"You don't need any experience or a lot of money. As long as you are over 18 years old, can spend 2-3 hours online every day, and can post in forums, blogs, post bars, etc., you can earn over a thousand dollars a month." Reporter on the 5th I received a call from a senior student at a university in Nanchang. He told reporters that he saw such an advertisement on an entrepreneurial website and wanted to ask the reporter for help. After investigation, the reporter found that the entrepreneurial model claimed on the entrepreneurial website imitated the MLM method. The industrial and commercial department said that because the management of this model is still legally blank, entrepreneurs need to be cautious when joining.
Reflection: The website claims that commissions can be obtained by developing lower-level agents
You only need to pay an annual agency fee of 120 yuan
On the 6th, the reporter saw on the entrepreneurial website introduced by the student that the entrepreneurial website is an online shopping website. To join the entrepreneurial website, you only need to pay an agency fee of 120 yuan/year. Subsequently, the reporter contacted the person in charge of the website as a senior graduate. He said that after joining the website, the website can be promoted, and if subordinates join, they will be immediately rewarded. As a formal first-level agent, journalists can receive a 40 yuan reward if they directly recommend members to register and activate on the reporter's website. If you register and activate it offline again, the reporter can get a reward of 10 yuan. By analogy, they are 40 yuan, 10 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, and 5 yuan respectively.
The person in charge of the website told reporters that this is a 100% profit model. You only need to invest a little money to get huge financial returns. "We build the website, and you get a commission. If the cumulative income in one year is less than 120 yuan, the agency fee will be waived the following year."
The person in charge of the website argued that it was different from MLM
When the reporter had questions about this model, the person in charge explained that their business model is different from MLM. They do not deliberately stipulate that franchisees must develop downlines. If franchisees specialize in developing downlines to make profits, they will also support. However, the website is still mainly about selling goods. Their website has substantive products, while MLM does not have substantive products. It is understood that more than 700 people have joined the website.
Reminder: Be cautious when joining the “store-to-store” model
The legal supervision of the “store-to-store” model is still blank
The relevant person in charge of the Fair Trade Bureau of Nanchang Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce told reporters that illegal pyramid schemes refer to organizers or operators developing people by calculating and paying remuneration to the people being developed based on the number of people or sales performance they directly or indirectly develop, or Acts of seeking illegal benefits by requiring employees to be developed to obtain membership qualifications on the condition of paying a certain fee. The marketing model adopted by entrepreneurial websites can be called the "store-to-store" marketing model, which uses illegal pyramid schemes, but is not an illegal pyramid scheme in the actual sense. At present, the regulation of such online business activities is still blank in law, and relevant national departments are stepping up the formulation and promulgation of relevant laws and regulations to regulate this.
Don’t trust online wealth-making advertisements
"Such a promotion model undoubtedly has certain risks. If it develops from a 'store pulling a store' to a 'people pulling people' model, it will be classified as an illegal pyramid scheme. According to the relevant laws and regulations of the country, any behavior that participates in illegal pyramid schemes will be Be punished." The person in charge reminded entrepreneurs who want to get rich not to believe in online advertisements for getting rich, and to think twice about joining entrepreneurial marketing organizations.