Can I really make a Profit with Paparazzi?

[@chellesangel11]

I joined 1 month ago. $99 Starter Pack got a cute box with Everything I needed 2 start jewelry included about $140 worth. I literally took the box 2 work, got on the floor (nursing) sum1 Noticed the box & curiosity got it rolling! I sold everything in that box except 6 pieces but I made my $99 back & a profit! 1 nurse told another person & I'm now on my Second order. The jewelry Isn't Crap anymore than the $5 jewelry u buy at the hair supply store or Walmart! The difference Is it's Lead & Nickel Free so it Doesn't turn on you. Do you wear Walmart jewelry in the shower, 2 play basketball or sleep in it? Most likely no it's Costume Jewelry & as Any business you get Out what you Put In. I plan on going big cause I see potential & I'm driven. Good luck 2 all that try👑🍷

[@azagise1379]

I agree. We got this as a side business actually for my 12 year old to make money. She sales to her friends at school and is saving the profits for college. I also have a few coworkers that buy at this point I wouldn't consider this a main income but starting early to save for college can't hurt even if the profit is small. Even online sales from family out of town go straight to her savings account. Side note: we only sale to family/coworkers/friends. So we dont have to worry about booth fees or shipping to people.

[@nicholmoore4899]

Yes I do wear Walmart jewelry in the shower and sleep with it....unlike the jewelry I've ordered and it arrived broken and missing stones. I can go to walmart and have better customer service than any papparrazi consultant. Also I dont have to deal with constant lives, pushy consultants, and no taxes or shipping costs.

[@ReigningWomban]

@@azagise1379 that is awesome!

[@ReigningWomban]

Great for you lady!

[@ChristopherGarzaReach2Teach2]

Not to be the sour grape in the bunch but this scenario doesn't take into account that most people don't pay rent for a booth at their local flea market nor do they attend trade shows. So lets be very liberal here and say it takes the average person 24 hours to move those 110 pieces of inventory you just earned yourself 9.71 an hour. Again that's being generous and assuming all the inventory is sold in a 2 day period. If it takes you 4 days you are now making a hefty 4 dollar and change per hour. Not factoring in any business related expenses like gas or mileage or meals or marketing expenses. Can you make money here.. yeah Im sure you can. The question you have to ask yourself is the exchange of time and effort vs reward worth it?

[@ReginaNailsBfly]

Christopher Garza So what your saying is that you should give up and don’t try it for yourself.

[@thatgirl9759]

You are not being a sour grape. You are being realistic.

[@thejewelryboxlive]

Best comment ever!!!!!

[@lucretiacoy5512]

What she does not say is that if you have 100 items for sale that cost $317.00 and you sold all the pieces for $500.00 making a $233.00 profit now you are out of product so you have to buy more inventory we will say 100 pieces and then you take the $233.00 profit - $317.00 to replace the 100 pieces and you are in the hole $84.00.

[@thebluereverend]

That’s how I saw it

[@jess_bounce]

Let’s just make this REALLY simple. A consultant makes $1.83 per piece sold. If a consultant buys in groups of 10, she makes $2.33 per piece sold (Because of the free piece thrown in for every 10 purchased from Paparazzi). The $2.33 per piece does not even include the shipping, gas, and time costs incurred by selling and distributing what you sell. So minus that off each piece. If you are considering getting into this scheme, consider how much jewelry you would have to sell to make it worth it. Also, it isn’t risk free just because you can make a profit. Otherwise every business on earth would be “risk free.” Risk free would be if you could send unsold jewelry back to Paparazzi for a full refund. A consultant takes a risk every time she buys jewelry from Paparazzi b/c there is a chance it won’t be sold, and the consultant just eats that cost. Don’t use terms you don’t understand, and you clearly don’t understand what “risk free” means.

[@myrarey2157]

HOW LONG TOOK YOU TO SELL THE 100 PIECES? I BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT. Thanks.😉

[@BarbReyff]

That is a gross profit. Costs to ship the jewelry, let's say $40 and there is an opportunity cost. But if one is ordering 100 pieces there is no shipping charge from P (no shipping for orders over $100 dollars which is less than 100 pieces.) and 10 free pieces does compensate for the shipping charges. Now if you have a live sale and sell 100 in a night which is doable in say 2 hours so not a bad payday. The real income comes from selling several hundred pieces a week and from having a team of MANY so one receives an override from those that are active and ordering.

