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.
マルチ商法は、時にねずみ講と混同されることがある。
Multi-level marketing is sometimes confused with pyramid schemes.
彼女はマルチ商法で成功したと言っているが、周りは半信半疑だ。
She says she succeeded through MLM, but people around her are skeptical.