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Originally Posted by Lucas  There are lots of big companies that don't sell directly to the consumer. You need to locate a distributor to buy their products. Most people don't go directly to the manufacturer to get the products, they go somewhere like Wal-Mart or Amazon. MLM is the same on a smaller scale. Again, if you think I am missing something, then let me know.
If that is true, why is it that I buy Melaluca products and do not sell them? My girlfriend has bought from PartyLite, and she does not hold parties. I don't like PartyLite stuff, but I think Melaluca products are great and you simply cannot get products like that anywhere outside of specialized markets.
You are right, and if someone is honestly using a product and believes in the value of the product, why not sell it? I have quit sales jobs where I do not like what I am selling.
So you are saying that anyone who buys something from anywhere is being fooled? Or are you just relegating your blanket statements to the world of MLM?
It is not the MLM industry's fault that you were hawking junk to your friends and family.
What companies did you represent in your stint in MLM? I have yet to meet anyone in my upline or company that ever said that you wouldn't have to work to get where you are, but residual comissions add up over time. Did you ever work in the insurance industry? There are people making more while they sleep than they do the work day. There are investors that do the same thing. There ARE scams in MLM, no denying it, but there are scams in every industry. There is a large income potential in MLM, but you have to work for it, just like in everything.
I am sorry, but I barely understand you. If English is not your first language I apologize.
People go into business to make money, but those people that go into business either realize that it takes work, or they fail. To me, it sounds like you got caught up in the "dream" bought into an MLM and then it didn't do anything FOR you, and you are now irate. I have had people in my downline call me and say "this is not working for me" and my response is "of cource, because you need to work. Its networking, not netcollectingacheck." If you want to collect a check and not work, try applying for welfare?
I would hope you can do me a favor and show me what product has reached market saturation? Market saturation is a myth. If I am networking in my town and I know a lot of people, say 1000 that I correspond with on a regular basis and they all have my product. Thats barely any of the populous. If it was a saturated market, there are venues all over to market in. This is contracted thinking you are attempting to push on me.
I am glad you have your views, and respect them, but I am a conscious human being that can make my own choices. I am in a network marketing based company right now and I think their product is incredible, unlike anything else on the market, the support of my colleagues is amazing and overly positive and would use the product even if I was not a distributor.
I wish you good luck with your business, but personally I don't have the capability to start on from the ground up, so I am leveraging someone else's systems to do business. You still have to build the relationships needed to do business regardless of what you do, and personally I think network marketing is great for people that don't have the capital to start something or don't have the idea yet to make their own company. You still gain the essential business skills. |
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It is not the MLM industry's fault that you were hawking junk to your friends and family.
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how do you know i did that? please don't assume things.
I never joined an mlm, I had already mentioned earlier.
Anyway, don't get personal.
Ok, lets get with the very basic. Say you sell a beauty product worth 300$
On every sale there is a commision which go to the referral and its entire upline. say 50$ is the worth of product, the rest money is divided to the referral and upline which is 250$.
In mlm, the products is never worth the price, hence its sold through mlm. because the product makers know it won't withstand the direct competition in general market. A 50$ product is sold at 300$. I know every product has it s margin which go to advertising, profits etc. but in mlm the margin has to be too high to distribute commision.
Hence all mlm products are always of a type whose worth could not be given a range. A beauty product or a medical product don't have a specific range of price.
Do you got the point now? You're buying something way less worth for a more price.
In mlm the c.p. is 10-25% of s.p., thats what is bad.
it proves that the product is crap for the price you pay. first agree on this and then we can move to all the points.