According to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), since the passage of the "Multi-Level Sales Law" in 1991 made the old "pyramid schemes" into legal direct sales companies, the number of people in this line has risen sharply.
根據公平交易委員會的統計，從民國八十一年「多層次傳銷管理辦法」制訂，傳銷從以往的「老鼠會」成為合法的行銷方式後，從業人數就直線上升。