A strategy used in the Direct Sales industry to encourage existing distributors to recruit new distributors. Should they do so, they receive a percentage of the new recruit’s sales as an incentive. Distributors are typically part-time, commission-only workers. Amway and Justine cosmetics are good examples of Multi-Level Marketing. Not to be confused with so-called Pyramid Schemes, which are outlawed in many countries.

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