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Understanding Unfair Competition

Mar 20, 2023



When joining as an independent contractor of Jeunesse, you accepted the terms of the Distributor Agreement which outlines the responsibilities when representing the company and promoting product sales. It is important to know these obligations to help guide your business decisions. Within the industry of direct selling, you may be approached to represent another brand and should know whether accepting the offer would put you in violation of the Jeunesse policies.

At Jeunesse, it is not prohibited to be associated with another direct selling company; however, there are very specific rules on how to operate your two businesses to avoid breaching the agreement.
Specifically, it is prohibited for you to offer those other products to any Jeunesse customer or distributor, including those personally sponsored by yourself. Promoting another product or opportunity to a Jeunesse customer or distributor would be considered solicitation; these restrictions are explained in more detail in policy 3.7.

To avoid violating this policy, you should take the proper precautions to operate the businesses entirely separate. Some top tips to keep in mind are:

• Do not promote other brands on the same social media page you use to promote Jeunesse
• Do not display any non-Jeunesse Products or Sales Aids with, or in the same location as, Jeunesse Products or Sales Aids
• Do not offer any non-Jeunesse program, opportunity, Product, or service in conjunction with the Jeunesse opportunity or Products to prospective or existing Customers or Distributors
• Do not offer any non-Jeunesse opportunity, Products, or services at any Jeunesse-related meeting, seminar or convention, or within two hours and a five miles (8 kilometers) radius of the Jeunesse event
• For phone or webinar meetings, If the Jeunesse meeting is held telephonically or on the internet, any non-Jeunesse meeting must be at least two hours before or after the Jeunesse meeting, and on a different conference telephone number or internet web address from the Jeunesse meeting
• Additionally, it is important to know that these guidelines remain in effect for a period of twelve months after the Distributor Agreement is either cancelled by the Distributor or they choose to not renew their Jeunesse business.

We hope to have you focused on Jeunesse for years to come as Jeunesse offers one of the most competitive compensation plans in the industry and we want our Distributors focused on creating a positive impact in the world by helping people look and feel young, while empowering each other to unleash our potential.
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3.7 Unfair Competition

3.7.1. Restrictions While a Distributor.
3.7.1.1 No Soliciting Jeunesse Distributors and Customers. A Distributor is free to participate in other direct selling, multilevel, or network marketing business ventures or marketing opportunities, including affiliate programs (collectively Network Marketing”). However, the Distributor shall not directly or indirectly solicit, recruit, or attempt to solicit or recruit other Jeunesse Distributors, including personally sponsored Distributors, Customers, or employees of Jeunesse to any other Network Marketing business or other opportunity that may alter the business relationship with Jeunesse. This includes general solicitations on the Distributor’s social networking site where “friends” include persons who are
Distributors. It also includes mentioning the Distributor’s affiliation with another Network Marketing Business and sharing or socializing another person’s post that promotes another Network Marketing Business.

3.7.1.2 No Promoting the Jeunesse Products and Opportunity with a Competitor’s Products and Opportunity. If the Distributor participates in another Network Marketing business, the Distributor agrees that he/she shall operate its Jeunesse Distributorship entirely separate and apart from it. Accordingly, if participating in another Network Marketing business, the Distributor agrees that he/she: (i) shall not display any non-Jeunesse Products and Sales Aids with, or in the same location as, Jeunesse Products or Sales Aids; (ii) shall not offer any non-Jeunesse program, opportunity, Product, or service in conjunction with the Jeunesse opportunity or Products to prospective or existing Customers or Distributors ; (iii) shall not offer any non-Jeunesse opportunity, Products, or services at any Jeunesse-related meeting, seminar or convention, or within two hours and a five miles (8 kilometers) radius of the Jeunesse event. If the Jeunesse meeting is held telephonically or on the internet, any non-Jeunesse meeting must be at least two hours before or after the Jeunesse meeting, and on a different conference telephone number or internet web address from the Jeunesse meeting.

3.7.1.3 Sale of Competing Goods or Services to Jeunesse Customers and Distributors. Notwithstanding subsection 3.7.1.2, during the term of this Agreement, the Distributor shall not sell, or attempt to sell, any programs, Products, or services to Jeunesse Customers or Distributors that compete with Company Products. Any program, Product, service, or Network Marketing opportunity in the same generic categories as the Jeunesse Products is deemed to be competing, regardless of differences in cost, quality or other distinguishing factors.

3.7.2 Restrictions After Termination. For a period of twelve (12) calendar months following termination of the Agreement or such greater period as may be legally enforceable, a Distributor may not recruit any other Distributor or Customer for another Network Marketing business. Distributor and Jeunesse acknowledge that because network marketing is conducted through networks of independent contractors in many countries, and business is commonly conducted via the internet and telephone, an effort to narrowly limit the geographic scope of the non-solicitation provisions herein would render it wholly ineffective. Therefore, each agrees that this non-solicitation provision shall apply to all markets where Jeunesse ships Products or conducts business, whether through direct selling, e-commerce or otherwise. This subsection shall survive termination of the Agreement.
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Remember, Compliance is here to help you. We can guide you to your personal success in the most professional and legal way possible. We love to see you succeed because our success depends on your success.

Distributors can always ask Compliance for support and guidance on online advertising. If you have questions about Compliance guidelines, email [email protected] .