Joining a multi-level marketing company

Sell supplements or leggings to friends and recruit them to sell too. The recruiting is the business, and the business pays almost nobody.

Who pays you

You pay the company for a starter kit and monthly product minimums. Commissions come mainly from the purchases of people you recruit, and from theirs. The company's own income disclosures show the median participant earns nothing or loses money.

Outcomes

0 receipts. Nobody's reported back on this one yet. Receipts open when accounts launch.

The pitch

Be your own boss. Sell a product you love to your network, build a team, earn from their sales too. Retreats, cars, rank titles, a supportive community.

Where the money actually goes

Recruitment income is banned here. This site's first filter is "does your income depend on signing up other people?" For MLM the answer is yes by definition. That alone is a rejection.
The disclosures. MLM companies are often required to publish income statements. Read any of them: the median annual earning is usually below the cost of the required purchases. The top fractions of a percent earn the money shown at the rallies.
You are the customer. Monthly minimums mean the reliable buyer of the product is the participant. Garages full of unsold stock are the norm.
The social cost. Your friends and family are the market. Most people lose more relationships than money.

Money flow test: who pays you? Mostly your recruits, through the company. That's the pyramid, whatever the product on top of it.

What to do instead

If you like selling face to face, sell something with a real margin that you control: alterations, sharpening, baked goods, detailing. If you like the product, buy it retail.

Published 1 Aug 2026