Would it be worthwhile to become a Mary Kay representative?
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It looks very alluring at first. Your 50% profit will start to be eaten up by the samples that you buy, the phone bill that you may get from calling clients, the gas that you put in your car to get from client to client, etc. Sure, those items can be tax right offs, but still.at the beginning they can hurt.
The moment that another MK representative hears that you're interested in getting into MK, you maybe be hounded. Representatives get a finder's fee for bringing in fresh blood. The MK Sister/Representative that finds you and her sales director will get a cut from MK when you make your intitial Mary Kay inventory purchase. Once you have signed on by purchasing your starter kit (runs around $100), your new MK Sales Director may start to call you to talk to you. She may go on and on about how excited she is that you have joined MK and how she knows that you are going to do so well and have so much fun. She may also try to upsell you. You might want to come in at the $600 (or whatever is the lowest inventory purchase at the moment is) level, but she'll tell you about how you can't sell anything from an empty store and that you will need product. She may try to sell you on one of MK's largest inventory packages. It's not necessarily because she wants you to have a well-stocked store, but rather that she and the person who recruited you will get a cut (or rather a "love check") from Mary Kay based upon your inventory purchase (and they will also get "love checks" from your future inventory purchases).
There will be meetings that they will want you to go to, but they are not necessarily so that you can better your MK sales skills. Depending upon how your upline is (I know that there are good MK Sales Directors and evil ones), you will likely be encouraged to bring "guests" to the meetings. They'll have you demo the products on your guests and will probably take a stab at doing the MK marketing to try and encourage your guests to sign on with MK.
The Mary Kay car is not a freebie from the company. MK sales ladies have to work at keeping their cars. They need a certain level of production to keep it.
Mary Kay may very well work for folks. Still, it tends to seem as though the real money can come from getting recruits into the business.
Before signing on to anything, do a casual survey of the people that you feel that you would like to sell to. Are they already committed to a skincare regimen and or makeup brand that they feel is the best and are unlikely to jump ship? Do they want to pay Mary Kay prices? Would your potential customers feel inclined to help you out by being a hostess for a Mary Kay product, or would that be too weird or old fashioned for them?
It's a perfectly legitimate thing to check out whether or not you have enough potential customers in your area to make having a business worthwhile. People who are thinking about buying a franchise tend to do this. For example, when opening a business like a Rita's Water Ice, the potential franchise owner needs to know if their potential venue for it will have enough foot traffic, etc.
If you feel that you have the potential customers, the business savvy, and the time to devote to having your own business and would like to do MK, then I wish you the best of luck. Be smart about it. Try coming in at the lowest inventory level possible. Sure, you get "freebies"/"extras" with the larger inventory purchases but it is important to avoid going into debt on this venture.just in case your potential customer base disappears or wasn't as strong as initially believed. Avoid being talked into taking out a loan or using a credit card to make a large initial inventory purchase.
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my step-mom really enjoyed it, now she just buys it for herself
if you know people you can sell to then go for it but sometimes you end up putting more in then you get back.
My aunt sold Mary Kay for years. It is more profitable than Avon, from what I hear.
Her only problem was that she had to travel from home to home 9 hours a day and stay on the phone all night when she got home in order to keep her profits high and her customer happy. She eventually quit because she had to spend too much time marketing.
I would think that if you are a housewife or otherwise unemployed, it might be worth it if you are motivated. I do not see how you could really manage all of that if it was just a "side job," though.
IMO no. to me mary kay is very old fashioned and 60s.
only if youre a very good sales person and you believe you have a good market for it.mary kay has some nice rewards programs also.
i tried avon but it didnt work out due to personal issues.i think i could have done very well if only i had stayed with it.
you also need to be a "people person" and not be shy.you might have to get on a few nerves when you advertise or market your products.but what salesperson doesnt annoy people?
Not unless you have the money to start up your business, and the will power to pursue it. It's one of those jobs that you have to be motivated to do, since you have no-one telling you when or how to do it.
Also you have to buy the samples that you use for consultaions..they give you a "starter kit", but I think you have to pay for that too.
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my sister tried it once.
The biggest benefit you can get from it is the sales experience you'll gain.
Fundamentally, selling a product is about selling yourself, and your buyers trust in you and the portrait you paint for them.
That skill once mastered will take you anywhere you want to go.
So if you have an interest, give it a try, but go in looking for the knowledge you can glean from the experience, not the money.
