Commie Bastards Restrict MLM Downline Growth!

With Egypt’s recent freedom it’s hard to believe that dictatorships are still arising. And worst of all the commie bastards have reached MLM.

I love the MLM industry, and it seems contradictory to me that in an industry where people value their freedom from a boss, freedom from a crappy job, freedom from a strict work schedule and the freedom to have control of their income that anyone has allowed for restrictions on any of those things.

I’ve been pitched recently on a couple of MLM’s that claim to be the NON-MLM solution. They feel that the “pyramid” of MLM creates only a few rich people at the top and lets those at the bottom suffer. (duh, that’s what pyramids do, however, in MLM any average Joe has the freedom and ability to reach the top, unlike corporate America). So a few MLM’s (wait, my bad,,, NON-MLMs) have stepped in to create a socialism comp plan to make everything “fair” for everyone.

(NOTE: I’m not going to mention the names of any of the companies that do this. There’s more than one that does this. And don’t get all pissed off if your MLM does this. It’s just my opinion, don’t be so serious,,, cuz I’m not)

Here’s a general idea of how it works.

You are allowed a maximum number of people to join per month for a total period of 24 months. The companies I’ve been pitched on lately have a maximum number of 1 person per month. So that means you are given 24 vacant spots in your downline to fill over a 2 year period. If you have more than 1 person that wants to join, then they get on a waiting list.

There are certain conditions under which you are able to bring in more. For example: if you reach a magical level in the company and your downline doesn’t bring in anyone that month, then their vacant spots roll up to you and you can put extra people from your waiting list into your downline. (Some of the companies using this structure also have unlimited “open enrollment” at various times of the year, or if you hit a certain qualifying level, or if your waiting list hits a certain number where you can sponsor as many people as you want.)

Let’s look at that more closely. You’re only allowed 24 people to come into your downline. If you make a mistake or have a family emergency and don’t bring someone in that month then you sacrifice that spot to your upline and they get to fill it for themselves. There’s a chance later that you will get vacant spots that will roll up to you from your downline. Or you qualify to draw vacancies from the company pool. But if that doesn’t happen, then you just lost a sponsoring placement.

I don’t get it.

MLM was created so that there could be the freedom for people to be creative, expressive, break free from the restrictions at their job and create their own financial freedom. So why in the hell did someone think it was a good idea to create an MLM that restricts the possibilities of financial freedom that are possible with MLM?

Oh that’s right, they call it a NON-MLM because their idea is that you build a single line of reps below you. Got news for you guys, once your downline start sponsoring it’s still going to branch out like a pyramid. However, it’s going to be restricted so it won’t grow into too large of a pyramid. So if you don’t want to be in an MLM,,, then don’t join one!

I got into MLM to get away from the restrictions, the “being fair” and everyone having their own “fair share”. That’s bordering on socialism to me. I wanted the freedom to be able to dictate my own income level based off of my own production boosted by the leverage of a network. I think a restriction on how many people you can sponsor per month is the exact opposite of what MLM stands for. Which is why I guess they call it a NON-MLM.

If I broke your heart and hurt your feelings today because you are in one of the companies that support the “NON-MLM” socialist theory of sponsoring, don’t take it personal. We all have our own utopian ideas of what we want to be a part of and build in this world. You build your single line twig of a downline and I’ll go build an empire with the freedom to sponsor at will (no waiting line here).

NOTE (added after original posting of this article): After receiving some of the comments below I would like to point out AGAIN that I NEVER mention any particular company in this post. I am talking about the STRUCTURE of the more than 1 company’s COMP PLAN and sponsoring methods. (So don’t take this so damn personal and get all butt hurt, because if you support this kind of comp plan and sponsoring structure then OBVIOUSLY you don’t like the methods of the company I am in. And if that’s the case, then write your own blog post about how you hate unlimited income and that you don’t like the freedom to build your business at the pace you choose.)

And if your panties are in a bunch because you think I didn’t do my “research” on your company before writing this… I researched more than one company that does this therefore I didn’t give specifics of any one company. It’s the IDEA of restriction that I’m talking about here, I am not talking about you, not your company, and not your product.

Just thought I’d clarify that for those that are seeing red and are ready to slit my throat the second that they assume that I’m singling out their company.

 

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