マルチ商しょう法ほう

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チ

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ほ

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Meanings

noun

multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling

Refers to a business model where participants earn money from their own sales and from the sales of people they recruit. Often carries a negative connotation in Japan, associated with pyramid schemes.

マルチ商しょう法

ほう

は

、

時とき

に

ねずみ

講こう

と

混こん

同どう

さ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

Multi-level marketing is sometimes confused with pyramid schemes.

彼かの女じょはマルチ商しょう法ほうで成せい功こうしたと言いっているが、周まわりは半はん信しん半はん疑ぎだ。

She says she succeeded through MLM, but people around her are skeptical.

Kanji

商make a deal, selling, dealing in
法method, law, rule

Related words

ねずみ講こう
ねずみ講 is an illegal pyramid scheme where income depends solely on recruiting new members, whereas マルチ商法 is a legal multi-level marketing model that includes actual product sales.
ネットワークビジネス
ネットワークビジネス is a more neutral or euphemistic term for multi-level marketing, often used by companies to avoid the negative image of マルチ商法.

Built from

マルチ+商しょう法ほう

Etymology

Compound of マルチ (from English 'multi') and 商法 (business method). The term became common in Japan from the late 20th century as multi-level marketing companies expanded globally.