Top 9 Lies Used To Defend MLM Scams
The foundation that Multi-level marketing (MLM) scams are built on is lies. This includes not only the way they are sold, but also in the way that they are defended. When you speak out about MLM scams you will be flooded with comments from representatives of these scams defending them. My mission for my blog is to give you the information you need to defend yourself against scammers. Here are the top 9 lies used in comments to defend MLM scams and how to respond to them:
9. My MLM is just like a McDonald’s franchise but better!
With a franchise the building of the business and brand awareness has already been done for you and you have the opportunity to open a successful business from the beginning. They are required to prove to you that they offer a successful franchise business.
MLM is not covered by franchise laws because it is not a franchise. With a MLM you are the one building the business, brand awareness and recruiting others into the business. You are an independent sales person for the MLM. They are not required to prove to you that the MLM is a successful business to participate in.
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MLM has nothing to do with being a franchise owner. MLM’s are not covered by franchise laws because they are not franchises. MLM is more like being a 100% commission outside sales person for a company. The MLM compensation plan is just how this commission is paid to you.
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Ethan, curious about your take on 1st Phorm….it looks to me like they are using trendy Youtube “challenges” to entice people to become spokesmen/women for their useless supplements first (they say use of their products are not required to participate in their challenges, but it is strongly encouraged)…then they try to rope you in as a distributor ( they are called ‘Legionnaires’) at which point you have to buy a “starter kit”, etc, etc. Sounds like typical MLM bravo sierra to me, but I’d like your opinion….
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The irony of calling it Legionnaires! It makes me think of the disease haha. God knows MLMs are a blight on civilisation!
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I wish you would give an update on Visalus. Have they closed down?
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Visalus is still running.
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Misery loves company…lol.
You all sound very ignorant, and angry towards mlm opportunities. Anyway, mlm has made me a lot of money, and I’ve helped a huge amount of people make money as well, even my sponsor.
MLM allows you to become the CEO of your own organization and puts you at the top of the pyramid scheme, as you all call it, lol. You are giving out the wrong information and don’t understand how network marketing works, nor do your supporters. I laugh when I read some of the crap that flies out of your mouth.
Keep in mind, a job will not give you the financial freedom plan you deserve. Network marketing and mlm will, you just need to understand and work the business helping others succeed first, then you will succeed. Your description above sounds like a job not mlm, plus mlm pays you multiple levels of income while your job pays you only on one level, and the money flows up to the CEO. Just because someone didn’t succeed in a particular mlm opportunity doesn’t mean it does not work, get a grip. Your supporters haven’t got the character, balls or drive to run a successful online business, or maybe they ran into an opportunity that’s left a bad taste in there mouth.
Never the less. A J.O.B. (JUST OVER BROKE) is not going to satisfy those who have an unshakable desire to succeed in mlm, network marketing, and pyramid schemes as you like to call them lol. As a matter of fact, your job, school, church etc… is the biggest pyramid scheme ever, and besides, you don’t have a solution to the economic crisis we’re facing in today’s economy, do you? I didn’t think so.
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You do not have the freedom to sell any products you wish. You do not control where you can sell the products you offer. You do not control the price that you can sell your products for. Your customers are the MLMs customers and not your own. Your distributorship can be shutdown at any time by the MLM company you represent. You are a salesperson for a business or corporation who makes all the decisions for you. You are not the CEO of your own business. You are recruiting people into a scam where 90% of people do not make money. You are making the economic crisis worse for people. Stop scamming people.
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You’re a customer, not a CEO.
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Hello Ethan-Vanderbuilt; Thank You towards this subject in which are 100% true which pertain
towards the MLM income opportunity niche. But you forgot to add this other part that is
related to MLM; Once a new naive member (as I used to be) joins an MLM. The next part
is doing either or both which is online & /or offline advertising & marketing.
The online advertising/marketing is as well a big scam in itself I discovered. The
online advertising/marketing niche is as well full of the same & similar lies &
deception I discovered that goes hand in hand with the MLM scams.
This is what I discovered. NO matter what advertising/marketing service provider
I purchased from. I received ZERO results from all of them which lead me to
quit MLM. Over the many years I have lost thousands of dollars towards these
advertising/marketing service providers. Thanks!
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Thank you George for sharing your personal experience.
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Nice.
Here is a 10th one:
“No one makes any money on the training tools. They are done for your benefit”.
Much (most) of the money made by the people at the top of the pyramid is made on the training tools and seminars. For example, an Amway Diamond makes 75-90% of his/her money from the sales of seminars and other tools. Of course his/her life is great; 500 people just paid $200 each to hear them say how great their lives are…..
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The tools scam is a classic!
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