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Mark Rawlins

Founder, MLM Compensation Consulting
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Mark brings extensive experience to the industry. Mark began work in the direct selling arena in 1981. He has built two MLM software companies, InfoTrax and 2021. Mark is recognized as one of the pioneers in the MLM software business. He retired from running a software company and now focuses on helping companies to design and analyze compensation plans. Mark has written two books on MLM compensation, Understanding Multi-Level Commissions and Their Role in a Successful Company and From Commission Plan to Compensation Strategy. He has authored over 60 articles on MLM.com and written for Direct Selling News. Mark has worked with every possible compensation type. Nothing surprises Mark. He has worked with hundreds of company’s compensation plans and business plans.   Mark provides the overall compensation plan analysis and seeing the results of bonus commission plans.  

If you need help with your compensation plan design or analytics, contact www.mlm-cc.com or 801-416-3648 or sales@mlm.com.

Articles by Mark Rawlins

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  • August 22, 2016

    FTC Demands Customers. How Will You Comply?

    The Herbalife settlement is out. We’ve had time to examine its contents. We have compared this settlement with last year’s Vemma case. Several of the particulars the FTC went after in ea... Read more

  • July 6, 2016

    Starting an MLM Company That Will Last, Part 2 Compensation Strategy

    Multilevel Marketing is big business. There are dozens of companies (including Infotrax) that sell products and services to MLMs new and old. My company has been supporting companies in the ... Read more

  • July 6, 2016

    Starting an MLM Company That Will Last, Part 1 4 Phases of a Company

    Multilevel Marketing is big business. There are dozens of companies (including Infotrax) that sell products and services to MLMs new and old. My company has been supporting companies in the ... Read more

  • May 9, 2016

    International commissions considerations

    A company may start out doing business only in the United States, but it will quickly—usually more quickly than it’s ready to handle—get pressure from its distributors to open operatio... Read more

  • March 28, 2016

    What’s a pool commission?

    Pool commissions are excellent for targeting specific behaviors. They are the most flexible of all commissions allowing a company to target any group in the organization. There are two main ... Read more

  • March 28, 2016

    What’s a pay leg commission?

    Pay leg commissions are built on a simple concept. Typically, binaries use one of two systems to pay distributors, cycle bonuses or pay leg commissions. In this article we discuss the pay l... Read more

  • March 28, 2016

    What’s a level commission?

    Level commissions are the most common network marketing commissions. Virtually every company we’ve worked with at InfoTrax—except for a few older binary plans—has had at least one leve... Read more