BehindMLM initially reviewed LifeWave all the way in which again in 2013. Again then LifeWave was an MLM firm promoting bizarre “enhance the move of vitality within the physique” patches.
We additionally weren’t impressed with obligatory product purchases, steering LifeWave in the direction of “shopping for membership” pyramid scheme. Or in at the moment’s terminology, an autoship recruitment mannequin.
On the request of a reader, at the moment BehindMLM is revisiting LifeWave for an up to date evaluation.
The Firm
Circa 2014 Lifewave was headed by by founder and CEO David Schmidt (proper). This stays so in 2026.
A few of LifeWave’s founding kookiness can nonetheless be present in Schmidt’s company bio;
The LifeWave Expertise was born out of three years of intense analysis by David into the idea of having the ability to naturally improve vitality and stamina by way of elevation of fats burning, using wi-fi communication to the human physique by way of phototherapy.
Wi-fi communication and phototherapy are very a lot actual. Until LifeWave is implanting folks with sensors although (they’re not), the above quoted paragraph is deceptive.
LifeWave remains to be based mostly out of Utah within the US. A number of extra workplace areas are supplied, with nearly all of them being in Asia.
LifeWave’s Merchandise
LifeWave’s patches stay its major flagship merchandise. A couple of dietary supplements and private care merchandise make up the remainder of the catalog.
LifeWave Patches
X39 Patches – “by gently stimulating the pores and skin with gentle, our common wellness, non-transdermal patches assist you to conquer your lively life-style and pave a brand new solution to vibrant well being”, retails for $149.95 for a field of 30 patches- X49 Patches – “devoted to elevating efficiency, accelerating restoration, and nurturing rest”, retails for $149.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Y-Age Aeon – “unlocking rest, assuaging discomfort, and gently melting away stress”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Y-Age Glutathione – “your path to higher wellness and to lowering your stress”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Y-Age Carnosine – “serving to you ignite your ardour for train and bodily well-being as an integral a part of your wellness journey”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- IceWave – “launch unfavorable vitality and reclaim your lively spirit”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Power Enhancer – “empower you to seek out your required vitality move and embrace the sentiments of whole-body well being and vitality”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Silent Nights – “gently nurture restfulness, which cultivates restorative sleep”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- Alavida – “harnesses and balances your physique’s pure restorative vitality to enhance the wholesome and radiant look of your pores and skin”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- SP6 Full – “set your intentions for conscious consuming”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
- AcuLife – “embraces the identical LifeWave improvements to assist equine vitality”, retails at $79.95 for a field of 30 patches
Dietary supplements and Private Care
Cellergize Night – “a premium nighttime complement designed to assist your physique energy down, reset, and drift into deep, restorative relaxation”, retails at $79.95 for a bathtub of 30 servings- Cellergize Morning – “an energizing mix of important nutritional vitamins, minerals, and amino acids”, retails at $79.95 for a bathtub of 30 servings
- Alavida Revive Eye Cream – a “copper peptide-infused eye cream” that “assist[s] brighten complexion, enhance[s] the looks of even pores and skin tone, and assist[s] the looks of agency pores and skin, retails at $89.95 for a 0.5 fl. oz. bottle (15 ml)
- Alavida Nightly Restore Facial Creme – “helps in a single day safety of your pores and skin to scale back the looks of tremendous strains and wrinkles, brighten complexion, and even out pores and skin tone”, retails at $99.95 for a 1.7 fl. oz. bottle (30 ml)
- Alavida Facial Nectar – ” helps safety of your pores and skin, whereas enhancing radiance and look with day by day utility”, retails at $79.95 for a 1 fl. oz. bottle (30 ml)
LifeWave merchandise are additionally obtainable in varied discounted bundle packs.
LifeWave’s Compensation Plan
LifeWave’s compensation plan combines retail and recruitment commissions. Residual commissions are two-tiered, paying out each by way of a unilevel and binary crew.
LifeWave Promoter Ranks
There are fourteen promoter ranks inside LifeWave’s compensation plan.
