2015-01-15 14:54

 

What is the internet pyramid selling "risk"?

 

CNDSN January 15th news  (Sina Li Junhui) say "pyramid schemes", many people may burst "nausea".

That is, before the media exposure of the pyramid selling organization restricted freedom of person, need to struggle to escape the "cave", let a person fear; and secondly it is the pyramid selling organization leader, the backbone has always been "excited" work, let people surprised.

But in fact, whether the traditional MLM or online MLM, its biggest characteristic is caught everyone has "become rich, rich" psychological, set up a "pyramid" of the wealth distribution mechanism and mode of development, to attract or personnel involved.

Recently, the Nantong Municipal Public Security Bureau released a message to say, Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other 9 provinces and cities of the public security organs unified action, successfully destroyed again and the country more than 30 provinces and cities the MLM gang. The gang to search engine website "love search" as the carrier, to "click advertising" in the name of, deceive the masses buy memberships and pull the head intake do MLM downline members, the development of more than 1.3 people, involving up to 300000000 yuan.

Notable is, this is the network marketing for the first time into the "search", after the internet pyramid selling has been added to the electronic commerce "pet".

Then, in each big Internet application or field, which field or pattern, will be relatively easier to be used by the criminals, become the internet pyramid selling "risk"?

To understand this problem, we must first understand the conditions identified MLM or network marketing. According to the State Council promulgated the "Regulations on Prohibition of pyramid selling" provisions, the so-called "pyramid schemes, refers to the organizers or operators development staff, by the development staff with its direct or indirect development personnel quantity or sales performance for the calculation and payment, or asking the staff to pay certain fees for the condition to acquire the qualification etc seek illegal profit" behavior.

Specifically, according to the provisions of "Regulations on Prohibition of pyramid selling" of article seventh, the following three kinds of operation mode or manner of suspected pyramid schemes, namely the organizers or operators, in order to seek illegal interests for the purpose, through the development of staff, and asked to be the development of staff:

1, the development of other people to join, to the development staff with its direct or indirect rolling development of the number of personnel for the calculation and payment;

2, pay costs or to subscribe to pay the cost of goods in a disguised form, made by adding or development of other staff to join the qualification;

3, the development of other personnel joined, forming the offline relationships, and the following line sales performance for the calculation and payment line compensation.

Say simply, identify some modes or business behavior is suspected of "selling", see two points, the organizers or operators have one, "the development of members" behavior; second, members need to "pay the cost and the income" to "the development (directly or indirectly) the number of members or de Fei Yeji" as the calculation basis.

So, back to the topic, in the common or popular in Internet applications or in the field, who are more likely to "lay shot", and become a network marketing platform?

A: the field of electronic commerce risk index: assumes.

The electronic commerce in Alibaba, Jingdong, Taobao etc. the network shopping, not only become the demonstration, "the direction of investment hot", has become the Internet application of public attention, the depth of participation.

It is precisely the e-commerce has "said that they did not understand the essence, features", making it very easy to be illegal use.

Used to create a great sensation of the "Pacific direct purchase of suspected pyramid selling case" is the most typical "sample". In this case, the ordinary members, gold card members, Gold members, diamond card member, channel 16 levels of membership system for the establishment of the company. Among them, the ordinary members, shopping has just to buy merchandise rights at below market prices, only pay 7000 yuan of above the margin become channels and operators can make money. Different grades of membership, enjoy 5% 10%, 15%, 61%, 65%, 71% of the rebate proportion.

The court trial think, Tang Qingnan based organization, with the Pacific direct purchase website as the basis, in order to develop electronic business name, participants are required to purchase goods or pay margin way to gain entry to the qualification, and component level according to certain order, the number of indirect to develop as a rebate basis, for the huge margin, seriously disrupt social and economic order, are constituted organization, crime, and the case is serious. As the first defendant Tang Qingnan, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and fined 40000000 yuan; 5 others were sentenced to 3 to 8 years.

Field two: risk index advertising alliance: assumes

In the field of Internet advertising, according to the different billing methods, can be divided into CPC (pay per click), CPA (click to download and install the pay) and CPS (by single amount paid) and other forms of.

Among them, according to the calculation of the amount of commission rebate into single mode (CPS) can easily be turned into a "network MLM by criminals".

Generally speaking, the whole into the press into a single amount calculation commission rebate calculation involves only one level, namely the website to the designated electric business platform to deal with, in accordance with the actual business platform from its Web site to the user into a single amount to calculate rebate website or advertising costs.

However, if the criminals to this mode of settlement lower extend continuously, which encourage the development of website go directly or rolling off the assembly line of website development, so, this model can easily evolve into mlm.

So, for keen to users or groups to participate in rebate shopping stationmaster, be cautious, careful to distinguish, to avoid falling into the hands of criminals setting network MLM fraud.

Field three: search agent assumes the risk index:

Most people may think that the search industry and internet pyramid selling "eight pole not play". But reality gave everyone a resounding slap in the face.

In the "love search" suspected of MLM case, the company's main products for the advertising package. Only in the purchase of advertising packaged, can become a "love search" qualified members, made dealers eligible, can do "love search" advertisement package sales promotion.

The police found that the company's income comes from the following upper member of each layer of the member to pay the fee, members of the income with the click on the ads have no relation, completely rely on the following people pull the head to earn money.

In 2012 March to the incident, Bai Mou mustered Tangmou, Ding and so on more than 20 MLM downline members, the development of more than 1.3 people, the pyramid selling organization involving a total of more than 300000000 yuan.

From this case, we can see that although the criminals under the banner of "search" banner, with advertising packaged (similar for advertising scheme) do cover, actually do is "network marketing", income people involved is not from the ad Click rebate, but in accordance with the "head" and "level" as the method of calculation.

Field four: the P2P platform risk index: assumes.

At present, P2P financial unpopular momentum did not because part of the platform run and stop, some people hold various purposes or in red inside, particularly noteworthy is the illegal P2P platform not only may be involved in illegal fund-raising, also has the possibility to become a new platform for the network marketing.

Although the main pattern of the current P2P is mainly to private lending. However, the lawless elements changed slightly, can let the P2P platform has become the network marketing platform.

At present, many of the P2P platform for registered users to invite friends to participate in the P2P financial is also provided with a rebate or reward ratio. As long as it is changed slightly, the registered user to invite customers again invite customers are also incorporated into the upper level user rebate Commission, so, this kind of customer development mode with network MLM "character".

In this model, the existence of the real meaning of the borrower is not important, the number of members registered users of the income completely and its development and member lending amount of hook. Development of direct members or rolling members more, registered users return higher return.

Especially in the P2P platform the main P2P business bad, if P2P has this kind of mode, the lender to back the principal and may be desperate into internet pyramid selling in.

Although the author only lists four network MLM in high-risk areas or industries, but in fact, most Internet applications are likely to be used by the criminals become network marketing platform, and the key lies in whether the distinction between MLM, participants source of revenue in the end is what form? Usually relates to "pull the head", is Nive out of ten suspected pyramid. *

(original title: what is network marketing "risk"?)

Editor: small Shen