How About An "Aha Moment"

Lot's of comments on the math challenged post, and I see now that the sales have somehow been upped to a trillion dollars. Maybe YTB ought to just take over the war on terrorism and help out the country.

Let me talk about the REPS and RTAs for a minute. Reps are the guys that are pushing the program and renting the websites out. RTAs are the ones that are renting the websites and telling everyone within three feet of them to go book on their site. They are two separate businesses as YTB likes to remind us and you can do one, the other or both. But I suspect that most do both! There is no real current data available, so I will use the July data provided by YTB. Please keep in mind, all figures are on commissions--not sales.

REP ANALYSIS

It looks like there were a total of 134,147 reps out there (6,910 non power team leaders, and 6,237 power team leaders) The numbers on the sheets include all the bonuses override commissions and YTB has noted that accordingly.

Non Power Team Reps

• 6,910 reps earned a total of $489,522 for an average of $70.84 per rep
• 99.9% of the non power team reps earned less than $1000 in the month of July
• 73.5% of them earned less than $50.00
• One tenth of one percent of them earned between $500 and $1000

Power Team Reps (including overriding commissions and bonuses)

• 6,237 reps earned a total of $6,213,799 for an average of $966.28 per rep
• 77.6% of the power team reps earned less than $1000 in the month of July
• 30.3% of them earned less than $50.00
• 1.5% of them earned over $10,000

So, the lucrid opportunity seems to be within the 1.5% of the people in the program to me. But let's compare this earning to the RTA earnings. And then we can discuss where the money is to be made in this business. I will again say that it is in the recruitment--and even then, it is not all that!

RTA ANALYSIS

It looks like there were a total of 106,102RTAs out there.

July Earnings

• 17,644 RTAs earned an average of $57.05 for the month (based on commissions of $1,006,512)
  
• 83.4% of the RTAs did not earn a penny
  
• 16.6% of them earned something but the average was $57.05
  

Future Earnings

• 32,720 RTAs can look forward to an average paycheck of $60.93 for their future bookings (based on commissions of $1,966244)
  
• 69.2% of the RTAs can look forward to receiving a check for nothing
  

Now, for a moment, let's assume that we have an average superstar in YTB. He or she is far enough along in the pyramid to be a Rep and an RTA and is earning off of both programs. But in the realm of superstardom, he or she is average. Not a Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, but a solid Vince Vaughan.

Mr. Average Superstar, on the Rep side, pulled in $996.28 in commission and bonuses for the month of July. These include the override commissions and the dream bonuses as well. But knowing how well travel can pay too, he also performed well on the RTA side. For his efforts, he was rewarded with a check for $57.05.

$996.28 (Rep Compensation)
+$57.05 (RTA Compensation)
$1053.33 TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR JULY 2007

Let's annualize that for a minute and assume all months are equal. That is $12,639.96 (EBIT) in earnings from BOTH programs for a full year. $6.07 per hour!

So where is the opportunity? In the hope that the company will be around for you when it is your turn to sit on the top of the pyramid? How are they moving so forward when at every turn there is another large obstacle in their way. Downplay the IATAN and RCI move all you want. They are big players.

I have the feeling I can provide numbers all day long and the responses will be nothing more than "we will see" and "you are wrong".

So, here it is, I have laid out the income for the average superstar with YTB and to me it looks pretty paltry. I have asked time and time again for someone to provide some convincing proof of earnings but no one has taken me up on it. I wonder why?