Is There A Difference In Mlm And Top Tier?

You have finally determined it is time to be your own boss

. You want to start a home based business of your own. Youre investigating Network Marketing, or MLM, and you run across something called Top Tier. What is Top Tier? How is it different from MLM? There are similarities and differences in how they work. People can succeed in either one. And people can fail in either one.

Each one - Top Tier and MLM - has a product or service to sell, plus making a business opportunity available. There are pyramid schemes around too, but they don't have a real product or service available, so we will ignore them for now. Top Tier and MLM pay you for a sale you make, and each one will pay you for sales from the levels below you. Thats about it for similarities, but there are several differences.

The major difference is the target market. Although they can overlap, Top Tier companies by and large target a more upscale market than MLM. Top Tier companies market more expensive products. They can go from around $1000 to close to $15,000. As you might imagine, commissions are higher. For example, a $3,500 sale might get you $1,000 or 1,200 in commission. Naturally, you dont make as many sales. But with sufficient people, it is possible to make six figures per month. The products are commonly a one time sale, perhaps an annual meeting at a very nice resort somewhere in the world, perhaps a membership of some kind. The products tend to be instructional in nature; financial, personal development, internet marketing and the like. In order to be a viable business, the products must be cutting edge stuff. Although Top Tier companies can pay you from multiple levels, it is not a traditional Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) compensation plan. Thats because true Network Marketing, with a true MLM compensation plan, is designed to create residual income. Top Tier does not. A brand new sale has to be made somewhere in your organization in order for you to get paid.

MLM, on the other hand, can cost only $100 to $500 to get in and can run from $40 to $250+ per month in product or service purchases. MLM purchases are not one-time things. You, your downline team, and customers purchase and use the product every month. You frequently get paid from people who join the organization, but the real wealth comes from the residual income. This comes from product sales to customers and though the people below you in your downline team. Many flourishing MLMers make six figures per month in residual income. If your residual income is high enough, you may not even need to do any of your own marketing. You help the people below you - your team. A good Top Tier downline team may be measured in hundreds of people, while a good MLM downline team is measured in thousands of people.

At first glance it may seem difficult to build a team of hundreds of people, much less thousands. In the days before powerful computers and the internet it was challenging. Now it is much easier, especially if you use an Attraction Marketing System. This is a system that shows you how to use all the tools that are accessible to you: The internet, blogs, websites, video, and much more. Most of the people who use these systems are no more than run of the mill computer users. Some of us may not even be that good. The point is this: MLM and Top Tier are real opportunities, and there are real tools to help you. Dont let fear of technology stand in your way.

by: Jim Boswell

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