Equestrian home based business opportunities

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Hi I'm working full time but need to earn some extra cash to fund my horse obsession lol. Does anyone know of any opportunities other than forever living which has minimal set up costs and has the flexibility to do as much or as little as time permits? Thanks
 
Avon? Body shop? Slightly less pyramid scheme than FL.
Juice Plus? Herbalife? Younique? All seem to be about selling cr4p products to your mates at extortionate prices.
Do those old, dirty chat lines still exist? I'm sure there was always good money offered if you could put up with pervy men breathing heavily down the phone.
I have occasionally seen posts on my local FB group of people offering work from home opportunities - I imagine envelope filling and marketing phone calls and the like. It may be worth a post to see if anyone has any opportunities.
Another one is set up an ironing service but I would definitely look into insurance in case I wrecked someone's best dress before starting that. But I absolutely hate ironing and I'm utterly useless at it so there's no way I would be doing that anyway.
Painted horseshoes and sell them in a local craft shop? There are lots of crafty things you can do in your own home and sell them separately. Just don't make vile, 1980s cut up birthday cards and expect people to pay £4 for them! If my 4 year old could make the same I'm not paying someone else to do it.
 
Avoid "network marketing opportunities", i.e. driving your friends away by trying to flog them horse p!$$ tablets. Tesco, Co-Op, Aldi, etc.
 
Steer well away from anything Pyramid Scheme-y, often called MLM or Multi Level Marketing now a days. Younique, Herbalife, Juiceplus etc etc, anything along those lines.

Here's a fantastic blog about someones experience with Younique, along with lots of helpful articles and advice on avoiding or escaping a MLM:

https://notquitefairytalesblog.com/

I found it the other day and it was a fascinating read, even for someone such as myself who has never been suckered in by these scams!
 
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I heartily agree with the comments above - I was a Neals Yard 'consultant' for about a year and just about broke even.

You have to buy stock in for demos/shows/etc and the profit margin is only about 25%. Any extra money is made by recruiting other people and getting a small amount of their sales. But if you join at the bottom then this is a titchy amount, and to get any higher up in it usually means making it a full time job.

I wasn't interested in flogging products to friends/family or trying to recruit. I did several shows over the summer of 2014 which was fun but also fairly pointless for trying to make any money
 
how about selling horse stuff through a catalogue, like avon but horsey? no up front, large organisation with very credible products?
Can introduce you if you message me?
 
iconique said:
how about selling horse stuff through a catalogue, like avon but horsey? no up front, large organisation with very credible products?
Can introduce you if you message me?
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Sorry to jump on this but i'm also really interested in knowing more about this. Could you send me any information?
 
Make cakes and sell through WI markets. Again, there are set up costs with buying all the packaging material and taking a Food Hygiene course, plus the cost of buying the ingredients to start up. Also they would have to have samples to see if your goods are good enough. This can expand though into selling into farm shops and the like.
 
Was no-one reading the warning posts about not going for multi level marketing....? Horsey avon is still MLM.

The blog post was good!

Edited to add... Sorry had a thought. Never done it myself but a friend has and does OK. But job lots of equine stuff (carefully) off ebay. Re-pack, clean, mend or whatever and re-sell either also online or at horse car boot sales. I'm not sure how much of a profit she makes but she does make something - and every so often you can get something really good
 
I'm always a bit dubious about work-from-home opportunities where people are not up-front about the business, but instead you have to message them for more details or to be 'introduced'! Anyone tempted by that sort of thing should definitely read the link on Nasicus' post.

In fact, I will post the link again just in case anyone missed it:

https://notquitefairytalesblog.com/

A very interesting insight into how these 'Multi Level Marketing' schemes operate.
 
I read it and posted it on my Facebook. I managed to refrain from tagging the tiny handful of friends that do this stuff but I really hope they saw it and take it on board
 
Shay said:
Was no-one reading the warning posts about not going for multi level marketing....? Horsey avon is still MLM.

The blog post was good!

Edited to add... Sorry had a thought. Never done it myself but a friend has and does OK. But job lots of equine stuff (carefully) off ebay. Re-pack, clean, mend or whatever and re-sell either also online or at horse car boot sales. I'm not sure how much of a profit she makes but she does make something - and every so often you can get something really good
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I went to a tack auction recently. Some of the lots were extremely cheap. i.e. Bundles of bits for £5 plus commission! Obviously it is buyer beware so you don't buy rubbish or out of fashion stuff. You have to add on travel, postage costs etc. but I suppose this could be possible. Every one loves a bargain.
 
Nasicus said:
Steer well away from anything Pyramid Scheme-y, often called MLM or Multi Level Marketing now a days. Younique, Herbalife, Juiceplus etc etc, anything along those lines.

Here's a fantastic blog about someones experience with Younique, along with lots of helpful articles and advice on avoiding or escaping a MLM:

https://notquitefairytalesblog.com/

I found it the other day and it was a fascinating read, even for someone such as myself who has never been suckered in by these scams!
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I have been reading some of that and it is fascinating. The duplicity, the half truths, and then her realising that what she is doing to recruit others is just the same tactics as were used on her. I replied with my experience of a former friend trying to recruit me.
 
Your best bet would be to try to get a promotion/pay rise or swap jobs to achieve a higher salary. If that is impossible, find a job in a pub or supermarket to supplement your income?

I wouldn't see kindly to MLM advertising on here if I was h&h...
 
Shay said:
Was no-one reading the warning posts about not going for multi level marketing....? Horsey avon is still MLM.

The blog post was good!

Edited to add... Sorry had a thought. Never done it myself but a friend has and does OK. But job lots of equine stuff (carefully) off ebay. Re-pack, clean, mend or whatever and re-sell either also online or at horse car boot sales. I'm not sure how much of a profit she makes but she does make something - and every so often you can get something really good
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And I sell joblots on ebay to people who resell.
 
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