At the height of my business, I was doing 3 to 4 parties a week!
That equated to nearly $1500/week in profit. I was finally banking some money but I was not home on the weekends or in the evenings. I would do a party on Fri night, Saturday, Saturday Night, then a weeknight, besides having team meetings. I truly enjoyed my first Friday night home after 8 years, when I left the business. The hubby and kids both exclaimed how nice it was to have me there. Sometimes I feel that I missed a lot of events; ball games, school shows but that's what jobs do. They get in the way. And believe me, ANYONE who tells you that these distributorships are part time work, is lying to you. If you want to bring in a $100 or so a month, yes, but if you want to make a full time income, plan on putting in some hours.
Working nights did give me the perfect opportunity to get involved with my children's school during the day. So, when I wasn't doing parties at night, I was taking care of my two children and volunteering at their school as a PTO President. Yes, they voted me in!! (PTO mom by day- Dildo Lady at night!) My community knew what I did but because I held it at a higher level, so it never became an issue. I made sure never to embarrass any one of my clients. And what they purchased was only their story to tell. I do know there are a LOT of happy women in my town because of me!! HAHAHAHA!! I also know a few women who could have benefited from my products as well.
Regarding my kids; I never made it a big deal in front of children. I told them I sold lotions and lingerie (girlie things) and I think that kept them out of my bags of stock. Fortunately, I never had an incident where a child came running in to the room holding a vibrator! I have heard of it happening to other distributors though. There is this one toy, for men, where they "fit in to" like a sleeve. Well, another distributor's toddler got a hold of one and was winging it in the air and running around the house one day!
That equated to nearly $1500/week in profit. I was finally banking some money but I was not home on the weekends or in the evenings. I would do a party on Fri night, Saturday, Saturday Night, then a weeknight, besides having team meetings. I truly enjoyed my first Friday night home after 8 years, when I left the business. The hubby and kids both exclaimed how nice it was to have me there. Sometimes I feel that I missed a lot of events; ball games, school shows but that's what jobs do. They get in the way. And believe me, ANYONE who tells you that these distributorships are part time work, is lying to you. If you want to bring in a $100 or so a month, yes, but if you want to make a full time income, plan on putting in some hours.
Working nights did give me the perfect opportunity to get involved with my children's school during the day. So, when I wasn't doing parties at night, I was taking care of my two children and volunteering at their school as a PTO President. Yes, they voted me in!! (PTO mom by day- Dildo Lady at night!) My community knew what I did but because I held it at a higher level, so it never became an issue. I made sure never to embarrass any one of my clients. And what they purchased was only their story to tell. I do know there are a LOT of happy women in my town because of me!! HAHAHAHA!! I also know a few women who could have benefited from my products as well.
Regarding my kids; I never made it a big deal in front of children. I told them I sold lotions and lingerie (girlie things) and I think that kept them out of my bags of stock. Fortunately, I never had an incident where a child came running in to the room holding a vibrator! I have heard of it happening to other distributors though. There is this one toy, for men, where they "fit in to" like a sleeve. Well, another distributor's toddler got a hold of one and was winging it in the air and running around the house one day!
Another plus of this business was that it helped me become comfortable talking about sex to my children. Once they became teenagers, I let them know what Mommy actually sold and they also know that it provided for them in terms of financial stability. They also know that they can come to me with any questions and I will never embarrass them but only educate them. It's made for some very frank but great discussions.
The cool thing was that sales were not limited to parties. I made many "outside" sales as well… I had the logo of my company displayed proudly on the back of my van, handed out a lot of business cards and always talked about my business. One day my van was parked at a local restaurant while I enjoying lunch with my girlfriend and sure enough, I was approached by a woman as I sat at my table asking me for a catalog. Apparently, she had seen me walk in. A few minutes later she placed a $200 order! There I was in the middle of the restaurant selling sex toys to a complete stranger. "Yes, that cream will make him last longer, Yes, that whip comes in red also....." I look back and think how bizarre it was but how normal I treated it.
Another time one of my clients called and said that she needed a bunch of novelties for a bachelorette party. She placed a $100 order for penis lipsticks, masturbation kits, penis
erasers (yes, that's a thing)! Then she told me that I was going to meet her FATHER in front of a local store and he was going to give me the money for the items. The next day there I was, standing in front of Petco while he wrote out a check for sex toy novelties for his daughter. I'm not sure he could look me in the eye because I could not look at him in the eye either!
The largest quantity of any items I had ever sold at one time was this one product that would give you multiple orgasms, X-Scream. The buyer? He was a man whose wife had brought home that product from one of my parties and he loved it so much that he bought a CASE of it for all his football buddies! I can only imagine their wives faces when their husbands went off to a football game and came home with orgasm cream. I hope they were happy. It does work!!! (PS - that was the cream I mentioned in an earlier entry. Get. That. Cream!)
I know there are more side of the road stories and I will have to think of them as my memory comes back to me. I look back at those times and I cannot believe that I had the balls to meet a clients father in front of Petco and take his money for sexual novelties. Okay, that just doesn't sound right… But you know what I mean!
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