This is an old topic, but I did want to add my
. I returned my product in February (and still haven't gotten my blue check
) but I didn't tell any of my customers that I quit the business. So I still have those faithful customers who call for reorders about once a week. Out of 200+ customers, only 10-15% of them reorder w/o any prompting (ie PCP, books, calls, etc). I kept the product I knew I would sell or use and the rest I figured there will always be plenty of sources to get it from at cost. I probably wouldn't have sent my product back if I didn't have $10K+ in retail. I would have been able to order what I needed than to do my occassional scavenger hunt!
It was awfully theraputic to clear my home of pink and guilt though!
Reflecting back, I always enjoyed the selling the product because I believed in it. I HATED recruiting from the get go and never really got used to it. It was always easier for me to sell someone a cleanser than it was a career opportunity. The whole recruiting thing always seemed so pyramidish to me. That being said, I came in with $1800 inventory, sold 95% within 3 weeks, then ordered another $2400 (wow I was truly my
cash cow!!!) to replenish my shelf plus some. My sales continued to go well, but it's when I started recruiting that my sales began to suffer. I was recruitung some of my best customers and hostesses! How could they not hurt?!?! I did it on the advice from my
and figured it was a short term sacrifice for a long term gain, just get through DIQ. I finished and as others have said here, it wasn't the promise land I thought it would be. In fact that's when the money began hemorroging! Between the suit, DIT, prizes, etc. it was very expensive very quickly! Again, I relied on my sales to pull me out of the hole and thank goodness it worked. Now that it's all said and done, I ended up in the green, but not by much. That's not taking into consideration the stress, the loss of dignity, and the time away from my family. One could also say you can deduct those same things out of a regular job's pay as well. That's why my family has rearranged our priorities so that I can now be a SAHM.
So do I think you can make money at this business? Sure, but not a whole lot, and you can only do it without manipulation and with a clear conscience if you do not move up the career path. Those who make a lot, are those who have moved up the career path and are master manipulators and who have sold off a piece of their soul. JMHO
