Being a Kleeneze Distributor

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A close family friend (who is a Kleeneze distributor), has suggested that my wife does it (I haven't the time - I have two jobs as it is)

We trust our friend, and we know he wouldn't suggest it to us if he didn't think we would benefit. He has shown us the promotional video, and it sounds good

However, the majority of the video centres on the massive earnings their top earners make. The only snippets of info I could glean from it is:

1)You have to work hard to earn the big money
2)You can boost your earnings by getting people to work for you (not quite sure how that works)

What I would appreciate would be some impartial feedback from you good people. Has anyone here got any horror stories? Or for that matter, is it a good company to distribute for? (I know their products are quite good)

What sort of questions should we be asking our friend before we consider spending the £75 for the starter pack?

What future expences can we expect? Are we expected to order the goods before receiving payment from the customer? Or do we wait for the cheque to clear before ordering?

Is there anything else we should bear in mind?

Mumstheword

I believe that you can do the same for Betterware without the start up cost.
I also think that one of the companies gives you your own area, whereas with the other you choose where to work, and anyone else could set up on your patch too. Not sure which is which though!!

billdfm_2

My advice stay well clear its not worth the £75 or whatever it is now to join you have to trample the streets distributing catalogues which you have to pay for , you end up losing catalogues over time ,and then buying more if you distribute say 100 catalogues expect to receive at best 10 orders if your lucky . I know i used to do it and the continual delivery of catalogues to get orders just isnt worth it for the low rewards . and yes the other person will benefit as they get a percentage of your sales volume . this is a classic MLM/Pyramid scheme . \sorry to sound very negative on this matter but i still know some of the distributors in this company and they really do not make the money the claims make out . Take the advice of the other poster and try betteware at least you dont have to pay them to start up , and furthermore your joining kleenezee will be subject to a credit check . if you dont qualify you will not get your initial fee back . As with all these schemes unless your in at the start your never gonna retire with this one

culpepper

I did a betterware round for 6 months.It is very similar to Kleeneze but doesnt cost anything to start up.It is hard work. You must deliver catalogues one day then go back for them about 3 times to get them all back(you never get all of them back).Then deliver any goods ordered(it may take 3 trips to catch everyone in).So it can end up taking 7 trips per road each time you do that area.I had to fit mine in around my hubby's shifts so he could have the littleuns while I did it and found I was having to spend longer and longer each time.I had 2 rounds going at once as it is quite a rough area so nobody wanted it.
Kleeneze do not tell you if there is a round already in your area and you may find yourself doing the same roads as someone else.Betterware wont let you do the same round as another agent but it is harder to find a free round.

calleyw

I did betterware and in the end it worked out I was working for about £1.50 an hour.

As has been said with Kleeneze the only way to make money is to have other people under you.

I have been told if you take the time to build up a round then you can make money. I have heard stories of people making £1500 a month with betterware. but it took them years to build that up.

If you want the exercise and are not worried about making any money I would say go for it. But you will never makes loads of money from it. And if you do you will be looking at a few years ahead if you are lucky.

Yours

Calley

NigeWick

stevie_b wrote:

Is there anything else we should bear in mind?

The weather

Money can be made from this or any other company offering real goods or services. I looked at a number of Multi Level Marketing/Networking companies before I settled on Telecom Plus (which has taken a bit of a knocking from some people here). The things to bear in mind are:- what exactly do you want out of the effort that you put in? How much workare you prepared to do to get it? Is the company reliable? Do YOU like the products? What is the pay plan like and does it suit your requirements?

I tried Herbalife, lost 28lbs in weight and a considerable sum from my pocket. I couldn't be doing with carrying stock, taking money, reaching monthly targets etc. With many companies, a certain amount of goods/services have to be sold each month in order to bring in money. MLM is a system of rewarding people for moving goods/services and training others to be successful. Pyramid selling is illegal and reputable MLM companies are desperate to distance themselves from anything "iffy." It doesn't matter if the people who join up use the same methods as you, just so long as they get the results that they want. What I like about T+ is that I get commission paid on every customer for as long as they stay a customer, some have been with me four years. Every month, they use electricity, gas, phone etc and I get paid. Others really like selling products every month and building a large team of distributors.

If you want to work from home, you could look at https://www.homebusiness.org.uk and perhaps take their magazine "The Board." They check out home business opportunities and write independent reports on them. They do (for £24.95) a booklet on their 50 top choices of business. As it happens, both Kleneze and Telecom Plus are in there.

Sorry this is a bit disjointed, but I hope it helps anyway.

Nigel.

Edinburghlass_2

£24.95 for a booklet on the top 50 business, to the OP don't even go there!

weaver

I work for an accountant and we've had a few people on our books who have tried Kleeneze.

The only ones who seem to make the money are the original people who set up the business. Lots of money is made from you by getting you to go to meetings/conferances,buy promotional items etc.

Ive no experiance of Betterware so cant comment. One of our clients was a regional distributer and he still didnt do very well. Every one who has tried this on our books has given up.

One way to get round this is to become a distributer for a number of these types of companies then you can deliver a different catalogue when you are taking out items you have sold (not sure how your customers will react )
Whoever said it is a pyramid set up is right - all these types of things are - Betterware,Amway etc

The bottom line is if you have lots of time and like exercise give it a go, but dont expect to get rich quick, or even at all.

kingshir

Avoid it like the plague! It seems to me (from past experience) that people who you would consider real friends and would trust, have no scruples in trying to rope in EVERYONE/ANYONE to boost their own earnings. As said in one of the previous postings the only people to make 'real' money are the ones who are in at the very beginning.

telly-addict

I am a distributor for Betterware and it is not a pyramid scheme. I don't have to sign anyone up to increase my earnings. It is set up quite differently from Kleeneze. As ppl have already said, there is no cash outlay for Betterware and you don't have to pay for your books (as you do for Avon). Your co-ordinator pays for them.

It isn't easy money, but it isn't exactly mentally challenging either. You deliver the books, go round (I go twice now, 3 times was a pain) to collect them. The orders get delivered to your home and you deliver them to the customers collecting the cash. There is a credit check if you start Betterware too, because you are dealing with £00's. Some unscrupulous ppl have stolen the money from their co-ordinators

You receive 20% commission on your sales - the amount you get is dependent on how many houses you deliver to and whether you get a good area - I am fortunate to have a good area (as said before, it is my area only) and can get £40 a week by delivering books to 80-90 houses. I haven't worked out the hourly rate as it could be a bit depressing, but it is a useful source of cash and is very flexible when you have 2 small children.

culpepper

telly-addict wrote:

You receive 20% commission on your sales - the amount you get is dependent on how many houses you deliver to and whether you get a good area - I am fortunate to have a good area (as said before, it is my area only) and can get £40 a week by delivering books to 80-90 houses. I haven't worked out the hourly rate as it could be a bit depressing, but it is a useful source of cash and is very flexible when you have 2 small children.

Wow you must have a good area then! I did my rounds 12 years ago.1 had not been done for 3 years and so began very lucratively (about £80 for the first innings) but soon evened out as people buying things like brooms and sweepers said they lasted a good long time.Some people buy something every time ,some never and some about every 4th time. I was earning about £40 a week by the time I gave it up (2 rounds together) about 1/2 rented housing 1/2 owned. I did have trouble with youths and even had to send my OH round to talk to one of them once:(
I did mine as a temporary measure to get us out of debt (which it did)and was glad to give it up .