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Matrix schemes are also sometimes considered similar to Ponzi or pyramid schemes.
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Matrix schemeNow you very well know that promoting Ponzi like schemes isn't something moral in this forum. This could get you in a lot of trouble.
It depends on the way you look at it. A multilevel marketing affiliate structure isn't a ponzi scheme just because affiliates are stacked in a matrix. When it is all driven by sales of a product then it is not. The commissions from sales of the product is usually what fuels the matrix.