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Is it worth joining Kleeneze?

I have sent away for info on joining Kleeneze and it all seems to be legit. I have a little money to invest in it but will it bring me good enough rewards?
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  • NOPE... next question :) be prepared to be lied to about how much money you make. Be prepared to not get many orders and catalogues back which you pay for. If you want to earn money do the right thing and look for something else and or part time work

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  • PatrickD
    PatrickD Posts: 209 Forumite
    emjharts wrote: »
    I have sent away for info on joining Kleeneze and it all seems to be legit. I have a little money to invest in it but will it bring me good enough rewards?

    Yes it is legit. I think it depends on the area you live in whether or not you can make a decent amount of money, as some places have a lot of distributors there already. Some places though, have never seen a Kleeneze catalogue, so you would expect to do better there.
    Best to look at the thread that is on here already though.

    Pat
  • A legit company yes but one to avoided if you want to make decent money.

    See: http://www.squidoo.com/why-kleeneze-can-make-you-cry


    and have a read of https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2458741 long thread re a few of the later posts for starters.
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,333 Forumite
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    PatrickD wrote: »
    Some places though, have never seen a Kleeneze catalogue, so you would expect to do better there.

    But no guarantee that if they can be bothered to open it you would still get any orders
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  • PatrickD
    PatrickD Posts: 209 Forumite
    But no guarantee that if they can be bothered to open it you would still get any orders

    Absolutely. There are no guarantees in business. How many people look in shop windows but don't buy anything, or go in and handle the goods but don't buy? Anything to do with selling is a numbers game and you're always only going to get a tiny number of buyers compared with lookers, and as you say, many won't even look. The trick is to keep your numbers up!

    Pat
  • PatrickD wrote: »
    Absolutely. There are no guarantees in business. How many people look in shop windows but don't buy anything, or go in and handle the goods but don't buy? Anything to do with selling is a numbers game and you're always only going to get a tiny number of buyers compared with lookers, and as you say, many won't even look. The trick is to keep your numbers up!

    Pat

    Jeannete who has a lot of experience says in the other thread " I know both of the companies give out the guff that people are crouched behind their doors just waiting to buy from the books but they aren't, there are a very finite amount of people in any area that even look at the books. "
  • PatrickD
    PatrickD Posts: 209 Forumite
    wongawonga wrote: »
    Jeannete who has a lot of experience says in the other thread " I know both of the companies give out the guff that people are crouched behind their doors just waiting to buy from the books but they aren't, there are a very finite amount of people in any area that even look at the books. "


    I would agree with that, no one is crouched behind their doors waiting for a catalogue, thats never happened in Kleeneze's or any company's history and yes, there are only so many people who will buy from catalogues anyway, hence my earlier post about it depending on the area you're living in. But, on the positive side people's ideas change, new people move into areas, old people die or move on, others move house, so the demographics are always changing, so there will always be customers around.
    As I said, you have to be prepared to go through the numbers, consistently over a fair period of time to build a customer base. Any type of business will have similar problems.

    Pat
  • Peter_Pan
    Peter_Pan Posts: 791 Forumite
    If its an extra income once you have built a customer base you are looking for then i think Kleeneze could help you, we were with Kleeneze for over 2 years and did just that , just have your wits about you if you start being sold the build a team and earn even more because i think that side of the Business is way past its prime and if you aren't careful all your retailing profit will be ploughed back in trying to find people to join who then leave just as quick.

    Have a good look at the products as well to make sure you would be happy retailing them, that was partly the reason we left as some of the items our customers ordered were very poor quality - that was 9 years ago and i haven't had any experience of the products they sell since so it may not be an issue now.

    Debbie
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  • xbrenx
    xbrenx Posts: 962 Forumite
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    There's a lot of leg work involved to build even a small customer base. You have to go first to deliver, then collect a couple of days later, then go again a couple of days after that to pick up the stragglers and you still won't have collected ALL the catalogues you put out to begin with.

    Then in the middle of all that you have to start the next area and it all goes round in circles.

    The catalogues are expensive and you need a lot to be able to rotate them effectively.

    There's no set territory, all agents can deliver catalogues where ever their fancy takes them and unless you personally know a customer, they tend not to be exclusive, they will just order from whichever catalogue appears at the right time. There will be times when you feel like you're following a competitor round a whole neighbourhood a couple of days behind.

    It's very hard work, for very little reward in my opinion.
    Hope that helps :)
  • ColinAllCars
    ColinAllCars Posts: 201 Forumite
    edited 1 November 2011 at 7:22PM
    Ok if your happy selling expensive tat out of a catalogue.

    Building a customer base does not happen overnight, and a lot peeps are mislead when they join about high earnings achievable.

    Everything you need to no and more in this thread. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2458741
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