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by Laurie J. Raphael, Lau

The internet has provided a great opportunity for entrepreneurs. It has opened up the opportunity for almost anyone to get into a home based business and become successful. However, along with the popularity of the internet marketplace has come a lot of businesses that were here one day and gone the next. For a serious home based business opportunity a person has to know what to look for and how to find one.

A serious home based business opportunity is one that will allow a person to operate a profitable business for as many years as they wish. Opportunities that are not serious will usually fold within a few years of creation or they may constantly be changing commission rates or policies, making it hard to earn a steady profit. It is clear why people want to find a serious home based business opportunity.

Some of the signs of a serious home based business opportunity include:
- being in business for at least five years
- having a strong main company
- having strong and reliable operating officers
- having a proven track record in the industry
- having a developed training and start up system
These are just some of the major things for a person to look for when trying to find a serious home based business opportunity.

Some things to avoid, which are signs of a business opportunity that is not stable or serious are:
- website does not look professional
- does not have a developed system of training or getting new business owners started
- company can not be researched or research found is not positive
- company has been in business for less than five years with no stable profit records
- information about the main company is vague or not provided at all
These definitely are not all the warning signs for a person to look for, but they do cover a good majority of the major things a person should look for when trying to find a serious home based business opportunity.

Finding a serious home based business opportunity is all the responsibility of the business seeker. They have to do research and dig into the company's background in order to make sure this is a good business that is strong and will be around for years to come.


With the number of multilevel marketing opportunities available, it can be difficult to determine which ones are legitimate opportunities and which ones are borderline illegal. In the past, many pyramid schemes that counted on recruiting others into the pyramid to make money without offering any real product or service in exchange for their investment, left people out of millions of dollars and caught the attention of law enforcement which has made them illegal to operate.

As a result, many variations of the multilevel marketing plans have been created to offer a thin veil over the fact that they are still pyramid schemes. Fortunately, there are few signs that point to a multilevel marketing opportunity being legitimate with a real opportunity for making real money by selling real products. Five things to look for when considering if an MLM business opportunity is legitimate include:

1. Sales of real products at a reasonable price

2. Enough information for you to make an informed decision

3. Training about the product

4. Resources to enable you to make product sales

5. Recruitment is an option and not mandatory

The best time to learn about legitimate home based MLM business opportunity is before you're in the thick of things. Wise readers will keep reading to earn some valuable legitimate home based MLM business opportunity experience while it's still free.

Many companies may offer product sales to slip in under the guise of being a legitimate MLM opportunity. If the company requires their distributors to buy the product in order to be eligible for sales commissions, it probably is borderline legitimate. If they require you to recruit new members into the distribution line before being eligible to earn commission, it is not a legitimate opportunity.

Any literature, online or off-line promoting the MLM opportunity should contain enough information about the product, the potential for sales and a realistic approach to income potential to allow a reasonable person to make an informed decision. Too many times, the entire pitch is focused on how much money a distributor can make. One big red flag is a picture of an alleged sales person standing by a fancy car in front of a mansion. The car may have been rented long enough to drive to a fancy neighborhood where the picture was taken.

The product being sold should be the main focus of the information as well as its marketability, its competition and price. When looking at a product consider if you yourself would be interested in buying it at the offered price and then consider how many you might be able to sell.

The company should also offer support and other resources to make the job of selling their product easier. Many people will pay a higher price for quality merchandise and if the company is offering top-notch merchandise at a reasonable price, it may be a good outfit to join.

While recruiting distributors to work under you is common in the multilevel marketing business it should not be mandatory. Any company that demands a certain number of recruits before paying commission on your sales, is not one to bother joining. Additionally, they may also stipulate that the commission on the first or second sale will go to the person who recruited you. Stay away from these opportunities, as the commissions you earn should belong to you not the next person up the line.

There's a lot to understand about legitimate home based MLM business opportunity. We were able to provide you with some of the facts above, but there is still plenty more to write about in subsequent articles.

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