People 'shunn' MLM's and prefer a one-to one form of earning such as typical affiiliate programmes.

Many (especially companies such as Paypal) shunn MLM's because :

1)they know youd make more money than them even though you may be using their online account system.

2)you do get rich off them! However it takes ages to find genuine MLM than an affiliate one.

MLMs are quite tricky and some of them do work. However, MLMs tend to be unstable. In other words, run for a short time and close down, I recommend you an affiliate program which is selling multiple products and services.

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They take time and money away from people who usually are the ones in society least able to afford to lose money.

Every one of them has the same come on at the front end enticing you.

Nobody need to pay someone to do nothing. If you need to make money the only way to do it is 'work'. This in almost all cases requires you to leave home. Been that way for hundreds of years and it isn't going to change in the near future.

MLM's attempt to lure you in by promising riches by developing a sales staff under you and they will supply the product. All you have to do is manage the people below you and if you do that money will come into your mailbox weekly.

BS.

Google 'pyramid scheme' and except for some minor changes to the concept that's what most of these are.

My MLM success is all narrowed down to 4 things.

1. My MLM Prospecting: I use SiteBuildIt to create my websites. There is nothing better.

2. For getting MLM Referrals: An online/offline support tool for getting referrals for network marketers from all companies. (Take a free trial and you will see what I mean)

3. My MLM Autoresponders: Follow Up is handled by AWeber. And the campaign sharing facility allows my sequence of follow up messages to be copied from my account straight into my new downline's account so that I can get him/her in full swing in quick time.

4. My MLM Training: All handled in the Renegade Network Marketer.

All sown up in a neat bundle, and for my new downlines struggling with the prospecting aspect, we have plenty of qualified leads for them to get started on. They can then begin learning to do their own prospecting when they have already got a healthy cash flow

My experience as been both positive and negative. despite all the claims, success in MLM requires knowledge and skills. You will put yourself leaps and bounds above the rest if you commit to research many companies and study the industry as a whole.
If you would like some industry facts that don't focus on a single company, I have a link to a valuable e-book in my profile here at Yahoo Answers.

Best Regards!

My experience in MLM has been highly educational. I have found the there is several ways to market your opportunity, service and/or product without hassling your friends or family. Friends and family should remain as such.

BEST WISHES!