Are there any legit - no money up front jobs for wahm ?

Hi
It depends on whether you are looking for a job you can do from home or a home business. With a home business there is usually a cost for a kit. I know with my business with Watkins, we pay for our introductory kit and we get all we need to get started. Our training is all free and there is no other cost to us.
With a job from home I know you have to be very careful as it is so easy to get scammed. You will pay money and when you go looking for the company or whomever, they will be gone. So be careful.
Just check out any business or job very carefully and ask a lot of questions before you decide to go with anything. Ask around and check out signature lines for businesses if this is what you are looking for.

Good luck in your search and if there is anything I can do to help out, just let me know.

Darlene

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Sure there are, you just have to do your due diligence ( research ) on them. The net is a great! place to do business, and it's a great place to research them to see if they fit you. And working from home is sooo good :-)

A hunt: Steer clear of get rich quick. They're tempting but we all know there's no such thing. If it looks too good to be true, it's too good to be true.

I won't make a recommendation, for two reasons:

1) I'm biased :-)
2) And, perhaps more importantly I don't know you, or what you're looking for.

Good luck with your search.

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Very very few. Most folks who work from home, run a business. Some sell on ebay. Some represent the various direct sales companies, some create their own products, and still others use wholesalers to supply their business. In all of these cases, there will be fees. Fees to buy products, fees to set up a website, fees to advertise, fees to join a direct sales company.

There are very very few employers who are willing to hire a complete stranger to work at home.

Check wahm.com daily. They post new telecommute jobs daily. Their listings include the position, the experience necessary, where to apply etc. These jobs gets thousands of applicants. If you have not recently brushed up your resume, now is the time to do it. Consider hiring someone to help you create a resume that will get you the job out of those thousands of applicants.

Good luck.

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I agree..work at home jobs are getting less and less,at least for quality jobs.Home businesses are everywhere you just have to do your research and find one that best suits you.Are you looking for a job or biz?A job you should never pay money!A home biz usually has some sort of startup cost,or there are affiliate companies out there that are free to start.I belong to a few affiliate companies,but just for personal use.I am hoping that you do find something.Good Luck!

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Can You Spot A Fake?

I think you are asking the right question to start with so you have that as your advantage. It is not always easy to spot a fake but I found that the DSA has a great page of information at http://www.dsa.org/aboutselling/cons...action=pyramid. It is not a terrible reality that companies must charge a fee for some sort of Starter Kit to cover their cost. The problem occurs when:

• A "company" is making larger-than-life claims about the financial returns their Business Kit brings while selling it at an inflated cost so they can rake in big profits from kits rather than legitimate product sales; or

• A work-at-home prospect has a lower expectation for themselves and the effort required for success than they have for the business opportunity and kit itself.

Direct Selling, Party Plan Selling, or any type of selling based out of home requires as much effort as any other type of selling. Yes, a recognized product can have marketing support and appeal. Yes, you have a captive audience at a home show as opposed to a store shelf. However, regardless of what you call it or how it is presented or supported--selling is selling! It requires learned skills and a sizable effort on your part. None of the products or companies on this or any other board "sell themselves" despite how much people like to use that phrase. It that were true...companies wouldn't need us now would they?

I love what I most often read on these boards...Find a product you could see yourself telling everybody about and then go from there. With a little precaution and the knowledge you can get from the DSA link--you are bound to end up doing something you love for a long time.

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This is an article that I wrote that has been featured on many work at home sites. I hope it helps a bit. When I posted earlier I was not on my home computer.

Work at Home Options

If you want to work at home, step one is understanding the options available to you.

Let's start with some basics. There are only TWO things you can do at home, yes, only TWO.

You can telecommute or you can run a business. That's it, TWO.

Telecommuting - This means you have been hired by an employer, and that employer is open to having you work at home anywhere from a few hours a week, to full time. Some folks will work mornings in office, afternoons at home. Afternoons at home, allows them to pick up their kids, start dinner etc, all while working also. Some folks work every other day in office. This allows them bring work in, drop work off, be available for meetings etc.
You are an employee. You are either paid per hour or per week.

The sentence I see most often posted is "I want to work at home, so I have more time with my kids". Find some folks who do telecommute. Their kids are in daycare, as they need to work. They also end up putting in more than 40 hours per week as they want to make sure they put in their 40 hours and make up for those trips to the store, the trips to pick kids up etc.

Telecommute positions are very tough to find. Most employers are not willing to have employees working unsupervised. Reason is, just look in office. Truly, how many employees give a job their all? How many work hard even when the boss is away? How many come in a few minutes early and leave a few minutes late on a consistent basis? Now let's compare that to how many make personal calls? How many take a few extra minutes on their lunch? How many stand around the water machine chatting? How many day dream and don't produce as much as they can/should? So, most employers are not willing to allow employees to work at home.

Again, speak to some folks who work at home. Ask them point blank what they did to get this job. Most will tell you that they had worked for a long time prior to this arrangement. They will tell you that they know their job inside out. They will tell you that they work over 40 hours per week. They will tell you that they do get "lonely" working all alone. And they'll tell you they do go into the office frequently.

There is no book of companies that allow telecommuting. I've seen many many ads for folks to buy a book that is supposed to contain the names of companies that allow telecommuting. Those employers who have allowed telecommuting, have done so with an existing employee. My sister telecommutes for HP. But she had her degree in computer science. She has had tons of company training and she worked there 10 years. So putting HP down in a book and telling you that they hire telecommuters is misleading at best, an out and out lie at worst. And you have to pay for that book.

