2015-03-16 14:33

 

WV Dream Tour suspected MLM cross-border law enforcement evidence of the difficulties

 

CNDSN March 16th news [] (China business newspaper) recently a number of Internet users in the network, a company called WorldVentures (World ring travel group, hereinafter referred to as WV group) of the tourism products and services to provide enterprises, is a "free travel" "electronic commerce" O2O "micro marketing gimmick to recruit" members and sales representative. According to a heard of the organization of training courses users, WV price to attract consumers to tourism, claiming to be the direct sales model, but from the membership fee, fee and through the development of offline membership money model, in fact, is the marketing mode.

The company wrote in the propaganda language: "have the opportunity to travel the world in 193 countries all over the world, playing the top 100 tourist attractions. Working travel, travel and make money. "

In March 10, 2015, the Jiangxi Provincial Tourism Administration of Quality Supervision issued a special warning mentioned, recently the National Tourism Quality Supervision System by monitoring found, there is a called "WV Dream Tour" suspected of MLM tissue permeability in national each big city. According to the investigation, the organization of the so-called background in Usa Inc, has not made our tourism business license, nor to any department to apply for direct selling license conditions, through the development of membership admission fee, pull the head, layers of dividends Pyramid marketing mode. Suspected of network marketing scams.

WV is a new e-commerce marketing or network marketing, WV Dream Tour Mode dubious.

The mode of operation of suspected MLM

Introduce the WV group membership information, WorldVentures is a company founded in 2005 in USA tourism marketing company, to provide low-cost products for the consumer and membership in the ticket, hotel, cruise, attractions and tourism consumption.

According to a global director level WV Dream Tour sales personnel to "China runs a newspaper" the reporter, pay a $200 membership can be obtained, then need to pay a $51 monthly fee. If you want to become a sales representative, to pay $361 or $511, can become a gold member or platinum membership, $61 A month. 4 members recommended, can absolve fee. In addition, the recommended one is straight tuijiang, if line two members of their respective development 3 members is a touch, a $200 game award. Following one more, touch more opportunities. And promotion system, a sales representative from senior sales representative to the international marketing director is divided into six levels.

For many consumers, low-cost travel, side edge to make money the tourism sounds very attractive, but some experienced people on its service question. The netizen discloses, the company claims to offer travel packages to lowest price guarantee, if can find any cheaper package, the company will pay the difference between the 150%, this trip can also free travel. But in fact, WV provisions similar packages required to meet the same time and process arrangement, as well as the same hotel details, can be said to be difficult to find. Have net friend say, called the tour package, but most of the time but to give lectures in the company training.

Is also a key problem to make consumers questioned, WV dream trip mode of operation is legitimate.

Perform media group venture partner, SIM director Hu Jun expresses when accepting a reporter to interview, in China needs to get direct sales license issued by the Ministry of Commerce, obtain a license requires 20000000 yuan deposit, the registered capital of 80000000 yuan, in China, need to have production base condition. Data shows, up to 2014 a total of 44 companies received a direct selling license, which does not include the WV group. In addition, multi level and single level is also one of the pyramid selling and direct way to distinguish.

"The prohibition of marketing regulations" display, marketing refers to the organizer or operator development staff, by the development staff with its direct or indirect development personnel quantity or sales performance as the basis, calculation and payment, or required by the developers to pay a fee for conditions to obtain qualifications, to obtain illegal profits, the disruption of economic order, affect social stability behavior.

According to the mode of judgment of WV group member introduction, Shanghai united law firm lawyers Hu Xue that the suspected of network marketing. "Division of marketing and direct marketing concept can be based management is to human based, or take the thing as the basis to judge." WV group income by two parts of tourism business income and membership fee income composition. The netizen thinks, if tourism business income the company accounted far below the capitation fees, or alleged Ponzi scheme.

The global director said, corporate travel package price is low because the group purchase price. According to the insiders, group purchase enterprises to operate, burning the form is difficult to profit, the company in the tourism business income accounted for more than interesting.

