Does anyone wk from home and earn money??

Interesting post. That would make a great discussion topic. I work 4 nights a week, if I could earn even £50 extra doing things at home with my wife then that would make a big difference.

My wife tried AVON and I wasn't happy about her traipsing the streets in the dark delivering packages and collecting packages.

Would be interesting to find out about reasonable work from schemes.

I'm over-generalising here, but these things fall into a few categories.
Scam - where they take your money in advance and you get nothing.
Scam - where they take money in advance and you get some sort of 'kit' (eg envelopes & labels, sewing) but it seems impossible to meet their quality standards for the 'work'
Scam - where sending off money to an 'earn money from home' ad gets you a booklet of 'ideas' most of which are along the lines of 'put ads in the paper offering "earn money from home" and sell people the booklet"
Scam - Pyramid/gifting Scheme- no product, but you have to get 50 or so other friends and family to sign up to a money making scheme and the person a few levels above you gets all the cash.
Scam - 'Network marketing' or some similar name where you buy a huge amount of overpriced stock and either try to flog it to your unsuspecting friends and family or try to make them 'distributors' and offload all your stock in one go - ie a pyramid scheme with a physical product - most of the ads you see stuck to lamp-posts are for things like this but I can't name any companies 'cos they're somewhat litigious.

The more legit ones, but very tough work unless you know a lot of good natured people and like any business you have to build it up. Often an outlay required for samples/booklets.
- Door-to-door selling - Avon, Betterware etc.
- 'Party organiser' - Sell stuff in your home (helps to ply people with cheap wine btw) - Anne Summers, tupperware, etc.
- Web based - Ebay (scour the charity shops and resell), virtual secretaries, webmaster etc.

I'm sure there's quite a few options I've missed. One thing to consider is does your area run a 'LETS' scheme? Basically bartering a skill you have for someone elses - no money involved but you may get a bit of decorating done in exchange for walking dogs or some such.

Well.. the best way to do it is work for yourself. If you can think of a service you can offer.. then advertise it free in the local supermarket etc.. buy and sell on ebay (you can get lots of good stuff from the pound shop and in sales which sell for loads on ebay). I did car boot sales for a bit, and made a decent amount each week - people on freecycle regularly advertise stuff for carbooters. My Mum makes quite a bit from picking up specilaist interest books for 10p at car boots and selling them on ebay!
I make small craft items (Faerie Doors infact) - well I haven't for a while - reclaiming bank charges has taken over the last few months and starting OH business - but I used to make about £50 on ebay, plus work in the day and two nights a week. I got wholesale orders from shops too. It may take a while to find the right thing but it's possible. Do it alongside your job if you can, but I would advise not spendning the money you make until you give up the night job - or you get used to having it come in.
Since meeting my other half I've realised that his favourite saying is true:
There is no Try - there is only do or don't do.
Avon is awful - worked for them for a while.. ended up spending money trying to get over limit for discount... it's all very messy and very hard work for the money.
Sorry I haven't been able to suggest anything solid, but if you need any help I'd be happy to assist.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=88679

The above thread is a really useful resource.

Lori
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I am a Partylite consultant - basically selling candles and accessories as party plan. I get paid well receiving 20% of sales and if I bonus it goes up to 25% per month. They pay you quickly. You receive a £300 starter kit free - you pay nothing up front - and I must admit it's easy money. If you want any more info please pm me and I'll be happy to help you.