PSA: No one wants to attend your MLM party - virtual or not

[Anonymous]

MLMs deliberately target women and play on the whole "empower women" schtick. It promotes this idea of a side hustle but it's a load of crap. These women aren't entrepreneurs or running companies. They're the free help. Over 99% of distributors lose money or, if you're lucky, break even.

I don't mind Tupperware parties or Avon or some Norway stuff. It's fine. But I'm not going to support someone's self-destruction and mis-label it girl power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or watch your kid's pyramid scheme knife presentation

+1

hey now. my parents are still using those knives 25 years later. they're good knives!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no, it’s a business, built from the ground up, owned and managed by women. That is a woman-owned business.

No, they don't "own" anything. They are basically sales reps that sell products for a big corporation, whether that's Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, candles, essential oils, health drinks, whatever.

They have a contract with these companies, which the company can terminate at any time. Hmmm, never saw a business owner who could be fired from the business they "own."

These companies have rules, that you have to abide by. If you owned it, you could make up your own rules and run your "business" however you wanted.

If you owned a business and decided you wanted to retire or change courses, you could sell the business. These women don't own a darn thing except the product they've bought from the company to sell.

If you owned a business, you could call it Courtney's Cosmetics or Fanny's Fitness Shakes. But instead, you and every other sales person in the area are Mary Kay or Juice Plus or Beach Body. Which they do not own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is so upsetting! We should be supporting one another instead of tearing our sisters down!

+1

Empower one another to become successful businesswomen

I don’t see why everyone has to hate on women owned businesses

They aren't women owned businesses. They are predatory business practices that lure women into taking advantage of their friends and then ultimately losing money.

Yep, this. The false hope is so cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see men tearing each other’s businesses down! They don’t make snide comments about their friends successful business or critique their hardworking friend. So let’s not do that to each other

The thread is tearing down MLMs which prey on women.

Exactly. And if a man's male friend was some poor sap being hoodwinked into an exploitative business pipe dream -- especially if it meant annoying the pants off their friends and treating them as objects -- then yeah, they'd be more harsh.

But Jason's Handyman Service, which Jason actually owns (could sell off, sets his own hours and goals for, not under review by "upline" people but actually under his control), then no. They aren't going to criticize something that doesn't exist, and that exploitative structure just isn't there for an ACTUAL owned business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to go to a pampered chef party. Ooes anyone still do that? I liked that one.

A woman who used to babysit my kids occasionally YEARS ago has sent me two FB messages about hers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MLMs deliberately target women and play on the whole "empower women" schtick. It promotes this idea of a side hustle but it's a load of crap. These women aren't entrepreneurs or running companies. They're the free help. Over 99% of distributors lose money or, if you're lucky, break even.

I don't mind Tupperware parties or Avon or some Norway stuff. It's fine. But I'm not going to support someone's self-destruction and mis-label it girl power.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is so upsetting! We should be supporting one another instead of tearing our sisters down!

+1

Empower one another to become successful businesswomen

I don’t see why everyone has to hate on women owned businesses

They aren't women owned businesses. They are predatory business practices that lure women into taking advantage of their friends and then ultimately losing money.

Yep, this. The false hope is so cruel.

+1

The women I know who are involved in MLMs are vulnerable people, to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no, it’s a business, built from the ground up, owned and managed by women. That is a woman-owned business.

No, they don't "own" anything. They are basically sales reps that sell products for a big corporation, whether that's Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, candles, essential oils, health drinks, whatever.

They have a contract with these companies, which the company can terminate at any time. Hmmm, never saw a business owner who could be fired from the business they "own."

These companies have rules, that you have to abide by. If you owned it, you could make up your own rules and run your "business" however you wanted.

If you owned a business and decided you wanted to retire or change courses, you could sell the business. These women don't own a darn thing except the product they've bought from the company to sell.

If you owned a business, you could call it Courtney's Cosmetics or Fanny's Fitness Shakes. But instead, you and every other sales person in the area are Mary Kay or Juice Plus or Beach Body. Which they do not own.

+1

[Anonymous]

So sad reading the posts on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care if it’s online, in person, via email, via Facebook, via carrier pidgeon. I don’t care if your product is old, new, different, better, or “not an mlm.” Nobody and I mean nobody except maybe your mom wants to buy your crap. And probably she’s just being nice.

Please, for the love, just STOP.

One "boss babe" in my neighborhood sends me these things ALL THE TIME. From different companies. I don't even really know her. She just adds me to her online parties. I quietly decline or leave the parties. I've never bought a thing. I thought she'd get the hint. Nope.

I recently "unfriended" her and this is a big reason why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is so upsetting! We should be supporting one another instead of tearing our sisters down!

+1

Empower one another to become successful businesswomen

I don’t see why everyone has to hate on women owned businesses

They aren't women owned businesses. They are predatory business practices that lure women into taking advantage of their friends and then ultimately losing money.

Yep, this. The false hope is so cruel.

+1

The women I know who are involved in MLMs are vulnerable people, to begin with.

Check out Lula Rich on Netflix. Just one company but there are plenty of problems with most of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care if it’s online, in person, via email, via Facebook, via carrier pidgeon. I don’t care if your product is old, new, different, better, or “not an mlm.” Nobody and I mean nobody except maybe your mom wants to buy your crap. And probably she’s just being nice.

Please, for the love, just STOP.

What is MLM? Seriously wondering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care if it’s online, in person, via email, via Facebook, via carrier pidgeon. I don’t care if your product is old, new, different, better, or “not an mlm.” Nobody and I mean nobody except maybe your mom wants to buy your crap. And probably she’s just being nice.

Please, for the love, just STOP.

What is MLM? Seriously wondering?

Multi-level Marketing (scheme)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is so upsetting! We should be supporting one another instead of tearing our sisters down!

+1

Empower one another to become successful businesswomen

I don’t see why everyone has to hate on women owned businesses

They aren't women owned businesses. They are predatory business practices that lure women into taking advantage of their friends and then ultimately losing money.

Yep, this. The false hope is so cruel.

+1

The women I know who are involved in MLMs are vulnerable people, to begin with.

Check out Lula Rich on Netflix. Just one company but there are plenty of problems with most of them.

Also the podcast "The Dream." I cannot believe these businesses are not criminal.