Comments on: Is Melaleuca a closet MLM Company?

By: Tedd

Tedd — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:57:41 +0000

Sounds like Tina knows what she’s talking about!

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:11:17 +0000

It’s really easy for the casual observer to confuse Melaleuca with a tradional MLM, but they are NOT. Regardless, not all MLM’s are bad but most often people get hurt, don’t make very much money or even lose money. Yes, Melaleuca does pay residual commissions throughout seven referral generations, BUT you cannot get rich off of others work. It doesn’t matter who got in first, anyone can make more money than the next, you have to HELP others to advance and produce leadership points to earn on all 7 generations continually. There are NO break aways and technically no UP or down line. They have a truly unique business model that others are trying to copy and just CAN’T. There is no RISK and no way for anyone to get hurt, whether just as a preferred customer or building a business. Regardless of any debates, you cannot deny the facts and those are that their products are amazing and so is the opportunity. I LOVE THIS COMPANY! If you really wanted to get to know them and what they stand for, check out: http://www.melaleuca.com/introduction

In reference to another guys comment about retail vs. preferred customer. You can shop at retail prices w/o membership benefits. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

By: jackie

jackie — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:18:33 +0000

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!

By: Steve L.

Steve L. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:28:13 +0000

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?

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:18:55 +0000

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.

By: Ty

Ty — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:12:11 +0000

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.

By: Sufia Byrd

Sufia Byrd — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:58:00 +0000

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?”

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:44:45 +0000

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.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:05:27 +0000

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.

By: Philena Rush

Philena Rush — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:37:58 +0000

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.