5000 GV in monthly binary payleg volume + recruit and maintain 2 Directors/ Super 5 Kit/ $3000 worth of Go-Kits
Corporate Director	140 PV + 12,500 GV in monthly binary payleg volume + recruit and maintain four Managing Directors
National Director	200 PV + 50,000 GV in monthly binary payleg volume + recruit and maintain two Corporate Directors
International Director	250 PV +  75,000 GV in monthly binary payleg volume +  recruit and maintain four Corporate Directors
Premier Director	300 PV  +  100,000 GV in monthly binary payleg volume + recruit and maintain six Corporate Directors

Wow! The requirements seem to get more and more challenging as you go up the ladder. But if you think that’s the end you are wrong.

Ambassadors are considered the most devoted Associates of APLGO. According to the website, Ambassadors follow APLGO principles in every aspect of their lives (whatever that means). 

The requirements to become an ambassador or higher is not disclosed though. They are as follows: Gold Ambassador, Platinum Ambassador, Diamond Ambassador, Crown Ambassador,

What are the APLGO Products?

APLGO’s flagship product line remains its “Acumullit SA” drops.

According to the website, the Acumullit SA technology allows the “beneficial properties of the whole food botanical ingredients to be preserved and enhanced.” APLGo claims to use a state-of-the-art extraction process that kicks up the activation of the botanical compounds which allows for nano-particles of the active compounds to be isolated without other substances in the plant.

The extraction process is said to result in a thinning of the cellular membranes of the fruits, herbs, as well as seeds. The next thing that happens is a release of the botanical components like micro and macro elements, phytonutrients, bioflavonoids and organic acids, making them more bioavailable. The isolated particles are forming negatively charged nano elements, creating an activated mix of highly absorbable nutrients (source: APLGO website).

In the end, the activated mix of preserved and enhanced whole food plant extracts will be added to a caramel mass from which the lozenge drops are made.

Here is a list of a few of APLGo’s products and their supposed benefits.

ALT	Alternate: cope with allergy symptoms without causing harm to your body
GRW	Grow: strengthen the immune system, permanently preserve youth and energy
GTS	Get Strength: contains Molasses, Beet Sugar, Citric Acid, Pineapple. Maintain the body’s already normal energy, vitality, and endurance, physical & mental stamina, balanced metabolism, natural cellular energy, positive mood
MLS	Multi-Spectrum: restore and maintain health and get rid of parasites
NRM	Normal: avoid and reduces the risk of diabetes
PWR Apricot and Lemon (Man and Woman)	Power: duo product “for her and him” helps improve the condition of the genitourinary and reproductive systems as well as preserve activity and spontaneity of intimate life (we know what that means *wink)
RLX	Relax: calming effect gives you focus to support your body’s ability to achieve relaxation and mental calmness
SLD	Slide: Helps relieve pain and low mobility, slows down the process of joint destruction
STP	Stop: effectively rid of headaches, toothaches, muscle and bone pain
HRT	At Heart: keeps the heart healthy
ICE	Ice: treats heartburn, poisoning, nausea and bloating
HPR	Hepar: keeps liver healthy
BRN	Brainy: essential nutrients for cognitive clarity for learning, thinking, managing mental stress, and alertness
BTY	Beauty: provides nourishing phytonutrients and other nutrient factors, support healthful radiance, maintain healthy aging

Acumullit SA drops are sold in packets of thirty drops each. Aside from the drops, APLGO also markets a beauty range.

We exchanged emails with someone from APLGO and learned of another one of their products — the Anion DNA Drops. The Composition of an Anion DNA Drop Each Anion DNA Drop has a molasses, beet sugar caramel base. Probably after getting the idea from ACCUMULLIT SA Technology, Anion DNA Drops are created from plant DNA. This is extracted from freshly harvested botanicals and infused into this base and then given a negative ion charge. This is what the whole “an” “ion” is about, a negative charge of energy (Anions).

APLGO Products Review

As mentioned in the previous section, APLGo claims that their products are harnessed from nature and are the key to relieving quite a few ailments. Here’s a promotional video to give you more insight into their products.

Unfortunately, this is just from a promotional point of view and may actually be biased. To be honest, I found it a bit challenging at the time of writing to find out reviews about APLGo’s products.

I spent a good number of hours looking for a review on APLGo’s products from a medical point of view I can consider valid and reliable.

I did find a certain review from someone who claimed to have used the products. 

