As the United States plunges into weeks of quarantine, multi-level marketing distributors are looking to fear and panic as a new opportunity. They offer work-from-home and promise to make up…
On The Level
This podcast by Yahoo Finance is a part of their Illegal Tender series. The season explores multi-level marketing and it’s effects on women. “1 in 3 people have been pressured…
Consultants of The Pampered Chef company sell housewares and kitchen products. These consultants are not employees of The Pampered Chef. Instead, they are more like independent contractors. There is no…
Annualizing earnings is common tactic when inflating income in income disclosure statements. The disclosures make this even more misleading by not including the months where a participant didn’t earn anything.…
We’re on the hunt to find mascaras that are as good or better than the Perfect Mascara from LimeLife by Alcone. Everyone wants something different out of their mascara. Choose…
I usually trust brands that I love. These days, it requires a little more research though. I try to avoid purchases from companies that don’t have fair business models or…
The dietary supplement company Advocare was fined $150 million by the federal trade commission. The FTC explained that the Avocare business model “was a pyramid scheme.” Avocare operated for around…
Color Street sells nail strips. These colorful nail polish strips promise to be easier to apply than traditional nail polish. They come in hundreds of designs and are sold through…
On July 19th, AdvoCare is changing from an MLM compensation model to a single-level compensation plan. In other words, AdvoCare will only pay distributors commissions for their wholesale and retail…
Samantha B. digs into multi-level marketing and what they mean for women.