Top 20 MLM Companies
There are always people looking to change companies, join a new company, or wanting to see how they rank among the top MLM companies (if they are even on the list). But, before I begin, let me tell you this:
This is a NO RECRUITING ZONE!!!
What that means is that you are not going to be pitched at the end about some other company or business that we think is best. This may truly be the only “neutral” top MLM company list. Also, to be clear, we use the term MLM to refer to any company that would also be considered multi-level marketing, network marketing, affiliate marketing, home-based business, or business opportunity.
The following criteria were used in determining the top 20 MLM companies: popularity, years in business, internet popularity, Google page rank, Alexa rank, and following Google trends (although this is not a strong factor). And, as a unique twist, we also take into consideration the companies that interact with our site as well as monitor 5 other sites that talk about mlm companies to know what is happening in their companies news and how others rank sites… kind of our own personal ranking algorythm.
These are the Best MLM Companies! We are working on reviews of each of these companies. Those with reviews are shown in bold below with a link to their review. More reviews are coming. All of the links for the company names below are to the company websites. They are not affiliate links.
* List updated August 30, 2011
The Top 20 Companies
- Amway – health, beauty, and household products, Pagerank 6, Alexa rank 6,300 – (Read our Amway Review)
- Avon – beauty products, Pagerank 6, Alexa rank 4,000 - (Read our Avon Review)
- Herbalife – health and skin care products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 16,500 - (Read our Herbalife Review)
- ACN – telecommunication services, Pagerank 6, Alexa rank 22,700
- USANA – nutritional products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 16,500
- Mary Kay Cosmetics – beauty products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 13,300
- Vemma – nutritional products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 28,400
- Nu Skin – beauty and nutrition products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 10,400
- Melaleuca – nutrition, household, and beauty products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 12,100
- Tupperware – household products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 33,200
- Arbonne – beauty products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 50,400
- Xango – nutritional products, Pagerank 4, Alexa rank 49,900 – (Read our Xango Review)
- Neways – nutrition and beauty products, Pagerank 4, Alexa rank 111,100
- Lia Sophia – jewelry, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 54,500
- Tahitian Noni – nutrition and beauty products, Pagerank 4, Alexa rank 34,800
- Pampered Chef – household products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 44,200
- Mannatech – nutritional and skin care products, Pagerank 4, Alexa rank 79,200 – (Read our Mannatech Review)
- Pre-paid Legal – legal services, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 15,200 – (Read our Prepaid Legal Review)
- Shaklee – health, beauty, and household products, Pagerank 5, Alexa rank 74,300 (Read our Shaklee Review)
- 4Life – nutritional products, Pagerank 4, Alexa rank 34,900
One of the other standards that we imposed on this list is that company must be at least 5 years old, and 10 years old would be better. As we indicate throughout this site, we highly discourage the involvement in any company less than 5 years old due to the fact that 95% of all MLM companies do not make it to their 5th birthday. Therefore, if a company is over 5 years old, you can count on that company being around a while.
We could have easily expanded this list to the top 25 companies. There are other great companies such as Young Living, Monavie, Sentsy, Send Out Cards, etc. But, for now, these are the top 20.
A Quickee Overview Guide To This List
First of all, you will notice that of these 20 companies:
- 12 companies are nutritional companies
- 8 companies are beauty product companies
- 4 companies are household product companies
- 1 company is a legal services company
- 1 company is a telecommunications company
- 1 company is a jewelry company
Of these companies many of them have secondary lines of products that bridge the gaps (i.e. a health and beauty products company)
Regarding the Google Pagerank of a company. You will see that these companies range from a pagerank of 3 to 6. One reason that a company may have a lower pagerank (i.e. Xango) is that they have multiple websites and domains that customers go to. Many of them never use the primary site, and therefore the ranking is lower. This is just a factor, and can be somewhat subjective since there are many other factors than how Google ranks a web page.
Regarding the Alexa ranking, this generally refers to how much traffic a site is pulling in, competing with ALL websites out there, or all kinds. A ranking under 100,000 is very good, and Avon’s ranking of 3,500 is fantastic.
Not every business opportunity company is for everyone. Look around and see which one is best for you. All of the links above are links straight to the company websites. There are no affiliate links or associate links involved – so you can invesitigate things on your own when you are looking for an MLM company to join.
how does the company called Melaleuca rank? Pros and cons? ..for product quality, consumer pricing, and compensation plan Thank you.
Yes, I’m also interested in your finding about Melaleuca, and about Young Living and doterra as well.
Thank you!
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Mandura will be in top 10 MLM companies soon, they have ONE LINE system, anyone who join after you, is in your team, really great products and great support. More info, click on my name..
Wish you all great success in any MLM company !
I was in Melaleuca for awhile and gave it up once I found out that I and my youngest child was allergic to their products. When I told my upline I was allergic to it, he told me to use it any ways, and after awhile I would get use to it. That I should never stop using the product. Well when I have a 3 year old broken out and I am broken out from head to toe, and had a reaction to it that sent me to the hospital I found I was better off quiting using it, and giving up on it. When I asked if I could get my cash back for the products I didn’t use. I was told there was no money back guarantee, so watch yourself with them.