Together with their qualification standards, they’re as follows:
- Model Companion – join as a LifeWave promoter
- Energetic Model Companion – generate and preserve 55 PV a month
- 1-Star Supervisor – generate and preserve 110 PV and 750 GV a month
- 2-Star Supervisor – preserve 110 PV a month and generate and preserve 1500 GV a month
- 3 Star Supervisor – preserve 110 PV a month and generate and preserve 2500 GV a month (not less than one leg should be 1000 GV)
- 1 Star Director – preserve 110 PV a month and generate and preserve 5000 GV a month (max 2500 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 1000 GV, 1000 OL2L and min 1000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 2 Star Director – preserve 110 PV a month and generate and preserve 10,000 GV a month (max 5000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 2000 GV, 2000 OL2L and min 2000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 3 Star Director – preserve 110 PV a month and generate and preserve 20,000 GV a month (max 10,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 3000 GV, 3000 OL2L and min 3000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 1 Star Government – generate and preserve 200 PV and 40,000 GV a month (max 20,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 3000 GV, 3000 OL2L and min 6000 GV on either side of the binary crew
- 2 Star Government – preserve 200 PV a month and generate and preserve 100,000 GV a month (max 50,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 15,000 GV, 15,000 OL2L and min 15,000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 3 Star Government – preserve 200 PV a month and generate and preserve 250,000 GV a month (max 125,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 40,000 GV, 40,000 OL2L and min 40,000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 1 Star Presidential – preserve 200 PV a month and generate and preserve 600,000 GV a month (max 300,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 100,000 GV, 100,000 OL2L and min 40,000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 2 Star Presidential – preserve 200 PV a month and generate and preserve 1,500,000 GV a month (max 750,000 GV from anybody leg, two legs should be 240,000 GV, 240,000 OL2L and min 40,000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
- 3 Star Presidential – preserve 200 PV a month and generate and preserve 3,500,000 GV a month (max 1,750,000 GV from anybody leg, three legs should be 500,000 GV, 500,000 OL2L and min 40,000 GV on either side of the binary crew)
PV stands for Private Quantity. PV is gross sales quantity generated by a retail buyer orders and a LifeWave promoter’s personal purchases.
GV stands for “Group Quantity”. GV is PV generated by a LifeWave promoter and their downline.
Every recruited promoter generates a “leg” underneath the LifeWave promoter who recruited them. Required OL2L quantity refers to GV generated exterior of the 2 or three largest legs.
Binary crew quantity is GV tracked on either side of the binary crew. See “Residual Binary Commissions” under for a a binary crew rationalization.
Retail Commissions
LifeWave pays retail commissions on the sale merchandise to retail clients.
See the LifeWave Product Pricing Listing for particular particulars on Retail Revenue quantities.
As per the LifeWave Product Pricing Listing, some retail fee examples are:
- $50 on the sale of X39 and X49 patches per field
- $20 on the sale of different patches per field
- $20 to $50 on the sale of private care merchandise
- $10 on the sale dietary supplements
Most popular buyer commissions (retail clients on autoship), see commissions drop to $10 to $20 per field of patches. Different product class commissions are additionally lowered.
Buyer Premiums
LifeWave rewards promoters for producing retail PV over a rolling 31-day interval.
- generate 300 to 599 retail PV and obtain a 5% bonus
- generate 600 to 1199 retail PV and obtain a ten% bonus
- generate over 1200 retail PV and obtain a 20% bonus
Observe that after certified for, Buyer Premiums are solely paid on that weeks generated retail orders.
Recruitment Commissions
LifeWave pays a fee on recruitment of LifeWave promoters who join with an Enrollment Pack.
- recruit a Core pack promoter and obtain $35
- recruit an Superior pack promoter and obtain $75
- recruit an Superior Plus pack promoter and obtain $165
- recruit a Premium pack promoter and obtain $405
Residual Unilevel Commissions
A unilevel compensation construction locations a promoter on the high of a unilevel crew, with each personally recruited promoter positioned straight underneath them (stage 1):
If any stage 1 promoters recruit new promoters, they’re positioned on stage 2 of the unique promoter’s unilevel crew.
If any stage 2 promoters recruit new promoters, they’re positioned on stage 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.
LifeWave caps payable unilevel crew ranges at three. Residual commissions are paid as a proportion of gross sales quantity generated throughout these three ranges based mostly on rank:
- Energetic Model Companions earn 3% on stage 1 (personally referred retail clients and recruited promoters)
- 1 Star Supervisor – 5% on stage 1
- 2 Star Supervisor – 7% on stage 1 and a pair of% on stage 2
- 3 Star Supervisor – 7% on stage 1, 3% on stage 2
- 1 Star Director – 7% on stage 1, 5% on stage 2 and 1% on stage 3
- 2 Star Director – 7% on stage 1, 5% on stage 2 and a pair of% on stage 3
- 3 Star Director and better – 7% on stage 1, 5% on stage 2 and three% on stage 3
Residual Binary Commissions
A binary compensation construction locations a promoter on the high of a binary crew, break up into two sides (left and proper):
The primary stage of the binary crew homes two positions. The second stage of the binary crew is generated by splitting these first two positions into one other two positions every (4 positions).
