erh..i dont think affiliate marketing is MLM right?
Affiliate Marketing is a pay for performance marketing solution i.e. For advertisers - You only pay commission to the affiliates for referring a sale or when a lead is generated
Or affiliates - If you have your own blog or website, put up an advertisers' banner and sometimes just by referring your vistors to the advertisers' site, you will earn a commission.
MLM requires a person to invest a certain amount of money first, but affiliate marketing doesnt...
eg read this article
http://202.221.217.59/print/business/nb ... 0629a2.htm
it's hot in Japan