Hi Linda; I'm SO glad you found this thread. You said two things that I couldn't possibly agree with more! 1) I have had some successes along the way, as well as a lot of learning experiences (sometimes called failures). Yes, indeed. There IS no failure. At least not until they throw the dirt over us and we return to which we came from, as they say. As long as we are alive, each thing that does not work is one more step towards that which does work. 2) One common thing I have found in those who do not experience success in their business is the unwillingness to be "teachable." Yes, yes, yes!! And YES again just for good measure. Adults let their pride and ego and self esteem issues get in the way so much. Some are afraid to say "I don't know how. Show me. Help me." Some are too proud to say it. Some are too proud to say they don't know how. Others have the Eeyore complex. "Oh, I should not "bother" you to help me." Most people don't need anyone else to get in their way or hold them back - they do it quite well on their own. : ) Linda

I know that "tone" and "inflection" are hard to gauge when posting online, so I am stating up front that I in no way am being a smart***. If the statistic of only 5% of MLM people making money is correct, why launch http://www.soy-simple.com? Isn't this also an MLM?

Hi Heather; ========== If the statistic of only 5% of MLM people making money is correct, why launch http://www.soy-simple.com? Isn't this also an MLM? ========== Nope... it's not MLM. They're home made candles and scent tarts (like wax potpourri) that Peter makes by hand right here in the kitchen. And he's taken over the dining room with stock for the orders he has to fill. lol Heck, we even have a picture of him pouring scent wafers posted online now. lol See... (heh, heh) http://www.soy-simple.com/about.html Right now, he allows people to have home parties and keep 25% of the profit... but that doesn't make it MLM, either. Maybe one day it might grow to allow multi level sales - but for today, it's just a small home-based business. : ) Linda

Linda, ========== Heck, we even have a picture of him pouring scent wafers posted online now. lol See... (heh, heh) http://www.soy-simple.com/about.html ========== Did you think I wouldn't check out the site? Pleeeeeeaaaaaasssssseee woman, I know I haven't been around much, but have you forgotten me so quickly? ========== Right now, he allows people to have home parties and keep 25% of the profit... but that doesn't make it MLM, either. ========== Could you explain the difference for me please?

Hi Heather... ========== Could you explain the difference for me please? ========== Sure, I'd be happy to. Let's pretend it was MLM, okay? So you sign up. Then, you recruit Cheri and Deb. So, now you're going to get a percent of Cheri's sales and Deb's sales. And Cheri recruits Winston and Dave. So now Cheri is going to get a percentage of Winston's & Dave's sales - and you're going to get a percentage of Cheri's sales and Winston's & Dave's sales. And then Deb recruits Martha & Kathy, so you get your finger in those pies, too. It gets to look like a pyramid... like this; ---------- Heather ---------- ----- Cheri ---------- Deb ----- Winston -- Dave ----- Martha -- Kathy Every MLM has it's own structure for number of levels and for payout, but basically the premise is that the top levels make money on the sales of the lower levels. So, in an MLM, people tend to focus on recruiting, building their "downline" hoping that if the people "under" them sell, they'll make money. Except no one knows how to sell so they all recruit.... lol With Soy-Simple.com, it works different. Let's say you have a home party and get some orders. Then you send your online friends to your order page. They order, too. So, you take in $500 worth of orders. (Not hard to do when you smell this stuff. lol) And, you have the cash in your hands, as people have paid you in your home or by paypal online. As a hostess, your cost for products is 75% of retail, so you pay that to Peter and put $125 (25%) in your pocket. Boom. Done. No recruiting. No downline. Does that help? : ) Linda