Subsequent ranges of the binary crew are generated as required, with every new stage housing twice as many positions because the earlier stage.
Positions within the binary crew are stuffed by way of direct and oblique recruitment of promoters. Observe there is no such thing as a restrict to how deep a binary crew can develop.
3 Star Managers and better qualify for residual binary commissions, paid as a proportion of recent weekly gross sales quantity on the weaker binary crew facet:
- 3 Star Managers obtain a 5% residual binary fee charge, capped at $1500 per week
- 1 Star Administrators obtain a 7% residual binary fee charge, capped at $2500 per week
- 2 Star Administrators obtain a 9% residual binary fee charge, capped at $3500 per week
- 3 Star Administrators obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $5000 per week
- 1 Star Executives obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $7500 per week
- 2 Star Executives obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $10,000 per week
- 3 Star Executives obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $15,000 per week
- 1 Star Presidentials obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $20,000 per week
- 2 and three Star Presidentials obtain a ten% residual binary fee charge, capped at $25,000 per week
As soon as paid out on, quantity is matched in opposition to the stronger binary crew facet and flushed. Leftover quantity carries over.
Observe a minimal 300 GV is required on the weaker binary crew facet to set off a residual binary fee payout.
Matching Bonus
LifeWave pays a Matching Bonus on residual unilevel and binary commissions earned by downline promoters.
- 1 Star Administrators earn a 5% match on one 1 Star Director or greater in every recruitment leg (capped at $500 per match)
- 2 Star Administrators earn 7% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater and 5% on the second in every recruitment leg (capped at $1000 per match)
- 3 Star Administrators earn 10% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 7% on the second and 5% on the third in every recruitment leg (capped at $2000 per match)
- 1 Star Executives earn 12% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 10% on the second, 7% on the third and 5% on the fourth in every recruitment leg (capped at $3500 per match)
- 2 Star Executives earn 15% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 12% on the second, 10% on the third and seven% on the fourth in every recruitment leg (capped at $5000 per match)
- 3 Star Executives earn 18% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 15% on the second, 12% on the third, 10% on the fourth and three% on the fifth in every recruitment leg (capped at $7500 per match)
- 1 Star Presidentials earn 20% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 18% on the second, 15% on the third, 12% on the fourth, 5% on the fifth and three% on the sixth in every recruitment leg (capped at $10,000 per match)
- 2 Star Presidentials earn 20% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 18% on the second, 15% on the third, 12% on the fourth, 7% on the fifth and 5% on the sixth in every recruitment leg (capped at $15,000 per match)
- 3 Star Presidentials earn 20% on the primary 1 Star Director or greater, 18% on the second, 15% on the third, 12% on the fourth, 10% on the fifth and seven% on the sixth in every recruitment leg (capped at $20,000 per match)
Enterprise Launch Bonus
New LifeWave promoters can qualify for the Enterprise Launch Bonus throughout their first 9 weeks:
- qualify as a 1 Star Supervisor and obtain $25
- qualify as a 2 Star Supervisor and obtain $50
A 50% upline bonus is paid on Enterprise Launch Bonus earnings.
Rank Achievement Bonus
LifeWave rewards promoters for qualifying at 1 Star Director and better with Rank Achievement Bonuses.
- qualify at 1 Star Director and obtain $500
- qualify at 1 Star Government and obtain $5000
- qualify at 1 Star Presidential and obtain $50,000
- qualify at 2 Star Presidential and obtain $75,000
- qualify at 3 Star Presidential and obtain $100,000
Observe half of the Rank Achievement Bonus is paid upfront, the second half is paid on sustaining rank for 4 extra weeks (should be achieved inside 52 weeks).
Quarterly Management Pool
1 Star Presidential and better ranked LifeWave promoters can qualify for the Quarterly Management Pool, paid out every quarter.
Particularly, 1 Star Presidential and better ranked promoters should:
- be ranked certified for 10 out of 13 weeks for the qualifying quarter; and
- generate a minimal common 600,000 GV over the qualifying quarter
If the above situations are met, 1 Star Presidential and better ranked promoters obtain one share per 20,000 GV “over [their] weekly baseline”.
