multilevel marketing
Downline-based sales
Multilevel marketing is a sales model where participants earn money both by selling products and by recruiting new sellers, receiving commissions from their recruits' sales.
The structure resembles a pyramid, with early participants at the top benefiting from those below.
Critics note that most participants lose money, and the line between legitimate MLM companies and illegal pyramid schemes is often blurry.
She got into multilevel marketing selling essential oils.
- direct sellingCommerce without retail middlemen
- home partySocial event held residentially
- income disparityUnequal earnings distribution
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- deceptive practicesDishonest methods to mislead
hierarchy · compensation plan · downline · product demonstration · personal testimony · financial risk · peer pressure · upline · cold calling · regulatory scrutiny · legal compliance · recruitment · team building · consumer protection · distributor · lead generation · social influence · closing techniques
- retail channelsretail stores, e-commerce, wholesale, direct sales, franchises
- cultsbrainwashing, mind control, Scientology, Jonestown, Jim Jones
multilevel marketingdirect-to-consumer
Selling without retail intermediaries
wholesale distribution · e-commerce · direct sales · franchise
multilevel marketingnonprofit organization
Mission-focused entity, not profit-seeking
pyramid scheme · Ponzi scheme · fair trade · honest work · social enterprise
multilevel marketingunion job
Position with collective representation
permanent employment · civil service · full-time employment · employer-employee relationship
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