Short answer: No. Powur's override structure makes people ask the question — which is fair — so instead of hand-waving, this page applies the FTC's actual pyramid-scheme criteria to Powur one test at a time. Written by The Solar Team, an active Powur team with nothing to gain from you joining a scam. The FTC's pyramid-scheme test The FTC looks at three things: (1) Do participants pay a buy-in fee to join? (2) Does income come primarily from recruiting rather than selling a real product to real end customers? (3) Is there a legitimate product with genuine market value? A company that fails these tests is a pyramid scheme regardless of what it calls itself. A company that passes them is a legitimate direct-sales or platform business — even if it uses multi-level overrides. Test 1 — Buy-in fees: Powur has none Pyramid schemes make money when new recruits pay to join. Powur has zero buy-in fee, zero franchise cost, and zero required inventory or equipment purchase. The $50/month platform license is a software subscription that unlocks the proposal tool, CRM, and training library — it is not a recruitment fee, and nobody upstream earns a commission on it. Test 2 — Where the income actually comes from Powur Sellers earn the large majority of income from closing residential solar installations with homeowners — real end customers who receive a working solar system. Average commission is $7,000–$10,000+ per closed deal under Powur 5.0. Override income exists (six generations deep for team builders), but it is paid on actual installed solar projects produced by the team — not on sign-ups. Zero installs = zero overrides, no matter how many people you recruit. Overrides are also funded from Powur's 30% share of margin, not taken out of the Seller's 70%. Test 3 — Product value The product is a permitted, installed, grid-connected residential solar system with equipment from QCell, REC, Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge and financing from major lenders. 34,000+ homeowners have bought one through Powur. Product value is not in question. So is Powur an MLM? Powur uses a multi-generation override structure, which is a feature MLMs also use — that's where the confusion comes from. The legal distinction is what drives income: at Powur it's product sales to end customers, which is why it does not meet the FTC's pyramid criteria. Practical advice: judge any Powur team by its production, not its recruiting pitch. A legitimate team will show you active install volume. If a team talks only about recruiting, walk away — even inside a legitimate platform, that team is playing the wrong game.