Well I may be the MLM queen and all but I have had to decide on a business to give up because I am spread way too thin. I decided on Avon because orders go in every two weeks and when my orders are good I have a ton of deliveries to make. Scentsy and Herbalife don't require orders every two weeks and many of my clients will pick up these products. It takes the most energy and time for me to keep Avon clients as well. In my area it is easy to find someone giving a 40% discount and if I did that I would not even break even. After buying samples and brochures and gas for driving the products all over town I can't give any discount and make money.
Avon would only be good for me if I wanted to work it as a full time job. If I didn't have to compete with all the huge discount givers then I could make a great living doing this but no one starting out can afford to give these discounts.
I am not going to discourage anyone from joining Avon. They offer great products at a great price and if you are willing to put in the work to build up your customer base and work their rather complicated recruiting program you can make money. If you work very hard and focus on Avon only I think you could very easily make a living doing it after about a year. You could make a good side income as soon as you get a regular client base but you have to work hard for little pay at first.
There is an exception to this and it is if you have a lot of friends and family that love Avon and are willing to support you and refer you to their friends and family you could climb the ranks very quickly. I didn't have such great luck with this but a few in my downline did. They have built up a great business starting with the people they know and branching out from there.