The person wrote:

“There are no such results that I felt even after completing the entire course of three months. … took these for three months continuously because I had ordered these in that amount. …was positive about finding some great results by the end of the third month.”

According to the review, this is not his only issue with APLGO, his order actually took a long time to arrive. But still, believing the product would help him to achieve calmness, he went ahead and tried out his $700 worth of order.

To continue his review, he mentioned that “…had to wait for In between this period (3 months), I called (APLGO) a few times pertaining to the confusion I had. I kept asking why the drops were not making any difference in the way I felt. …(APLGO) kept telling me that I need to wait a little more. They said that these things work slowly. Because these are naturally created, these work from within and show results in some time…”

In the end, he called APLGo products a “fake.”

Source: dirtyscam.com 

I have reviewed health and wellness companies like APLGO in my other posts.

One of their distrubutors has claimed they have a “category creating product, and there is nothing like this product available in the world. Negative Ion Infused Lozenges that provide immediate nutritional gratification.” To me this sounds like pseudo-science and cannot see any published scientific support on this – other than a reference to a book on the health benefits of this negative ion technology called “The Happiness Effect – the positive benefits of negative ions” by Earl Mindell. To me this still seems like pseudo-science.

I have asked the associates who were trying to recruit or sell to me (not once but twice) – where are the independent studies to support these health benefits and claims? All I got was “All information about our product can be found on our website Aplgo.com as well as all certifications”. So they couldn’t even provide any independent studies. So why would I chance my health on this stuff?

I would rather trust my health and nutrition needs to proven science. USANA Health Sciences produces pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplements that are rated the number 1 multivitamin/antioxidant supplement by the independent study “Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements” by Nutrisearch. This makes USANA the leading company in the health and wellness industry.

Can You Really Make Money Selling APLGO?

APLGO follows a standard binary compensation structure. This places an affiliate at the top of a binary team, split into two sides. Commonly, MLM’s call this the “left and right.”

So to give more insight. the first binary team level has two positions. The second level of the binary team is made by splitting these first two positions into another two positions each. This ends up giving us 4 positions.

Succeeding levels of a binary team is formed as required, with each new level housing twice as many positions as the previous level. Positions in the binary team are made through direct and indirect recruitment of associates. There is no limit to how deep a binary team can grow and this is what MLM’s use to encourage recruits —that there is no limit to how much they earn.

However, the reality is that market saturation is one of the biggest enemies in any MLM. The next one is that people to recruit is not as infinite as they try to tell you. It’s already difficult to get family to join you in an MLM, not to mention getting other people convinced to be your downline. Many people are simply tired of having yet another MLM’s products or “business opportunity” sold to them.

APLGO’s hybrid binary begins with two legs but is expandable to nine legs. Additional legs are opened up based on rank. So, as I mentioned in a previous section, the leg with the highest volume is referred to as the “power leg” and affiliates earn a percentage of sales volume generated on every their “pay legs” (every leg except the leg with the highest volume).

Success is Rare With APLGO

To succeed in a multilevel marketing business like APLGO, one should have dedication and really good sales skills. You better be ready to do some hard work,

The company claims the average APLGO Independent Associate is projected to earn between $500 and $2,000 per year. You will likely earn less while others may earn much more or vise versa.

Since APLGO only recently launched in the USA, the website claims that “not enough statistical data exists to show us more detailed income disclosures”. “Based on industry standards and company projections, the average annual gross income for APLGO Independent Associates is estimated to be $500 and $2,000” —somewhere between that amount. Source: APLGO Income Disclosure.

How to Make Money with APLGO

If you really want to try out APLGO this section explains how you can earn some cash if you ever sign up.

APLGO Compensation Plan

You can’t actually find the detailed compensation plan on the website. Instead, it is simply described the way they did with the products. So on their website they only describe the compensation plan rather than tell you what it is.

I had better luck looking up on YouTube a video explaining the compensation plan.

How To Earn APLGO points

In this section, I’d like to list down how to APLGO affiliates earn “points.” I couldn’t find any clues whether Prime customer Go-Kit purchase volume is paid out through the hybrid binary team. As for the rest, the sales volume is generated across the binary through Go-Kit purchases as follows:

40 PV	PR, Detox and Vigor kits
80 PV	Everyday, Creative and Vibrant Youth kits
160 PV	Family and Wild kits
240 PV	Presentation and President’s kits
720 PV	Fantastic kits
1200 PV	Super 5 kits

On the other hand, residual recruitment commission rates are determined by the most costly Go-Kit an APLGO affiliate has purchased.

