If you're Marketing non-prescription "supplements"... Stay away 25 Years in Prison...

If you happen to be interested...

Especially from the manufacturing side of things...

I know there's a few SowPubbers into non-prescription "supplements"...

Thought I'd try and keep a few of you out of the slammer...

There are Tons of better ways to make Money and keep your freedom...

Definitely some important business lessons on a variety of issues...

Can you believe what customers had to do to get a refund...

Oh My - Guy thrown in jail for 25 years for doing this...
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ars-doing.html

Phil

[Ankesh]

Thanks Phil,

I plan to market non-prescription supplements sometime in the near future. (One of the blogs I run is about anti aging.) So your link was quite helpful to me.

But the guy was thrown into prison because:
1. He sold a product that didn't work
2. He made people jump through hoops when they asked for refunds

I plan to make neither of those 2 mistakes. So I hope I'll be fine.

Ankesh,

I'm sure you'll do extremely well with marketing non-prescription supplements...

As with many other industries, some people are just Great at developing poor customer service along with terrible product selection that are sometimes on the level of border line scams...

But then, you have people like...

You probably know about Mike Adams....
http://www.healthranger.org/bio.html

Mike has developed some Excellent money making business models and resources...

Surprisingly, no blogs yet...

With a little Creative Thinking...

There are all kinds of business ideas and Unlimited money making possibilities throughout Mike's resources...

With a little reading the works almost done for you...

Including a Ton of keyword ideas to Help anyone that may be the least bit interested...

http://www.supplementreference.com/
http://www.healingfoodreference.com/
http://www.herbreference.com/
http://www.nutrientreference.com/

Phil

Hey guys!

I was wondering if anyone can tell me where to go for information about how to get into the supplement business? This is something that I have been interested in for some time now.

Before injuries, I worked out with weights on a weekly basis and was into the supplements for quite awhile. Always reading and experimenting to find what worked and what didn't. the same went for diets as well.

Anyway, I figured you guys could lead me to some "legitimate" information on the subject. Thanks.

Hi Gary,

Here's some good Free info, about 12 videos/audio podcasts or so...

I don't think the full course or seminar is available any longer...

You could try contacting them...

Or try Googling for unused copies which might be out there somewhere...

When it was being promoted, it came highly recommended by some reputable people...

Maybe Ankesh, Gordon and a few others will share a few of their...

How to get into the supplement business Secrets...

Brock Felt & Buck Rizvi...
http://www.supplementmillions.com/blog/?p=15

Phil

Dug a little deeper into their blog...

Almost uptodate...

A little more info on things...

http://www.supplementmillions.com/
http://www.supplementmillions.com/blog/

Phil

Hi,
Can anyone tell me that is there any side affects of taking supplements?

Phil,

Thanks for the info. I'll dig through it later on to see what I can come up with.

Jolie,

After taking quite a few supplements through the years myself, the only ones that I had a problem with were the ones with some sort of stimulant in them. And that was only because I was experimenting with the dosage. Other than that, I always had a positive result. That of course always depends upon your diet, workouts and buying a quality product.

Ankesh,

I'm sure you'll be more than prudent with your new venture (& successful!)

The only thing for a legitimate supplement company to worry about is not making extremely strong direct claims (cures cancer vs. full of antioxidants). Being in the functional beverage space myself, a good number of the considerations for supplement companies are the same for us.

The FDA has hinted that they may reexamine all functional claims for nutritional supplements, foods & beverages in the future but there are so many large companies with $ at stake if that happens, you'll be sure to hear about it.

Cheers,
Erik

Gary,

Tim Ferris's model for a 4 hour work week is built around the premise of a supplement business:

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/
http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workwee...94169&sr= 8-1

This is the best start I can point you towards! Well worth reading and having this business model bouncing around in your noggin whether you get into supplements or not.

-Erik