| Going in to business for yourself is exciting and the | | | | Next you want to look at the residual compensation |
| idea of being able to work from home and spend | | | | plan. Are you paid on every member you and your |
| more time with your family is very appealing. Home | | | | team sponsor or just a small portion of consultants |
| candle businesses are becoming very popular, | | | | like in a binary plan? You will also need to determine |
| however there are a few things you must know | | | | how many consultants you will need to have on your |
| before you start any home candle business. | | | | team in order for your monthly ordering requirement |
| The most important factor is the quality of the | | | | to be covered by your residual commission check. |
| product. In order to have long term stable success in | | | | Just determine the dollar amount you will be paid for |
| your home candle business you will want to have a | | | | each active member and divide that in to your |
| strong customer base. This can only be achieved if | | | | monthly required order costs. The lower the number |
| you have a high quality in demand product and not | | | | of consultants needed is the better. You want to |
| one people will only buy once to try or just for the | | | | make sure that not only yourself but the consultants |
| purpose of qualifying for their monthly commissions. | | | | you works with can have their orders covered easily |
| You will want to try the candles from the companies | | | | and in a short time period. |
| you are most interested and pick the business or | | | | The next thing to consider is how high the start up |
| businesses with the best product. | | | | costs and monthly order requirements are. If the |
| The next thing to look at when choosing a home | | | | start up costs are hard for you to come up with, |
| candle business is the product pricing. Is the product | | | | chances are many other people will not be able to |
| priced higher than it's competitors? Many companies | | | | easily afford to get started either. You should ideally |
| will charge a very high price in order to pay high | | | | be able to afford to sustain your business for a |
| commissions to their distributors. This can be bad | | | | minimum of 90 days without any income coming in. |
| news if you are trying to get customers because not | | | | You could be in profit much sooner but you really |
| everyone wants to join the company in order to get | | | | never know so it's good to be prepared. |
| a discount. You also want to pay attention to your | | | | Last but not least take a look at the candle |
| pricing as a consultant. Is it affordable for you? You | | | | company. How long have they been in the candle |
| made need to have some candles on hand for | | | | business? Do they offer quality customer service? |
| parties, fairs, in person sales and samples, so you | | | | Are they hard to reach by phone? Does the |
| don't want to have to spend too much out of | | | | company provide you with high quality and adequate |
| pocket in the event that you need to stock some | | | | sales tools like brochures, samples and a professional |
| inventory. | | | | looking website? Once you have done your due |
| Next you will want to take a look at the candle | | | | diligence and research and feel confident in the candle |
| company's compensation plan. First off, how high is | | | | company, opportunity and products you have |
| the retail commission? Since you want to build a | | | | chosen, find a good team to join with a |
| customer base this is where the majority of your | | | | knowledgeable and reliable sponsor and you should be |
| income will come from. Does the retail sales | | | | ready to get started. |
| commission make it worth your time and effort? | | | | |