A business - To start there are only TWO things you can sell. You can sell a product or you can sell a service. Look around YOUR town. What do the businesses in YOUR town sell? They all sell either a product or a service. A home business will be no different, you'll sell a product or a service. If you want to sell a service, look within. What are your skills? Are you proficient with a word processor? If so, you can consider selling your word processing skills. Remember, proficient means near perfect. I can use MS Word, but I could not sell it as a service.

Have you done bookkeeping or billing before? If so, this again, is something you can sell as a service. Are your kids older, in school all day? Consider an errand service. Heck, there are many days I feel I live in my car LOL. I always have books with me as I'm forever waiting for someone or something. Do a web search for errand services and view what others are offering and at what fees.

Are you an expert with a sewing machine? If so, offer tailoring and mending as a service. I am only 5'2" and both my kids are 5'. We need everything altered. I would love to bring it to someone's home versus having to go to the dry cleaner, change in their icky little bathroom etc.

Prefer to sell a product? You have a few choices, yes, only a few. You can make the product yourself. You can purchase from a wholesaler, or you can purchase from a direct sales company. That's it, only those few choices.

If you wish to make the products, again, look within. What hobbies do you have? What crafts can you make? Some folks sell hand sewn or hand crocheted items. Some sell homemade soaps and lotions. Some sell homemade jewelry. Are you able to do this?

You can contract with a wholesaler. Look up ________ wholesaler in a search engine. The blank is for whatever product you want to sell. There are wholesalers for just about everything imaginable. Want to contract with a direct sales company? Go to www.dsa.org They have a large database of their members. Their members range from cosmetic companies, to toy companies, to clothing companies and everything in between. You don't need to pay to access this database.

Now for some scams. Home assembly is a scam. There are exceptions. Occasionally a factory that makes items will advertise for local employees. You'll go to the factory, fill out the application, meet with them, and get hired. There will NOT be a fee. You'll drop off and pick up finished products. Assembly at home jobs found on the internet are SCAMS. Don't believe me? Find me just two people who do this and make money. Just two. From anywhere in the US. Just two

Transcribing and medical billing are the next areas where the scam artists prey. These are both legitimate professions, however in order to be hired you must have education. The courses offered online may or may not be legitimate. What I can tell is they DO NOT find you jobs. What they do is send you listings from the yellow pages of your city, with doctors names and phone numbers for you to call. If you have a personal doctor, contact him/her. Ask for a consultation. Even if it's $100 for the consultation, that's $500 less than the software you might be considering buying. Ask your doctor about his/her medical billing. Do they use someone at home? Would they hire someone who had never worked in office before? See what YOUR doctor tells you. If this is a career you want to pursue, contact your local junior college, local trade college or local business college.

The final scams I want to mention are the process orders, and data entry at home. All those ads for mail from home, order process from home etc are all a variation of the same scam. You pay money. You get directions to place ads like the one you answered. You then receive a percent each time you scam the next person. You TYPE or PROCESS their ORDER. Nice play on words huh? If in fact, typing at home, assembly at home, processing orders at home were legitimate, don't you think we'd read more about folks doing this successfully?

So, while you do have many options of what to offer to others, there are also many scams out there waiting to take your money.

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Audrey Okaneko has worked at home since 1983. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com

All Ladies have very good valid points here. To answer your key question-" why are most of the home jobs scams?? Because they are & there are people out there who want to make a fast buck & suckering people into their businesses is one way to do that. They may make $ faster than you do, while you're starting from scratch. I usually steer clear of these business.
Not only is this a good website to check for jobs, but www.homepartyplannetwork.com also has jobs that you can do research on.There are Honest Legitimate business' out there. I've been with HGP now for almost 3 years & Love every minute of it. It takes a while to find a home business you like & one that works for you but keep looking.
Look for something that you are interested in & go from there. When you find a business you are interested in check with the Better Business bureau & the Direct Selling Association, to find further information on the company and go from there.Best wishes in finding a Company you're interested in.

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Greetings Darlene,

Here is my 2 cents for what it's worth.
Many are scams because these people prey on the vulnerabilities
of those who are desperately seeking work at home jobs so that they can get out of the 9-5 schedule.

These scam artists advertise "free work at home jobs", "legitimate work at home jobs", or "Online jobs work from home"....so, if you see these kinds of ads I would suggest that before you pull out your money that you take some time to read carefully what they are offering.

I don't believe that all advertisements that reads: "legitimate work from home jobs" are necessarily scams because I actually found a reputable resource. Granted, it did take me quite a long time to find a trustworthy marketer. In it you will find the following: work from home data entry jobs, business opportunity work at home jobs,work at home computer jobs, work at home online jobs, scam free work at home jobs, & etc. Below is just some of the information that you will find in this real work at home jobs directory.

P.S. Here is the website: Work At Home Jobs
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I will make this short. Most home based business are just that and its like most people believe that there is some little button somewhere that you can just push and presto there is a great business. There isn't you have to find the right business for you and then work at your business.

You really have to spend some time in order to see any returns,that being said it is quite simple to make a living online given the right tools and the right attitude.You must first establish relationships with your customers and then provide them with what they want in a quality product.

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