[@ItsLorissa]

Don’t forget the shipping charge the consultant charges

[@meka1002]

@@ItsLorissa it costs to ship

[@erinann1983]

The way she writes her zeros make me feel uncomfortable. 😂😂😂😂

[@nicholmoore4899]

Me too!!! It was driving me nuts!!! I wont buy from papparrazi anymore...

[@jacquelinerodriguez5145]

Me too!!!

[@lidzjewelz5973]

But the thing that is still confusing is the reinvesting. You made a profit of $233, are you only going to purchase $233 worth of jewelry? no your going to purchase more. So now you lose your profit and are not making any money.

[@MarchCadena]

she would save the $375 made out of the $500 to reinvest and make another $233 and so on and on

[@honeybee1226]

Exactly it's a joke. I would never sell it plus the jewelry is cheap and tacky and breaks easily and turns people skin color

[@raquelmabelabreu7894]

@@honeybee1226 simple ... spend your money on pandora jewelry ... the pocket is not for that!!

[@jesstran8054]

Sounds great. But no business can sell all the products. What if you cannot sell all 100 pieces? You can only sell 30 or 50 instead and couldn't sell more. What are you going to do with it? And other costs even don't count yet. If you dont recruit people, it's hard to make profit.

[@teresadonarumo9645]

What about taking into account whatever credit card processing fees are involved with online purchases from your customers such as PayPal, Square, etc..?

[@Liz-ic6jb]

On paper this looks good, but there is always risks. Most people won't sell 100 pieces of jewelry at their first few events. Profit on each piece is waaaay to low.

[@sdegross]

Hi I would just like to say, this sounds good but it is not true. She brought a 100 @ 2.75 per piece which is 275.00 plus tax, shipping is free when you spend $100. She made 2.25 off of each piece you do the math 2.25*100 on my calculator on equals 225.00. The free pieces are usually stuff that you would not sell anyway, but you could that would mean you just break even. I sell paparazzi when I want in my spare time. I did my research before buying the kit and everyone else should as well. Just Do Not Let anyone tell you that you are going to make this huge profit and remember everyone is selling it now so it maybe hard to find a customer base. A lot of consultants are giving it up simply for that reason, you can't have everybody become a consultant because then who do you sell to.

[@nette49]

I totally agree. I am retired and I do not sell Paparazzi, but love it. My niece sells it. My husband's niece sells it. My friend's daughter sells it. And a friend's granddaughter! I buy from all 4! But that video I just watched makes it look like you can make a ton of money. No, rarely happens. You are right. And also, you don't usually sell all of the initial 100 pieces. You just cannot sell everything. It's fun. It's nice costume jewelry for the price. I wear a lot of it and gift some. But, I don't see anyone getting rich. JS

[@tab197134]

Shannon DeGross i totally agree her math was so off. Besides the only folks that win is he company because when you sell it @ $5 you not making a profit you loss and you would have to definitely add your local tax to profit. But personally that defeats the $5 situation. I purchased a kit did some homework but once I got the kit I didn’t like too many of the pieces and once It was explained i couldn’t up sell the items it wasn’t worth it.

[@hithisismyusername]

You are so off. You sell the 100 pieces @ $5 a piece, not $2.25. You would make $500 after selling all the pieces at that price. You only pay $2.75 for the jewelry if you're a consultant. You get $2.25 in commission for every piece of jewelry someone orders from paparazzi THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE. They are purchasing from paparazzi, through you. Paparazzi will ship them the jewelry and you make a commission off of it. If you didn't even break even, no one would do it!

[@lilianakaspar7997]

@@hithisismyusername So you do make some money?

[@hithisismyusername]

@@lilianakaspar7997 Yes. My friend does it as a full time job.

[@LindseySnead-dd9im]

I was an independent consultant but I ran out of time.but I want to join again. I have so much jewelry packed up still

[@mariawright5122]

What if you do not sell all 100 pieces?

[@rgvqueens5094]

NOTE: on your first calculation of $317 (sales tax incl) and you subtract $500 - $317 - that should be $541 -$316 to get your profit of $2.25 per each piece Please take your sales of paparazzi accessories as a Business..you must collect sale tax from every customer....to comply with your state law (unless your state has no sales tax) buhh

[@salvarriale161]

Everyone else is also forgetting that you have to pay 1099 self-employment tax on this crap

[@ladydi3515]

People always forget that you lose 15% for self employment and income tax on top of that, local, state, and federal

[@stephanieterry7662]

Thank you

[@wxracer23]

Say you have to spend an extra $100 and something dollars for another 100 pieces

[@Deedjdkwbsn7272]

This isnt worth it ladies. Your Roi is low. Look into selling cracked iphones or dropshipping on ebay. You will make more money faster with lower risk.

