Written by Whiz Mary Kay is not a franchise, and here’s why the company is glad they’re not! Lots of disclosures go along with being a franchise… disclosures Mary Kay would never want to make. While I was on a Read more…

We see the monthly commissions of Mary Kay’s national sales directors, but have you ever wondered how those numbers all add up? Mary Kay Cosmetics publishes totals, and here are the figures for the six months ended December 31, 2006.

Paula Begoun, who calls herself the Cosmetics Cop, reviews Arbonne and a few of the company’s products. Paula says that she receives more email about Arbonne than any other “direct sales” cosmetics line. Now I disagree with the characterization of Read more…

When it comes to emotional manipulation in multi-level marketing companies, I think Mary Kay takes the cake. Mary Kay Cosmetics easily wins the award for best at finding weaknesses and exploiting them for all the money they’re worth. Here are Read more…

From Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert: In a crucial development that could rock the entire multi-level marketing business, a class action lawsuit has been filed this month against Quixtar (Amway) charging that the company is running an illegal pyramid Read more…

This was a General Letter to the Nikken Distributors in Holland, by Gerard Nederpel and Tineke Verton, written in August 2004.   Although this was written about Nikken, the principles are the same for many of the MLMs around the world. Read more…

Details about becoming a Silpada Designs representative, current as of September 4, 2007. Why Silpada Designs Is Unique Silpada Designs is the original and fastest growing .925 Sterling Silver Jewelry Home Show company in the United States! Our handcrafted jewelry Read more…

One of our members posted on the discussion board some marketing materials from Silpada Designs, a multi-level marketing company selling jewelry. The company is promoting the fact that there aren’t a lot of Silpada distributors yet: We’re growing rapidly, but Read more…

Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert, recently brought attention to the real political agenda of the Direct Selling Association (DSA). The DSA is a organization to which multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Mary Kay belong. Mary Kay cites their membership Read more…

Here’s a script that one of our readers says  Mary Kay nsd Allison LaMarr uses when pushing the big Mary Kay inventories. That’s right ladies! Beg, borrow or steal to get the money for inventory. It doesn’t matter how you Read more…