Means for collecting, soliciting, and remunerating members of a multi-level marketing business structure

An apparatus configured to manage to automatically collect, solicit and remunerate members of an MLM structure, the apparatus comprising:

• A database server comprising a processor and a memory device, the database server configured to store executable and operational data, the memory device comprising:
• an incorporation module configured to incorporate a customer into an MLM structure by storing one or more of the customer's name, email, address, and phone number in persistent computer readable storage;
• an accessing module configured to electronically access identifying information of one or more third-party contacts (hereinafter the “contact information”) in possession of the customer via a computer network, said contact information accessible only through a grant of permission of from the customer, said contact information structured in one or more computer readable files and comprising one or more of name, address, email, telephone number, employer, and profession;
• a storage module configured to replicated and store the contact information on a tangible medium after electronically accessing the third-party contact information;
• a transmission module configured to transmit the contact information to one or more solicitors;
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• a tracking module configured to use an MLM identifier to track the customer with whom the contact information originated.

A system to automatically collect, solicit and remunerate members of an MLM structure, the system comprising:

• an incorporation module configured to incorporate, by way a computer program product, a customer into an MLM structure by storing one or more of the customer's name, email, address, and phone number in persistent computer readable storage;
• an accessor module configured to electronically access, by way a computer program product, identifying information of one or more third-party contacts (hereinafter the “contact information”) in possession of the customer via a computer network, said contact information accessible only through a grant of permission of from the customer, said contact information structured in one or more computer readable files and comprising one or more of name, address, email, telephone number, employer, and profession;
• a storage module configured to replicate, by way a computer program product, the contact information on a tangible medium after electronically accessing the third-party contact information;
• a transmitter module configured to transmit, by way a computer program product, the contact information to one or more solicitors;
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• a tracking module configured to use an MLM identifier to track, by way a computer program product, the customer with whom the contact information originated.

A method of collecting, soliciting and remunerating members of an MLM structure, the steps of the method comprising:

• incorporating a customer into an MLM structure by storing one or more of the customer's name, email, address, and phone number on a tangible storage medium;
• accessing identifying information of one or more third-party contacts (hereinafter the “contact information”) in possession of the customer via a computer network, said contact information accessible only through a grant of permission of from the customer, said contact information comprising one or more of name, address, email, telephone number, employer, and profession;
• replicating the contact information on a tangible medium after electronically accessing the third-party contact information;
• transmitting the contact information to one or more solicitors;
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• using an MLM identifier to track the customer with whom the contact information originated.