Do people in MLM (Network Marketing) honestly think all business is a pyramid like MLM?
You always hear them give the line that all business is set up like a pyramid to justify that mlm is built on recruiting people.
While real business has fewer people in high earning roles, it seems MLMers miss the very obvious point that even a lowly janitor at McDonald’s doesn’t have to recruit 5 other janitors to make a living wage.
Do people in MLM really think its the same? Do they really miss the point that real business doesn’t have to keep hiring people for infinity to keep making money for its employees?
It just seems such an obvious difference, yet it makes no sense that people in MLM are convinced it is the same.
Andre – while you are correct about the legality, let’s not let the absurdidty of the whole thing get lost on us.
The fact that MLM gets around being illegal and not a straight pyramid scheme is ONLY becuase there are products and services available to be sold by the reps; however, the fact is nealry all MLMers focus their attention on recruiting others instead of sales – meaning although it is legal for all intents and purposes it is virtually the same.
If MLM companies wanted to put the focus on personal sales instead of recruiting then how can you expalin that ALL MLM compensation plans allow you to move up the ranks ONLY by recruiting others. You can be the worlds best salesperson but unless you recruit other people you can’t obtain the top rank in any MLM compensation plan.
Let’s get serious, they are the same, depsite anyone considering it "legal" or not.
L.F.Heap – you spent spent your entire answer describing any sales company.
Evidently the point of this question was lost on you because if MLM was focused on sales and not recruiting then there would be no issue.
The question was in reference to the fact that MLM push recruiting, and weigh it as FAR more important than personal sales, and the evidence is in the MLM compensation plans.
that is the problem of MLM or anything similar such as paid survey, paid to read email and etc. those kind of programs only benefit the top level people and its creator. their products are very low quality. the reason the products exist is to legalize the scheme.
most of us want to generate money from the products not to recruit people. now MLM type program are introducing new term to attract people who already don’t believe with MLM. and this kind program or systems will never work because system can be copied and improved so over time it will die down when new better payment plan come in to compete and take over their popularity.
so it is just a waste of time. we are giving them free advertising and real estate value to their website. and what we get? lost precious time and money. but unfortunately it will always exist because there are to many people want quick and easy way to get rich. and these people are the targeted traffic for MLM.
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