Saturday, December 5, 2009

Mary Kay




Mary Kay was founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash. Mary Kay Ash had been working in the direct selling business for 25 years and was tired of seeing men continually be promoted and paid higher rates than women. Because of this, she decided to make her own company which focused on women’s success. Her natural choice: women’s beauty products.



The Mary Kay product line features a vast array of different products. They especially feature products for skin care, anti-aging and makeup. In addition there is sun care, perfumes and fragrances and a Men’s line. Mary Kate is in over 35 countries all over the world with over 1.8 million people involved, including 36,000 Consultants and 500 Directors. Mary Kay has had double-digit sales growth annually ever since their creation in 1963. Dallas Texas is the location of the corporate headquarters, and they have two facilities in Dallas and in China. They do not test on animals and their scientists spend $1 million annually over 300,000 tests to perfect their products and maintain product integrity.


Even though Mary Kay rocks the direct selling world, they are not just about the money. They have many charitable causes including an anti-violence program for women and children called Break The Cycle. They also donate large sums of money towards finding a cure for many types of female cancers. Their green initiatives has them planting over 200,000 trees every year.
Mary Kay’s compensation plan was a bit difficult to find. There are three levels straight with Independent Beauty Consultant, Sales Director and National Sales Director. Consultants are paid when they recruit new consultants and through product sales. They also receive bonuses on the wholesale of the amounts of themselves and their team members. One of the highest bonuses awarded is a highly sought-after new vehicle. This must be reasonably attainable goal as I have personally seen a number of these vehicles in my own town.

Well-liked but Mary Kay is that they are well known company with amazing products. What you may not like, is that since most people have heard about this opportunity before the potential for growth for recruiting standpoint is not that great. My opinion is that movie were more difficult to sell the opportunity and much easier to sell products.
Most women recruit into their Mary Kay business by hosting parties or shows where they showcase the products and also mention the opportunity involved. This type of recruiting can be very easy for some but can be challenging for the person that doesn’t like to get up in front of people or perhaps doesn’t know that many people. It may not be duplicated below for that person who doesn’t like to present at meetings. This may limit the amount of income that can be made.


Mary Kay is absolutely not an MLM scam. They are huge, successful company with many new recruits every year.