Things I Learned In Direct Selling Business

Many of us are looking to make extra income or dreamed of owning a business.  One for the most frequently offered business to start with is direct selling business - a business that lets you sell goods through one-on-one consultation or home parties.  Direct selling has become a big business in recent years.  They say that starting a direct selling business can be fun, it allows us to create flexible working schedule and take home percentage of our sales or percentage of the sales of the people we have signed up to be representatives.  But this is not the case for most of us.  I have tried and failed, tried again and failed again, i tried more and failed more.  Despite those failures, i have not given up yet.  I am willing to try it again, but this time i have to decide based on the learning experiences i had in the past.

Not all direct selling companies will work for everybody.  This is the first lesson i learned.  There are many considerations to make before joining a direct selling company:

THE PRODUCTS

The most important question to ask is whether you are willing to become its first consumer.  As a consumer, you have to consider the quality and the affordability.  If the product passed your quality standards but you're concerned with it's affordability, then you have think more than twice before joining, or better, not join at all.

THE EARNING POTENTIAL

Make sure that you are earning potential relies on product sales and not on recruitment.  Direct selling companies which depends on product sales tend to last longer in the market than those which depend on recruitment.  Many of us have seen direct selling and networking companies disappeared in the market after a year or two.

THE COMPANY

Make sure the direct selling company is legal and can present all the legal documents needed to do business in line with the nature of business as registered.  Let us help prevent scams by not being part of it.  Sometimes we turn our eyes blind because we are focused on the ridiculously high return of investment.