[@BarbReyff]

Cant make much money until you have sold for a few years and have people under you. I do know a guy selling using mostly facebook lives and he has 29 people under him which pays about 1500 mo. He makes 40K doing 3 lives a week.

[@wxracer23]

Her math is fixing to make me faint

[@thatgirl9759]

Here is their return policy- "''Accessories that have been USED or WORN, no longer have the original tags, were ordered in error, or broken due to misuse will not be eligible for return.'' You wear it once and it breaks--Too bad, so sad! You're going to lose money and friends.

[@jrccandleco7939]

Guuuuuurlll this is all assuming if everyone loves every single piece and BUYS every single Piece. I mean. This is not a fair assessment

[@DJTNT1991]

right the profit is IF you sell 100 pieces...that's not a guarantee and not a fair assumption

[@kimsatterfield5093]

what about paypal or other fees for accepting payment and shipping fees if done thru paypal.. these have to come off the profit line too

[@krysrockwood8276]

You charge the customer for shipping. It's not smart business to offer free shipping when you're only making a couple of dollars profit.

[@EmmilieRoseBoutique]

You charge customer shipping, and those fees are a business expense and can be wrote off at tax time... yea, consultants have to pay that too. This is still a business. Not just a hobby like some of you are trying to make it out to be.

[@scarlettfevermedia9834]

Exactly why I’m watching this...you didn’t take out the 55% that Paparazzi gets from that $500...of that $500 You get $225 NOT the $317...you aren’t even breaking even on this deal.

[@yeeeety6730]

Sharon Wilson, no you are wrong the company takes 55% of what ever you sell

[@kreativemindz2062]

Scarlett Fever Media it's already tooken out when you order. Once you get you inventory all the money is yours. Doing forget to tax 10 cents on a dollar. Its actually a good deal.

[@tristafreisinger1987]

Free Spirit Creations “it’s already tooken out.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KristySlicker]

You didn’t subtract your paypal fees or packaging costs, thats part of your cost and cuts into those profits

[@MarchCadena]

so i see a lot of comments saying that she didn't take out the 55% commission paparazzi takes of the $500. (And im just trying to figure out how this works) Why does paparazzi take 55% of what she sold if she already paid $317 for her inventory, isn't the $317 paparazzi's commission already??

[@hithisismyusername]

They're misinformed. You make commission off of pieces people buy directly from paparazzi through your website. Those pieces you are shipped to the buyer from paparazzi and you earn $2.25 in commission foe every piece purchase. The pieces you purchase yourself to sell, you keep all of the profits.

[@CC-by6rz]

So If You pay 100 dollars for 33 pieces of jewelry and get 45% commission Your losing money. Let's do the math 33 x 2.25 = $74.25. Your already losing $16.75

[@queenchica6623]

You buy the jewelry as a consultant for $2.75. You sell it for $5.00. So if you bought 33 pieces as a consultant at the rate of $2.75×33= $90.75. You would then sell at the rate of $5.00×33= $165. You would subtract the $90.75 you paid from the $165 you earned and your profit would be ($74.25). You would charge your customer shipping and taxes as well. You would charge your customer a transaction fee if using credit card or PayPal just like they would pay any vendor if their order is not at the minimum amount. You also can decide to add those cost on your business taxes if you want. There is money being made with Paparazzi.

[@polardarkness0179]

U got to sell all the products to make it work

[@michyynicole7829]

Not everyone wants the 100 pieces though

[@middletennesseepicker6245]

Yeah but if u host partys and such you have to think about drink prices food and such so u dont win nothing maybe 10.00 or so maybe a little more not at all worth it also if u do craft fairs and such u have booth set up fees and such some can be as high as 100 and up

[@MPrice510]

This video is pretty old how is your progress now in the business?

[@yeeeety6730]

No no no no, they give you a 45%. With example order you would actually lose 92 dollars

[@dawngaxiola40]

You buy a jewelry for a cheaper price then you get it back plus the extra

[@LindseySnead-dd9im]

Very interested in joining your team

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

The hours you would put into selling 100 pieces at 2 bucks profit now she says she sell 100 in a hour and a half. I can also sell 15 cars in a hour and half too lol but the chances of that are slim to none. They make you buy everyonth.

