Mannatech states on their website: “Share what you learn with as few as six friends, and you can receive a commission on the products they purchase!” Um, so does this mean that distributors don't earn a commission on their downline's commissions until they've signed up six people? And you know what, six people is a lot to sign up, quite frankly. I don't know where mlm companies think all these non-Mannatech people are to sign up, since most mlms are set up in such a way that distributors can't really make good money unless they sign up a lot of people. I guess mlms will have to start storming the great wall of China and forcing people to sign up there!

To sign up at Mannatech, the Basic Associate Registration Pack costs $39. From their website: “Select from one of the pre-selected registration packs or select the custom pack option and click continue to create your own registration pack.” Unfortunately, I didn't see the “custom pack option,” no matter how hard I looked. Registration packs cost between $99 to $1,099, which isn't exactly chump change. Or maybe it is. It takes a chump to sign up and pay that kind of money.