You have to "know thy self".
Can you sell?
Are you assertive?
Do you like new people that you don't already know?
I don't have time to explain this but if you need advice..pinkstealth@yahoo.co.
It's true that you make some profit from it, but it is sometimes hard to find people who actually want to buy the products, they can be very expensive. So my advice would probably be not to waste your time and do something else.
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If you use the product then it's a great thing. I'm mean come on the profit is 50% mark up. Can't beat that, but I really think you have to love the product and use it. I do and I get all my stuff from my sister because she sells it. But I would never get into selling it myself. It has been listed as a type of pyramid scheme, so beware. There is an investment in it also. I think if you're like my sister and have alot of friends that would buy it from you then go for it. The other thing is where you live and the cost of living and how many woman are there that want to buy rather expensive makeup. Like I said I pay half the price because I get it from my sister, so it's affordable that way, otherwise I'd do with cover girl. No big deal. As far as the women go, your words (they seem nice) yeah you're on the right track there with the seem nice. If it weren't for my sister I'd have nothing to do with it. I have dealt with a few crazy, and very pushy ones!
I don't think so. Mary Kay people get on my nerves(sorry no offense) but they keep coming back and I'm just not interested. I would recommend selling Avon. They aren't annoying. You ask them for a book or they bring you one call them and give them your order. And if you tell them not to come back they dont unless you owe money.
I just started selling it a couple months ago. It is nice if you use it yourself because you do get it wholesale price. But if you dont stay on top of it and set goals to meet you can lose money. I am just doing it on the side, i have a full time job. And for the people that say it is old fashion, take a look at one of the new catalogs. The colors arent any that my mom or grandma would have used. They have a great selection of colors, and a great skin care line. Yes it does take time to do the skin care each day and night, But it DOES work. Look at it this way, you didnt get those wrinkles over night, so it takes time to get rid of them. Good luck!
to me it was a waste of time unless you have nothing better to do at all, and i mean at all then it would be a waste of $130 dollars to get started unless you have all the time in the world to make money off of it, oh yeah!and if you have allot of people to buy the crap then i would say go for it but other wise no, i did not have the time for all phone call you have to make to set up appointment and it is really time consuming you only make commission
No.it's a cult. Stay away!
Yes, you can have a passive income of 3000 dlls per month coming in two years if you follow the program, babe.
I know people who do it and love it. but I also know people who tried it and couldn't make it work for them. it takes lots of work, almost like a full time job. If you're thinking to sell it on the side and not put any effort into it, it's not worth it. also you have to put up with wearing butt ugly skirt suits and driving a pink cady if you get high enough. i can't picture you in a skirt suit.
im not sure about mary-kay, but i sold avon for awhile and i really didnt enjoy it. it seems like in the end you will probably spend more money on what you need to be a representative then the amount of money you will earn. it really wasnt worth it to me.
I don't do Mary Kay, but I am an Arbonne International consultant. Arbonne is an excellent opportunity, but it's NOT a get-rich-quick scheme! It DOES take work. It's a 26-year old health & wellness company that's well established, and currently taking the country by storm! The way my team works the business is, we DON'T give parties, because nobody has time for those anymore. I don't carry any inventory, and I don't have to deliver products to people. Also, Arbonne gives you a white Mercedes, which I like much better than the pink Cadillac!
Arbonne's products are botanically based, contain no mineral oil, chemical dyes or fragrances, no animal products or by-products, have NEVER been tested on animals, are pH correct, hypoallergenic and dermatologist tested. Also, we have products for every member of the family (more than makeup and skin care).
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Good luck!
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no. Avon is much better. more people buy it because it's cheaper and the products are much better. Mary Kay products are too small but with Avon people get more product for their money
I am a Mary Kay Consultant, and I love it. It has changed my life. I have the opportunity that I work for to be able to stay home with my toddler very soon. This is NOT a get rich quick scheme, as others that have responded have said. This is your own business, and you truly do the level of work that you want to be at. THe product sells itself, and you do make 50% on all products you sell. Your starter kit is $100, and you get over $300 worth of products. That is great within itself. You find a lot of friends, and I LOVE the meetings. They keep me going all week long. My motivation, My work, My passion says what I am going to make, not a boss. There is no glass ceiling, and you work from the golden rule. If all companies ran with this ethic, the world would be a better place. If you have any specific questions, email me. I will give you straight forward answers, so you can make the right decision for YOU.
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