Also make sure that your upline isn’t someone that will push you, and push you. Mine did, and he was never happy even when I recruited 10 people he wanted more. It was always more with him, and when I said I was quiting he ended up calling me back at 2 am telling me I couldn’t quit because he would lose money.
Unaico-Sitetalk holding Company break the record of many direct selling companies of the World including ACN and Amways. Unaico is now going to North America; the World largest market of direct selling in the World. You can check its position in the MLM market through following link
businessforhome.org/2011/05/mlm-companies-web-traffic-ranks-17-may-2011/
I just updated the list. A few dropped off the list, such as Forever Living, Send Out Cards, and Sentsy. They either had significant drops in Alexa rankings or Google Page Rank, or some other factor.
Prepaid Legal took a big plunge from number 3 to number 18. It’s still a good company, but they are in a period of transition still, and the news and stock prices are a bit up in the air.
The newcomeers to the list are: 4Life, Lia Sophia, and Melaleuca. Great companies.
Sarah Wilson asked about Young Living and Doterra. Young Living was a debate. It could have easily made the top 20. I was going to put it in place of Shaklee, but chose not to. Doterra looks okay, but their numbers are not as significant.
Rasim asked about Mandura… I don’t think so. With an Alexa ranking above 417,000, it isn’t even close to this list.
Waqas mentioned Unaico… Again, I don’t think so. It’s not even in the ballpark yet.
Kind of curious what people are hearing about Visalus (body by Vi) and also iZigg. They both seem very well run and in early stages, but experience explosive growth. Love to hear some comments.
I am wondering how you can rank a MLM company as successful based strictly on their pagerank and Alexa rank? That only has to deal with their internet popularity in the eyes of the search engines. What about Zija?
Elliott,
Two things:
1) I understand your questioning about that, but I am not determining a company as unsuccessful or not based on these factors. It is whether they are going to be a part of the Top 20 or not. There are other factors beyond these two that I use, but those are the easiest to measure.
2) You’re off target about Alexa and Pagerank being for the “eyes of the search engines.” Alexa has to do with how many visitors a site is getting, and nothing to do with how popular it is in the search engines. How many people are going to the site to check it out, order products, and otherwise interact with the company. It is a HUGE factor to show how popular a site is based upon the number of human visitors a website gets.
Pagerank is a very complicated, mathematical equation/algorythm that takes into account many factors. Many of those factors involve how many visitors a site is getting, how long the visitors stay on the site, how many people are linking to the site, the trust and authority of the site, etc. It is also a very HUGE factor that shows not only how popular the site is, but how long people stay on the site and their trust of the site.
These are two “objective” factors that cannot be swayed by a person’s opinion of a company. I have my own subjective opinions as well. For example, Zija is a good company. Pagerank 4, Alexa 330,000. They’re 5 years old. That’s all good, and I wouldn’t overlook them as a great business opportunity, but those numbers are not in what I would consider the top 20.
So, my main concern to what you stated was that you think I am determining whether a company is “Successful” or not based on this. If that is true, then you’ve missed the point of this page.
Rich
Has anyone had any experience with Zija International.
What about the mlm company named Organo Gold? Does anyone know our have any info on this particular one? Where can I find legit info on mlm companies? My friend joined and he told me about and he wants me to join but I’m kind skeptical about it. If u have any info email me please at hicl2887@gmail.com
5Linx… Inc. 500 ranked as one of the fastest growing business four years in a row. Going on 11 years of success in the field of telecommunications and energy. Excellent Compensation plan!
What about Rodan & Fields Skincare? From the makers of Proactive? Sounds like a ground floor opportunity. Thoughts?
Matt –
I’ve looked into Visalus. Although it is a good company that is promising growth I did more research into the science behind the actual products. It turns out they use the studies from other companies to come up with their products. They are not the innovators in the field. Most of their studies came from Nu Skin (8th on the list) and Nu Skin’s scientific board. You can email me at martinblanc10 @ gmail.com if you have any questions
I have been looking for a home based company for months now. I did not see Watkins on this list and was one of my favorites. Curious as to why not? I am seriously leaning towards Amway simply because they offer more then one product and consumer need choice in this economy. One does not necessarily need jewelry, but can always use cleaning products that Amway offers but has the choice to buy jewelry if they so desire to or cookware or a large selection of other products. What scars me is the initial start up cost of what seems to be just under $300. What is your advice on start up cost and continuing cost in this business? Thanks you~ Kim, MI
All I can say is that this list should not be considered an accurate reflection of what is going on in the real MLM world.
If you pursue a company based on this list, you will get a good company. However, pay attention to the criteria that are used to ‘judge’ because you will miss some other truly phenomenal options.
ACN rocks…How can you go wrong? Get paid on essential services, everything but air and water.
Hi, Looking into Xyngular. It is a diet based company out of Kansas. It has great vitamins that have had lots of testimonies have helped heartburn and many other things including weight loss. They have a maintenance program so the diet doesn’t yo you. I would love to see your opinion. Thanks
I think Herbalife is the best company…
The scientific formula of Herbalife is extremely unique. And backed by most prominent Scientist including Novel lourette is not a joke. And produced Guiness World Record in Weight Management.
So, all Herbalife is not just a company, it’s Life Changing Company, Future Company…
thank u…