Questions About MLM/Networking

[viper888]

It's about as financially sustainable as constantly looking for people to ask money from

[uls]

wanna start your own MLM?

here's a local manufacturer of sodium ascorbate and other food supplements

Fda Oem Healthcare Capsules Sodium Ascorbate - Buy Sodium Ascorbate,Dealthcare Supplement Product on Alibaba.com

[katsupoy]

meron nakasalubong ako sa daan na naka mustang may nakasulat sa winshield na Frontrow tapos eto pa nakalagay sa plate nya UNDER GRAD :p

yung tropa ko naman matagal na ako kinukulit na sumali sa aim global kesyo yung kasamahan nya naka gtr pinakita nya pa video pinakamot gulong nung may ari.

tapos mga ilan linggo naman panay post nya sa fb na iba iba na auto nya na mamahalin kesyo meron sya bago bahay para parkingan ng auto lang. pag hinanap nung nag comment sabi nya nabenta nya na kasi sawa na siya,meron din nag comment na tropa namin na sauli nya na sa may ari hahahah! bago pic nya nakasakay sya sa ferrari. ayoko na siya kamustahin mangungulit lang at alam nya naman na ayoko talaga. eto pa artista siya sa isang show tuwing weekend :D

[Calistro]

Nainvite ako dati sa nu skin. Hindi ko gusto un dadalhn ka pa sa mcdo at papakainin ng libre para lang pumirma sa kontrata at maghulog ng sapilitan sa kit nila. Mga itsura pa naman nun mga nakasama ko eh mukhang napipilitan lang. Wala sa loob magbenta.

[jaggerx3]

Nakakainis yung pa - SC nila. Yung meeting niyo sa Starbucks pa tapos papa group pic.

Tapos may nasalihan ako na group ng MLM. May nag post na pa-help daw pumili ng kulay ng sasakyan. Dafuq.

[speed_kills]

Here's my take on MLM as I was a part of one right after graduating from school...

The good...

At least for the legit ones wherein you earn commissions based on products sold, there's nothing wrong with the business structure in theory as it is just another form of distribution.

I was lucky to be part of a strong team as I improved my communication skills, traveled to many new places, got to hang out with many interesting people, while at the same time had fun. I probably learned more in my 2 years being with this MLM company than my 4 years in college.

It was also here where I earned my first few millions during my early 20's which by the way, I didn't use to splurge on luxury cars although of course I did enjoy it for awhile (sorry but I find those TFD stickers outside flashy cars very distasteful).

The bad...

Since I got to meet many types of people, it also involved having to deal with scammers, know-it-alls, and experience complicated situations like love affairs between sales reps, etc. This business was a big eye opener and I came to know early how the world works.

The ugly...

What drives your income was the ability to continuously recruit new people. I saw many broken dreams, people who left their stable careers, and people with maxed out cards or resorted in borrowing from fellow members to complete their monthly quotas.

Team leaders regularly organized "business opportunity meetings" to lure people to start their "own" MLM businesses as it was a necessity to keep the business momentum going to reach quotas and be eligible for commissions. But when recruitment slowed down, incomes started to fall and groups disbanded.

Eventually, I felt bothered as those business meetings made so many claims yet less than 1% actually earned anything close to income levels promised. I also questioned MLM as an ethical business as people will always manipulate the system to fast track promotions/incomes while the company looked the other way.

Looking back, I was lucky to decide get out of it early since I was still young. But until today, I feel very sorry for friends who stayed too long only to fail later on. As a business or career, I'm unsure if I can ever recommend MLM to anyone. However, I still appreciate the fact that MLM can actually be a good self-improvement tool or meet people from many backgrounds.

[Calistro]

Being on any sales / marketing can teach you those skills, as long as it's not inside a mall botique . Notice how those working students are better professionally than most people out of college. They have work experience in dealing with people, compared to students who just go to school and try to do their mark. That's why joining school organizations are encouraged early on .

[uls]

Here's my take on MLM as I was a part of one right after graduating from school...

The good...

At least for the legit ones wherein you earn commissions based on products sold, there's nothing wrong with the business structure in theory as it is just another form of distribution.

I was lucky to be part of a strong team as I improved my communication skills, traveled to many new places, got to hang out with many interesting people, while at the same time had fun. I probably learned more in my 2 years being with this MLM company than my 4 years in college.

It was also here where I earned my first few millions during my early 20's which by the way, I didn't use to splurge on luxury cars although of course I did enjoy it for awhile (sorry but I find those TFD stickers outside flashy cars very distasteful).

The bad...

Since I got to meet many types of people, it also involved having to deal with scammers, know-it-alls, and experience complicated situations like love affairs between sales reps, etc. This business was a big eye opener and I came to know early how the world works.

The ugly...

What drives your income was the ability to continuously recruit new people. I saw many broken dreams, people who left their stable careers, and people with maxed out cards or resorted in borrowing from fellow members to complete their monthly quotas.

