How to track your MLM business metrics and KPIs

I know I should be tracking my business metrics but I do not know where to start. What KPIs should I track? What tools do you use for tracking?

The comparison between MLM failure rates and traditional business failure rates is misleading. When a traditional business fails, the owner usually has assets, inventory, and equipment they can sell. When an MLM distributor fails, they have nothing but overpriced products in their garage.

Can you share which company you are with? I am researching several options and would love to compare notes. Also, what does your monthly autoship actually cost and what products do you get?

Let us look at this objectively. The Direct Selling Association reports $40 billion in annual US sales. That is real revenue from real products. The industry employs millions of people. To dismiss the entire model as a scam is intellectually dishonest. The problem is not the model - it is how some companies and distributors abuse it.

This is exactly my experience too. My upline promised me the world and then disappeared after I signed up. I was left trying to figure everything out on my own while paying $150 per month in autoship.

Here is my advice for anyone considering MLM: Do not join if you need money now. MLM is a long-term play that might never pay off. Only join if you genuinely love the products and can afford the monthly cost as a consumer. Treat any income as a bonus, not an expectation.