Maybe it's the pyramid structure? But you can't really take issue with the tiered compensation structure—almost every large sales organization in the world has that. Salespeople get commission, and sales managers get overrides or bonuses on top of that, and sales directors on top of that, and VPs on top of that.

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Hi,

Yes, everyone does network marketing in some way or in some form. Tiered structure that works like network marketing is everywhere.

Everything to make money needs LEVERAGE. Every business needs leverage to make money with the least amount of effort.

if you have a job you work for someone to make them money. Your supervisor makes a little more money to look after you. Your manager makes more money then you and your supervisor to Manage the working Rats(workers).

Managers are there to save company money by increasing work with little to no change in salary or income.

The more money you make for the company, you make a little profit if any, supervisor looks good and makes a raise, manager looks really good and makes a greater raise.

And of course Company recieves revenues that exceeds the rest. No matter what, your money is going to someone higher. that is how this currency thing works if you like it or not.

You either play the game and make money or let the game play you.


THINK BIG.

Yes, FortuneLeaf, many people neglect to see that jobs are also pyramids; meaning pyramid in structure. The structure is very much what you have described in your post.

Just because many people have failed at MLM's does not make a MLM a scam. Many people don't benefit from their jobs either. If you think about it, 95% or more people who have a job; are in debt and will remain in debt for the remainder of their lives.

This is because many employees are not taught how to manage their income. Also, as one makes more money, the individual or individuals spend their increased income on bigger homes, more expensive cars, etc.

Of course, lately, our pay increases are not keeping up with the cost of living. This too could be a contributor to many people staying in debt. With each passing year, we are making less than we did last year because the cost of living continues to increase far more than our paychecks. Money is very tight for many employees these days.

The middle class are getting squeezed out and the poor are getting left behind.

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HI work2bfree

I agree with you 100%

I have not met anybody who's ever made money with MLM programs. Most of them are scam in my opinion.
They also make their program sound too good to be true. They promise you they'll make you rich, you'll be able to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, they have fake testimonials of people who claim they made x amount of money and now they are living their true dream (all these people I believe are paid actors).
The truth is very few people, if any, are able to make anything with these programs. The MLM programs make money from the very people they claim to help make them money.

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I have to disagree with you on this ablaye. I have made money although I did not become rich.

I do agree with you that many people do fail at MLM's but to me this does not make a MLM a scam.

I believe the reason so many people fail at MLM's is one, many have very unrealistic views. Many think they will be making lots of money in a few months and then can quit their jobs. Another reason for the high failure rate is when members of MLM don't reach their unrealistic goals, they quit. One last reason many fail is because most people do not have the skills to manage a business. Owning a business requires skills and these skills take time to develop.

I believe I failed at the MLM because I lacked the skills. I never owned a business and had no idea what I was doing. Being an extremely shy person meant I had a lot of things to overcome before I could run a business that will be successful.

I was a member of Herbalife for almost 4 years. Now 4 years or so later, I am a much better business person than I was when I was a member of Herbalife. Fear no longer prevents me from doing the things I need to do to grow my business; such as, talking to people, building relationships, putting out fliers, etc. I currently have much more confidence in myself.

I attribute my growth to my experience in Herbalife. Thus, my failure in Herbalife has helped me to improve in other ways. If you fail but continue to work on yourself and work towards your goal of achieving a successful business, you will find success in a work at home business at some point, quite possibly that success could occur within a MLM.

For example, not too long ago, I heard a woman on a conference call talk about her experience in failing in a MLM. She felt she needed to fail at that MLM so that she could find success in another MLM. She said that she was not ready for success in her first MLM. She is currently a member of another MLM and she is very doing very well. She found success in less than a year. She was able to quit her job in less than a year because she is making a lot of money and it did not take her long to find success in this MLM.

Another example is I am doing much better than I did when I was a member of Herbalife. I started making money during my third month in the business and I have been told that there are many people who have been in an online business and have never made any money.

My point is sometimes success takes time to occur. In other words, success is a process.

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The only time a MLM is legal is when you have a real product. A web site that is given to all new members does not retain it's supposed $197.00 value, as some scam MLMs have claimed in the past. Herbalife, Amway, and several others are legal, as they have a real tangible product.

You can only fail so many times before the law of averages gives you a break.

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Thank you Pendelton. Would a vacation be considered a product? I know a lot of people who have joined a MLM that sells vacations or tips.

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You're welcome. Yes, I believe so, since they are purchasing airline tickets, hotel rooms, and things of that nature.

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