There's a nice 5-part series on MLMs from 2014 about MLMs

Nov 24, 2021
1:29:11pm

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Vemma's army of young recruits

With its sleek marketing materials and social media savvy, Vemma Nutrition has enlisted thousands of young salespeople to sell its energy drinks and diet shakes. But many recruits are finding that the jobs are unhealthy for their wallets.

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Data on MLMs is damning. The animosity is deserved. Here it is:

canofpicante

11/24/21 10:54am

But a 26-year-old told me at Vasa last week he was going to retire by 30!?

BYUCougarsFan

11/24/21 10:58am

Side note, I've seen some friends and family get into MLMs, in my experience you

BYUCougarsFan

11/24/21 11:03am

It's direct marketing dawg, and yes, this one is different.

Mayor of Cougartown

11/24/21 11:11am

Not disputing the data, but there are ALOT of people who are "in" MLM's only for

LBCougar

11/24/21 11:02am

BY a lot you mean not very many, because they are typically overpriced for what you get because gotta support the beast.

Turnpike Lane

11/24/21 11:06am

My wife got into Pampered Chef & Stampin Up to get discounted products

braddahmike

11/24/21 12:01pm

Interesting to hear this perspective. Thanks for sharing

ColonelMustard

11/25/21 8:51am

RE: Data on MLMs is damning. The animosity is deserved. Here it is:

vagabonder

11/24/21 11:06am

Very unethical business model

P-townCoug

11/24/21 11:11am

That's all a total lie! All the TikTok videos told me I can make 6 figures easy!

mudpupper

11/24/21 11:14am

The data is overwhelming so why are so many people stupid enough to become part

Beggar

11/24/21 11:48am

Check out the political tribes out there. Same story

Greg4BYU

11/24/21 1:09pm

Because they told only the most rosy scenario possible which is <5%

canofpicante

11/27/21 9:41am

The math is totally wrong. They deduct product purchases and count them as a

Socrates Johnson

11/24/21 1:24pm

Exactly what I was going to post. I have 2x signed up as a distributor for MLM

King of Y

11/24/21 1:38pm

This is true. Misleading data on both sides of this one, if we're being honest

seacougar

11/24/21 2:02pm

Most MLMs are now required to post this information on their websites.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/24/21 3:50pm

Not true. The reality is most people sign up to get a discount.

Socrates Johnson

11/24/21 4:03pm

We are both right. The numbers doterra et al share on their website are real

StalwartBraveTrue

11/24/21 4:17pm

I have literally written those documents. They are real but they don’t mean what

Socrates Johnson

11/24/21 6:21pm

I’m not trying to say they mean anything other than what is on the mdocument.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/24/21 11:48pm

The problem is that recruiting “sellers” is the same as recruiting customers

Socrates Johnson

11/25/21 12:42am

This is where they like to have it both ways.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/25/21 8:20am

Yes you can. Why not, pray tell? What law of the universe says that people

Socrates Johnson

11/25/21 8:42pm

Oh please. I never said you couldn’t try your hand at direct sales to friends

StalwartBraveTrue

11/25/21 10:26pm

This was not conducted by the FTC. An anti-MLM hobbyist. I’m not a fan of MLMs

BYU'01

11/24/21 10:26pm

To clarify, It’s posted by the FTC. AARP study is AARP. You wanna find me a…

canofpicante

11/27/21 9:39am

There's a nice 5-part series on MLMs from 2014 about MLMs

BigCougarLover

11/24/21 1:29pm

And the few who make money have the skills to do it elsewhere and better.

ReyOso

11/24/21 2:45pm

This x 1000. If you are lucky/blessed with sales skills, then you can make a

marticorp

11/25/21 9:09am

The family that introduced me to the church also introduced me to an MLM.

marticorp

11/25/21 9:06am

Thanks for sharing. Except no, don't join for product. Don't support at all.

j20

11/25/21 9:34am

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