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Direct sales / MLM

You sell products straight to people you know, often beauty, wellness, or home goods, as a rep for a brand. You earn a commission on what you sell, and sometimes on what your recruits sell too.

4.34 reviewsLast review 2 weeks ago
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Median monthly earnings
$213
Middle 50%: $50 – $375
Effective hourly
$42.50
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
2 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
Under $100
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$50–150
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Fully on my own terms
Most common answer
Would recommend it
75%
3 of 4 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 4 reviews.
2
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1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
Instagram
2 reviewers
TikTok
2 reviewers
Facebook Marketplace
1 reviewer
How it scores
Happiness8.5 / 10
Would do it again75%
Schedule flexibility4.5 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 4 reviews.
How much time it takes
2
How much I could earn
1
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
1
Nothing really surprised me
1
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
Taxes — how much I owe
0
Unexpected expenses
0
How competitive the market is
0
Reviews
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· 2–5 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly Under $100Hours Under 10 hrs hrs/moHourly $10.00

I can do it whenever I want I’ve spent the past year hardly working at it at all, but then there was a few months where I was hard at it. It’s just there when I really need to come up with cash for bill bills.

· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly Under $100Hours 10–20 hrs/moHourly $3.33

I thought i would make more money than I did.

Instagram· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $250–500Hours Under 10 hrs hrs/moHourly $75.00

I'm with Pampered Chef and my upline support for my team is amazing. Overcoming the "no" is the hardest part. Be brave and step out of your comfort zone. It's the only way to succeed. I wouldn't change a thing.

Instagram· 2–5 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $3,500–5,000Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $141.67

I love being a good steward and directing people with becoming who they can be in their health. I hate that people are marketed to processes and fried foods. Give it time with our business. We focus on long term results not overnight finances or results. The overall product cost that we provide. Rising cost of being a small business owner.

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