Best MLM Companies to Join: 2 Established Network Marketing Companies to Consider
If you’ve been searching for the best MLM company to join, you have probably discovered that there are hundreds of network marketing opportunities competing for your attention.
So where do you start?
Rather than telling you that one particular company is automatically the “best”, I think it is more useful to look at a couple of established examples, understand how their business models work, and then consider what you actually need to build a network marketing business successfully.
Two well-known names worth researching are Herbalife and Amway.
They are very different businesses, but both illustrate an important point: choosing the company is only one part of the equation.
1. Herbalife
Herbalife is a long-established network marketing company focused primarily on nutrition and wellness products.
The company describes its model as network marketing, with independent distributors selling products to customers and having the option to build teams of other distributors.
This makes Herbalife particularly relevant to someone who likes the idea of having a physical product to demonstrate, recommend and sell.
The company also provides training and online tools for its independent members.
Who might find Herbalife interesting?
Someone who:
- likes health and wellness products
- enjoys talking to people
- is comfortable recommending physical products
- likes the idea of building a customer base
- may eventually want to build a team
As with any network marketing opportunity, however, you should look at the company’s current earnings information, costs and terms before joining. Herbalife itself states that income is not guaranteed and depends on factors including effort and skill.
2. Amway
Amway is another very well-established name in direct selling and network marketing.
Its product range includes areas such as health, beauty and home products.
According to Amway’s published information, its US business model involves retail product sales as well as bonuses connected with product sales within an IBO’s sales organisation. Amway states that income is not guaranteed and publishes an income disclosure statement.
Amway’s published US 2025 disclosure is particularly useful because it gives prospective participants actual income information rather than simply advertising the opportunity. For example, it reports average annual earnings before expenses for US IBOs at Founders Platinum level and below of $750, including people who reported no product sales.
One important current caveat
There is also a very recent development prospective Amway participants should know about.
On September 17, 2026, the US Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement involving Amway and two affiliated organisations over allegations concerning deceptive recruitment and earnings representations. The FTC said the proposed order includes $225 million in monetary relief and changes to certain business practices. These are allegations addressed through the proposed legal settlement, rather than a finding that every Amway distributor engaged in such conduct.
That is exactly why I would recommend doing your own research and reading the current company disclosures and terms before joining any network marketing company.
So which one is the best?
That’s actually the wrong question.
The better question is:
Which company, products and business model fit what I am looking for?
One person might prefer nutrition products.
Another might prefer beauty products.
Someone else might prefer household products.
And another person may be more interested in an online-focused affiliate business.
There isn’t a single network marketing company that will be the right fit for everybody.
But there is another question that I think is just as important.
What happens after you join?
This is something that is easy to overlook.
Suppose you’ve chosen a company.
You’ve registered.
You’ve received your products.
You’ve got your affiliate or distributor link.
Now what?
How are you going to find customers?
How are you going to generate interest?
How are you going to follow up?
How are you going to build a team?
And, perhaps most importantly:
What happens when the first person joins you?
That’s where having a proper system becomes important.
Your company isn’t necessarily your marketing system
This distinction is worth understanding.
Your MLM or network marketing company provides the opportunity, products and compensation structure.
But you still need to learn how to build your business.
You need a way of attracting people.
You need somewhere to send interested people.
You need training.
You need follow-up.
And if you want to build a team, you need a way of helping the people you introduce learn what to do.
That’s a completely separate consideration from choosing the company itself.
This is where Plug-In Profit Site becomes interesting
One of the reasons I use Plug-In Profit Site is that it can provide the online business system around the opportunity.
The idea isn’t that you should ignore the company you’re promoting.
Quite the opposite.
You still need a good product or service and a legitimate business model.
What PIPS can provide is the online marketing framework and training that sits around that opportunity.
You have a ready-made website, structured training and tools designed to help you learn how to build an online business.
And this becomes particularly interesting if you’re planning to build a downline.
Think about your first team member
Imagine that someone joins your network marketing business tomorrow.
They’re enthusiastic.
They want to build something.
But they’ve never built an online business before.
What are you going to tell them?
“Here’s your link. Go and find some customers”?
Or can you give them a system that says:
Start here.
Learn this.
Do this next.
Then move on to the next step.
That can make a huge difference to a beginner.
And it can make a difference to you as the person building the team.
The duplication advantage
If you’re serious about building a downline, you eventually run into a simple problem.
You can’t personally teach everyone everything.
If you have one person in your team, you can probably give them a lot of individual attention.
If you have ten, that’s more difficult.
If you have fifty, it becomes a completely different proposition.
This is where duplication matters.
You want your new team members to have access to a system that they can learn themselves and then use with the people they introduce.
That’s one of the reasons I see PIPS as potentially useful alongside a network marketing business.
The company gives you the opportunity and products.
PIPS gives you a structured online business system and training environment that you can use to help people learn how to market online.
And there is another interesting possibility
The PIPS system itself includes a number of recommended programmes and services.
That means someone using the system can be exposed to additional online-business products and services as they work through the training.
So rather than having to invent an entire training programme for your team, you can point people towards an existing system and help them work through it.
That can be particularly useful for the person who is building a team but doesn’t want to spend all their time personally teaching every beginner how the internet works.
The important caveat
I wouldn’t suggest joining an MLM simply because someone tells you it is “the best.”
Do your research.
Look at the products.
Look at the compensation plan.
Understand the costs.
Read the company’s income disclosure where one is available.
Understand its refund and cancellation policies.
And think about how you would actually find customers and build your business.
Most importantly, don’t confuse joining a company with having a complete business-building strategy.
They aren’t necessarily the same thing.
So what should you do?
If you’re currently comparing network marketing companies, start by investigating the companies themselves.
Herbalife and Amway are two established examples, but they are certainly not the only companies you could research.
Then ask yourself a second question:
“If I joined, how would I actually build this business online?”
That’s where I think a system such as Plug-In Profit Site deserves a look.
You don’t necessarily need to choose between your network marketing company and a marketing system.
The two can serve different purposes.
The company provides the opportunity.
The system helps you learn how to build the business.
And if your long-term goal is to build a strong team, having a structured system that your new members can also follow could become increasingly valuable as your organisation grows.
Want to see what the system looks like?
You can take a look at Plug-In Profit Site here:
See the Plug-In Profit Site system and training
Take a look at what is included and decide for yourself whether it could complement the network marketing opportunity you’re considering.
The important thing is not simply finding a company to join.
It’s understanding how you’re going to build the business once you’ve joined.
