Now lets get down and dirty with the facts. With Melaleuca you do get paid in levels. When you refer a Preferred Customer to Melaleuca every product point order that person places each month makes you money. So, if that person orders 50 product points then you are going to get paid from $3.50 to $10 on that person`s order alone. This may not seem like a lot, however, you can get paid on seven referral lines of customers. This income is also a residual meaning that every month the customers you have referred place an order you get paid from 7%-20% on every order placed. With MLM most or all of your income is based on commissions. With CDM, you are paid on commission, bonuses, monthly revenue sharing, and if you reach a certain level you can get a monthly car bonus.
Is Melaleuca a closet MLM Company?
May 22, 2006 by Ty | 9 Comments
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Philena Rush on August 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Love Mela. It’s the best. Getting my Fast Track Team together as we speak. The thing I love the most about the system is the financial risk is very low. And I hate for people to lose thousands of dollars trying to make something work when it’s not for them. At least they can still be happy customers no matter what, and it takes the pressure off customers that want to build a business with referrals. When it comes to products, this is the way it needs to be, and alot of newer companies are copying Mela’s business model. Don’t get me wrong, MLM is still a solid industry, but too many people fail with it, and they are stuck with thousands of dollars of products in their garages or basements. And when the companies go under like SeaSilver or Bioperformance, they are lost.
Margaret on August 8th, 2006 at 9:05 am
I think Melaleuca products are great.
I just don’t understand why they are saying Melaleuca is not MLM company, 5×7 matrix, seven levels, it looks like multilevel to me.
Miles on November 27th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Who cares? We’re just talking semantics here. People seem to define MLM in different ways so if you want Melaleuca to be an MLM company, then you’ll pick a definition that suits your beliefs. The reverse is true if you’re a company trying to differentiate yourself from companies that are well-known MLM’s (Amway etc.)
From what I’ve read, it seems like Melaleuca is a hybrid–it has important distinctions from MLM companies yet it’s not a “traditional” business model either. That’s just the way I see it though.
In the end, this is a silly thing to be discussing. The term “MLM” has been watered down a lot to the point that you could make a case for calling just about anything multi-level-marketing. It’s kind of like saying “I work with computers.”
To me it’s just like people — if someone doesn’t want to be called “Asian-American” because for whatever reason they don’t like to be boxed into other people’s stereo-types, then it personally doesn’t cause me any trouble to respect that.
Sufia Byrd on March 3rd, 2007 at 5:58 pm
There is definately a difference between Melaleuca and MLM companies. MLM’s solely depend on other business builders to expand thier business, whereas with Melaleuca, you’re simply looking for customers and the business builders will eventually surface. I would always ask this question, “Once you take away the money side of the business, do you still have a phenominal product?”
Ty on March 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Sufia,
Melaleuca is an MLM. Many people in MLM operate exactly as you described. The only difference is that many Melaleaca reps try to hide the reality of what they do.
Antonio on August 27th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Melaleuca been around for years. MLM side of it. The residual income of MLM. Most are going MLM. Most important the products. If they like the products you have a customer for life. I think the products is the most important. Another factor the pricing.
Steve L. on March 26th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Melaleuca is w/o a doubt an MLM. Although I have not yet tried their products, I like their overall product philosophy. However, I have a REAL BIG problem with corporate saying they are NOT an MLM. They pay on multi levels….they have downline/uplines….That is MLM. I see no problem in them saying Consumer Direct Marketing…because that is true…but DON’T say they are NOT MLM. This may sound silly to some, but that is what is keeping me from becoming a preferred customer. Also, by not offering a real way for someone to purchase at retail via a distributor website, isn’t this just a wholesale buying club? The retail prices are just for show. …so in essence, the preferred customer price is the “retail” price. Make sense?
jackie on June 21st, 2008 at 4:18 am
ok, so I seee the debate over MLM is still around? Melaleuca does not require you to have stoc piles of things on hand for people (piled in your basement or attack) things that you will be lucky if you can sell at a flea market to get a fraction of your money back. In a Matrix (not pyramid) you don’t have break offs you keep your customers for as long as they are customers. Your business grows with how much effort you put into it. The major thing is ….The Prouducts are flippin awesome! So even if you don’t want to go into the business…the preferred customer is the way to go!