MLM
noun business specialized uk/ˌem.elˈem/ us/ˌem.elˈem/
[ U ]多层次营销，传销（multilevel marketing 的缩写）
abbreviation for multilevel marketing: a system for selling a product in which someone agrees to buy an amount of it at a wholesale price (= a lower price paid by a business), and then tries to make money by selling the product at a higher price to other people, or getting other people to sell it for them
MLM has a bad reputation because most people end up losing money on the cost of the stock. 传销的名声不好，因为大多数人最终都在库存成本上亏损。
MLM participants, called "distributors", typically make money less by selling products than by enticing other people to sell products. 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 ]传销公司
a company that uses the MLM system for selling products
Many MLMs are based on the premise that you purchase inventory before it is sold. 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。
- More examples
- Multilevel marketing (MLM) is based on a pyramid structure, but unlike Ponzi schemes, these businesses are not necessarily illegal.
- This is a Californian MLM business selling herbal weight loss products.
- If you plan on starting your own MLM company and running it on the internet, this software could be useful.
- Yes, our system is based on a Multi-Level Marketing structure, but it is NOT anything like the creepy MLMs that are all over the internet.