Most MLM experts agree that you must have adequate margins to pay commissions and to make a profit.

Obviously, your cost of goods is calculated as your acquisition or manufacturing cost. The more frequent question involves pricing. Most MLM experts agree that you must have adequate margins to pay commissions and to make a profit. Different products and services carry different profit margins. In addition, smaller margins may be satisfactory with high-priced products because there is still room for profit. Most MLM companies are likely to pay total commissions equal to between 30 and 45 percent of price sold to distributors for resale, or prices for which consumers buy directly from the company. A typical company will try to achieve a minimum 5-7 times markup to allow for commissions, overhead and profit. Typical mark up for resale by distributors is 25% of their purchase price. A good place to visit this issue is at the Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference, offered by www.mlmlegal.com, where experts discuss margins, pricing, profit, proformas, and more for executives of startup and existing network marketing companies.

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As industry experts, MLM attorneys commonly know more about multilevel marketing and direct selling than most of their clients.

An experienced and seasoned direct sales attorney can be the single most valuable resource that a MLM company can ever utilize. Look for a professional who has represented leading direct selling companies as well as startup companies.

As industry experts, they commonly know more about multilevel marketing and direct selling than most of their clients. In fact, more than half of the conversations with clients involve discussions about the MLM industry, rather than mere legal aspects of running a direct sales company. And over time, such an experienced “consigliore” may become the most trusted business advisor to a company and a vital member of the business team.

Apart from tremendous insight into the “business,” an experienced network marketing attorney can answer in five minutes what would take a business attorney five hours to research. And, the business attorney would likely still not completely understand the issue, let alone the solution.

The direct sales industry has – for better or for worse – provoked vast amounts of legislation and regulatory control that multilevel marketing attorneys must navigate.

A brief list of regulations, legislation, and legalities that experienced MLM attorneys, such as Jeff Babener, of Babener & Associates, must commonly appraise include:

– Pyramid statutes

– MLM statutes

– Business Opportunity Rule

– Securities

– FTC regulations

– Postal regulations

– FDA rules and regulations

– Distributor relationships

– Vendor relationships

– Distributor discipline

– Trademark

– IRS and tax regulations

– International expansion

– Sales tax

– Marketing

– State law and registration

– And, legal review of sales kit contents, which include:

1) Consultant agreements

2) Policies and Procedures

3) Product brochures

4) Compensation plan

5) Marketing plan presentations

6) Forms, from receipts to multiple owner applications, etc

At the very least, a direct sales company should not enter the marketplace without legal review of its marketing program. Hiccups caused by having to respond to regulatory agencies, consultant complaints, vendor conflicts, etc. can be bad for any MLM business and its reputation.

For more information, watch the video The Legal Issues of Starting and Running a MLM Company.

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The 65th National MLM Startup Conference in Las Vegas

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The conference will be held October 24th & 25th, 2013, which is quickly approaching!

For more than 25 years, leading industry experts have educated the executives of starting and existing MLM, direct
selling, network marketing, and party plan companies on how to structure their compensation plans, legalize their
companies, recruit key employees and top-ranking distributors, develop business models, generate leads, fund
their business, establish their website and technology platforms, better understand the direct selling industry, and
so much more.

The next MLM Startup Conference takes place October 24th& 25th, 2013in Las Vegas. View the conference flyer
page at http://www.mlmlegal.com/srs2.html to learn more.  

This is the original MLM Startup Conference – responsible for launching many industry-leading companies –
perfected over the course of a quarter of a century to ensure the highest quality of information, the most
knowledgeable experts, and the most practical advice from qualified experts.

Over the course of two days, attendees will hear from scores of industry experts, and if they choose, can sign up to
meet with the speakers for individual one-on-one time. A full list of speakers and their biographies/credentials can
be found at http://www.mlmlegal.com/bio.html.

The educational information gained by attending this event is invaluable. Here are just a few of the testimonials
from past attendees:

“We have a traditional business at the moment and we are looking to take it into the realm where it’s more
personalized, it’s more about building people and an experience. It has been absolutely worth our trip. We are
looking to take our business to the next level and build relationships.”

“The reason I came to the show was to learn more about how to launch my direct sales company. I’m very
comfortable and accustomed to selling through more traditional networks; however, I believe that the product that I’
m launching is more suitable for direct sales; to get direct-to-consumer faster and in greater sales.”

“[I’ve] been in network marking for 30 years [but] we are learning a lot of things about how to launch, how to reach
the people we need to have, and again, the things that are required to make a successful company, not only for us
but especially for our customers and for our affiliates.”

Each attendee will receive a FREE copy of the Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Manual.

How do you find out more information?

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The MLM Startup Conference in Las Vegas

MLM Startup Conference – A Must for Executives of Startup and Existing MLM Companies

Contact Us: REGISTER TODAY! 503-226-6600 or 800-231-2162

The next MLM conference will be held February 2014 in Las Vegas (keep a look out for the May and October
conferences as well). Each day will begin at 9:00AM and end at 4:00PM, when the one-on-time will begin and end
around 7:00PM. For more information visit: http://www.mlmlegal.com/srs2.html or call 800-231-2162/503-226-6600.
Registrations are taken by phone and questions are always welcome.

Presented by one of the most trusted individuals in direct selling and MLM, Jeffrey Babener, Editor of www.mlmlegal.
com.

About Attorney Jeffrey Babener: Conference Host and Chairman, Editor of www.mlmlegal.com, as well as the
leading direct selling attorney in the United States – With over 25 years of experience as a direct selling attorney,
Jeffrey Babener has advised leading companies in the MLM/Direct Selling industry, ranging from Avon to Nikken, to
Herbalife, to Melaleuca, to USANA, and to Excel Communications, plus many more. He’s been published in national
magazines such as Money, Inc., Atlantic Monthly, Entrepreneur magazine, Direct Selling News, Direct Sales
Journal, Success magazine, Money Maker’s Monthly, among countless others. He’s authored several books,
including his most popular Network Marketing: What you should know. Mr. Babener has chaired more than 64
national conferences on direct selling.

Contact: Babener & Associates/MLMLegal.com
Telephone: 503-226-6600/800-231-2162
http://www.mlmlegal.com

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