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Free Work at Home Stuffing Envelopes
You've seen the headline many times in ads ranging from online banners to classified ads in the back of magazines: Make Money Stuffing Envelopes. The ads promise that you can earn extra income or even replace your current full time job by doing simple part time work from your own home. They say that no experience is necessary and no selling is required.
It sounds like a dream work at home job, doesn't it? Simply stuff flyers or brochures into envelopes and get paid for it. You probably picture a truck pulling up to your house weekly to drop off your huge check and your next batch of supplies. You imagine how you will make easy money stuffing those envelopes on your own schedule with no boss and no stressful conditions.
Like all things that seem too good to be true, stuffing envelopes is no exception. The first thing you should know is that nobody is providing envelopes, brochures, stamps, or any other kinds of supplies for you. You need to purchase and obtain all these things on your own. Companies will provide what they used to call a master "camera ready" copy of the letter you will need to send. Then you will need to make your own copies (by the thousands) or print them at home if you have an inexpensive enough printer capable of handling these volumes.
Suddenly "free work at home stuffing envelopes" as the ads promised doesn't seem so "free" does it? In fact there are more expenses involved as well. Did you ever wonder how you would know to whom to mail all these envelopes? You probably assumed that the work at home company would provide you with "qualified leads" which are people who have expressed an interest in a product or service AND are expecting to receive literature or a follow up sales call. However, home-based stuffing envelopes schemes have nothing to do with that type of sales process. In order to obtain the names you need, you would have to rent a mailing list. In effect, you are simply sending junk mail to people.
Is It Possible To Make Money Stuffing Envelopes?
Yes, it is possible as long as you realize that you are actually entering the direct mail business and give up the idea that you will just be mindlessly sitting at your kitchen table stuffing envelopes while you listen to your favorite radio station. You will not be paid for filling envelopes in any way, shape or form. You will only be paid by people who are ordering whatever product or service is in the sales material that you send. Like any direct sales situation, you have to realize that the response to your mailing will be extremely low. Direct marketers consider a one or two percent response rate to be outstanding.
If you find a company that advertises envelope stuffing and gives you all the facts upfront, then you should consider the opportunity, knowing what the work really entails. Beware of envelope stuffing scams that require you to pay a fee in order to get starter kit for this work at home opportunity. You should not have to pay a fee to learn about envelope stuffing or any other kind of work at home opportunity. Legitimate companies hire employees, not charge applicants.
Another thing to be aware of when tying to avoid scams in this industry is to be very clear about the product or service being pitched in the letters. Many envelope-stuffing schemes don't actually feature any items. They are basically designed to get one person after another to recruit additional people to do the same thing – recruit even more people. The company makes its money on the fees while the envelope stuffers are toiling away dutifully stuffing envelopes, but never actually earning any income.
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