It's not unusual if you are reading Internet forums or discussion boards where business opportunities are discussed, to find members posting quite often that they got scammed by an online MLM opportunity. If you combine it with the bad reputation that the network marketing industry already has it is a wonder why still people are joining multilevel marketing businesses.

But are all online MLM companies scams? And is the best solution to try to avoid getting into one of them no matter what?

If you are watching tv, listen to the radio, or read newspapers, there is a lot of talk and coverage from the media about the current financial problems that the American economy is facing and threatens to drag the whole world into a global recession. But will they be any consequences from all of this to the MLM industry? Are we going to face a crisis as marketers in that sector of the economy?