english: In theory, the difference is that the members of the multi-level  marketing companies primarily earn compensation from selling a particular product or a service to retail customers, while pyramid schemes primarily compensate members for recruitment of new sellers.
non_english: V teoriji je razlika ta, da člani podjetij z mrežnim marketingom primarno služijo kompenzacijo od prodaje določenega produkta ali usluge potrošnikom, medtem ko piramidne sheme primarno kompenzirajo člane za rekrutiranje novih.