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The reason I had heard is because Mormon's make great door-to-door salesmen. Many of the men have spent a year or two of door-to-door proselyting (attempting t

The reason I had heard is because Mormon's make great door-to-door salesmen. Many of the men have spent a year or two of door-to-door proselyting (attempting to convert). So they're used to selling to strangers and also being rejected. I'm not sure how true this is, but it seems plausible.

jansan 9y ago
I see a lot of those Mormon young men here in Germany on their mission. There are usually two of them, dresses well and behaving very politely. Although they directly contact people on the street, I never have the feeling that anyone is annoyed by them. Therefore I could well imagine that they are great sales men.
- jacobush 9y ago
  Anecdotally the same here in Sweden too. :-)
- swiley 9y ago
  Honestly, being stopped on the street and talked to isn't so bad if they're not trying to sell you something. The only reason I ever go out is to talk to people and almost everyone (myself included) is afraid to do it. I've come to enjoy the short conversations with the Jehovah's witnesses, the Hindus and so on even though I'll probably never believe most of what they're saying.
MandieD 9y ago
Another likely factor related to the high Mormon population is the correspondingly high stay-at-home mother population, for whom MLM looks like a good opportunity to have a career while still being at home for their families most of the time.
jjeaff 9y ago
Nah, they aren't driving the mlm. Their skills are leveraged more for the door to door giants like Vivent and most every other door to door sales company you can think of. And on the darker side, Utah also houses a great deal of very legally dubious boiler room sales floors. You will find that almost every single "I make $900 at home" that originated from the US will lead you to a high pressure sales floor in Utah. The mlm seems to be the stay at home moms and maybe a mix of others that are able to leverage their church network.

jansan 9y ago

I see a lot of those Mormon young men here in Germany on their mission. There are usually two of them, dresses well and behaving very politely. Although they directly contact people on the street, I never have the feeling that anyone is annoyed by them. Therefore I could well imagine that they are great sales men.

jacobush 9y ago
Anecdotally the same here in Sweden too. :-)
swiley 9y ago
Honestly, being stopped on the street and talked to isn't so bad if they're not trying to sell you something. The only reason I ever go out is to talk to people and almost everyone (myself included) is afraid to do it. I've come to enjoy the short conversations with the Jehovah's witnesses, the Hindus and so on even though I'll probably never believe most of what they're saying.

MandieD 9y ago

Another likely factor related to the high Mormon population is the correspondingly high stay-at-home mother population, for whom MLM looks like a good opportunity to have a career while still being at home for their families most of the time.

jjeaff 9y ago

Nah, they aren't driving the mlm. Their skills are leveraged more for the door to door giants like Vivent and most every other door to door sales company you can think of. And on the darker side, Utah also houses a great deal of very legally dubious boiler room sales floors. You will find that almost every single "I make $900 at home" that originated from the US will lead you to a high pressure sales floor in Utah. The mlm seems to be the stay at home moms and maybe a mix of others that are able to leverage their church network.