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Chatting up friends…A fabulous dinner…Some shiny, new jewelry. For millions of women, It isn’t just a girls’ night out…it’s work! With the economy floundering and unemployment on the rise, ladies across the country are banking by selling products from home.
7News Reporter Lindsay Vocht took a look at a house party where some ladies are trying to improve their bottom line by using the direct approach.
Direct selling. It’s peddling the products and taking a cut of the proceeds. You can sell everything from cookware to scrap booking supplies to pet products. And the women who do it said it’s not just the extra cash in their pockets that they love … It’s also the flexible schedule.
A trendy necklace here, some shiny gemstones there…”Shiny is my favorite.” “I love these long pearls that I have on,” said Shannon Bambara. She was laid off earlier this year so, she polished up her silver and her sales pitch!
Shannon became a direct seller with Silpada Designs, a jewelry manufacturer. She peddles the company’s products at house parties…then takes a cut of the proceeds. “An average Silpada party retails about $950, which means I take home 30% of that, which would be around $285. And typically that’s only in a two hour period,” said Bambara.
Now…she said she’s “sold” on direct selling. And she’s not alone. While there are no statistics for this recession, history shows that during bad economic times, more women turn to home parties as a way to help fill the income void.
Screenshot from Silpada Designs