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Definition of Multilevel Marketing (MLM)


   

Definition:

Multilevel Marketing is selling products by using independent distributors and allowing these distributors to build and manage their own sales force by recruiting, motivating, supplying, and training others to sell products. The distributors' compensation includes their own sales and a percentage of the sales of their sales group (downline).

Another description is any business where payouts occur at two or more levels; i.e., if you make a sale, both you and the person above you will get a portion of the proceeds.

Related Terms:

Consumer-Direct Marketing
Network Marketing
Pyramid Scheme

Related Information:

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Related Books:

Inside Network Marketing
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