ABC News Coverage: Direct Selling on the Rise

[juanjosef66]

increible me gusto mucho su video gracias

[shakesituptube]

Great video. I think most people just think you sign up, sit back and wait. But, it's hard work just not 'traditional' 8 to 5pm.

[1million80]

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[divabikinis]

Direct sales is great. Fortune Hi-Tech has been slammed with a 2nd class-action lawsuit last week in California

[sbohandley]

I respect Direct Sales, but that is not to be confused with MLM/Network marketing Pyramid Schemes. In direct sales you get paid for the work you do, in MLM you get paid for recruiting and the work THEY DO!

[funowner]

@sbohandley Absolutely. It's kind of like when you go to work and your boss makes money off of the work you do. A pyramid scheme, like the one where you have a boss at top and workers on the bottom?

[sbohandley]

@funowner Yes, but employers pay wages. I have no problem with direct sales where the consultant makes a 50% commission. But, when the offer revolves around endless chain recruiting and your direct upline makes more money off a transaction than that consultant than the system. When you make your money off a downline and an up line makes their money off of you, that is a PYRAMID SCHEME. The fact there is a product is of on consequence.

[MoisesZTech]

@sbohandley For real info, go watch Brilliant Compensation by Tim Sales. And no I'm not telling you to buy it, go on Youtube or buildyordream (dot) com and click on opportunity and on there will be a condensed 27 min version. It's better to be well-informed than to go off on what you hear from other people.

[MoisesZTech]

@sbohandley Also, MLM is a type of direct selling and some companies that are in the DSA are actually legitimate MLM companies. Ever heard of Amway or Herbalife? They've been running for over 30 years and they operate primarily as MLM companies. Wouldn't you think if MLM is a pyramid scheme that the government would shut down these companies?

[sbohandley]

@MoisesZTech MLM is not illegal because the Republican party gets lots of money from the industry and Bush Even appointed a former Amway attorney to head the FTC. Also, the courts in 1979's Amway decsion made a fatal error by not understanding the difference between market and total saturation. Total saturation is 10,000 distributors serving 10,000 people, where market saturation could occur with 5-10 distributors in a town the size of 10,000.

[sbohandley]

@funowner It isn’t the shape of the organization that is important, but the endless chain of recruitment of participants as primary customers. MLM requires the climbing of a pyramid of participants in order to make enough money to profit to any significant degree. But unlike a corporate pyramid, in MLM and other types of pyramid schemes, virtually all of those at the bottom (the "downline") lose money (some a lot of money), where in a corporation, those at the bottom at least get a minimum wage.

[MoisesZTech]

@sbohandley Why in the world would anyone want minimum wage? You can chose wages but I'll stick with profits since I know I'm worth more than that. Plus, it's not that smart to work for someone else using your time and hoping that the manager will not fire you. I'm in a company in which many of the top money earners actually were sponsored well after the formulation stage and made more money than their sponsor.

[sbohandley]

@MoisesZTech I never said anyone would "want minimum wage". But, that is a hell of a lot better than falling for a barely legal MLM scam where 99.9% of participants lose money. Also, in MLM profits should not be confused with payment. In MLM all the earnings go to a successful recruitment campaign to replace the massive dropouts in your network.

[AlessandroVolta1]

To sell these things you need to pester your friends, co-workers, relatives, & neighbors. You guilt them into buying one or more of these things. Then you need to recruit them to do the same thing. Reality, you make $s signing people up & selling them inventory. How many baskets does

one need? What is the replacement cycle? If you answer these questions

& you're lucid, then you know the product is meaningless, it is just a pyramid scheme, with the baskets only there for legal reasons.

[DebBixler]

Cool video.  Such good press for the industry. Thanks for putting this up. I was at the Longaberger Bee one year as a vendor at the street fair and had a great time meeting many successful leaders then getting to know them better at training events.

[sektion8music]

WOW!! GOT THE CHILLS!!!! A STAY AT HOME MOM STARTED @ 200 DOLLARS A MONTH TO NOW MAKING 2,000 A MONTH...

[AlessandroVolta1]

@sektion8music Yes, she makes 2000k per month, but they aren't telling you how much it is costing her. Every basket for inventory, buying into the organization, all the stuff you need to supply for a party, every brochure, business cards, all sold to you from the company btw. They also didn't mention how many people max out thier credit cards trying to buy their way to 2000k per month. It is a pyramid scam. This ladies husband makes big money,don't fall for it.

[VotreVuChic]

Great story! I have been in DS for 5 years and I love the fact that mainstream media is giving our industry such validation.

A key point of this video - there are many companies so finding a product you love should be easy. For me, thats skin care

Start your business with someone who knows what they are doing so you can receive the proper training. DS is "simple, but not easy" and a good mentor can help you get stay on course.

Good luck,

Traci

[LiveWellDiva]

i agree Traci, direct sales is shedding the stigma it had from decades ago. Have you noticed they're even starting to run television ads for direct sales companies? i think that just speaks to the direction our nation is heading, lots more people are open to new opportunities and new ways to generate substantial income for their families. Let the revolution begin:)

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