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The real money in a MLM business is not made selling product. It's made mostly by recruiting others to sell under you and if you're well established enough, by holding seminars and releasing motivational books and recordings.

I think it's a slimy business when there's a diconnect between the product and the revenue. An important question to ask then is: Would you buy the product yourself if you saw it in a store and not had it pushed on you by a desperate family member praying on your fealty?

Also, are the prices inline with a competing retail brand? If there are name brand versions out their that are priced better and the only difference the MLM offers is bundling or subscriptions, forget it.

There are a couple of MLM businesses out there such as Pampered Chef and Mary Kay that have decent products but again, you can find similar products at stores without attending high pressure sales "parties".

Derwood is correct in that to make one of these work, you have to be a truly driven salesperson who can push products on people who don't really *need* what you're selling.

Odds are that the market for whatever you'd be selling is flooded anyways. Just search ebay for Herbalife products and you'll see how many people are desperately trying to unload their inventory; the inventory they bought from the person who recruited them.

I once ran sound for an Amway rally. It was chilling.

I have an old high school friend on Facebook whos every status update revolves around a pitch for the vitamins/health racket that she's been sucked into.

I vote for STAY AWAY!

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