Category: MLMs

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Are Affiliate Marketing and Sponsorships Really Better Than MLMs?

One thing I frequently heard a semi-famous Anti-MLM Youtuber, whom I will not name because this is not shade at any one person, is that, “affiliate marketing is not like MLMs”. This seems in part to be a way for creators to make money. After-all, there has to be some way to make money and…
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Are MLMs all bad? What about Scentsy?

There is a growing trend on social media, forums, and even in documentaries (LulaRich, anyone?) that goes after every single MLM on the market and accuses them all of being pyramid-schemes that aim to trick unwitting housewives and gym-bros out of their free time and acquaintances to drive profits up an endless food chain that…
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How TEMU is Similar to MLMs

After the Superbowl of 2022, the world was abuzz with links to a new shopping at promoting, “shopping like a billionaire.” My mother bought me my first TEMU item almost immediately after—an adorable tiny teal Peep Easter plushie which I love to this day. TEMU offered regular products at super low prices, often undercutting even…
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MLMs and Their Predatory Nature

I am currently finishing up the end processing becoming a counsellor in Canada, this means a Master’s level program. I am also an army spouse—and so many of our community are victims to the MLM world. I’ve always been anti-mlm and would roll my eyes at Avon far longer than anybody else, despite knowing numerous…
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