[@WitchyWillLuna]

Your about 85.00 short to buy another 100 If you want to buy more inventory you lost money

[@butterflyjaie9550]

Thank you for the video. I Was trying to figure it out and it was not making any sense.

[@amandagreer5586]

Problem is that they also want you to give away free jewelry that takes out of your pocket

[@EmmilieRoseBoutique]

@@amandagreer5586 not sure where you got that from but no one expects you to give anything away for free... but it is a nice gesture. Especially when you get hostess rewards yourself for every 10 pieces you buy. That kinds is what they are for but most just sell them too. There are consultants who give nothing away and sell everything they get. Don't knock something you know absolutely nothing about.

[@kmarcol1]

You can make a profit only if people buy. Noone is buying

[@missccmiller7328]

What's cost of shipping lost and cost of the website monthly???

[@azagise1379]

Paparazzi gives you a free website and if you buy $100 worth or more they ship the product to you for free.

[@kimberlypatterson8758]

You charge the individual shipping and there's no cost for the website. So people can shop on your site while you do nothing and you get the 45% commission.

[@kimberlypatterson8758]

@@azagise1379 Theres not a fee for the website. You are required to order 25 pieces a month to be an active consultant and get your commision. Those 25 pieces are what you sell @ 5.00 a piece.

[@ashleyhunt6733]

Did you take out the 45% commission?

[@chloegraves3516]

Ashley Hunt yeah that’s what I’m confused about, because if you do then you are losing money.

[@yeeeety6730]

She would actually be like 90 dollars from breaking even

[@xaraprimex4669]

After the 45% cut it is $317 simple as that

[@bobbib2713]

What about the cost of operating? She didn’t factor in the postage to mail the stuff which is AT LEAST $4 for each package, then there is the cost of padded envelopes, labels, and anything else you need to operate like the gas and upkeep for your car. She’s not making THAT much profit. You would have to sell a LOT more than 100 pieces to make this a lucrative business or worth your while. I enjoy being a customer more than I would investing my money.

[@ninafagin8109]

@@bobbib2713 you charge the customers the shipping fee. People above have it wrong it's 45% of $5 = $2.25 100 × 2.25 = $225 She's already at a loss cause she paid $317. 😂😂😂 Assuming she sold all the jewelry all she made was just $225 but, you know what happens when you assume. You put $92 in rich Paparazzi owner's pocket.

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

She's a sales rep for the company. It's a scam.

[@Pooh1608]

But wouldn't there be no profit because their 55% of the sales is not being taken out here. There's no gain here

[@outli3r692]

Each piece is $5.00 plus tax so $5.35, Now each piece cost consultant $2.75 and she sells it for a $2.25 profit. Because you pay .07% tax and then you charge customer same .07% tax.You pay for delivery fee which an order over $100 is Free shipping so you just charge the customer ahead of time for shipping.Now you will see some consultants charge over what it will cost for shipping which each time it is usually pennies,but add that up and it balances because some ppl go over on their shipping cost!Now you can always get your $ back even if you quit bc there is some one out there that will want this jewerly for $2.75 you just have to find them.As she said in video not saying you have to order that amount,but my wife sells it and she got the kit made the $ it costs to buy then bought more jewerly and we put the $100 back in the bank and took profit to reorder

[@karenoyler3183]

You didn't deduct bags , note pads , expenses for advertising your sit , reorder stock , etc .

[@queenchica6623]

Like any business, wouldn't you include those expenses on your taxes?

[@Phunker1]

So where is your cost center, my dear lady?

[@bennieadkins2672]

That's if people buy from you it's not a complete profit to make it

[@quiltea56]

What do you do with the pieces that don't sell?

[@sarahpalazzo1504]

quiltea56 Take them to your next party. You may not make your $500 all at once. But the potential to earn $500 is there for 100 pieces of jewelry.

[@yeeeety6730]

Sarah Palazzo. Yeah after wasting five years of your life and loosing more money than you could ever make

[@katieh7865]

Do you get to keep all of the $5 from each sale?

