Registration asks for a sponsor number, which stops a lot of people who do not know an existing consultant. The practical answer is straightforward: you do not have to know them personally, and in some ways choosing a stranger deliberately is better than defaulting to a relative.

Why the number is required

Direct selling is built on a structure of who introduced whom. The number simply places you in it. Every registered consultant has one, and it is not a referral bonus code or a discount voucher - it is a position marker.

The terms are identical regardless of whose number you use. Registration is free, there are no compulsory purchases, and your discount is set by the company rather than by your sponsor. Nobody can offer you better terms, and anybody claiming to is misrepresenting how it works.

What a sponsor actually does

In principle: answers your questions, explains what is not obvious, and helps when something goes wrong.

In practice this varies enormously. Some are genuinely useful. Many are inactive. Some are actively unhelpful - pushing stock purchases or talking about the compensation plan rather than the products.

Which means the realistic comparison is not "someone I know versus a stranger". It is "someone who will answer versus someone who will not".

Registering under someone you found rather than someone you know

If nobody in your circle is a consultant, you choose. Reasonable criteria:

  • They publish something useful. If you found them through material that helped you, that is evidence of both knowledge and willingness to share it
  • They are currently active. Someone who registered years ago and stopped cannot help with a catalogue that changed last week
  • They talk about products more than the opportunity. People who lead with the compensation plan are usually recruiting rather than working
  • They are contactable. Check there is an actual way to reach them before registering, not after

What does not matter: their rank, their claimed income, how impressive their materials look.

The advantages of choosing a stranger

Counter-intuitively, there are several:

  • No social obligation. You can stop at any point without it being awkward at a family gathering
  • You chose on merit rather than on who happened to ask you first
  • The conversation stays practical. Nobody is managing a relationship alongside the questions
  • You can be blunt. Asking "what do you actually earn" is easier with someone you did not grow up with

The disadvantage is real too: a stranger has less reason to invest time in you. This is worth mitigating by being specific when you ask things - vague questions get vague answers from anyone.

What to do if your sponsor turns out to be absent

Common, and workable:

  1. Ask directly, once, clearly. Some inactive-seeming sponsors simply have not been asked anything specific
  2. Go up a level. Your sponsor's sponsor is often more experienced and frequently willing
  3. Use the company's own materials. The catalogue, product pages and published compensation plan do not depend on anyone
  4. Learn from consultants who publish publicly. You are not restricted to your own line for information

Changing sponsor after registration is generally not simple, so it is worth asking Faberlic directly rather than assuming - but most people find the underlying problem solvable without it.

What you can do entirely on your own

It is worth knowing how little actually depends on your sponsor, because the fear of registering "under a stranger" usually overestimates their role.

Independent of anyone:

  • Ordering. Placing orders, choosing delivery, paying - all handled through your own account
  • Your discount. Set by the company, applied automatically, not granted by your sponsor
  • Product information. Compositions, shade ranges and the current catalogue come from Faberlic directly
  • The compensation plan. Published by the company and readable without an intermediary
  • Support for account problems. Faberlic's own support handles account and order issues, not your sponsor

What a sponsor adds is judgement and shortcuts - which of two similar products suits a particular person, what is worth ignoring, what the first months realistically look like. Genuinely useful, and entirely possible to obtain from any experienced consultant who publishes publicly rather than only from the one whose number you used.

The practical route

Registration takes about five minutes, requires no payment details, and gives you catalogue access at consultant prices immediately. If you want to use this site's number, it happens on the official Faberlic site.

Before deciding, it is worth reading what to expect from the first month - the business section covers that, along with the questions worth asking any prospective mentor before you commit.