Multi-level marketing companies, let's build a list of 'em!

Also if you find one you are interested in, look for people in them, find them on facebook and other social sites and see how they are marketing it, how they talk about it, search for their blogs. If they are doing or saying something you don't like, take that on board with your research.

James

There is some really good websites out there that do list the MLM sites, they give you a good detailed back ground and help you understand.

The word MLM scares people because there are more scams with people using the word and attatching it to their programs. The industry needs to have good leaders who help people learn and understand.

MLM is a brilliant concept. No matter where you are you are probably part of an MLM Structure.

Your CEO of the Company is the head, when you start to write down and work out the structure, you will notice your building a PYRAMID, the guy at the bottom isn't going to get paid as much as the guy at the top, but the guy at the top isn't going to do as much work as the guy at the bottom.

Do you think Richard Branson works in all his over 400 Companies.. lol. What I love about MLM, is that I am not selling my time for dollars, I leverage my training skills to teach others and help them, the more success they become the more success i gain, same way as the more success i get the more success my upline gets.

NO Matter what you get into, The Product should ALWAYS come first, if there is a good product that sells and there are buyers who buy the product, then that is a great start.

Personally myself I stick with Direct Banking, Paypal and Payoneer at the moment. I stay away from programs with systems that incorporate STP and them such systems that are notorious for helping scam systems. I have been in a few and lost a lot of money in them. Each one that I have lost money in has been a learning experience, it has shown me what to look for and not to listen to what the upline says ONLY.

The two that I am in now, is Karatbars International and SlimRoast, no links here if you want one PM me and I will show you.

One is buying small amounts of Gold with a Network Marketing element to it, and the other is Healthy Coffee to keep me alive as a Type 1 Diabetic so I can enjoy the Gold lol;

When I am looking at a company I look at 5 Steps

1 - Join For FREE
2 - The Product
3 - Autoship
4 - The Training
5 - Duplication

I hope that helps someone a little bit.

James

RSL

I don't think he/she wants product free more like the cost of joining the MLM group , to me most of them are just shams and the money goes to the person who set it up

I think the word Ponzi has been mentioned before on the forum

Jason

No... that is not how a legitimate MLM business is built. You've actually described an illegal pyramid scheme.

"MLM is built on people buy goods and services from people above them, and then selling those same products and services to people beneath them for profit. "

I do not agree with that. I work with people above me to help me understand the product and the system, i sell first, the product first, most people who come into my business are customers, i share with them ways to help get the product for free.

How many times have you recommended a movie, a pizza, or shared a diet hint, did you get paid for it, probably NOT, so when I help peopel with their purchase, and people ask them about it, i tell them, share with them the site,your story and from there you will build a business.

I DO NOT sell to people below me,if they purchase, i earn a commission, if they don't purchase i still earn a commission because I promote the product and other people are buying the Product. Some people I have only want the product they are not interested in the money side of it, other people want to reduce their costs and are interested.

If there is no product to sell, then your just recruiting and that is bad business. Build the product up,share your results because you use the product and your income will grow with it in due course.

I am not in MLM niche.
Feel free to share your experience. PM me or answer here.

Also, Milton's Paradise Lost, Tolstoy's War and Peace, and Melville's Moby Dick will provide additional insights before making such a momentous decision.

The biggest problem I've seen with MLM companies is that the products you are trying to sell is either something that people either wouldn't normally buy or priced 3 times what they would pay at their local store. So you are trying to convince people to change the way they shop and then convince other people to do the same. There is no establishing value first. Just about every expert to online marketing gives you free information or something else of value before asking for a penny.
The company I am with offers people a way to save money where they already shop, go out to eat or go to the movie. We offer a way for them to save for FREE.
Thus establishing a value. Then they are shown a way that they can save more money while making money.

http://viralcard.paid2save.com/72587

"Most MLM companies promote the opportunity much more than they do the product,"

This creates a very short term company. It might not be the companies that push the Opportunity it might actaully be the affiliates. That is bad for business and bad for the company.

The best way,find something you need. I needed something to help me stop being a greedy bugger, I found it and i take it every month, its good for me and i share it, that way i am buidling the product and not the opportunity.

A Company that promotes the Opportunity more, then your going to get in trouble sooner or later. Thats why you search around the social sites and find out who is doing what with the company, how its marketed, what people are saying,read the pages, the sales etc and see what is going on.

It shold be PRODUCT first always. That way you know its in demand, and that it will have a better lifespan.

If you join a company and you see someone just do teh recruitment, tell them to read the FAQ again and they will see how to do it properly.

I hate it when this happens, but in this case I couldn't resist. Give this a looksee and get more information on the companies that interest you: Ranking the top 25 MLM’s of 2016.

https://wellnessiswealth.jeunesseglobal.com

Not the smart ones...

Thanks for the sharing, this could be the first shown here for the list of reputable MLM companies.

Anymore?

You will NEVER build a long term sustainable MLM business with that method... never.

It's fine for selling shovels to miners... what you said you do... but for building an MLM
business I can't think of a single skill that would be less useful.

What never stops to amaze me is how the MLM thrives on the idea that success can be obtained with hard work. In other words, the only ones who fail are those who either give up or don't try hard enough. With a success ratio of less than 5%, might the problem perhaps be with the business model itself?

Many MLM companies have FANTASTIC products, however, the consistent problem is that those products are priced way too high!!! How long would a "customer" be willing to keep on paying way more than they would for a comparable product available at some local store? This explains the very poor retention rate that MLM companies have. The only ones who stick it out are those trying to build a business. It is simply not possible to build a LONG STANDING business if the vast majority of customers quit a month or two later.

Here is a very interesting video that explains the loopholes in the MLM industry:

Exactly the opposite is true.

Your list is incomplete and includes companies that are no longer in business.