[@shaynaholmes]

Katie Harlan No, you profit 2.25/piece (45%) BUT like I said in my comment.. once you get the amount of inventory you’re comfortable and very happy with then you can start keeping the whole $5 for each piece, and why not right?? I’m not saying to do this starting out because just starting out you need to build your inventory larger than what you started off with and the goal is to keep your customers wanting more fresh new pieces, but after awhile you don’t have to take ALL of earnings and put it directly into the biz..if you do that then you really won’t see any profit.. it’s your business just be consistent with selling and the money will follow. I’ve done 3 other direct sales companies before Paparazzi and this is the only one that I’ve made ANY money from 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ninafagin8109]

No

[@ninafagin8109]

The only easy they make or break even is by getting "commission" from the people you will sponsor and you have too sponsor 3, then those 3 sponsor 3, and that's you'd pyramid.

[@EmmilieRoseBoutique]

@@ninafagin8109 you are so clearly jaded from your opinion of what you think Paparazzi is... you do NOT have to rely on recruiting anyone. It's great if you do, but you can do this based on your own sales and no help from anyone. Please do your research better before bashing a company based on your opinions and assumptions of what you think you know...

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

Beautiful Job

[@susietester5812]

Omg girl your a Saint...I've been trying to figure this out all day .. I'm a slow learner

[@jerzyblazin2283]

Yeah great profit margin but dont YOU have to pay for shipping???

[@EmmilieRoseBoutique]

And you charge the customer for shipping too. Unless they are local, sell the free pieces you get and just 1 of them pays for the shipping... but you get free shipping after $100. So there's that...

[@joannesbeautybuzz]

Is it 42.00 to ship?? I thought it was 2.75 a piece? 275.00

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

LOVE U

[@jaimemccowan573]

Forgot to add tax back to your 500 and 50 pieces... So would be more money!!! Woot Woot

[@tdawgt5866]

Jaime McCowan tax is money paid by the customer that owed to the state, not the seller.

[@queenchica6623]

It's owed to the seller because when paying for your inventory, Paparazzi charges the consultant tax at their state rate on the $5 not the $2.75 consultant rate. Paparazzi report those taxes to your state on your behalf. When you charge tax to your customer, you are getting your money back that you paid on the $5 for your inventory.

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

BTW can you please answer me

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

Awesome

[@evelynrivas6150]

hi

[@middletennesseepicker6245]

Yes but it is slow slow slow profit

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

MORE THAN RUBIES!!!!!!!!!!

[@yeeeety6730]

Stop fucking commenting

[@marniep4332]

Dont understand why anyone would want to sell it anyway. Looks like Chinese plastic tat!

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

I ain't good as her!!!!

[@thebestpersonintheworld780]

Btw u look nice

[@glittersthriftycorner-evy9932]

This is inaccurate because she didn't include fees. Secondly, never say it's risk free no business is RISK FREE! I sell on eBay and make much, much more than selling this, not worth the time and effort, not enough payout. My profit margins are pretty high and I can easily make $200. In an hour not days. You need to prepare a better presentation because you omitted alot from this video, the profit you mathematically showed is erroneous. You may want to do some serious research, based on your math I would never sign up under you. You're too inexperienced. Business is business.

[@laurathomas641]

Damn

[@shanquallaroliver7975]

Do u sell it

[@sherrybain2341]

This jewelry is worse than bubble gum jewelry and I would never buy this crap.

[@odettaspaparazzibling2786]

Can you include your profit after shipping costs?

[@becorations1]

Odettas Paparazzi Bling: You should be charging your customers a shipping and handling fee to recoup your costs for S&H.

[@sarahpalazzo1504]

Shipping and handling is free if you order over $100. You should be charging the customer for tax, but not for shipping and handling as they are usually cash and carry parties.

[@evelynrivas6150]

;-)

[@evelynrivas6150]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey

[@safwanrashad1722]

You ain't making no real money

[@dianelovesoklahoma517]

The jewelry is cheap dollar store type jewelry. Nothing special.

[@annemariegigi4069]

The rings turn my fingers green and the elastic part of the ring turns rusty very quick....especially if it gets wet {washing hands}. Some of the necklaces have left green marks on my neck as well. Once, I left a pair of earrings on my counter near the kitchen sink and the metals in the jewelry turned my countertop rusty!!

[@BugsNStuf]

Scammmmm

[@queenchica6623]

Keep sleeping

[@stephstadie]

Let's remember that if u dont spend $100 each order u get charged a minimum of $6 for shipping and if u want 2 day shipping its $75!!! I sell or am getting out of selling and u dont make 45% profit!