Business law enforcement evidence of the difficulties

Although have not obtained the domestic direct selling license, WV Dream Tour inland member is to the team's form in Guangdong, Anhui and other national each area expand recruitment. Prior to this, the staff of the business department of Changsha Tianxin District even bargain Branch received a report after went to the organization office of a survey, relevant documents and found the development of membership rewards system. Chief of Department of industrial and Commercial Bureau even bargain Tianxin District of Changsha City, Liu said, according to the "regulations prohibiting pyramid schemes" in the provision of operating mode, be characterized as pyramid selling. "But did not find the evidence. Then they didn't do, people can not find."

Network MLM uses electronic business affairs, to the Department of industry and Commerce forensics work of great difficulty, especially cross-border company. "Network examination and approval are completed by the communication management board, we check the pyramid selling their side does not match, if the strict management of communication, network marketing is not likely to survive." Liukechang said.

China Internet Association Research Center lawyer Hu Gang pointed out: "before the supervision on the Internet is more server, domain name registration, all the data in their own circumstances, the difficulty is relatively small. But if the web server and the domain name in foreign countries, and low levels of management and payment in the home, and suspected of selling this kind of serious illegal acts very troublesome." He believes that the Internet pornography and gambling network had a similar situation, so the network marketing supervision can refer to their processing method to discipline, such as Chinese and foreign police to carry out international joint law enforcement.

At the same time, this year during the NPC and CPPCC vice chairman of the financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress Yin Zhongqing said, plan completed by the end of this year to draft the law of electronic commerce law draft. And the law of electronic commerce will make a provision to include a series of problems such as cross-border electronic commerce. The network marketing of cross-border governance is undoubtedly a good news.

The relationship between the whirling organization

WV Dream Tour inland member, belonging to each recommendation relationship build up the team, the above line of management system. But the network communication of the various types of data, rarely mentioned WV corporation how to control each member organizations. The reporter asked the mainland member recruitment group and WV group relationship and normality to a group of insiders, the source said: "at present, the company did not China belongs to the open area, the company will not open areas (Management) activities. If you want to become a member of the formal channels of the company, need to apply through business has been open area. In addition, as the mainland in Hongkong property, or to the office in Hongkong, the name of the company's application for membership can also obtain."

According to this view, only through the mainland interpersonal relationship is development of member, does not seem to be the WV group approval. According to another company staff revealed, now many companies on the mainland members, directly through the mainland relationships become the member is feasible. Although America Corporation is not opening up the mainland market, but in fact, the member for an opening. To become a registered member is very simple, generally is to fill in a Singapore, Hongkong, Malaysia and other China open area address. But be careful not to mistake fill in personal information, or when changes need to send a copy of ID card and other information, America company once found the information displayed on the mainland ID does not match with the filling area, will member account has a problem.

Management mechanism about sales representatives, the sources said, on-line is the boss, but you can see the company management in the group meeting, but many members of spontaneous activities of the company is not clear. The researchers also suggest in before joining the more understanding of information. "To join a better team, you can take with you. It has member reflect membership to nobody. In fact, the company to new members to join the 14 day period of hesitation, within the time limit can be refund, but many on-line will tell off the assembly line."

The spread of WV to introduce the related Chinese website, text information, video is widely distributed in various sites, forums, information is complicated, difficult to verify whether it belongs to from American Corporation official information. In WeChat end, at the same time there is a name for the "WV Dream Tour Information Service Platform" "dream trip" WV world "dream trip" and so on many public account, and belongs to a different account subject. While the WV group insiders said, formal company website for English, does not exist Chinese regular official website.

The reporter attempts to open the WV group English website, no success. And for the record number of reporters on the Ministry's website on a similar WV website Chinese site annotation of query, display the record does not exist. Hu Gang lawyers pointed out, the Chinese website belong to deliberately falsified already filed situation. "Even if the website open information is not true, the content is more doubtful." But the site's founder and WV group or its members whether there exists a relationship, is still unable to confirm. *

(original title: WV Dream Tour suspected MLM cross-border enforcement forensics difficulties)

Editor: small Shen