Multi level marketing scam. Very common. Keep away from them, Vector Marketing, Mary Kay, Ambit Energy, and Amway. They all use different terminology and slightly different business models, but they all boil down to the same things.
To become a seller, you have to “buy in” at a few hundred dollars. You then have to make dozens, possibly hundreds, of sales just to turn a basic profit. They will tell you that the “real money” comes from being a distributor, where you get a cut of every sale and every initial seller buy-in. But most of <i>that<i> money comes from the buy-in, as most sellers end up dropping out before they turn a profit. And you’re not even making all that much, and a large cut is still going to a guy above you. So you push to get more sellers, and soon <i>you</i> are that guy, hence the term “multi-level”. In the end, only about 15% of people near the top of the food chain end up turning a profit, and that profit is built on the failures of all the little individual sellers. And the worst part of it? You aren’t even an employee. You have zero protection, and you need to take care of your own health insurance and retirement plans.
And they all have this weird cult-like attitude. They will push you to try and set up parties with your friends to guilt them into buying the product. They have these weekend retreats where they get the top distributors to talk about how rich they are and look at all those silly people with their jobs.
My advice? Get some nice part-time job paying minimum wage. It’s a lot less stress for a lot more money.