MLM
noun
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abbreviationformultilevelmarketing: asystemforsellingaproductin which someoneagreestobuyanamountof it at awholesaleprice(= alowerpricepaidby abusiness), and thentriesto makemoneybysellingtheproductat ahigherpriceto otherpeople, or getting otherpeopletosellit for them:
多层次营销，传销（multilevel marketing 的缩写）MLM has abadreputationbecause mostpeopleend uplosingmoneyon thecostof thestock.传销的名声不好，因为大多数人最终都在库存成本上亏损。
MLMparticipants, called "distributors",typicallymakemoneyless bysellingproductsthan byenticingotherpeopletosellproducts.传销参与人也就是所谓的 "分销商"，一般来说，通过销售产品赚的钱还不如引诱其他人参与销售赚的钱多。
Synonym
network marketing
[C]
acompanythat uses the MLMsystemforsellingproducts:
传销公司Many MLMs arebasedon thepremisethat youpurchaseinventorybefore it issold.许多传销公司的前提是传销人在出售产品前自己先购买库存。
- Multilevelmarketing(MLM) isbasedon apyramidstructure, butunlikePonzischemes, thesebusinessesare notnecessarilyillegal.
- This is a Californian MLMbusinesssellingherbalweightlossproducts.
- If youplanonstartingyourown MLMcompanyandrunningit on theinternet, thissoftwarecould beuseful.
- Yes,oursystemisbasedon a Multi-Level Marketingstructure, but it is NOT anything like thecreepyMLMs that are all over theinternet.
Selling
- auction
- Black Friday
- bundle
- bundling
- chain of production
- concession
- oversell
- panic selling
- peddle
- pile
- pile it high and sell it cheapidiom
- point of sale
- salesmanship
- sell out
- sellsomethingoff
- sellout
- shift
- soft sell
- sold
- sting
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