multi-level marketing

Noun

 * 1) A sales system under which the salesperson receives a commission on his or her own sales and a smaller commission on the sales from each person he or she convinces to become a salesperson.

Usage notes
Multi-level marketing is considered a legitimate business if the emphasis is primarily on the sale of products or service. See pyramid scheme for details of illegal schemes that rely heavily on recruitment of new investors to make money.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 多層次傳銷
 * Finnish: verkostomarkkinointi
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese: 連鎖販売取引, マルチ商法
 * Korean: 다단계 마케팅
 * Persian: بازاریابی چندسطحی
 * Polish: marketing wielopoziomowy
 * Russian: многоу́ровневый ма́рке́тинг
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: багаторі́вневий ма́ркетинг
 * Vietnamese: bán hàng đa cấp, tiếp thị đa cấp