10% residual recruitment commission rate	PR, Detox or Vigor kit
15% residual recruitment commission rate	Everyday, Creative or Vibrant Youth kit
20% residual recruitment commission rate	Family or Wild kit
25% residual recruitment commission rate	Presentation or President’s kit
30% residual recruitment commission rate	Fantastic or Super 5 kit

I think it is also important to note that Residual recruitment commissions are paid weekly and that APLGO caps residual recruitment commissions at $10,000 a week per binary pay leg.

Bummer!

Matching Recruitment Commission Matching Bonus

APLGO pays a Matching Bonus on recruitment commissions earned by personally recruited affiliates and is paid via a uni-level compensation structure. This compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a uni-level team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them.

So if any level 1 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s uni-level team. Consequently, when level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on. Once again, APLGO caps the Matching Bonus at seven uni-level teams.

Again, bummer!

Rank and personal recruitment efforts determine how many uni-level teams the Matching Bonus is paid out on:

Managers – 20% match on level 1 (personally recruited affiliates)

Senior Managers – 20% match on level 1 and 10% on level 2 + two recruits required to earn on two levels

Directors – 20% match on level 1, 10% on level 2 and 5% on level 3 + three recruits required to earn on three levels

Senior Directors -20% match on level 1, 10% on level 2 and 5% on levels 3 and 4 + four recruits required to earn on four levels

Managing Directors – 20% match on level 1, 10% on level 2 and 5% on levels 3 to 5 + five recruits required to earn on five levels

Corporate Directors – 20% match on level 1, 10% on level 2, 5% on levels 3 to 5 and 3% on level 6  + six recruits required to earn on six levels

National and Premier Directors – 20% match on level 1, 5% on levels 3 to 5, 3% on level 6 and 2% on level 7 + seven recruits required to earn on seven levels

Autoship Commissions

Another of APLGO’s income potential comes from autoship commissions. These are paid on all retail and recruited affiliate monthly auto-ship orders. It’s actually something I’ve noticed with other MLM’s as well. Honestly I find it a smart technique for the company to ensure continuous income because they don’t have to wait around and remind you to buy products for the month.

I mean, it’s harder to quit the system when you signed up for autoship. It would take some time for the request to come in and most of the time they make it really hard to return things you get from an autoship.

Auto-ship commissions are paid through the same uni-level team as the Matching Recruitment Commissions Bonus and are paid at 10% down six levels of recruitment.

Leadership Bonus

APLGO tries to make it tempting to go up the ladder and recruit people. If you’d like to earn more through recruitment, then you can aim for a Leadership Bonus which functions as an infinity bonus.

National Directors earn 1% on autoship orders placed from level 7 onwards, International Directors earn 1.5% on autoship orders placed from level 7 onwards, Premier Directors earn 2.5% on autoship orders placed from level 7 onwards.

The Leadership bonus allows you to earn beyond six uni-level team levels for auto-ship orders. It is calculated monthly and paid quarterly. But just like any other scheme in MLM’s, getting the Leadership bonus is not as easy as it seems. It is important to note that rank qualification must be maintained for the entire quarterly pay-period to be able to qualify for the leadership bonus.

A.L.E. Monthly Bonuses

Required ranks must be maintained to receive A.L.E. Bonuses. The A.L.E bonuses are as follows:

Activity

You can receive $10 a month for twelve consecutive months when you qualify as a 2-Star Associate.

Lifestyle 

Paid monthly over the next twelve consecutive months, when you qualify as a 2-Star Associate you receive a 5% bonus on earned residual recruitment commissions for those twelve months. This bonus is capped at $300 a month.

Entertainment 

For entertainment bonus, ranks qualification must be achieved and held for two consecutive months before the Entertainment bonus is paid out.

• National Directors receive $1000 a month
• International Directors receive $2000 a month
• Premier Directors receive $3000 a month 

Commisions

APLGO has two preferred customer classes; regular and prime.

APLGO affiliates can earn a 30% commission on orders placed by retail customers. Preferred retail customer orders can get a 10% commission and 10% First Order Bonus is given out on a preferred retail customer’s first order.

Regular preferred customers must sign up for auto-ship and pay full retail price.

On the other hand, as a prime customer, you need to pay a six-month recurring $25 fee. As a prime customer, you can receive a discount of 20% to 50% on your orders.

There are a few other payment incentives mentioned in the video, these are pie in the sky for most people.

How Much Does It Cost to Join APLGO?

