multi-level marketing
Recruitment-based commerce
Multi-level marketing is a business model where participants earn money both by selling products and by recruiting new sellers, receiving commissions from their recruits' sales.
The structure creates multiple levels of distributors, each taking a cut from those below them.
Critics note that most participants lose money while those at the top profit primarily from recruitment rather than product sales, making many such schemes difficult to distinguish from pyramid schemes.
She lost thousands in a multi-level marketing company selling supplements.
Fraud through endless recruitment
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
Ponzi · lawsuits · FTC · attrition · manipulation · false promises · class action · investigation
Pointed polyhedral solid
- uplineRecruiter in network marketing
- downlineSubordinate network members
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
organization · distributor · sponsor · network · team · ranks · legs · binary
Creating and managing ventures
- side hustleSecondary income venture
- boss babeFemale entrepreneur self-branding term
- hunAffectionate informal address
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
financial freedom · testimonial · success story · motivational · convention · rally · recognition · personal development
Payment for services rendered
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- passive incomeMoney earned without labor
- overrideCancel by authority
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
percentage · earnings · volume · PV · BV · qualifying · fast start · breakage
Initial supplies for beginners
- catalogOrdered list of items
- samplesSmall test portions
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- supplementsExtra nutritional intake
essential oils · cosmetics · skincare · wellness · demonstration · retail · wholesale · personal use
Searching for mineral wealth
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- sponsoringFunding an activity officially
- sign-upAct of registering
- invitationRequest to attend
pitch · presentation · leads · prospects · home party · duplication · three-way call · pipeline
pyramid scheme
Fraud through endless recruitment
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
deceptive · Ponzi · lawsuits · FTC · attrition · manipulation · false promises · class action · investigation · complaints
pyramid
Pointed polyhedral solid
- uplineRecruiter in network marketing
- downlineSubordinate network members
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
hierarchy · organization · distributor · sponsor · network · team · ranks · legs · binary · matrix
entrepreneurship
Creating and managing ventures
- side hustleSecondary income venture
- boss babeFemale entrepreneur self-branding term
- hunAffectionate informal address
financial freedom · empowerment · testimonial · success story · motivational · convention · rally · recognition · personal development · mentorship
commission
Payment for services rendered
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- passive incomeMoney earned without labor
- overrideCancel by authority
payout · percentage · earnings · volume · PV · BV · qualifying · fast start · breakage
starter kit
Initial supplies for beginners
supplements · essential oils · cosmetics · skincare · wellness · demonstration · retail · wholesale · personal use · party plan
prospecting
Searching for mineral wealth
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- sponsoringFunding an activity officially
- sign-upAct of registering
invitation · pitch · presentation · leads · prospects · home party · duplication · three-way call · pipeline · onboarding
- marketing scamsfalse ads, fake reviews, fake testimonials, fake endorsements, false promises
- Mormon stereotypesBYU, Utah, missionaries, polygamy, sister wives
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