Historical numbers about Amway per-IBO income

I found this information online.
 
http://www.thisbiznow.com/quixtar/ibo_statistics.html
 
A quote:

IBOs earned $370.1 million in bonuses and incentives in fiscal 2006, bringing their seven-year total to more than $1.72 billion.
More than 370,000 Independent Business Owners received a bonus in FY 05.

 
thus:
$370M was earned as bonus in 2006. and $1350M was earned as bonus in the six years inclusive from 2000-2005.
thus […]

Reply to a submitted comment re: Amway

I want to thank the poster from “ibofightback”, who signed off as “IBOFB”. I appreciate the response. My original post wasn’t meant to be a slam against Amway or any other retailer, but simply a black-and-white analysis of the business model. Bottom-line—if you are in the retail business, then all profits flow from sales generated […]