column · November 2005
Inside Network Marketing - Deconstructing MLM pay plans
Yes, the quality of one's products should be the dominant decision making factor, and there is certainly a trend over the last few years in that direction, but alas, that's still the way it should be, not the way it is.


Yes, the quality of one's products should be the dominant decision making factor, and there is certainly a trend over the last few years in that direction, but alas, that's still the way it should be, not the way it is.
Today it seems every MLM company out there is doing everything they can to convince us that their machine is more efficient at this process than everyone else's.
The sales volume producing potential of the product line is the primary factor when judging the income potential of an MLM opportunity.
That this, income which the plan was suppose to pay out, but, instead, was retained by the company. Or, those designed to create illusionary income. That is, income you receive in theory, but usually never receive in real life.
And, much like a renegade magician who's been ostracized by his pears for revealing how the trick works, I'm going to expose how all the compensation plan tricks work.