Question
What is a typical participant outcome?
What to do next:
- Ask for the median result, not the average or a top earner.
- Find out how many joined and how many became inactive.
- Weigh the typical outcome more heavily than any success story.
Why this matters
Anecdotes can be true and still not representative.
Useful disclosures show the distribution of results, including people who earned nothing or left quickly.
See what companies actually disclose
These are companies' own published figures, before expenses, with sources on each page:
- What MLMs pay — every company’s own headline figure, side by side
- Who is counted in MLM income disclosures
- Nu Skin income disclosure
Questions to ask before joining
- What is the median result, not just the average?
- How many people joined and how many became inactive?
- How many participants kept money after expenses?
Related recruiting phrases
Helpful next pages
- Someone pitched me an MLM. What should I do?
- Before You Join an MLM
- Before You Pay
- Documents to request before joining an MLM
- MLM expense worksheet
- Scripts you can use
Sources
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Regulator guidance
Multi-level Marketing Businesses and Pyramid Schemes
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Regulator guidance
Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing