MLM History: How Far Back Can You Remember?

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When you think about MLM history, how far back can you remember? Most people will remember companies like AmWay and Tupperware as some of the pioneers of multi level marketing, but did you know MLM businesses date all the way back to the 1860's? Without multi level marketing you wouldn't have some of your favorite products today.

In the 1860's peddlers were know to sell products door to door. The process was reinvented when Henry Heinz had a team of 400 sales people marketing vegetables, ketchup, and pickles to those who weren't able to grow their own. In the 1880's Asa Candler, another former peddler built up a sales force to sell Coca-Cola syrup to restaurants across the country. MLM history dates back farther than you may have thought

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