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Are We Witnessing The MLM-Pocalypse?
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Are We Witnessing The MLM-Pocalypse?

MLMs are as American as apple pie and baseball. So why are they dying out?

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Feb 21, 2025
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I remember when I first got recruited into an MLM. I was a teenager, freshly minted out of college, looking for a job that paid more than $8 an hour.

On Craigslist, there were ads for “MONEY MONEY MONEY$$$” that said you could earn as much as $250,000 a year. Those ads were for an insurance MLM. You had to pay to become an…

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