What do I need to know about being a Standard Order member?

Some folks opt for Standard Order (SO) membership as they would love to enjoy the wholesale prices (24% off retail prices) but wasn’t too sure whether they would have stuff to buy each month under the Essential Rewards (ER) membership.

What you need to know about Standard Order membership:

1. Unlike Essential Rewards where membership is free with a minimum 100 PV purchase, a person needs to buy the Starter Kit (comes with 5 ml Stress Away, 2 samplers of Lemon, Thieves, Lavender, Peppermint, a roller fitment to transform any YL bottle to a roll on and 1 tube of Ningxia Nitro) for SGD63 at the very least in order to purchase a year’s membership to enjoy the wholesale prices.

As of Jan 2014, YL Singapore has also given new members two more options to choose from to start their Standard Order membership: 

a. Pay $118 for a Starter Kit and a Dewdrop Diffuser
b. Pay $236 for a Starter Kit, Dewdrop Diffuser and Everyday Oils (a set of 10 oils, ideal for the YL beginner)

2. I like to think of the SO membership as the “bare bones” membership. Unlike ER with its plentiful perks, SO membership does not come with any free gifts for the 3,6,9, 12 months, no PV to redeem for free items. Click here to read about ER membership.

3. SO members can purchase whatever they need, as and when. There is no need to put through a monthly 100 PV like ER members.

4. They can convert to ER members by putting through a 100 PV order and calling YL to set them up as ER members.

5. At least 50 PV purchase is required per membership year to enjoy wholesale prices for the second year onwards.

If you would like to sign up for a SO membership under me, click here.

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How can I buy Young Living products?

You can buy Young Living products in three different ways:

1. As a retail customer
This works great if you only have a couple of items to get; however do note that you would be purchasing at the full price, without discount.

2. As a Essential Rewards (ER) member
As a ER member, you get to enjoy 24% discount off retail prices (also known as wholesale prices), the ability to redeem for free items and receive free gifts every 3,6,9 and 12th month for the first year of membership and the Exclusive Blend created annually on your ER Anniversary (24 months and annually).

Membership is free if you purchase a minimum of 100 PV (Product Volume) worth of items, approximately equivalent to SGD160+. In addition, you are given a free Starter Kit which includes Stress Away (5 ml), 10 samplers of various essential oils (lavender, peppermint, thieves, lemon, peace and calming), an AromaGlide roller fitment which you can transform any YL essential oil bottles to a roll on and 2 sachets of Ningxia Red. There are also other Starter Kit options to choose from to join as an ER member. Wanna know more about ER membership?

3. As a Standard Order (SO) member
You can enjoy 24% discount off the retail prices for one year by purchasing the Starter Kit at SGD63 at the minimum. However unlike the ER membership, there is no other perks. Wanna know more about SO membership?

If you’ll like to get started on buying YL products and join under me, click here!

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What do I need to know about being an Essential Rewards member?

Lots of folks usually decide to sign up for an Essential Rewards membership. Not only does it make sense financially (you get to stretch your dollar for more products), the membership perks are darn attractive for Singapore too.

I wrote this post because I remembered when I first started as an ER member, I was so confused with how the whole thing works. As I shared with my friends, they got confused too! The same questions kept popping up and so I thought I’ll whip up a nifty article on ER membership and perks. 🙂

What you need to know:

1. ER membership is a recurring monthly auto ship membership.
For e.g. you have ordered 4 bottles of Ningxia Red when you first joined on 3 March 2013 as a ER member. Your join date is usually your processing date too. If by the 3rd of next month, you have not changed your order or request YL to remove your ER template in your account, you would be shipped the same 4 bottles of Ningxia Red the next month. This works very well for folks who regularly order the YL supplements and the Ningxia Red drinks. Each ER monthly order needs to be a minimum of a 100 PV.

2. Tell me more about the perks of being a ER member. 
a. For every month you have ordered a minimum of  100 PV, YL credits back at least 10% PV to your YL account. You can redeem any YL items that has a PV value for free as long as you have sufficient PV. E.g. For the first three months of your membership, you have ordered 100 PV each month and therefore would have 30 PV in your YL account for redemption at your third month. Note that PV can only be redeemed from the second month of membership onwards and is only valid for a 12-month period.
– 1st to 3rd Month: 10% PV credited into your YL account
– 4th to 24th Month: 20%
– 25th Month onwards: 25%
b. When you join as a ER member and put through a minimal of a 100 PV order, you get a free gift for signing up as a member! These free gifts are darn useful and would be essential (pardon the pun, haha) in starting your Young Living journey. Have a look at point 6 below on the options.
c. For each subsequent month you placed a 100 PV order, YL Singapore rewards you by giving you a free gift as below:

• 3 months – 1 x Orange (15ml)
• 6 months – 1 x AromaEase (5ml)
• 9 months – 1 x R.C. (15ml)
• 12 months – Exclusive Loyalty Blend
• ER Anniversary (24 months and the annually) – Exclusive Blend created annually

d. You get to enjoy subsidised shipping for your items.

