[work4me]

Anyone familiar with this company? How is an affiliate license differ from a franchise?

Are they legit? There were various links that came up from a google search that showed some concerning info.......jobvent.com said "running a scam" and "duping franchisees".........MD consent order against the founder..........and on watchlist in CA.

They pitch a good story, but couldn't you work directly with a similar firm without having to pay such a high fee upfront?

Checking them out and interested, but got nervous when doing the research online.

[fin-services]

Interesting info and didn't realize all the things you listed.........be leary, have worked with this group for awhile and considered leaving. They are shady and have lied about a lot of things they promised. Wouldn't recommend them!

Few tidbits:
* Affiliate means you are not restricted by location or area compared to a franchise.......and they will gladly put another affiliate in your backyard which hurts your chances of deals

* Struggled to do any deals despite what was pitched..........and have talked to other groups with similar experience

* Their main motivation is selling affiliate licenses vs. doing actual deals..........where they make their money! More salespeople selling licenses than support people supporting those on board.

* High internal turnover and the comments on jobvent.com do not surprise me.

* Hard to get a straight answer out of anyone at HQ........talk a good game, but never really know what is going on.

[jay.robinson15]

There are a lot of companies like this out there, trying to pull the same crap. I am not saying all companies that deal with affiliates are bad news, because I have had good experience with some of the larger mlm companies and they don't operate like this.