To the right are several links to help you research MLM (Multi Level Marketing). But before you begin your research, take a moment to answer the question, “Who should you take advice from?”
There are three types of authors of content: Those who have never done it, those who have done it and failed, and those […]

Your upline is the person who recruited you into an MLM company.
The person who recruited them is also your upline.

The below diagram shows that you can have many people “up the line” from you.These people are known as your “upline.”

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A sideline (sometimes called cross line) is a person who is in the same MLM company but is not connected structurally. Sidelines do not profit from one another’s product sells.
Sidelines that are in the same geographical location may work together as they are “on the same team.” Team meaning, they are in the same company […]

A downline is a person you recruit to join your MLM company.

Your downline also includes all distributors that any of your downline recruit.

The above diagram shows the lady in orange has recruited three people to sell products. The lady in green has recruited two people to sell products. Thus the lady in orange has a […]

A chain letter may appear like MLM because one person is sending a letter and making money off each person that comes in later - but MLM is not a chain letter.
Chain Letter Scheme
An illegal scheme whereby someone writes a letter that attempts to induce the recipient to make a number of copies of […]

There is a HUGE difference between these two organizations - don’t mix them up.
A Wholesale Buying Organization is an MLM business that recruits people to purchase products at wholesale prices from the MLM company. There is no emphasis on making a lot of money.
A Retail Selling Organization is an MLM business that recruits people to […]

I didn’t post this web site to fight you or to alter your view of the MLM (Multi Level Marketing) industry.
In some ways we are similar. I, too, see problems with MLM. But in one way we are different - I believe the MLM industry can be helped.
In situations such as these there are at […]

Was a scam carried out by the government of France? Oops!
The first famous pyramid scheme occurred in the early eighteenth century in France. What you’re about to read goes down as one of the greatest deceptions in history.

Near the end of King Louis’ XIV reign (1643 to 1715) the economy of France was on […]

How MLM (Network Marketing) got started and grew to meet the needs of the customer and the entrepreneur. It’s fascinating
A company that creates a product must make that product widely known. Sales  organizations made up of individual salespeople were (and still are) the backbone of business.
The number of […]

What is a Ponzi scheme and is MLM a similar scam?
Ponzi Scheme
The word Ponzi comes from Charles Ponzi who made this type of scheme well-known.

A Ponzi scheme is an illegal investment scheme that involves paying returns to investors out of the money paid in by later investors, rather than from net revenues generated […]