Thinking of selling Tupperware, anyone got pro's vs. con's

As a person who has been involved in direct sales before, I would say that you should be sure that you loooooove the product you are selling, and believe in the business opportunity. Go to a meeting and see if they will provide the support and training you need. For me, Tupperware was the product I believed in (still do, but not working anymore.) The are some Tupperware products that can save money for people who tend to let their produce go bad before they use it- no one on this board! If you want to ask me any more questions about TW, feel free to pm me.
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I noticed no one mentioned that TW is not microwave friendly. It warps in the dishwasher. I'd rather buy cheaper stuff more often. I like a change to "fresh" (no melties from fats, no reds from tomatoes) plastic now and then. Party plans are a lot of work.You really need to keep trolling for party hostesses. Now, have you looked into SMC? You still need to be selective about what you choose to buy from them to offer for sale, but they have about 20 different ways to go about developing your business. It is not free, but after you sell about $15,000.00 worth, you should get your initial investment back. No time limit on that. Also, no minimum orders and no requirements for how often you order. I have not had any problems with them.
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I wouldn't buy it but I sure love that great big yellow bowl with the lid, great for letting dough rise and during canning to wash berries, snap beans or shell peas. I have Grandma's and Mom's....James

Elaborate please as I see many products that are "microwave safe" on the TW site.

..and YES I am wanting to buy some tupperware(around $200+ worth) as I am about to go "green" as in vegetarian. I really like some products TW makes for food storage in the fridge.

...my Great Grandma has the famous salt/pepper shakers.

I believe being in Avon, Pampered Chef and Tupperware are all great ideals.... I knew someone that used to sell Kirby Vacuums, it might be a good idea to discuss the absurdity of $1,290 vacuum cleaners right now!!

I am a Bachelor, and Tupperware in your cabinet will be noticed by your date in a positive way.

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Microwave safe and microwave friendly are two different things. We had a lot of Tupperware when I was a kid- it really lasted. Still, I don't like using plastics in the microwave if I think of the plastics as permanent.

And yeah, those salt and pepper shakers were FTW.

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not sure what kind of area you live in or if its possible, but i visited a mall and they had a small tw store. it was wonderful i stocked up! it was nice to be able to shop it and take it home. if we had a store nearby i would visit it reguarly. i love their hamburger press (i put mine in the dishwasher). on a pro side we still use the tw that my grandma gave me think brown,green,orange. i have not found anything in the stores that holds up that well. on a con side u will have to give up your nights to do parties.

I would look into the Mary Kay business. Yes, it is more work than selling Avon products but you do make more money if you run it like a business. a great company to work with..Whatever business you decide..make sure you get an income tax person that understand home businesses so you can have your deductions for the year. I wish you luck...

Honestly? If you have the time, I'd recommend internet marketing. tons of different ways to do it. You can get paid to write short articles, look at elance.com if you have any writing skills.

I do some internet marketing and I love it... it's time intensive to get set up but it is residual income so if I just neglect it for months at a time it will still make me money. I've just been doing it for about 6 months now, and the money isn't immediate, but it's a nice thing to have once it starts coming in! If you need quick money, I always tell people if they have conversational writing skills and can spell correctly and use good grammar, go to elance.com and write articles for people.

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When Tupperware began, there weren't as many choices as we have today for plastic containers. It was a reasonable product line at that time.

Today, we can go into any drug store, department store, dollar store, etc. and buy plastic of any type imaginable for much, much less. Much of this is of a reasonable quality, too.

Now, Tupperware does still have some nice products. For example, the plastic mats that you roll out pie dough on are really nice. (My puppy thought so, too, when he shredded mine a few weeks ago.) However, the number of products that I'd find worth buying from TW are minimal. It's sure not something I'd want to depend on anymore for a line of products.

I've had huge success with a direct sales business in the past so I'll chime in my opinion.

Direct sales isn't always about your product. It boils down to how hard you want to work-as honest money can be made in direct sales. That said, I would not want to sell an item that is not a consumable. Reason being, the harder you work to get your item in people's hands, the faster you put yourself out of business. If you find a consumable you will have a reorder business that doesn't always come with a nonconsumable item. I love Tupperware, but I have more than I need. I don't have the cabinet space for another bowl.

BUT-if I were a customer of a direct sales consultant that sold -say food, or make up or candles or crafty stuff, I would USE that item and NEED more. So you develop a customer and KEEP THEM with a reorder business.

But that's just my opinion. You can be successful at Tupperware-you will just have to spend more time finding new customers instead of servicing the ones you already have.

Good luck to you!

I don't know if this is still the case or not, but when we got stationed in Germany, tupperware was the only container we were allowed to use to ship stuff like our spices in. DH and I sold tupperware as a team. We actually did pretty good at it until my Dad had a heart attack and I had to give the parties I had already scheduled to another dealer. I didn't want to go through the hassle of building clientelle back up again, so after Dad's surgery we never got back into it. Finding customers was never a problem for us. We didn't even have to talk our friends into having a party. My sponsor took me to one of her parties and all those that marked they would like to have a party were given to me as a start up. Every party we had we got more scheduled.

TW is like most jobs in the sense that you get out of it what you put into it.

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response. I live in a lake area, lots of retired people & have a good, wonderful church-- Thought maybe of just having catalog parties after a few original home parties. There's lots of Avon reps in area. Don't know much about Pampered Chef. Our church keeps a library of good books that we all exchange in & out, very cool. Thanks again, I knew you all would have some good ideas, I love this web site, everyone is so helpful.. God Bless, Dayna in MO.

If you have an upline and the upline makes money off your sale, it is by definition a MLM. It may be more product driven than recruitment driven, but it is still MLM. I wonder how the OP came upon this idea--from someone who sells TW or from the company?