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MLM Software Administration Area
1. Admin user control - up to 4 access security levels for admin users. 2. Admin Signup (for offline signup capability) - backdate capable 3. Admin Order (for offline order capability) - backdate capable 4. Order Refund - partial refund capability. 5. Commission Calculation 6. Check Printing 7. Autoship Processing Module 8. Shopping Cart Control (Add/Delete/Edit Products/Prices/Points) 9. Personal Account System - Non Credit Card Money Handling 10. Credit Card Blacklist 11. Content Management System (CMS) to add/edit/delete public viewable pages/back office pages 12. Distributor Support Interface (CRM) 13. Translation Interface 14. Automated FAQ Help Desk Interface 15. Gift Certificate and Member Transfer control In a typical multi-level marketing or network marketing arrangement, individuals associate with a parent company as an independent contractor or franchisee and are compensated based on their sales of products or service, as well as the sales achieved by those they bring into the business. This is like many franchise companies where royalties are paid from the sales of individual franchise operations to the franchisor as well as to an area or region manager. In a legitimate MLM company, commissions are earned only on sales of the company's products or services. No money may be earned from recruiting alone ("sign-up fees"). One must analyze the compensation plan to determine whether participants are paid from actual sales to customers and not from money received from new recruits. If participants are paid from money received from new recruits, then the company is an illegal pyramid. Some less legitimate companies produce revenues primarily by attracting new participants with the hope of reward and selling them products or services of dubious value at inflated prices, as opposed to selling products or services consumers would purchase at the given price without regard to the opportunity attached. One must evaluate the products or services and determine if a significant percentage of consumers would continue to purchase them if the participants do not make money from the underlying opportunity. If the products or services have dubious value or if the participants must purchase excessive quantities without reasonable intent to use or resell said items, then the company is likely a thinly veiled illegal pyramid scheme. Multi-level marketing has a recognized image problem due to the fact that it is often difficult to distinguish legitimate MLM from illegal scams such as pyramid schemes. MLM businesses operate legitimately in the India and in more than 100 other countries, and new businesses may use terms like "affiliate marketing" or "home-based business franchising". However, many pyramid schemes try to present themselves as legitimate MLM businesses. Companies have devised various MLM compensation plans over the decades. Unilevel or Stairstep Breakaway plans are the oldest and most popular. They feature two types of distributors -- managers and non-managers -- and three types of pay: • Baseshop • Generational overrides • Executive bonuses • Matrix Plans limit the width of each level in a distributor's group, forcing strong distributors to pile ("spillover") their recruits over people who did not sponsor them. • Binary plans limit the width of each level to two legs. Commissions are based on "cycles," where a distributor is paid a fixed amount whenever both legs achieve a certain number of sales units each. Commissions are paid incrementally when the sales volume in each leg matches. • Elevator or Matrix schemes feature a game board or a list on which each distributor pays in one or more product units to participate. When a certain number of units have been paid in, the structure splits and the earlier participant receives consideration. The Matrix scheme article discusses the legality of this plan. You must do your own research as with any other investment. |
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