Every day, people looking for extra income attempt to work from home stuffing envelopes as an easy way to supplement their income or even a way to replace a full-time income. It seems like ads for envelope stuffing are all over the classifieds these days and have been for some time now. Some claim you can make $1 or as much $3 per envelope you stuff.
Who would not want to work from home stuffing envelopes and make a few dollars for each envelope stuffed? Is it really as easy as it sounds? Where do I find these types of envelope stuffing opportunities? How can I tell if the envelope stuffing job is legitimate and not designed to rip you off? We attempt to answer all of these questions and hopefully help you avoid the scams and find an opportunity stuffing envelopes, sending mailers, or a related from from home job.
Do envelope stuffing jobs really exist?
There is a lot of misunderstanding around the topic of envelope stuffing jobs. Since so many people are searching for work from home opportunities stuffing envelopes, many con artists have exploited this, scamming people out of hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Just do a search on line for envelope stuffing jobs and you’ll find that most websites will tell you that they don’t exist. Even the FTC warns about envelope stuffing as one of the oldest scams in the book. The truth is all of these sites are mostly right but we have found you can’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. While the envelope stuffing scams have painted a bad picture for the many smaller businesses, catalog and distribution companies who do offer legitimate jobs in which you can work from home stuffing envelopes.
So how do envelope stuffing jobs work?
Legitimate envelope stuffing jobs are somewhat of a misnomer. You won’t really be putting items or letters into envelopes, stamping and sending them. Large companies that send out mailings have machines that stuff envelopes for them and certainly won’t pay you a dollar or two to stuff envelopes when machines can stuff and stamp thousands in the time it would take a human several hours. Legitimate jobs that allow you to work from home stuffing envelopes usually involve sending out mailers or catalogs. Home workers will place a sticker on each mailing or catalog with their unique coupon code. When the customer calls in or orders online and uses the coupon code, you’ll earn a percentage of each sale.
Where can I find envelope stuffing opportunities?
Just about any classified ads will have several ads for work from home stuffing envelope opportunities, but remember 90% of them will be a scam. Read the next section about how to spot a legitimate envelope stuffing opportunity from a scam. One way to avoid envelope stuffing scams and find only legitimate work from home jobs is a free service called www.homejobconnection.com. They screen each work from home job before anything gets listed on their website.
How can I tell if the ad I see for work from home stuffing envelopes is legitimate?
Generally if you are promised huge money for stuffing envelopes that should be a red flag. You may be able to make decent money but if the promoter says you can get rich from it then run don’t walk!
Here are some important questions you will want to make sure you ask:
Who will pay me?
When will you pay me my first paycheck?
Where is your business located?
How long have you been in business?
Will I be paid a salary or will I be paid only on commission?
What will I have to do exactly?
What is the total cost of the envelope-stuffing program?
What exactly will I get for my money?
Who will pay for the for supplies, ads or postage?