network marketing
Downline recruitment business
Network marketing is a business model in which independent salespeople earn money both by selling products directly to consumers and by recruiting others to do the same, receiving commissions from their recruits' sales.
Also called multilevel marketing or MLM, the structure creates tiers of distributors who each take a cut from sales below them.
She got into network marketing selling supplements through her social media.
Critics note that many such schemes generate more income from recruiting than from actual product sales, blurring the line with pyramid schemes.
- pyramid sellingFraudulent hierarchical sales scheme
- AvonEnglish river or cosmetics company
- TupperwarePlastic kitchen storage brand
- party planHome-based group selling
- direct sellingCommerce without retail middlemen
sales incentives · side hustle · entrepreneurism · Amway · commission-based · compensation plan · door-to-door sales · recruitment · team building · home parties · customer acquisition · upline · product demonstration · starter kit · upselling · independent contractor · sales representatives · cross-selling
- MLMdownline, upline, pyramid scheme, MLM, direct selling
- business venturesventure, startup, franchise, enterprise, investment
- retail channelsretail stores, e-commerce, wholesale, direct sales, franchises