Get Paid Today - MLM is Dead

Marcello asked:


I want to hear from any person in MLM / Network Marketing that has ever sold enough of their product or service to make a decent full time living (say at least $50k/year in earnings) before ever recruiting someone into their down-line.

The obvious nature of the question is to help refute that MLMers only really make money by recruiting. Say it ain’t so. Also, what product or service did you sell?
Aircoole - see Avon.
Jay S - you hit the nail on the head.

Wesley

52donnie asked:


I believe in the concept of MLM marketing but in my search of MLM companies I find that the products are either a bunch of garbage or they are overpriced from the point of origin. An MLM company will charge a distributor a so-called wholesale price for a product when in fact the price is higher than it should ever be at the retail level.
Is there a genuine MLM company that has a product that isn’t overpriced at it’s point of origin,–a product that can be demonstrated to others?

Carlton

3mhomebusinessdotcom asked:


I just dont get it. It takes years to make a profit with anybusiness, and it takes large capital and alot of effort. But, with many mlm/home businesses, it only takes $97 to $500 to start and most of the business and website is setup for you. Why do so many uneducated idiots think they are pyramid scams? Madoff investments was a pyramid scam///mlms aren’t. Why do idiots think they are??

Sherry

VeggieCandleLady asked:


Do people REALLY know what they’re talking about? And have all those against these means of creating an at home income, really have personal experience? Or is it something they have “heard” or “Assumed” ?
Is it that people want something for nothing? So who’s fault is that? Are people basically lazy? Who’s fault is that? Having your own business something that has to be worked at. If you were going to rent a space and have a store front, would you get that for no money? Do people think that customers are just going to flock into your store just because it’s “you”? This is really a no brainer. Things are too easy for Americans. Always someone elses fault and they want something for nothing. What are your thoughts?

Verna

realsaltlakesoccer asked:


I’m dealing with a recruiter for a MLM (multi-level marketing) company that I’m not interested in. I want to tell them I’m not interested but I’m looking for a site that has questions that they’re going to ask me and responses to those questions.

My main reasons for not going into this: 1. I have a good job and am able to support a family of 8 on my income alone. 2. I don’t believe that anyone can make money but sitting around their house all day long as your Region Vice President claims. 3. Why do none of your people seem to have a college, much less high-school, education? 4. Why do you seem more interested in recruiting people than selling a product?

I would like to know how they’re likely to reply to those questions and how I should counter. I can just say, “No, I’m not interested and keep saying it until they give up, but I want to give a good reason too.”

Shellie

Beelzebub asked:


I know they say its easy and about sponsoring people and stuff, and I can do that. Should I put all my focus on MLM and just do whatever it takes to become rich? I need some advice.

Anyone have a good MLM to recommend?

Shannon

Marcello asked:


Now they can say, “See, Ponzi schemes are out there in real business too!” as one of their “rebuttals”.

Taylor

holysinner11 asked:


I’m kinda new with this, Can you give me some idea?

Sandy

Beelzebub asked:


Literally, you cannot post a question in small business or careers & employment without getting one of them spamming you with their business opportunity, yet these are the same people who supposedly are making money hand over fist? What is the deal, and do any of these people actually think decent people want to get into a business that requires nonstop spamming? Why is it only people in MLM feel the need to announce they are making all this money…no other business does that.
***Rich F, LMAO!

You are a spam artist spamming about Melaleuca!!!

Is there a worse MLM company out there than Melaleuca? Oh please.

I love how in one of your answers you profess it involved “no selling”. Priceless! No selling, so what, you just are a pure pyramid or its just morons like you buying?

No sales…please. LOL. That is the problem with MLM you dolt…no one is good enough to sell the product on their own so you need to sign up others to get paid. Man, I pity your mentality.

Gil

Marcello asked:


Even minimum wage sales jobs that high school students are doing require realistic volumes of sales…at least 3000-4000/week.

If MLMers were required to actually sell the equivalent of even the minimum wage sales people they would quit in droves.

So essentially MLMers are doing less personal sales than minimum wage salespeople yet they will tell you MLM is about sales and not making money by recruiting people. Well, if they are not doing real sales volumes, then they are making money recruiting. HMMM.

How do those in MLM justify this?
Brad H - the question was clearly addressing the money made by recruiting versus sales. Thanks for completely avoiding the heart of the question.

What could I have expected though, this is normal MLM mentality; when confronted with a question you don’t like, change the subject. Nice work.
Laura J - A+ for your long and seemingly educated answer. However, a few points I want to bring up. A good portion of your answer describes the benefits of building a customer base. If you have a large customer base providing you residual income that is terrific, but if that was the norm in MLM than this question would not need to be asked.

The clear point is directed to bulk of people making (or trying to make) money by building a downline. Surely if everyone built a massive customer base first, then it would indeed be about sales, not recruiting. But the fact that nearly all MLM compensation plans reward recruiting over sales speaks volumes.

If you are making more money from your customers than you represent an extremely low percentage of MLMers. If you want to suggest that everyone be like that, then bravo, but we know the reality is people try to make money on recruiting instead of sales in MLM.

Thanks for your answer though.
Edi - Thank, but you clearly missed the point. If you are recruiting and not selling, what value do you offer to the company?

You admittedly don’t know how to sell, so your value is not in teaching anyone. The difference between a bank or any other company that recruits sales people is that the people being paid to recruit and train them have clear value else they would be out of a job.

Merely making money recruiting is the very definition of a ponzi scheme.

Sorry to be harsh, but what you described IS the exact problem with MLM.

Artis