Club Ten operates in the ecommerce MLM niche. The company is based out of Dubai through the Planet Empire FZCO shell company.
Heading up Club Ten are co-founders Dennis Bay, James Lee (aka Lee Keng Cheong), Enrico Garcia and Erick Kalugdan.
Bay and Lee are from Singapore, Garcia and Kalugdan are from the Philippines. All four Club Ten co-founders are former WorldVentures promoters/executives.
Dennis Bay filed a lawsuit against WorldVentures in 2018, alleging $243,057 in unpaid commissions.
WorldVentures sued James Lee in 2018, alleging cross-recruitment into Mavis.
Enrico Garcia worked at WorldVentures corporate as “SEA Emerging Marketing Manager”.
Erick Kalugdan appears to have been a lesser ranked WorldVentures promoter who kept his head down.
WorldVentures was a discount travel themed MLM pyramid scheme that collapsed in December 2020.
Due to the proliferation of scams and failure to enforce securities fraud regulation, Dubai is ranked as the MLM crime capital of the world.
guidelines for Dubai are:
- If someone lives in Dubai and approaches you about an MLM opportunity, they’re trying to scam you.
- If an MLM company is based out of or represents it has ties to Dubai, it’s a scam.
If you want to know specifically how this applies to Club Ten, read on for a full review.
Club Ten’s Products
Club Ten has no retailable products or services.
Affiliates are only able to market Club Ten affiliate membership itself.
Club Ten affiliate membership provides access to an education platform, discount travel and an ecommerce mall.
Club Ten’s Compensation Plan
Club Ten does not provide compensation details on its website. Its MLM business model is hidden from the public.
Based on various Club Ten marketing presentations, what we do know is there are three tiers of Club Ten affiliate membership:
- Preferred Customer (note this is the basic affiliate tier) – no cost to sign up
- VIP – $99.99 and then $29.99 a month, or $369.90 first year and then $299.90 each year after
- Pro – $199.99 and then $59.99 a month, or $739.90 first year and then $599 each year after
Commissions in Club Ten’s compensation plan are tied to recruitment of VIP and Pro tier affiliates.
- Preferred Customer tier affiliates earn an “up to 10%” referral commission rate
- VIP tier affiliates earn 20% to 55% in referral commissions
- Pro tier affiliates also earn 20% to 55% in referral commissions, as well as “additional revenue streams”
I want to iterate that Club Ten not being upfront about its MLM compensation plan is a due-diligence red flag.
Club Ten Conclusion
Club Ten is essentially another crack at WorldVentures with some other stuff tacked on.
The issue is, without a retail customer class, Club Ten operates as a pyramid scheme.
Commissions are tied to recruitment, paid directly out of membership fees paid by recruited Club Ten affiliates.
As long as that’s the case, what is attached to Club Ten’s compensation plan is irrelevant.
As with all MLM pyramid schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will commissions.
This will see those at the bottom of Club Ten stop paying fees. This in turn will see those above them stop getting paid.
Unless new recruits are found, these affiliates will eventually also stop paying fees.
Once enough Club Ten affiliates stop paying fees, an irreversible collapse is triggered.
Math guarantees that the majority of participants in pyramid schemes lose money.
