Des Alpes Review: MLM crypto pyramid scheme
Des Alpes fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website domains.
Des Alpes operates from two known website domains:
- desalpesfamily.app.clientclub.net – appears to be a subdomain on a third-party platform
- desalpes.world – privately registered on October 24th, 2024
At time of publication both website homepages are nothing more than affiliate log in forms. A bit more information is provided on “invite.desalpes.world”, however this is still just a recruitment funnel with a vague generic marketing pitch.
Further research reveals Des Alpes promoters citing Daniel Dalpe as CEO and presumably founder of the company:
According to his social media profiles, Alpes is based out of Qubec, Canada. I wasn’t able to verify Alpes’ MLM history.
As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.
Des Alpes’ Products
Des Alpes has no retailable products or services.
Affiliates are only able to promoter Des Alpes affiliate membership itself.
Des Alpes’ Compensation Plan
Des Alpes affiliates pay 129 to 21oo USD Coin (USDC) in fees.
Commissions are paid when they recruit others who do the same.
Recruitment Commissions
Des Alpes pays recruitment commissions via a 2×20 matrix.
A 2×20 matrix places an affiliate at the top of a matrix, with two positions directly under them:
These two positions form the first level of the matrix. The second level of the matrix is generated by splitting these first two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).
Levels three to twenty of the matrix are generated in the same manner, with each new level of the matrix housing twice as many positions as the previous level.
Positions in the matrix are filled via direct and indirect recruitment of affiliates.
Commissions are paid per position filled across the matrix, subject to payment of unlock fees:
- level 1 (129 USDC to unlock and then 100 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (2 positions to fill)
- level 2 (200 USDC to unlock and then 100 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (4 position to fill)
- level 3 (330 USDC to unlock and then 200 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (8 positions to fill)
- level 4 (440 USDC to unlock and then 300 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (16 positions to fill)
- level 5 (550 USDC to unlock and then 400 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (32 positions to fill)
- levels 6 to 10 (1100 USDC to unlock and then 400 USDC every 30 days) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (2046 positions to fill)
- levels 11 to 20 (2100 USDC to unlock, no additional fee) – 100 USDC per affiliate recruited (2,097,150 positions to fill)
Matching Bonus
Des Alpes pays a Matching Bonus via a unilevel compensation structure.
A unilevel compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a unilevel team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them (level 1):
If any level 1 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s unilevel team.
If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on and so forth down a theoretical infinite number of levels.
Des Alpes caps payable unilevel team levels at five. The Matching Bonus is paid as a percentage of recruitment commissions earned across these five levels as follows:
- level 1 (personally recruited affiliates) – 50% match
- level 2 – 20% match
- levels 3 to 5 – 10% match
Joining Des Alpes
Des Alpes affiliate membership is tied to a minimum 129 USDC fee payment. Additional monthly fees apply, depending on how many matrix levels are unlocked.
Des Alpes marketing presentations also suggest an additional 29 USDC affiliate membership is charged each month.
Des Alpes Conclusion
Des Alpes is a simple MLM crypto pyramid scheme. New recruits sign up, pay a fee, that fee is used to pay whoever recruited them, and the only way to make back losses is to recruit others.
Attached to this is some shopping cashback scheme. I didn’t bother going over it as it has nothing to do with Des Alpes’ MLM opportunity.
The notion that anyone is paying money as a retail customer for a cashback scheme in 2025 is DOA. Such to the extent Des Alpes has an attached cashback scheme, it’s pseudo-compliance to mask an otherwise fraudulent business model.
Des Alpes charges monthly fees to trap as much money in the system as possible. Most of this money is funneled up the company-wide matrix, to the financial benefit of Daniel Dalpe and his inner-circle.
This flow of money to the owner and early joiners is central to every pyramid scheme. It comes at the cost of everybody else suckered into joining.
As with all MLM pyramid schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will commissions.
This will see those at the bottom of Des Alpes stop paying monthly fees. This in turn will see those above them stop getting paid.
Unless new victims are found quickly, eventually these upline affiliates will also stop paying monthly fees.
Once enough Des Alpes affiliates inevitably stop paying monthly fees, an irreversible collapse is triggered.
The math behind pyramid schemes guarantees that when they collapse, the majority of participants lose money.
Thanks for shining a light on this, Oz. We recently stumbled across a Zoom meeting hosted by Mario Déziel promoting Des Alpes, and let’s just say—it didn’t take long for the alarm bells to start ringing.
The usual MLM hype was all there: emotional language, recruitment-first focus, vague product promises, and the classic “pre-launch” buzz designed to create FOMO.
We infiltrated the call, asked the hard questions, and—surprise, surprise—the meeting got shut down midstream. That alone tells you everything you need to know.
We’ve documented the experience and produced a full video breakdown on our YouTube channel The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger to expose this operation for what it is.
It’s always the same formula: no verifiable retail product, heavy emphasis on building a downline, and unrealistic income projections. Classic pyramid play.
Thanks again for continuing to cover these schemes. The more people speaking out, the fewer victims get caught in the trap.
Thanks for reviewing this scam. This particular one seems to be a bit of an iceberg: They dont get a lot of publicity but there is a lot of mouth to mouth recruiting going on below the surface.
We were waiting for this!! We have been following it and I was eagerly waiting for you to post your review! They have been poaching people from the Onpassive scam, Live Good, Nelo Life and maybe even VYB!
It seems people are jumping ship from Onpassie and Live Good into these newer ones that seem to be just as much (if not more) of a scam! This Mario seems like a joke!
Being in Canada, I’ll have to see what I can find on this guy. I’ll send you anything I find that you have not included here, fabulous work as always Oz!! xo
I meant to say “word-of-mouth recruiting”, obviously. In my native language, the term is “mouth to mouth” which is kind of weird.