True or False: You earn 50% of everything you sell in Mary Kay
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Mary Kay Directors are fond of telling potential recruits that in Mary Kay, you make 50% of everything you sell.
While it’s true that the suggested retail of MK products is double what the Consultant buys the product for from the Company, before you get too excited about that 50% “profit,” you need to be aware of a few things:
- Many times you will not be selling the products for the full suggested retail. You will be discounting for various reasons: to get discontinued products off your shelf; to offer incentives to your Hostesses; to rid your inventory of limited-edition items; to encourage customers to purchase more.
- If you choose to participate in the Preferred Customer program, which most Consultants do, one benefit of the program is giving your customers a gift with purchase. YOU have to pay for these gifts, and they’ll cost you $4.00 each.
- There are many expenses that come out of that 50% profit: shipping charges to get the product to you; meeting costs; samples and business supplies, like catalogs; costs of training, workshops and Seminar. And don’t forget one important expense: TIME.
Some of these expenses can be managed or avoided, but some are just part of the Mary Kay “opportunity.”
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Hello SweetBriar,
I’ve read a lot of the posts on this site and have to disagree with you that there is agression, meanness or hatred displayed here. Yes, from time to time there is the odd person who comes in and throws down their opinion in a disrespectful matter and we may counteract to their rudeness a bit defensively. The women that are here have experienced a lot of atrocities in Mary Kay and know that the majority of women that get involved with the company are going to experience the same at some point during their business. You are completely right that women need to make their own mistakes and learn real life hard lessons. Personally, I came across this site before I signed my Mary Kay agreement but quickly disregarded everything I had read here because I needed to see for myself. Thats the truly unfortunate thing: Women do make their own decisions whether they are good decisions or not. I had heard the multiple horror stories here about the consultants who experienced such losses emotionally and financially, but those stories were overtaken by all of the manipulations from my sales director and recruiter. But thats okay, I lived and I learned just like so many of the women that will read the posts on this site, live them for themselves, and then come back to get the support of these fabulous women. What really blew me away once I decided to get out is how we come from all across North America (I myself live in Canada) yet have all experienced the exact same things. That just proves that its not just isolated to a certain area. This deception is actually the roots of the company and yes, you are right when you say that women need to learn this lesson on their own (and theres no doubt they will). We are all here for IBCs who are going through each stage of this deception for them to know that they are not alone and there are COUNTLESS others who have been there. And no, we are not here because we don’t know how to manage our money, didn’t work our business, or are push-overs. We are here because we know that Mary Kay is a fraud/deadend/moneypit and is truly not at all what they make it out to be. The members who post on this site are always respectful to those who come across in a kind manner. Its when people come in and judge our intentions and pretend they know what we are here doing and throw names around, that our guards go up, just like any other human being would when confronted in a disrespectful manner. Okay, I’ll “chill out” know. Thanks for your post.
Sweetbriar…I only have one question for you. If it were your daughter, Mother, granddaughter, best friend who was the one who had to learn the lesson, wouldn’t you want somebody to forwarn them? Would you want somebody to sit on their hands and zip their lips thinking “WOW, she really needs to learn a lesson, I think I’ll just let her jump of the cliff without warning her!” That is what I would call mean spirited and negative.
We don’t try to make decisions for others, we just try to inform them before they make a decision (best case scenario) or give them a heads up to MK practices if they have already joined. And if by chance they have been one of the very few who have been successful without frontloading and using others, then, we of course applaud them and are happy for them!
Thanks for posting, I think I’ll go have a frosty drink now and “chill”.
Haha, thanks for “chilling out”! Lipstick, if one of my relatives was about to take a dive then I’d just have to let them do it. I’ve lived with my grandparents for most of my life and they’ve always had me learn the hard way, but I thank them for it. I’m more easily able to pick out those who are deceptive and my decisions have been better for it. Now, if they did dive off the cliff then I would provide the trampoline at the bottom to catch them — but they should experience the fall themselves. If they couldn’t see the cliff signs/warnings then I can’t stop them from taking the plunge. I’m not saying anyone of you aren’t providing enough forewarning, but there are other signs people should have picked up on as well. I guess I just mean to say that signs will smiling faces on them are a lot easier to read.
Thanks for your comments though, and have a very nice evening!
Very nice response…I liked your further expalnation and will keep your thoughts in mind! What a great attitidue you have on life! You can get more bees with honey than vinegar. Have a nice day , Sweetbriar!
It is very interesting… I understand as a director you should set an example in everything you do. however in Utah, to be more specific, in the hispanic areas the NSD and there are two of them who are selling the products 50% of the retail price.One of them was the number 1 nationwide for 2 years.
What a shame! and that is no all… she is killing the market promoting debt, and encouraging her unit to use their credit cards, to complete productions…
This is so easy to prove, consultants and director who save in desktop orders to be paid later (the day after last day of the month which is closing date)the company could also check all the charges made the last two years ago to the same credit card number which belongs to a NSD’s friend, charging high interests to the poor blind consultants and directors who belive in her.
These is not all, also she has recruited people from other areas just changing their names or using just middle name instead. also faking SSN.
All this is happening in Utah, and it is not hard to prove. And the headquarters office could easily prove this just calling all the people who has left the former “powerful”area well called changing lives..
She was the number one, but she pretty much bought the title of NSD paying production made from fake directors who she created just to fullfil the requirement. Please someone do something about it!!!