Wednesday 28 March 2007

Pyramid?

Walk Like an Egyptian

Agloco is not a pyramid scheme.

Do you work for a company full-time? If so, you’re most likely part of a pyramid structure. There’s a small group of people at the top who get large paychecks based on the work of a broad foundation of employees at the bottom (who get paid considerably less). Most likely you’re closer to the bottom of that pyramid. They sit at the top of the structure in cool, lofty breezes; you drag your bare feet through the hot corporate desert sands while supporting the weight of a cumbersome company on your back. There is a finite number of people who can fit into the pyramid, and a required number of people needed to continue supporting the structure.

This is certainly a pyramid structure, but we don’t call it a pyramid scheme (but maybe we should!). We call it employment. The guys at top probably took on a lot of risk to start the company, and now they’re enjoying their success. Those at the bottom may not be wealthy, but they’re working, getting paid and putting food on the table. They’re not losing money.

A real pyramid scheme is similar to your job in that there are a few people at the top making a lot of bank based on your hard work and meager earnings. If you’re disciplined and aggressive and get into the MLM early in its life-cycle, maybe you can make some money off of it as well. But most people get into it when the market is mature and the opportunity is dried up. And they take a beating.

How is the pyramid scheme different from the pyramid structure? Your nine to five job most likely doesn’t require you to pay a membership fee or buy the company products. Sure, you’re still trading hours for dollars, which sucks. But unless you’re a recruiter, your success doesn’t require you to constantly get in other people’s faces to convince them to join.

With MLM, however, you typically have a membership fee to pay every month. Or you are required to purchase a certain amount of product each month. Sometimes it’s in the hundreds of dollars. So, if you don’t sign up a bunch of people under you, you’re screwed. Those on the bottom of the pyramid scheme lose, plain and simple. There is a severe penalty for not getting lots of additional people to join.

Agloco is Different

Many are claiming that Agloco is just another pyramid scheme. The reason? Because much like the MLM programs out there, you make more money by recruiting people into your network. Well, that’s true, but the similarities stop there.

This is why Agloco is different:

  • Agloco is free to join. No membership fees, no products to buy, nothing to lose if you’re “at the bottom.”
  • No need to annoy your friends. Since there’s no pressure to perform, you don’t have to be in everyone’s face 24/7. If your friends want to join, great. If not, oh well - no big loss for you (a big opportunity loss for them, though). And if they do sign up, there’s no pressure on them to recruit more people either.
  • You get paid regardless of the size of your network. If you just sign up and recruit no one, you still make money. If you put in the effort to grow your network, you get rewarded.

I’ve been approached by friends several times in my life to join the latest MLM program. I never joined. I know myself - I know I don’t have the personality to try to sell such a system to other people. I know I’d end up at the bottom of the pyramid spending $100/month on expensive toothpaste and water purifiers that I don’t really need or want.

But with Agloco, even if I fail, I still make some money. Even I can’t turn that down.

What are you waiting for? Join Agloco today!

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