After nearly 40 years of working, half self-employed successful businesses, I found myself on Social Security Disability, a result of a workers comp related injury (a nightmare in itself.) I decided I would search the web for work at home business opportunities because I am not one who can sit at home idle, and also, I wanted to generate some additional income at my own pace (since I am now limited to the amount of time I can devote to work.)
I found an ad for "Wellness Moms, " a home based business for serious Moms. I am familiar with Tea Tree Oil (having been a licensed Esthetician,) and know it to be an excellent antibacterial, disinfectant, and antiseptic. It has what is called terpines and if you smell it, it closely resembles terpentine.
Because of my knowledge of this essential oil I decided to sign up and give it a try. They were running a monthly special and I got my sign up fee refunded (credit to be used for purchasing Melaleuca products.) I decided to give it my all for 3 months, and if I didn't have any luck after that amount of time I would quit and try something else.
This is what I learned during these three months:
You will spend a lot more money than you will make.
Once Melaleuca has your money they will not return it.instead they credit your account and the money will be used for future Melaleuca purchases.
You will not make commissions on the people who you sign up unless you sign them up as preferred customers and they agree to purchase $50.00 of products a month. They must remain active for 3 months. If they fail to place their order one month, Melalueca will ship them a "backup" order that they put together and it may not be what they want.
People who have allergies could be allergic to a lot of these products like I am.
You go through a lot of red tape to quit.
Don't fall for the trap, "the products are less expensive because they are so concentrated." Overall you will be spending more money each month on household cleaning products. I never spent $60.00 a month on cleaning supplies before.
I DO like some of the products. I would keep ordering them if I could order at the preferred price without committing to purchasing what amounts to over $60.00 a month. The non-preferred prices are too expensive for my fixed income budget.
Like many have said here, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Save yourself some grief and save your money. Unless you have an endless supply of wealthy friends, family, prosepective clients, who don't mind committing to monthly purchases, you are not going to be making enough money to make it worthwhile.
Realizing this I have now ventured into the online surveys and data entry, but watch out there as there are a lot of "SCAMS" there as well.in all of the "work from home" opportunities they key is, do a lot of researching and do your homework before jumping into something. Most of these companies are making their money off of your ignorance.
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