When I started with Paparazzi, I had no intention of building a team. I found it interesting, though, that the “elites” did not receive these selling awards – which meant us peons were the ones doing all the work and elites were living off their teams.įor those of you familiar with MLMs, you’re screaming right now – YES! That’s how MLM works!īut at the time I didn’t realize what a huge red flag that was. I received an award, and I had been hustling and selling a LOT. At that convention, Paparazzi announced their Life of the Party program to reward consultants who were selling. It was small and intimate and everyone was so supportive.īut, even then, there were cracks beginning to show. At the first convention I attended there were only 600 consultants in attendance. When I joined Paparazzi, it was a rather new company – groundfloor as they say in the biz. I was able to pay some bills, though, so it was enough.Īt the time, I was okay with it, because it was flexible and I could be home with my babies. I tracked my expenses and understood full well I was trading my time for money. You buy the jewelry at a wholesale cost and resell it for the $5. But Did I Actually Make a Profit?įrom the beginning, I was hyper aware of the low profit margin with Paparazzi jewelry. I was in the profit zone within a few weeks and just kept going. I had never done direct sales seriously before and had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but I was NOT going to lose money, so I researched, tried new things, made a lot of mistakes, and learned a completely new skillset. One gal called me back and I got signed up that very day.

So I googled some consultants and emailed 3 of them. Could I make enough money selling $5 jewelry to buy my kids an ice cream cone or pay for swim lessons? It seemed like the answer was obvious. I was a stay at home mom with 4 kids under the age of 5. I thought about it nonstop for a few months. I found one person in the town where I lived so I messaged her and asked if I could go shopping, host a party, or what did I need to do? She totally blew me off.Īnd that set the wheels in motion for me to become a consultant. It turns out it was a direct sales company – Paparazzi Accessories. Mom told me they were only $5 and I quickly Googled trying to find where I could buy this brand of jewelry. I loved them! As a mom of 4 small babies, I was quickly losing any sense of style I had once possessed. How It All Startedįor Christmas in 2013, my mom gave me 2 necklaces. If you want other ideas for homeschool moms or work at home opportunities, check out this post. I hope it gives you some things to think about and clarity for your next steps. If you are a current consultant wondering if it is time to quit Paparazzi jewelry, I hope this post is helpful for you. Getting to know people I would have never met otherwise was truly the best part of my time with Paparazzi Accessories.

If you are a previous customer or follower of mine reading this post, I want you to know from the bottom of my heart how much I loved serving you these past years. My customers, teammates and followers were mostly perplexed – I was “successful” – what happened? After answering these questions for a few months now, I thought I’d just write a post and get all the complicated reasons for why I quit Paparazzi Accessories out in the open. In 2022 I pulled the plug on a nearly 8 year MLM journey.

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