APLGO affiliate membership costs $25 plus the purchase of a “Go-Kit”. The main difference between the kits listed below is on the bundled products and income potential.

• PR, Detox and Vigor kits – $100
• Everyday, Creative and Vibrant Youth kits – $200
• Family and Wild kits – $400
• Presentation and President’s kits – $600
• Fantastic kit – $1800
• Super 5 kit – $3000

Is APLGO a Scam?

Well, to be completely transparent with you. I am not an APLGO customer nor am I one of their distributors. Furthermore, I do not endorse the APLGO business or APLGO products in any way.

I have spent a good amount of time researching the website, reading testimonials, and studying information on the Internet to get to the bottom of what Herbalife really does. This is because programs just like this have burned me in the past, and I want to keep others from going down the same path I did. You can learn more here in this article “How to Spot an Online Marketing Scam and Avoid Scams”.

Although MLM’s and pyramid schemes have a thin line between them, I won’t consider APLGO a scam. APLGO can’t be considered a pyramid scheme. Therefore, it is a legit business that has real products to sell to customers. 

Reading various reviews, I found out that APLGO in the US has a corporate address in Florida now provided on the company’s website. In one other review, I found out that this is actually an address for a Florida Registered Agent, an incorporation services provider. 

So the question is why would APLGO change from Delaware to Florida? This suggests APLGO has no physical business operations in the United States. I don’t know about you but to me, this is something you should seriously consider before signing up.

What I like about APLGO

What I found out with APLGO is that it doesn’t have a lot of negative reviews out there. In fact, going on Trustpilot it has a high positive rate.

Here is one of the reviews, this is by one of their leading distributors Dale Calvert so there is clearly bias there:

However, I should also break the news that it only has 4 reviews, 3 of them are probably their distributors. This review is a real user and unhappy customer.

What I don’t like about APLGO

Expensive Products.  With the price of the kits ranging from $100 to $3000, APLGo products aren’t really that budget-friendly. In fact, they are incredibly expensive, I even saw a distributor touting that their documented payout is 63%. So if you are considering buying the products, please be aware that 63% of the product price is going to those that are selling you the products. This can be especially burdensome when you are cornered into buying the products yourself when you try to catch up at month’s end to qualify.

Not much medical reviews on products. The lack of professional medical reviews on APLGO’s products is alarming. It doesn’t encourage trust in the product you are selling and must raise doubts if the claims are even true.

Opportunity for income is hard to achieve. The opportunity for success is so small and earning a reasonable income with APLGo can be quite challenging with all the qualifications required. The exception of course is if you can recruit a LOT of customers and associates to also sell these products. But is that you?

Final Thoughts – APLGO

Right now, everyone just wants to be financially stable and this is the reason why a lot of us might succumb to the sparkly promises of MLM. If you have any questions from my APLGo review, feel free to comment below.

Should we be wary of the APLGO? Well, it’s not a scam and APLGO is an established and legit company built on a legally accepted business model. 

But as a reasonable person, you have to see past the long list of opportunities to get a bonus but on how realistic they are to achieve. No matter how many income opportunities they have listed on their compensation plan, you’ll have to really think through how big your chances are to even qualify. Notably, are you the type of person who can recruit a LOT of people into this?

A Better Way to Start a Home-Based Business

MLM’s usually promise you big numbers, and I get it, when you are in a room talking to that animated distributor you get this feeling that those numbers are achievable. But I’m afraid that scenario is almost always not the case. Can you make money selling APLGO? The reality is that for the majority of people who had gambled with MLM’s, the answer is no.

Starting with the amount of money you would have to bring out to qualify for anything is already a big risk with the current global situation. I personally recommended Affiliate Marketing as my top business model for anyone to wanting to make money online or from home.

With affiliate marketing, you don’t have to lose friends when you recruit them just to reach your GV. With affiliate marketing, you can promote any product that you want and not stuck to only selling a single product. 

So If you are looking for a real way to earn a sustainable income at home then this affiliate marketing training and mentoring community is for you — plus, it’s FREE to get started. Then if you want to do this full-time, going premium is just $49/month.  Also I will personally help you.

Joana is a dedicated content writer. She learned how to search for keywords well and write straightforward perky content writing for EFYL. She loves learning a lot of new things as she writes about them.

Above all, she sees herself as a cool wife, mom, and furmom. She used to be an elementary and college teacher but chose to work from home to have more flexibility with her time and be more connected with her family and rescuing stray and abandoned pets.