Although Zee Walasa only joined TLC in January of 2017, she has already achieved the rank of National Director and an average monthly salary hovering around $25,000. Like many of TLC’s IBOs, Zee’s first encounter with the brand was as a consumer.
“All I wanted was the tea,” she recalls with a smile.
“I just needed to lose weight and wasn’t interested in the business aspect at all. I had promised myself that I would never get into these network marketing schemes.”
But, as fate would have it, Chanita Foster, the American she contacted about purchasing Iaso® tea, was visiting South Africa and brought her the products in person.
“I was instantly thrilled by the quality of what she’d given me, and curious about how the sales side worked,” she says. The relationship the two women forged resulted in Zee joining TLC with Chanita as her sponsor.
Chanita, whom Zee sometimes refers to affectionately as “Coach,” helped her get her local business started. “I wasn’t quite sure what I’d gotten myself into, as I had never done network marketing before. I had my first tea party right away. Coach Chanita came into my living room and did the presentation for me. I had over 30