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Tristar Enterprises

TINA.org investigated Tristar Enterprises as part of its larger investigation into atypical income claims used by DSA-member companies. To read more about TINA.org’s DSA Income Claims Investigation, click here.

ZynTravel

ZynTravel

In an effort to efficiently and effectively address the pervasive problem of multilevel marketing companies using deceptive marketing to promote their business opportunities and sell their wares, TINA.org sent a…

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Business school dean cautions students and other deans.

FTC Seeks to Crack Down on Rampant Fake Reviews and Bogus Testimonials

FTC Seeks to Crack Down on Rampant Fake Reviews and Bogus Testimonials

TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed rule and suggests revisions.

Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business

Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business

How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.

Work-at-Home Opportunities

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Work-at-Home Opportunities

“View a variety of legitimate work at home [sic] from all over the web,” says this spam email. “Start making money online from your home today,” it goes on. Clicking…

Vemma’s Version: Business Foolishness in the Extreme

Vemma’s Version: Business Foolishness in the Extreme

Upon reading the transcript of the Sept. 15 court hearing re Vemma, which conveys the most unusual meanings that Vemma attributes to such common terms as customer, business opportunity, and…

What You Should Know about Vemma

What You Should Know about Vemma

Investigation reveals a number of questionable practices.

Coronavirus Spawns Class-Action Lawsuits as Consumers Seek Refunds

Coronavirus Spawns Class-Action Lawsuits as Consumers Seek Refunds

The pandemic has also triggered lawsuits over privacy issues with some video conferencing apps, and more.

Time Freedom Is The New Financial Freedom

Time Freedom Is The New Financial Freedom

Why the MLM industry should avoid the term.

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.

DSA Award Winners Are Ethics Code Violators

DSA Award Winners Are Ethics Code Violators

Why is this industry group honoring MLMs making illegal marketing claims?

Mary Kay Off-Roads into Deceptive Income Claims

Mary Kay Off-Roads into Deceptive Income Claims

The pink Cadillac is just one of many things top-selling distributors tout but few distributors achieve.

The Ugly Truth about Beautycounter

The Ugly Truth about Beautycounter

There’s no concealing this makeup MLM’s inappropriate income claims.

What You Should Know about New U Life

What You Should Know about New U Life

MLM company New U Life is no fountain of youth.

4Life Research

4Life Research

TINA.org investigated 4Life 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…

Adore Me

Adore Me

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Adore Me, a web-based lingerie company, and found that it used deceptive marketing tactics, including ads that deceptively promoted product prices that were only available…

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

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