From LifeWave’s compensation plan;
The baseline is calculated out of your Eligibility Quarter common and will increase in 20,000 TDV increments with every share earned.
That is unnecessarily difficult however I imagine means 20,000 GV generated over the calculated common for the quarter (calculated weekly), leads to one Quarterly Management Pool share.
An moreover 5 shares are earned per downline producing 100,000 GV or extra, excluding the highest performing leg for that quarter.
Becoming a member of LifeWave
Primary LifeWave promoter membership is $25. Optionally available Enrollment Packs are additionally obtainable:
- Core – $295
- Superior – $535
- Superior Plus – $975
- Premium – $1750
The first distinction between the Enrollment Packs is bundled patches (as much as 40 sleeves, no matter meaning), and the fee quantity paid to whoever recruited you.
After the primary 12 months an annual $25 enrollment payment applies, no matter how a lot a LifeWave promoter paid after they signed up.
LifeWave Conclusion
One of many core factors of competition famous in BehindMLM’s unique evaluation was the dearth of peer-reviewed research into LifeWave’s patches.
A variety of papers, letters and research are revealed on the LifeWave web site, nevertheless whether or not or not any of those are unbiased will not be totally clear.
LifeWave seem to dodge the query of their product FAQ:
Have the patches been independently examined?
LifeWave has accomplished dozens of scientific research that show the patch merchandise enhance well being and wellness.
In 2026 LifeWave nonetheless doesn’t present any peer-reviewed unbiased research on their web site.
Precise evaluation of LifeWave’s product by certified professionals is way from convincing (July 2025);
I discovered 11 research of LifeWave’s merchandise, with the earliest courting again to 2005, and what struck me had been the conflicted explanations of how the famed patch was imagined to work, akin to the parable of the blind males and the elephant.
Some papers converse of the patches containing “nanoscale semiconducting biomolecular antennas” that make you burn fats quicker, like some type of Ozempic that sits on high of your pores and skin.
There’s a tan patch and a white patch, they usually should be stored on reverse sides of the physique.
In one description, the totally different colors include isomers, which means molecules with the identical numbers of the identical atoms however in several preparations; in one other paper revealed the identical 12 months, the tan patch has glucose whereas the white patch has glycerin, that are undoubtedly not isomers.
In one write-up, the patches include homeopathic materials, which means molecules diluted to such an excessive they’re typically absent from the ultimate answer; in one other, they’re crammed with non-toxic crystals.
One website claims they include infrared-emitting diode arrays, like little lights to heat up our pores and skin, whereas many papers solely checklist amino acids, water, oxygen, and “natural substances.”
No matter is inside, the tiny, alleged antennas of the patch are imagined to filter and replicate again on the physique its personal magnetic subject… or vitality… or infrared gentle.
The concept the patches merely replicate again on the physique what it’s already emitting performs up the enchantment to nature, the false concept that if one thing is pure it’s naturally good for us. What is that this mirrored vitality imagined to do contained in the physique?
Right here too descriptions differ, from burning fats to rising the move of electrons, from stimulating nerves to enhancing the move of vitality within the acupuncture meridians.
As a result of, after all, I forgot to say that these patches should be utilized on particular acupuncture factors. It doesn’t matter that acupuncture factors aren’t biologically actual.
I’m neither a scientist or physician. The smoking gun for me although can be LifeWave’s Y-Age Glutathione and Y-Age Carnosine patches.
Glutathione and carnosine are undoubtedly measurable. So the place are the unbiased peer-reviewed research clinically proving making use of Y-Age Glutathione and Y-Age Carnosine patches leads to a respective improve in glutathione and carnosine manufacturing?
That they don’t exist, given LifeWave has been round since 2004, is telling.
As for the remainder of the patches, the advantages seem purposefully pitched as imprecise “really feel good” fluff. The IceWave patches are a main instance;
Take pleasure in life’s journey with IceWave. Launch unfavorable vitality and reclaim your lively spirit, so you possibly can stay in concord with the ideas of holistic well-being.
Good luck making an attempt to quantify the “launch of unfavorable vitality” or how a lot of your spirit you’ve “reclaimed”.
