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AT LEAST 25 ACTIVE MLM’S IN UTAH
COUNTY (pop. 368,536 – 2000 census) – 1 for every 14,741 people, by
far the highest density of recruiting MLM’s of any county in the U.S.A.
Goyin - American Fork
Qing Mei – American Fork Native American Nutritionals – Lehi Young Living Essential Oils – Lehi Zija- Linden Earth Essence – Orem EnvisionCC – Orem Forever Green – Orem Leaving Prints – Orem Synergy Worldwide (bought by Nature’s
Sunshine– Orem Team Everest – Orem Unicity Network – Orem (Enrich & Rexall merged)
Heritage Makers – Provo Innerlight International, Inc. – Provo
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (& Big Planet, Pharmanex, PhotoMax,
etc.)– Provo Tahitian Noni International (Morinda) – Provo
The Brain Garden – Provo Agel – Provo Heritage Makers – Provo Nature’s Sunshine – Provo Neways – Salem Apeus – Springville Sweet Living – Springville E. Excel International – Springville Trivani – Springville
AT LEAST 15 ACTIVE MLM’S IN SALT
LAKE COUNTY (pop. 898,387 – 2000 census) – 1 for every 59,892 persons
XanGo – Draper
Zrii – Draper BookWiseBooks – Salt Lake City MonaVie (Monarch Health Sciences) –
Salt Lake City Pureworks 3 – Salt Lake City SendOutCards – Salt Lake City Sevea – Salt Lake City Stampin’ Up! 3 – Riverton (changed compensation plan
July 1, 2006 after lobbying to weaken Utah’s
Pyramid Scheme Act) Top Line Creations – Salt Lake City 4Life (herbal products) – Sandy
Ascend Technologies – Sandy
Equity Now America – Sandy (Carbon Copy Mktng.) Sibu – South Jordan Essante – West Valley City
USANA Health Sciences – West Valley City
AT LEAST 4 ACTIVE MLM’S ELSEWHERE IN UTAHSpring Wellness – Centerville Hunt’n Fish;n – Heber City Onyx International - Ogden Enliven-St. George Total recruiting MLM’s in Utah – at least 444 (pop. 2,233,169 – 2000 census) – 1
for every 50,754 persons, the highest density of recruiting MLM’s of any
state in the U.S.
How can the Utah population support so many MLM
companies, many of them generating large revenues? (Nu Skin alone claims
over $1 billion a year.) The
answer is clear. Sales in the Utah market are only a small portion of
total sales. Sales are primarily to a revolving door of new recruits, each
of them promised an income opportunity and induced to buy or subscribe to
products to “do the business” – which is in fact, merely a money
trap for 99.9% of them! Can money be made in these schemes? Yes, if you are one of four
groups of people: 1. The founders (who get a slice of all sales) 2. The TOPPs (top of the pyramid promoters who build a
huge downline 3. Those who got in at the beginning of the recruitment
chain in a given country 4. Top company executives
________________________________________ 1 Recruiting MLM companies are multi-level marketing (network marketing, consumer direct
marketing, etc.) companies that recruit participants using compensation
plans that reward (through downline sales) recruiting participants far
more than direct sales of products and services to non-participants.
Technically, they meet the legal standard of an illegal pyramid scheme in
most states; i.e., income is derived primarily from recruiting new
participants into the scheme, and not from sales directly to end users who
are not a part of the scheme. They tend to meet all five red flags of a
product-based pyramid scheme, or recruiting MLM. See “The 5 Red Flags
for Identifying Exploitive Product-based Pyramid Schemes, or Recruiting
MLM’s” (one page summary report) or the full report entitled “The 5
Red Flags: Five Causal and Defining Characteristics of Product-Based
Pyramid Schemes, or Recruiting MLM’s.” Read also “Frequently Asked
Questions and Straight Answers about MLM” and the “Survey of Tax
Preparers.” These free reports are linked to the research page at the
following web site – www.mlm-thetruth.com
2 One survey showed that Utah county
had four MLM distributors for every one customer not in the network. 3 Began operations as recruiting MLM after Pyramid
Scheme Act weakened by SAB 182, which went into effect July 1, 2006 Tell A Friend About This Page! RETURN TO HOME PAGE for a starting index to reports explaining the truth about all aspects of MLM – based on 12 years of solid independent research. Check out recommended links to other sites with excellent reports to be further informed on the topic. |
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