In-Depth IXQTV Reviews: Legit or Scam?

IXQTV is another entry into the world of MLMs that combines multi-level marketing with a product that lets consumers ‘cut the cord’ so to speak.

For now, whether or not IQXTV is worth it or a scam is something of a moot point.

It’s been shut down and it’s not possible to sign up. But it was a highly popular service.

Want to know what happened?

Read on for my IXQTV review and find out!

Quick Overview of IQXTV

• Name: IXQTV, also written as IXQ TV
• Founder: David Bremner. He also founded several other MLMs in the television/entertainment industry, including a failed one called vStream TV networks that sold boxes preloaded with pirated content.
• Registered in 2018
• Current Status: DEFUNCT

What Was IXQTV?

IXQTV was an IPTV service; which means they offered TV streaming services through the “cut the cord” model where you are able to watch TV without any cable or satellite connections.

Like other digital streaming services (like NuMedia TV), it also works like an MLM through its compensation plan.

IXQTV Offering: What Did They Offer?

IXQTV offered what they billed as unlimited streaming services, starting at the price of $39.

For that low price, consumers were promised a wide array of channels.

There were different levels of service though, that allowed for a different number of connection streams.

Both price models were offered on a monthly basis as well as annually.

A Partial List of IXQTV Channels

Here are some of the channels you had access to:

• ABC
• NBC
• CBS
• FOX
• CW
• Bravo
• SyFy
• FX
• AMC

They also offered access to premium cable, including HBO, Showtime, EPIX and STARZ. And many of the channels are offered in HD.

This includes the premium sports channels, which makes it all better than a dedicated sports app.

You could access the NFL Sunday ticket and the MLB pass. It really was an incredible deal to get all of that television for $60.

There were also channels from all over the world if your tastes ran to international viewing.

The IXQTV Price Structure: How Much Did It Cost?

 

• The basic plan of $39/month allowed for 2 simultaneous streams.
• The middle plan of $51/month allowed for 4 simultaneous streams.
• The highest plan of $63/month allowed for 6 simultaneous streams.

By paying for the full year upfront on an annual cycle, subscribers could save a month from the total fee.

How the IXQTV Compensation Plan Works

Of course, this wasn’t just a television subscription service, but an opportunity to make money through selling the television service.

The compensation plan worked by paying affiliates both for selling subscriptions to the streaming services as well as by recruiting new affiliates.

The compensation offered both direct and residual payments, as well as performance-based bonuses.

The compensation plan worked by having a multi-tiered system. This system involved having 15 different levels of affiliates.

The Affiliate Breakdown for the IXQTV Compensation Plan

• The lowest level of affiliates is the Independent Business Partner. This level is achieved by signing up and paying $60/month.
• The next level up from this is a Junior Executive.  To achieve this requires generating a certain amount in sales, but this is waived if the Junior Executive recruits a new associate.
• From there the additional 13 levels are calculated based on a ‘GV.’ This stands for Group Volume and refers to the number of sales generated by subscription sales within a group.
• Only 75% of the total GV can come from anyone level.
• The levels move through Executives, Senior Executives, Regionals, Nationals, Internationals, 3 Star Levels, and 3 Precious Stone Levels
• The highest level is Diamond and requires that 1,000,000 be generated a month in Group Volume.
• One retail subscription generates 25 GV while recruitment equals 40 GV.

The IXQTV compensation plan uses a uni-level structure to payout. It pays both direct and residual commissions.

Whenever a new subscription is sold retail, or a new affiliate recruited, there is a payout that moves four layers along with the uni-level structure.

The way a uni-level structure works is that there is one person at the top with every person they’ve personally recruited directly below them, and then when each of those people recruits that creates a second level.

The person at the top receives different amounts based on what level the income is generated from. With IXQTV it was paid out to the third level.

The Direct Payment Structure of IXQTV

1- An affiliate is paid $10 for every retail subscription sold and $15 for every direct recruit on the first level.

2- On the second level, the person at the top receives $3 for every sale or recruit from those in the level below.

3- For levels 3 and 4 the person at the top receives $1.

With these sorts of structures, success has a lot to do with how large you can grow your network.