Team leaders regularly organized "business opportunity meetings" to lure people to start their "own" MLM businesses as it was a necessity to keep the business momentum going to reach quotas and be eligible for commissions. But when recruitment slowed down, incomes started to fall and groups disbanded.

Eventually, I felt bothered as those business meetings made so many claims yet less than 1% actually earned anything close to income levels promised. I also questioned MLM as an ethical business as people will always manipulate the system to fast track promotions/incomes while the company looked the other way.

Looking back, I was lucky to decide get out of it early since I was still young. But until today, I feel very sorry for friends who stayed too long only to fail later on. As a business or career, I'm unsure if I can ever recommend MLM to anyone. However, I still appreciate the fact that MLM can actually be a good self-improvement tool or meet people from many backgrounds.

nice post dude

[greatauror28]

Here's my take on MLM as I was a part of one right after graduating from school...

The good...

At least for the legit ones wherein you earn commissions based on products sold, there's nothing wrong with the business structure in theory as it is just another form of distribution.

I was lucky to be part of a strong team as I improved my communication skills, traveled to many new places, got to hang out with many interesting people, while at the same time had fun. I probably learned more in my 2 years being with this MLM company than my 4 years in college.

It was also here where I earned my first few millions during my early 20's which by the way, I didn't use to splurge on luxury cars although of course I did enjoy it for awhile (sorry but I find those TFD stickers outside flashy cars very distasteful).

The bad...

Since I got to meet many types of people, it also involved having to deal with scammers, know-it-alls, and experience complicated situations like love affairs between sales reps, etc. This business was a big eye opener and I came to know early how the world works.

The ugly...

What drives your income was the ability to continuously recruit new people. I saw many broken dreams, people who left their stable careers, and people with maxed out cards or resorted in borrowing from fellow members to complete their monthly quotas.

Team leaders regularly organized "business opportunity meetings" to lure people to start their "own" MLM businesses as it was a necessity to keep the business momentum going to reach quotas and be eligible for commissions. But when recruitment slowed down, incomes started to fall and groups disbanded.

Eventually, I felt bothered as those business meetings made so many claims yet less than 1% actually earned anything close to income levels promised. I also questioned MLM as an ethical business as people will always manipulate the system to fast track promotions/incomes while the company looked the other way.

Looking back, I was lucky to decide get out of it early since I was still young. But until today, I feel very sorry for friends who stayed too long only to fail later on. As a business or career, I'm unsure if I can ever recommend MLM to anyone. However, I still appreciate the fact that MLM can actually be a good self-improvement tool or meet people from many backgrounds.

Can I share this on facebook?
No, seriously, as alot of my facebook friends are being drawn into the promise-filled, colorful world of networking/MLM.
There's even a colleague of mine who works in SG as an IT but seems like he's prioritizing his MLM more than his day job.
He needs an eye opener.

[jaggerx3]

Bakit kaya hindi habulin ng BIR ang mga MLM na eto. Di ba malaki daw kita nila

[dreamur]

Kasi they are just selling dreams and feeding on the greed of the people to get rich. That is why they need to display the cars and the checks for all to see. Actually, the best prooff is the bank statement kasi un check malay mo hindi pala dinideposito kasi walang laman ang banco. The statement would show how much money went in and how much went out. For all we know, pinapaikot lang ang pera ng 2 or 3 topliners.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

[dreamur]

In case the link did not work, I have copy-pasted here an article about MLM. Long read though. The link is at the end.

MLM/Networking Scam or not?

Let me start by directly answering the title. MLM/Networking business model IS NOT A SCAM...

BUT ONLY IF IT IS**PRODUCT BASED...

What I mean is that true legitimate networking should only be a way of distributing the PRODUCT or SERVICES. Not just any product, but quality fair priced product. Products that people buy because they need or want it*NOT*that they have to because it is required.*

Some very good example of true networking companies are AVON, MSE, Tupperware, Sara Lee, Red Logo, etc.. Im sure most of you are familiar with most of these companies. From the start, there is nothing you can complain about them. You immediately know without doubt they are doing legitimate business.
The same thing also happens when you are invited in one of those dodgy seminars, trainings or job interviews. You immediately have a bad feeling the first time you hear their opening spiel. That is because they really are a crap. They do not sell products or services, what they are selling are promises of riches, false hopes and dreams you can have in a short period of time sometimes without doing anything. Many of them also comes with products just to avoid or work around legalities, but it is very clear on how they make money. Its all about recruits/invites/heads you put below you. Their products are just junks and OVERPRICED because what you really pay for is the commissions of those layers above you going up to the top of the pyramid, not the value product. This system is what I call PYRAMIDING SCHEME and that for me is a SCAM! Unfortunately, there are many of them out there, or shall I say MAJORITY of these so called networking companies are RECRUITMENT BASED and therefore a Pyramiding scheme, a SCAM!**

Read the rest here...
http://scamornotdebate.blogspot.com/...r-not.html?m=1

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

[dreamur]

Good luck bro. You have been forwarned.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

[jansky]

Good luck bro. You have been forwarned.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

thanks. sir.. Im just educating my self about this MLM..


