The autoship question: do you have to set up a monthly order and is it worth it?

Autoship — the monthly recurring order — is one of those topics that makes a lot of people nervous when they first look at network marketing businesses. Is it mandatory? Is it a trap? Here's the honest answer.

What is autoship?

Autoship is a scheduled recurring order. You set it up once, and each month your chosen products are automatically ordered and shipped. You can typically modify, pause, or cancel it through your back office.

Is it mandatory?

For most rank qualifications, including OSM, you need to maintain a minimum monthly Personal Volume (PV). Autoship is the most reliable way to ensure you hit that minimum consistently — but it's a tool for consistency, not a mandatory contractual obligation.

That said, if you want your commissions to count toward rank qualification, maintaining your PV each month matters. Autoship makes that automatic rather than something you have to manually action every month.

Is it worth it?

If you're buying products anyway — and you should only be doing this if you genuinely like and use the products — then yes. Having them arrive automatically means you never run out, you maintain your volume without thinking about it, and you often get preferred pricing.

If you're setting up autoship on products you don't actually use just to hit a number, that's a problem worth examining honestly.

The bottom line

Autoship is a smart tool for people who are genuinely using the products. It's not a trap if you're buying things you'd buy anyway. The test is simple: would you order these products even if there were no business attached?

Next

Read about the products themselves: The starter order question: what do people actually buy when they first sign up?