I personally believe this uni-level structure is a big reason why this was such a popular MLM, because with social networks you can really grow, and there is no limit to how big you can make the first level.

But in addition to direct payments at the time of sale or sign-up, on the single level, there is the monthly commission paid out.

The Monthly Commission in the IXQTV Compensation Plan

Commissions are only paid on a single level, but they allow associates to make money for every month a subscription or recruit is active, following the first month where the initial payment is made to all four levels.

For retail subscriptions, affiliates are paid $10 for each one they sell after the first month
For recruited affiliates, the recruiters are paid $15 per month after the first month.
There is an additional way to make money with IXQ TV that also runs along the uni-level track. The compensation plan for IXQTV includes residual commissions.

The Residual Commissions in the IXQTV Compensation Plan

In order to determine residual commissions, a system that uses something called Personal Volume or PV is used.

These are the individually tracked sales volume by individual affiliates. Selling the retail subscription generates 25 PV per month, while recruitment creates 40 PV per month.

The PV is paid down 8 levels of the uni-level team. But the number of levels at which an affiliate can earn certain percentages is determined by what level they have achieved.

• The bottom level to earn a residual commission is the Junior Executive who earns 5% at Levels 1 and 2.
• Executives earn 5% on levels 1 through 3.
• Regionals, Nationals, and Internationals earn 5% on levels 1 through 5.
• All the star levels earn 5% on levels 1 through 6 and can earn an additional 2.5% down to level 8.

And remember, the level is determined by how much GV or Group Volume an affiliate was able to generate on their uni-level team.

The star levels require generating a minimum of 50,000 GV each month. And to achieve the star level that creates earnings at Level 8 requires earning 200,000 GV per month.

The options for earnings seem almost endless at the highest tiers, but getting to those highest tiers is a tall order indeed.

There are additional rewards though in addition to residual commissions. There are a whole host of bonuses built into the IXQTV compensation plan. These are also paid out on the unilevel team system.

Bonuses Built into the IXQTV Compensation Plan

• Matching Bonus: When a certain number of recruited affiliates and PV is maintained, then there is a matching bonus of 10-20% of commission paid on 1-5 levels.
• Generation Bonus: This allows affiliates to make money past the eighth level of their unilevel team.
• Rank Achievement Bonus: This is paid out on achieving each rank and maintaining for a minimum of two months. At the highest level, the rank achievement bonus is paid out over the entire year, and the rank must be maintained for the full time. The highest level of Rank Achievement Bonus is an astonishing $50,000.
• Lifestyle Bonus: For those who maintain many subscribers or recruited affiliates can qualify for a monthly lifestyle bonus ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 a month. They must maintain the same number of subscribers and/or recruits to qualify, and they must come from different levels of the team.

With all of these bonuses and additional ways to make money, it is no wonder that IXQTV was quite popular as an MLM.

But what happened? Does the answer have to do with the product?

Let’s take a closer look.

The IXQTV Shut Down

Since the fall of 2019 IXQTV has had trouble operating. In October of that year, the Motion Picture Association of America got them to shut down.

It looks like it may have been the videos on demand which were the final straw.

The website now is even non-functional. The domain name is listed as expired on GoDaddy as of April 26, 2020.

So while IXQTV might have been a worthwhile MLM at one time, it’s neither recommended nor an option for you to join now.

Is IXQTV a Scam?

Well, the good news first. I found that IXQTV is not a scam. While it was around it provided a good product that was definitely very sellable.

More importantly, it offered a multi-level marketing plan that offered many ways to make money.

In addition to direct payments, commissions and residuals, there were a whole host of bonuses to allow affiliates to make some serious income.

At the highest levels, a single bonus might pay out $50,000!

But now for the bad news:

It wasn’t actually possible to achieve those highest levels. IXQTV didn’t stick around long enough. It turns out it wasn’t legal and was shut down.

I definitely think that the only way to earn 6 figures per month this 2021 is by doing lead flipping. The best thing about this business model is that once you learn how to do this correctly, you are set for life.

Anyway, I’m curious: Did you try IXQTV back in the time when it was still running?

Thanks for reading!