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[h=4]The Company[/h]
TelexFree claim to be headed up by a Mr. James Merrill (also credited as "Jim Merrill", photo right).
Prior to TelexFree Inc the company was known as Common Cents Communications, which was established in 2002 with Jim Merril serving as Treasurer and Clerk and Carlos Wanzeler as company President.
No explanation is given as to why the company changed its name.
Furthermore I wasn't able to find any information on Common Cents Communications other than they appear to have had less than 5 employees and were involved in telecommunications (probably VOIP as the TelexFree website mentions).
If I had to take a guess I'd say the renaming of Common Cents Communications to TelexFree was to start fresh and introduce a MLM compensation plan into the business (Common Sense Communications was not MLM). The domain ‘telexfree.com' was only registered on the 30th January 2012 so this fits timeline wise.
Curiously enough, James Merrill is credited as being TelexFree's founder and President, however the Massachusetts company registration clearly lists the President of TelexFree as Carlos Wanzeler (photo right). Wanzeler's name does not appear anywhere on the TelexFree website, although his name does appear as the ‘administrative contact' for the domain ‘telexfree.com'.
The actual registrant of the TelexFree domain is listed as ‘Disk a Vontade', operating out of a PO Box in Massachusetts.
From the Disk a Vontade website, it appears to be a company offering VOIP services. Not surprisingly, Disk a Vontade's domain (‘diskavontade.com') is registered to Wanzeler indicating he owns the company.
Meanwhile Disk a Vontade offer a distributor program (I don't think it's in MLM but I'm not 100% sure as the company website is in Portuguese) and at a recent company event in Brazil, sitting next to Wanzeler was none other than James Merrill:
The exact relationship between TelexFree and Disk a Vontade is uncertain based on what I've been able to find but it appears as if both companies are operated out of the US, share key management and have a target market in Brazil.
Why none of this is openly disclosed on the TelexFree website is a mystery (particularly why Merrill is publicly credited as President of TelexFree when official documents filed with the state of Massachusetts show Wanzeler as holding this position).
SOURCE: TelexFree Review: Spam the internet for $20 a week | BehindMLM
[h=4]The Company[/h]
TelexFree claim to be headed up by a Mr. James Merrill (also credited as "Jim Merrill", photo right).
Born in 1961, Son of a traditional American couple, James Merrill graduated in the class of 1985 in economics at Westfield State University.
Man of great vision, he saw a large market at meeting some Brazilians and learning how much they spent to call Brazil. Knowledgeable of a new technology at the time (VoIP) decided to found in 2002 Telexfree Inc. to serve this market.
There is an image on the TelexFree website showing what appears to be company registration record in the US state of Massachusetts. A quick visit to the Corporations Division of Massachusetts (punch in "telexfree" into the search box) confirms that such a record exists, however "TelexFree Inc" itself only came into existence earlier this year.Man of great vision, he saw a large market at meeting some Brazilians and learning how much they spent to call Brazil. Knowledgeable of a new technology at the time (VoIP) decided to found in 2002 Telexfree Inc. to serve this market.
Prior to TelexFree Inc the company was known as Common Cents Communications, which was established in 2002 with Jim Merril serving as Treasurer and Clerk and Carlos Wanzeler as company President.
No explanation is given as to why the company changed its name.
Furthermore I wasn't able to find any information on Common Cents Communications other than they appear to have had less than 5 employees and were involved in telecommunications (probably VOIP as the TelexFree website mentions).
If I had to take a guess I'd say the renaming of Common Cents Communications to TelexFree was to start fresh and introduce a MLM compensation plan into the business (Common Sense Communications was not MLM). The domain ‘telexfree.com' was only registered on the 30th January 2012 so this fits timeline wise.
Curiously enough, James Merrill is credited as being TelexFree's founder and President, however the Massachusetts company registration clearly lists the President of TelexFree as Carlos Wanzeler (photo right). Wanzeler's name does not appear anywhere on the TelexFree website, although his name does appear as the ‘administrative contact' for the domain ‘telexfree.com'.
The actual registrant of the TelexFree domain is listed as ‘Disk a Vontade', operating out of a PO Box in Massachusetts.
From the Disk a Vontade website, it appears to be a company offering VOIP services. Not surprisingly, Disk a Vontade's domain (‘diskavontade.com') is registered to Wanzeler indicating he owns the company.
Meanwhile Disk a Vontade offer a distributor program (I don't think it's in MLM but I'm not 100% sure as the company website is in Portuguese) and at a recent company event in Brazil, sitting next to Wanzeler was none other than James Merrill:
The exact relationship between TelexFree and Disk a Vontade is uncertain based on what I've been able to find but it appears as if both companies are operated out of the US, share key management and have a target market in Brazil.
Why none of this is openly disclosed on the TelexFree website is a mystery (particularly why Merrill is publicly credited as President of TelexFree when official documents filed with the state of Massachusetts show Wanzeler as holding this position).
SOURCE: TelexFree Review: Spam the internet for $20 a week | BehindMLM