Confused by the term “PV”? Click here for an explanation!

3. Does this means that I have to order each month forever?!
Nope, YL does not penalise or hold you legally to buy stuff from them each month. If you do not have any items that you wish to order for the new month, simply call Young Living and tell them that you wish to opt out of ER membership for the month. There are two options open to you:
a.If a member misses an ER order one month, they will start their qualification count from the beginning AND that member cannot re-qualify for a loyalty gift that they have already received.

Example: If a member received the 3-month loyalty gift in their 4th month ER order and then misses their 5th ER order they would then need to start over with their 6-month loyalty gift qualification. When the member reaches the 3-month mark for the second time they would not receive an additional 3-month loyalty gift; the next loyalty gift they are eligible to receive is at the 6-month loyalty gift.

b. The other option is to request YL to remove your ER template from your account. This means that you would be converting from a ER member to a Standard Order (SO) member and YL will not auto process or ship your order each month. You still get to enjoy the wholesale prices of 24% discount as long as you maintain your account with a 50 PV purchase each membership year. You would still forgo the above listed perks in Point 2. Don’t forget to redeem your PV out for free items before you convert to being a Standard Order member! Otherwise the PV in your account is forfeited for good.

4. If I switch from ER to SO then to ER, do I still qualify for the 3,6,9, 12th month free gifts?
Nope. The free gifts are given on the condition that you do not skip a month’s order under ER. Your PV credit will drop back to 10% because it is a restart of your ER membership.

5. You can get your items for free or earn commission from YL when your friends join as YL members by your referral!
Just note that to qualify for ALL commission payouts for the month, you need to order 100 PV for that month as well.

6. You can choose one of the Starter Kits options to start your Essential Rewards membership
As of Jan 2014, YL Singapore has given more options to new members when they sign up which is awesome! In the past, you would just need to purchase 100 PV worth of products in order to get a free ER membership. This comes with the Basic Starter Kit (comes with a 5 ml Stress Away, 2 samplers each of Lavender, Peppermint, Thieves, Lemon, Peace and Calming, a roller fitment to transform a YL bottle to a convenient roll on and 1 tube of Ningxia Nitro).
However now there are two additional options a new member can choose from. All other ER perks remain the same (quarterly freebies, PV redemption):
a. Purchase 200 PV and get a free Starter Kit and Dewdrop Diffuser
b. Or purchase 350 PV and get a free Starter Kit, Dewdrop Diffuser and Everyday Oils free! The Everyday Oils set is a set of 10 oils and is highly recommended for folks just starting out on their YL journey. 🙂

Concluding thoughts – When I share with my friends about YL, I usually encourage them to go for the ER membership as the perks are plentiful, membership is free and they don’t get penalised or cornered into a monthly order if they wish to opt out. I like to think of the ER membership as a budget friendly way for a new member to try YL and to assess whether this is something she would love to continue long term for health and wellness. 🙂

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When will I receive my commission from Young Living?

Between 21st to 23rd of the month, Young Living will publish your commission report for the previous month.

To access your commission report, simply login to your YL account then go to Downline Viewer.

Select the month, then click on the Commissions tab.

You would be able to see a nice breakdown of the kinds of commission (and how much) being paid to you for that month.

Other details such as your rank, OGV and PGV are also displayed here.

If you have filled out the Direct Credit of Commissions Form and have submitted to the YL office, the actual money will be deposited in your bank account towards the end of the month, assuming that your commission is more than USD25.

If you didn’t fill up the form or if your commission is less than USD25, then the money would have been deposited as credits into your YL account.  How can I check whether I have credits in my YL account?

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How do I order from YL USA?

While there are lots of good stuff at YL Singapore, you can’t deny that YL USA has more, given that it is the mothership of Young Living. 🙂

If you ever got tempted to order stuff from YL USA, simply follow these steps:

1. Go to http://www.youngliving.com

2. Click on Sign-In.

3. On this page, you will see a list of countries and their languages. In this case, you can choose United States – English.

4. If you are thinking of putting through a Essential Rewards order, click on Essential Rewards. Otherwise click on Order to place a Standard Order.

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How can I check whether I have credits in my YL account?

Ok so this is not very straightforward but here it goes.

1. Login to your Young Living Singapore account at http://www.youngliving.com.sg.

2. Click on Place An Order. Usually you click on this to place a Standard Order instead of an Essential Rewards order.

If you have any credits deposited into your YL account, a popup window will appear and display the credits. You can also call / email Young Living to check the credit amount though I think this is quicker and I like being self reliant. 🙂

Credits are usually deposited into your YL account when your commission received from YL is less than USD25.

If the amount is more than USD25, YL would issue an American cheque to you (by default) or depositing the commission into your local bank account (if you have filled up the Direct Credit of Commissions Form).

Bonus Tip: To check out your credits while logged into your USA virtual office, just click on Order (USA’s equivalent of Singapore’s Standard Order link) to check the amount of credits deposited.

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