In the meantime on social media we now have posts from LifeWave promoters like this:
The submit above, from January 4th, 2026, gives a “LifeWave Patch Fast Reference Chart” supplied under (click on to enlarge):
In line with the chart, LifeWave claims its X39 patches are appropriate for “sickness restoration”. Not to mention the remainder of the claims in that chart, X39 being tied to sickness restoration is clearly an unsubstantiated medical declare.
One other instance; testimonies touting LifeWave’s patches as a remedy and/or restoration assist for most cancers aren’t exhausting to seek out:
Weak persons are focused, resulting in LifeWave promoters making an attempt to “cease or reverse” most cancers.
That is lower than 10 minutes of looking and courting again during the last 12 months. LifeWave has been round since 2004, and God is aware of what nonsense is being pushed in non-English talking nations.
The concept a plastic patch reflecting infrared rays your physique generates again into itself can remedy you of illness (and even simply make you are feeling higher), yeah I get it.
Your physique emits warmth, together with warmth within the infrared spectrum.
Our patches are designed to entice this infrared vitality when positioned on the physique, which causes them to replicate it again to stimulate particular factors on the pores and skin that may promote a common state of well being and wholesome exercise distinctive to every LifeWave patch.
Sounds wonderful – however with out research which have been rigorously scrutinized, you’ve simply acquired determined whackjobs pushing anecdotal tales.
The remainder of LifeWave’s merchandise seem like generic private care and dietary supplements. Admittedly you’re most likely going to get extra profit there than from the magical plastic patches.
LifeWave’s compensation plan in 2026 does a greater job of hiding the autoship recruitment scheme, nevertheless it’s nonetheless there.
From LifeWave’s compensation plan;
A most of 110 Qualifying Quantity from Model Companion private buy can be utilized to fulfill your Private Quantity requirement.
Conveniently, 110 PV is sufficient to self-purchase qualify throughout LifeWave’s first eight promoter ranks.
Sometimes the overwhelming majority of promoters in an MLM firm sit within the first few ranks. LifeWave is not any totally different, with a 2025 Earnings Disclosure Assertion (reporting on the earlier 12 months), revealing that 86.46% of promoters are unfold out throughout the primary 5 ranks.
Observe LifeWave seems to have modified its rank names since 2024. Additionally notice common fee quantities cited in LifeWave’s IDS are meaningless as a result of;
Through the Interval, there have been a complete of 54,531 U.S. Consultants who had the chance to earn commissions underneath the Evolve
Compensation Plan.Of those, 35.52% earned commissions whereas 64.48% didn’t. Consultants who didn’t earn commissions through the Interval aren’t mirrored within the desk under.
The precise fee averages earned can be a lot decrease if it was appropriately calculated based mostly off of all LifeWave promoter earnings.
By design, there’s greater than a great likelihood nearly all of LifeWave promoters are self-qualifying for commissions of their very own purchases. In flip, LifeWave promoters with downlines would then be incomes nearly all of commissions on self-qualifying promoter purchases.
Firm-wide this interprets right into a typical MLM autoship recruitment scheme, whereby nearly all of commissions company-wide are paid out on promoter autoship purchases.
I’d even go as far as to counsel the Buyer Premium bonus is laughable. If LifeWave doesn’t have faith its promoters may even generate 55 to 110 PV a month, 300 retail PV per week being the bottom Buyer Premium qualifying tier is a joke.
The plain repair is to exclude promoter purchases totally, or on the very least make it a 50/50 break up with required retail quantity. I believe if that compliance had been to occur although, LifeWave would shortly disintegrate.
And therein lies the issue.
Personally if I used to be evaluating LifeWave as an MLM alternative, my due-diligence would begin and finish with the notion that non-transdermal plastic patches can remedy me of all the things underneath the solar.
Should you’re determined for no matter cause although (no judgment), your subsequent due-diligence port of name is LifeWave’s compensation plan.
Ask your potential LifeWave upline for particular retail PV numbers of the previous few months. Then ask them what their very own private order PV spend is and examine.
You need not less than a 100% match, with a really perfect break up being extra retail PV over the promoter’s personal buy PV. If it’s the choice, i.e. extra private order PV and/or no retail PV, that promoter is working their LifeWave enterprise as a pyramid scheme.
LifeWave encourages this with the 110 PV cap carveout (previously requiring promoters to make a purchase order every month), so once more I wouldn’t be stunned if so.
Should you’re determined, please search precise medical recommendation – which suggests typically accepting that there is no such thing as a miracle remedy. Failing which, strategy with warning.
