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The Truth about Envelope Stuffing
It seems like every mail order publication has at least one ad in it
promising hundreds of dollars a week, just for
stuffing envelopes. Some even promise to pay $4 or $5 per envelope stuffed! So, many
people send off their
hard earned money for the "registration fees" so they can get started on this
easy work. Then they are
disappointed when they discover they've been duped. Here's why the envelope stuffing
programs are nothing
more than scams.
Why pay someone even 50 cents to stuff an envelope when you can get an envelope stuffing
machine for a few hundred dollars? There must be more to what you'll have to do then
simply putting a paper in an envelope.
Scams
In fact, there IS more. The most prevalent envelope stuffing con
game goes like this. You pay your "registration
fee" -- usually around $30.00, pure profit for the scam operator. The operator will
then send you a copy of the
ad you originally responded to, along with the wording to a classified ad, telling people
about how much money
they can make stuffing envelopes, and to send a self-addressed stamped envelope for
information. When you
receive someone's SASE, you send them a copy of the ad. You have just "stuffed an
envelope." If the poor
sucker sends in the registration fee to the operator (like YOU did), the operator will
send you $1 (or whatever
was promised in the ad) for "stuffing the envelope." The operator is left with
expenses of around $2 and a profit
of $28.
Basically, you are doing all the advertising work for the operator for extremely low pay.
You should expect a
response rate, if you're lucky, of 1/4% to 1/2%. Let's say 200 people responsd to your
classified ad and of those 1% actually buys it(which is realistic with these scam offers)
you get $2. Good luck making money with that one.
The other most common scheme goes like this. You send the usual registration fee in, and
the operator sends
you a package containing all the components of the operators mailings. You must assemble
them, fold them, and stuff the envelopes according to the operator's very exacting
instructions. Then, you send the stuffed envelopes back to the operator. You will be paid
for each stuffed envelope that "meets their standards." Of course, none of the
envelopes you stuffed will meet their standards. They will find some reason not to pay
you. Of course, that doesn't prevent them from still sending out the envelopes you
stuffed. These types of scams are a lot like the assemble crafts at home scams.
Real Envelope Stuffing
Believe it or not, there are such things as real enelope stuffing companies out there. Legitimate companies that hire mailers pay a commission on sales that come from the materials those mailers send out. This is what is called Direct Mail. Like I said before, no one will ever pay you to stuff their envelopes. They can just buy a machine to do that. Why you make a commission instead of a per envelope price is that you have to:
- the printed sales material
- postage to send the material
- and opportunity seeker names from a mailing list
You purchase these and then stuff your envelopes and do your mailing. Your customers who order the product then send their money directly to the company(usually) and the company sends you a commission check. The commissions paid have to be high to make this work. If you see anything that has a commission lower than 50% of the product price then don't go for it. The margin is too narrow to make much money.
How do you Start with a Company
Getting hooked up with these companies usually entails a fee of somekind about $30-60 depending on the company. The fee is used to set you up with a code number and they usually send you a start up kit of sales materials. If you would like to have get a list of legitimate companies and which ones to avoid you need to get the Hazel Peppergood Home Income Report. There are over 100 companies listed and Hazel tells you what she did, how much she made, if it was a scam, etc.... Also about 6 applications are included to get you started right away. If you are going to make any money stuffing envelopes you should get this. I'm glad I did, it has saved me from getting scammed more than once.
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