Anyway, If ever na makita ko na maganda rin naman maidudulot ng mlm sa akin why not try

[jut703]

Also, I know about 15 of my batchmates na nag-MLM. So far, 2 lang naman yung allegedly malaki na yung income.

Yung isa nakakuha daw 6M dahil nakareach siya ng certain level. Pero nakataxi pa rin. Iniisip ko lang kung totoong may 6M siya kahit basic na secondhand na kotse bibili siya for mobility. Yung isa naman may pahashtag #sixfigures pang nalalaman sa instagram.




Posted via Tsikot Mobile App

[jansky]

Also, I know about 15 of my batchmates na nag-MLM. So far, 2 lang naman yung allegedly malaki na yung income.

Yung isa nakakuha daw 6M dahil nakareach siya ng certain level. Pero nakataxi pa rin. Iniisip ko lang kung totoong may 6M siya kahit basic na secondhand na kotse bibili siya for mobility. Yung isa naman may pahashtag #sixfigures pang nalalaman sa instagram.




Posted via Tsikot Mobile App

mukhang may scam part ung nagsabing kumita ng 6M pero naka taxi,

on other side.. kung may 15 na sumali, may dalawang umangat.. siguro nga it all depends kung gaano ka din kasipag , masipag lang siguro ung dalawang umangat ( as what UlS pointed out)

[jut703]

on other side.. kung may 15 na sumali, may dalawang umangat.. siguro nga it all depends kung gaano ka din kasipag , masipag lang siguro ung dalawang umangat ( as what UlS pointed out)

Thing is, those people could've gotten decent corporate jobs. As fresh grads they could've earned 20-25k/month salaries. Eh sa pag-MLM nila hirap silang mabawi yung starter kit nila, tapos wala na silang friends and dignidad.

You could say that starting a business is just as risky, but a business is something you can be proud of, something that doesn't require selling false hope of fortune.



Posted via Tsikot Mobile App

[uls]

Thing is, those people could've gotten decent corporate jobs. As fresh grads they could've earned 20-25k/month salaries. Eh sa pag-MLM nila hirap silang mabawi yung starter kit nila, tapos wala na silang friends and dignidad.

You could say that starting a business is just as risky, but a business is something you can be proud of, something that doesn't require selling false hope of fortune.



Posted via Tsikot Mobile App

yeah many MLMers have a hard time earning back the joining fee

many people don't care about dignity

pera pera lang eh

kahit ano paraan basta magkapera

kaya sa society natin madami shady characters

people who have assets pero di mo alam saan galing ang pambili

wala naman trabaho, wala naman visible business

--

people think in order to join the "club" all you need is money

but once you're there you realize you don't really fit in

everybody knows what everybody else does for a living

they can smell shady a mile away

they can tell you have no values

so what do you do?

you go hang with other shady people nalang

[Bin Diesel]

Also, I know about 15 of my batchmates na nag-MLM. So far, 2 lang naman yung allegedly malaki na yung income.

Yung isa nakakuha daw 6M dahil nakareach siya ng certain level. Pero nakataxi pa rin. Iniisip ko lang kung totoong may 6M siya kahit basic na secondhand na kotse bibili siya for mobility. Yung isa naman may pahashtag #sixfigures pang nalalaman sa instagram.




Posted via Tsikot Mobile App

Officemate ko nga e #millionnairesclub saan ka pa.

May nagyaya na sa akin dati sa ganyan pero ayaw ko talaga sumama sa seminar, one time sabi sa akin may kilala daw siya na magpapadesign ng electrical lay-out sa bahay so sumama ako pagdating sa place alam na seminar pala at ang aangas pa ng mga tao. I stood up, left, and didn't talk to that guy ever again. Sabi ko kapag nakita ko pa siya uupakan ko siya, sagot sa akin white lie naman daw yun sagot ko pabalik isang malutong na G*G0.

[foifoi05]

Officemate ko nga e #millionnairesclub saan ka pa.

May nagyaya na sa akin dati sa ganyan pero ayaw ko talaga sumama sa seminar, one time sabi sa akin may kilala daw siya na magpapadesign ng electrical lay-out sa bahay so sumama ako pagdating sa place alam na seminar pala at ang aangas pa ng mga tao. I stood up, left, and didn't talk to that guy ever again. Sabi ko kapag nakita ko pa siya uupakan ko siya, sagot sa akin white lie naman daw yun sagot ko pabalik isang malutong na G*G0.

GRABE GANYAN DIN NANGYARI SA AKIN DALAWANG BESES PA!

couple of years ago papadesign ng office yun pala yung seminar sa office na yun,

tapos recently yung isa naman chicks paparenovate ng condo, pasukat sukat pa ako tapos bebentahan lang pala ako ng usana, kinutuban na ako tagal naman kasi di nagpaparamdam yun

hahaha