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Multi Level Marketing vs Home Based Direct Sales

Richard Cray

August 28, 2007

For some people, MLM is the way to go. I have met a few people over the years that swear by it. I know a few people who make over $100k a year working their program. The unfortunate part about it is that they were the only one making money. No one on their team was duplicating the efforts they were doing. Whether they were selling vitamins, travel, a gas saver product, lotions, potions, pills, cookingwares or juice beverage products, I have tried it all and it was no easy task. Once I ran out of my friends and family to bug about my new business, once I had two or three home parties, I ran out of leads, so I started buying leads in hopes to try to convert some people into my business. That is so much harder than it sounds.

Sure I made sales, but by the time I was getting to the next profit level, the people who I brought in 2-3 months ago were dropping like flies. This is why I could never make it to the next big payout level of the commission plan. For some reason, I would always fall short of the next bonus payout or car bonus. Usually, I would fall short of personal volume or group volume or I would have enough on my left side, but not enough on my right side, so I would miss out on the big payouts, month after month.

This got to be the same old stuff you hear about why MLM doesn’t work for most people and the only people making money were the people at the top of the pyramid. People with huge dowlines and people that have been in the business a long time and lists of hundreds of thousands of people to market to. For any newbie joining, good luck.

If you are looking for a home based internet business, do your due diligence. There are real opportunities out there. The only one thing we have found on the internet to work for most people is a direct sales company that pays you 100% of the sale. Companies that have a price point of less than $1000 to start. This is the only way you have a chance to succeed. Beware of the $1500 to $5000 programs, the start up company and program jumpers. The truth about start ups is that they have no track record. You have no idea if they will be in business two years later. Watch out for people who jump ship every time a new program comes out on the internet. Most importantly, be careful of the program that costs more than $1000.00. They are hard to sell, no matter how good it sounds.

MLM does not work for most people. When looking for a home based internet business, do your research. We found live training, live technical support & commissions all are factors that are imperative in achieving success with e-commerce.

I hope this helps your research in determining a company that you can be proud to represent.

By Richard and Michelle Cray Http://flash.goodmoneymachine.com

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