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My wife is currently a sales rep for Usborne children's books. It is a MLM company. She created a separate Facebook group to post advertising and such that people who have joined know what to expect and are interested in keeping up with the books, promotions, etc. I don't think she would have done it if she didn't believe so much in the product. Our son has really enjoyed the books we have gotten as well as other folks who have purchased. Overall it has been a good experience for her and given her something to do outside of raising our son. Definitely nothing more than some extra spending money for us.
It is kind of weird how it works, but she asks people to "host" Facebook parties - and they invite friends to join. My wife then shows several videos about the books and has discussions, giveaways, etc. The host then gets a certain amount of credit based on the sales associated with that party. Seems like most hosts get anywhere from $50-200. Pretty harmless overall. She has handled it well and hasn't been overbearing in asking people to host or the few people she's "recruited" to become reps.
Good for your wife. And I'm not really talking about those opportunities per se. As you say, I'm guessing your wife is doing this on the side to just have some extra money in your pockets. I doubt they are claiming you'll get rich beyond your wildest dreams like most other MLM schemes.
That's my biggest problem with most of them. That they claim to be some magic bullet to get rich and that it's easy.
Like the guy I mentioned in my OP. I went through some of his other posts and he was saying he only works maybe two hours a day and implying that you can get rich working this way.
I just think it's scary companies like Kyani can be allowed to operate and give people this impression. They are preying on people who are too stupid to know any better. I went through many LinkedIn profiles that had links to Kyani last night, and it was your typical MLM folks that would be susceptible to a "get rich quick" ploy. They have no education, habitual job hoppers from crappy job to crappy job, and then they "found" Kyani.