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Work At Home Business Review – Scentsy Wickless Candles
by Randy Myers
When you want a creative business opportunity that you can operate from the comfort of your own home, then Scentsy may well be the right-smelling opening for you. In response to the intense focus in today's environment on home décor, Scentsy has responded with a large variety of wickless candles and warmers that appeal to all home shoppers.
How Scentsy was Started
The brain child of Kara Egen and Colette Gunnell turned into Scentsy. An episode of the Oprah show featuring moms who ran their own businesses is what inspired Kara, Kara and Colette contemplated a comment from a neighbor that she did not throw away old candles however she broke them up and melted them in a potpourri burner. Kara and Colette transformed the idea into their own candle business.
The two women started selling their wares at fairs and trade shows, learning as they went along. Fortuitously, Orville Thompson, another entrepreneur, purchased their warmer and testers at a Salt Lake City fair and sent it home to his wife. He came home to find her having a great time using the products with her mom and sister, and the cozy image inspired the two of them to purchase the company from Kara and Colette, who stayed on as Scentsy Consultants. Along with his wife, Orville started Scentsy, a Party Plan company. The company started an upward path of growth and prosperity and became the company it is today.
Products by Scentsy
Scentsy currently offers a variety of scented products, including various colored warmers to match the buyer's home color scheme and many different fragrances. Travel tins, jarred candles and room sprays are some of the new forms in which the fragrances are sold. The original bars and bricks are also available. They are also divided into various fragrance collections, including Favorites, Bakery, Tropical, Seasonal, Spa, Scentsy Man, Romance, and Café - which allow shoppers to find the perfect scents for their home.
How to Be in the Scentsy Business
Scentsy offers entrepreneurs the chance to become involved in the Direct Selling industry whether you have had experience or not. Along with a generous compensation plan for leadership, Scentsy Independent Consultants receive free shipping on certain orders and are not charged credit card fees. You will work as an independent contractor, not an employee of the Scentsy Company. This means you are your own boss deciding when and where to work and you alone have full control over how successful you will be. Scentsy offers you the opportunity to make a career of selling or just supplement your income, whichever you choose.
And to top it off, you don't need sales experience to become a Scentsy Independent Consultant. Selling Scentsy products is more about building relationships with people. It's easy to sell Scentsy at a party you host.
Scentsy Consultants will help you get started, just call or visit her website. For $99, you will receive your starter kit, which includes testers, demo products, and business supplies.
Your sponsor will then help you get started by showing you how to make the most of the training and support that are available. You will also get a free website for three months which features an online workstation. The website costs only $10 per month after the first three months. Your website remains up and running through this entire period. Other benefits are the accessibility of your Sponsor and all your upline, access to online training tools and Scentsy online forums.
In order to maintain your active status, you will need to place at least $150 in orders every three months. On the other hand, if you make a decision that Scentsy is not for you, then you are free to leave the company at any time without a cancellation fee.
Scentsy has lots of business owners smelling the sweetness of success, and you may just be next!
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