Regulatory Inquiries Put Essential Oils MLM doTerra on the Defensive

MLM’s health claims fail to stand up to an increased level of scrutiny amid a worldwide pandemic.

Wellness MLM’s Fulvic Acid Product Raises Red Flags

“The mudman” has apparently found a new MLM to sell his “magic dirt.”

TINA.org Investigation Finds Pervasive Deceptive Earnings Claims in MLM Industry

The consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has published the results of a yearslong investigation into the multilevel marketing (MLM) industry that found widespread use of deceptive income claims to promote…

FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay

The agency puts the MLM industry on notice.

TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims

MADISON, CONN. November 7, 2016 – Calling into question the Direct Selling Association’s commitment to consumer protection, a truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has revealed that 97 percent of DSA member companies…

An In-Depth Examination of Self-Regulation in the MLM Industry

TINA.org publishes a groundbreaking new report about the history and effectiveness of self-regulation in the MLM industry.

“MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer”

Emily Stewart, Vox

It’s Not Simple To Jump to Another MLM

Vemma leader’s defection to another MLM may not be the end of the story.

2020 FTC MLM Database

TINA.org Urges FTC to Initiate Penalty-Offense Program Targeting MLM Industry

MADISON, CONN. June 30, 2021 – Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) sent a letter today to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to initiate a penalty-offense program targeting the direct…

MLM Health Claims Audit Results

Audit results of TINA.org’s investigation of MLM health claims.

$5 jewelry and an MLM conference gone wrong

Emily Stewart, Vox

doTerra

TINA.org found essential oils MLM repeatedly using illegal disease-treatment claims despite numerous warnings.

19 Things Le-Vel and Its Distributors Deceptively Represent Are Attainable with MLM

Exaggerated earnings claims are not hard to find.

Trump’s MLM Pitch Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Says

Complaint alleges Trump secretly received millions of dollars in payments while deceptively marketing ACN.

After LuLaRoe, do we need another ‘empowering’ leggings MLM? Savvi thinks so

Ali Montag, Fortune

Melaleuca

TINA.org investigated Melaleuca as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims…

Prüvit

TINA.org investigated Pruvit as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click here.

Rodan + Fields

TINA.org investigated Rodan + Fields as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click…

LuLa-NO: Clothing MLM Violating Court Order

TINA.org alerts Washington AG’s office to deceptive income claims and more.