LuLaRoe leggings have become popular, and therefore the multi-level marketing (MLM) “business” of LuLaRoe has taken off. I’ve said over and over that multi-level marketing is not a business because more than 99% of participants lose money. But I wanted Read more…
Written by Raisinberry To be honest, the actual title of the USA Today article, dated Oct 10, 2016, said millenials “wanted”. That great 130 year old multi-level marketing giant, Avon, has spun off a private company called the North American Read more…
Fox News in Los Angeles did an exposé on multi-level marketing company Fortune Hi Tech Marketing. This video exposes the truth behind the company: operating like a pyramid scheme, dismal failure rates, false earnings representations, few making any money, broken Read more…
Total Vindication in Malicious Lawsuit Brought by Medifast and its MLM Division Take Shape For Life
Written by Tracy Coenen More than a year ago, Medifast Inc. (NYSE:MED) sued me, my company Sequence Inc, Barry Minkow, his company Fraud Discovery Institute, Robert FitzPatrick, William Lobdell, and an anonymous message board poster for defamation. Barry Minkow and Read more…
I’ve long felt that Avon is really no better than any other MLM out there which pushes recruiting and building the pyramid. For years, Avon did have more of a focus on retail sales, but the profits to be made Read more…
It’s easy for us to forget that other MLMs suck just as bad as Mary Kay. I haven’t yet found one that isn’t a basic recruiting scheme, with the “real” money given out for recruiting (since the companies can’t stay Read more…
The big pink vultures are out in force. They smell fresh blood…. the blood of Weekenders representatives who are left in the cold as the company shuts its doors. What does this say about Mary Kay? Doesn't it Read more…
The story of Robin Blackmon Dunda broke in the early days of Pink Truth (known then as Mary Kay Sucks). She was unceremoniously booted from Mary Kay with a 30-day termination letter . Her Mary Kay career came to an Read more…
Written by mkdv24 Tupperware. Need I say more? Yes, my friends – Tupperware is an MLM, just like Mary Kay Cosmetics. Tupperware has been around for 40 years, and it started off as one of the first direct sales home Read more…
Recently Cookie Lee (jewelry MLM) has had a lot of problems, including apparently major corporate downsizing and exodus of consultants. The situation has gotten so dire, that many are wondering if the company is going under. In comes Fashion Paramedic. Read more…
I think it is very telling that Jamie does not let her consultants see the totals for the directors!!!
I saw that series! Kirsten Dunst played the lead and the show was loosely based on Amway.
Excellent eye opener!
There was a TV series on MLMs 5 years ago, I caught it, and it was frighteningly realistic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Becoming_a_God_in_Central_Florida Again,…
Thanks for this great breakdown, Frosty! Seeing a real-life example like this, along with the math of "what's the most…