0 in business, the act of someone buying the right to sell a company's goods, and then selling the goods to other people. These people then sell the goods to other people. --
1 a way of making money, illegal in many places, in which someone sells people the right to sell a company's products. These people then sell the right to others, and this continues until many people have bought the right, with the original seller getting a share of every payment: --
While pyramid selling or multi-level marketing could be legitimate activities, schemes offering income for recruitment offer scope for abuse.
pyramid selling scheme/scam What seemed like a legitimate business turned out to be just another pyramid selling scheme.
I know of no companies which have been proved to have engaged in illegal pyramid selling activities over the past year.
In effect, there was a pyramid selling scheme.
If she will take steps to stop (a) the women empowering women scheme and (b) other pyramid selling.
I can remember feeling very doubtful about party plan selling, although that has not had the same disastrous effect as pyramid selling.
We have been consulting widely over proposals to improve the effectiveness of the legislation controlling pyramid selling and similar trading schemes.
Recent happenings in the flow country remind me not so much of forestry as of pyramid selling.
I endorse his wish to proceed fully and quickly on pyramid selling.
The main emphasis in pyramid selling is the recruitment of other people.
