I would love to be a WAHM but have no clue where to begin and am scared about the financial aspect of making it.

Advice? :confused:

actually a friend and i were talking about making money so we could stay at home. she took the sling i was wearing and said 'i could make that'. and we started talking. she used to sew over the head towel bibs and slings..and i did the tiedye. we were babybasix.net
it went on that way for a w hile and then she decided to go back to work 3days a week out of hte home and stop sewing so i just continued the tiedye and took on the dragonflytiedye name.
did that for a few years until last april when i sold that business to concentrate on silks.
for us the $ was tight at first but we kept it fairly cheap. we invested what we could to get started. back then we traded for graphics and web hosting. and advertising when possible.
i also watch kiddos to supplement my income - i've not 'made it' per se but my biz keeps me in diapers, xtras for my family, holiday gifts etc . dh always says that supersilks covers the stuff that his paycheck cant'.

I picked up the Wellness brochure from Avon and I was floored. I immediately went to the number on the back and got some info from the website. I found out it was only $15 to start, so I was very interested. I entered some info and got a call from a lady named Ann who wanted to have a meeting with me. So, I met her at the mall and we talked about Avon. I immediately signed up, although I didn't pay the $15 until the next time I met with her, althogh I started selling immediately. It all went uphill from there! I started making money and looking and feeling better about myself each campaign!

That's how I got started. Email me if you want more info on Avon, or want to sign up for only $15.:spam:

**Edited to say that for a limited time we are signing people up for only $10. :thumbsup:

That mental thought is how I started out. I was a tenured teacher for 5 yrs. at a local public school and loved it until I had my daughter. Bc (Before children) teaching other children was wonderful, but then I found ac (after child) I was really unhappy dropping my child off at a daycare to go be with other people's children all day. I couldn't stomach it anymore and said, I quite and I will figure out how to make the income at home!

I love computers, the challenge of selling what I believe in, and cloth diapers. Waaa-la, One late night I found myself in the middle of making my own website for retailing cloth diapers. It was my mission to teach others about modern cloth diapering and it supplemented the income I had lost teaching pretty quickly. I had passion for this profession and I had lost that in my other profession. Not that I made that much teaching part time after my daughter was born. LOL! But it pays for those haircuts, extra groceries, gas, and gifts I can't afford. Today it paid for my pug dog's $122.00 vet bill.

After 2 yrs. at it, I am figuring out how to make a decent wage and still be home with my kids doing what I love!

Good luck to you. You can always write me to pick my brain at sunydj@sbcglobal.net. That's how I learned some of the ropes in the beginning.

Sincerely,
Jennifer =0)
WAH, Homeschoolin', Cloth Diaperin' Mama to Anna 5yrs-04/17/99. & Henry 2 yrs.-12/16/02
www.jennifersclothdiaperboutique.com
www.naturalfamilyboutique.com?jenniferc

I think the "do what you love" theme is crucial. If you find yourself doing something to make a quick buck and don't find any joy in it, you won't be successful and you won't have fun.

Consider that it takes TIME to build a biz, you won't come out making a ton of money immediately (usually). I believe that the IRS considers you a "successful" biz if you have 3 out of 5 yrs in the black. That means that two of those years you may be losing money.

Of course, start-up costs are always a consideration, advertising, networking, learning, figuring your target audience, providing a product or service that is special or unique etc.

I'm not trying to dissuade you at all...just trying to offer some things to consider before making the leap! :)

It's quite a ride...

I agree. I always had ideas of businesses to start, but my credit is not so good, and I never thought I could get any loans. So I didn't want to take the big steps of making a business plan, preparing, planning, etc. if I wouldn't qualify for a loan. I decided to just keep on doing what I was doing, working for restaraunts and such. Then, when I found with Avon it was only $15 to start up I was like hell yeah! I can do that. Now I have the benefit of working from home and making money!