Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Market America Pyramid Scheme. Is Market America a Scam?

By Mathew S. Robar

Is Market America a scam or pyramid scheme? We will examine precisely this in the following review.

Market America is headquartered in North Carolina and was founded in 1992 by James Ridinger. Mr Ridinger was formerly with Amway.

Market America has made popular a term called the "unfranchise." This refers to the ability for people to basically own a franchise without all the hassle that normally goes into it.

Market America acts as a broker. They start by finding a niche and contracting a manufacturer.

Once the product is ready, Market America will leverage their nationwide sales force to bring the product to market. Pretty cool idea actually.

As for the business structure, it is a network marketing opportunity. Each unfranchise owner running their own independent business and downline.

This again uses leverage to drive sales for the person at the top. Market America also uses business volume to determine comissions.

This Bv system work inside the comission structure to determine your payout. You will get paid depending on how many products are sold and how much bv is accumulated.

As normal in this structure, you are encouraged to begin by recruiting your friends and family.

Hotel meetings and product parties are also the norm in this business structure. If this sounds like something you would like to participate in, than Market America could be a good fit.

So is Market America Legitimate? Yes, they are a legitimate network marketing company.

It is now up to you to determine if you see yourself in a structure like the one mentioned above.

Have fun and good luck! - 15478

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