Originally Posted by
Misterman
You know how I know you don't know anything about MLM's? Because of everything you just said.
You're right my Amazon account does not pay me to recruit anyone............................But neither do a lot of MLM's. You know one time I got a bad coffee from a CircleK, so that means convenience stores have shitty coffee.
Whether you want to call it recruiting or not, how does income get generated in an MLM? It comes through referring sales. How does income get generated through Affiliate Marketing? It comes through referring sales. When you break it down it's virtually the same business model. As with Affiliate marketing, there is a plethora of ways to direct sales. You can do PPC, you can create commercial content, you can make "how to" videos to create interest in the product. etc. etc. The same way that MLM'ers can spam all their friends into signing up, offer "mentoring" through the business model, traditionally sell product through all the same methods of affiliate marketing, etc. etc.
Just because some MLM's have a one time bonus for signing someone up, does not mean the income is made through recruiting. Anyone relying on that sort of income won't make much. The only income worth mentioning comes from moving product, period.
Unlike most people, I didn't just gather my information on MLM's through people internet ranting. I researched at least 3 of them so far by physically getting the paperwork outlining their "business plan" and compensation structure. Haven't found one I was interested yet though. And something like Amazon was better since it doesn't limit me to one or two hype products to market.