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I had an interesting encounter at the post office this afternoon. A woman was at the counter mailing her packages and discussing her business with the clerk. The clerk commented that she wanted to get into it but her husband wouldn't agree to it. The customer boasts about how well she was doing with it while working a full time job. There was a customer standing in front of me rolling her eyes and quietly mumbling negativities. The clerk asked the customer if it was still $5k initial start up cost. The customer responded that it was $5,500.
That is when a woman in line in front of me whispered to me that what she is doing only cost her $500 to get started. She said the other woman was only making 5 or 10% (don't recall the low percentage she mentioned exactly), while she was making 50% on her business.
The woman at the counter was wearing leggings with a puzzle piece design. So I asked this other woman if the one at the counter was selling Lularoe leggings, and she nodded yes. She discreetly criticized the other woman's business some more then informed me what she was selling. Adult toys!
She commented that what she sells will never go out of style and she will eventually retire off of it. She then holds up a medium priority box and said that it contained $700 in toys! All going to one customer.
I am a much older woman than she is and the conversation was a bit awkward and embarrassing for me. But I must admit that I was a bit intrigued by the business.
Just wondering if anyone here has any knowledge about the mark up on these type of products? Does 50% sound realistic or do you think this woman was just exaggerating to make herself look good?
Prior to this encounter today, I have never considered such a business. But I have yet to find anything on eBay that I could buy and then resell.
Thoughts?
That is when a woman in line in front of me whispered to me that what she is doing only cost her $500 to get started. She said the other woman was only making 5 or 10% (don't recall the low percentage she mentioned exactly), while she was making 50% on her business.
The woman at the counter was wearing leggings with a puzzle piece design. So I asked this other woman if the one at the counter was selling Lularoe leggings, and she nodded yes. She discreetly criticized the other woman's business some more then informed me what she was selling. Adult toys!
She commented that what she sells will never go out of style and she will eventually retire off of it. She then holds up a medium priority box and said that it contained $700 in toys! All going to one customer. I am a much older woman than she is and the conversation was a bit awkward and embarrassing for me. But I must admit that I was a bit intrigued by the business.
Just wondering if anyone here has any knowledge about the mark up on these type of products? Does 50% sound realistic or do you think this woman was just exaggerating to make herself look good?
Prior to this encounter today, I have never considered such a business. But I have yet to find anything on eBay that I could buy and then resell.
Thoughts?
Just look for job sites and apply as much as you can and ensure that you have a good profile, and always be true to what you put.
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