Amway is not just a network marketing company, it is THE company in a sense. It was the first company to use the direct marketing idea and could probably be credited with creating the entire marketing structure. It has been around for more than half a century and is still considered to be a dependable company. Many people laugh at it and make fun of Amway, but the reality is that it does offer the potential to earn money. They have had many issues, however, over the past few years and that is why we have seen them using television to advertise. They had changed and became a company called Quikstar. They had made some changes to the way they did business and ultimately lost one of the biggest earners in the company. There are countless companies on the market today that use the multi-level marketing business model. The reality of this structure is that your money will have to come from selling the products these companies offer, or from building a downline that does it for you.