Real Talk: Why I left LuLaRoe and what it's really like to be a consultant
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- I wanted to share what it was like during my time as a LuLaRoe consultant, why I left and if you want more information about why I left or advice about how to liquidate your inventory to still make some money back you can email me at dawn.t.werner@gmail.com
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
I sold for 3 months and got so top heavy in ugly inventory that I immediately put everything on sale and sold it all off - the company called my up line and had all these ladies harassing me about being "part of the problem" I paid off my debt except for $1000 but consider myself lucky 🍀 Good for you, glad you made it out!
Good for you!
The biggest problem with starting a "business" with LuLaRoe is that you don't control the inventory. You have to sell what they send you, and yet, you have to do all the work of photographing inventory.
A real business would have given you stock photos of the inventory and you add the ones you have to the store.
A SUCCESSFUL business would have given you the freedom to order the inventory you wanted.
Psychologically, the reason they send re-sellers ugly pattern prints, was to make the "unicorns" standout.
I started my own pet magazine and invested $2,000 of my own money, and broke even the first issue, because advertisers were wary of paying for a new product. But after that first issue, I still managed to get advertisers and was able to keep my magazine.
Save your money and look at your skills and talents, and invest in YOURSELF and start a business.
That's it, and I have to say that there are some very unflattering and unwearable LLR prints out there.
When you dont control your inventory you are not a business owner. No real business can survive being a hostage to their manufacturer. Youre suppose to buy WHAT SELLS! Not what the manufacturer decides to send you! And no manufacturers should be able to force you to reorder every 30 days .no one has a turnover rate of one-to-one. it's virtually impossible. they ensure that you continue to buy inventory at a rate that is far higher than your rate of sell through. it's a business model for failure! Nothing weighs your business down more than slow sellers or duds that you are forced to mark down in order to make back a portion of your investment. LLR makes you buy your own inventory, doesn't let you control what inventory you receive and then your left on your own to sell that inventory in order to make back your investment... meanwhile Lulu row has your money & they could care less whether they sent you a bunch of dud patterns that you can't get rid of.
it's genius !it's an MLM scheme that somehow has managed to fly under the radar by doing all the right "legal" things to not appear as a pyramid scheme.
If I'm going to buy inventory I should buy the inventory that sells the best for the customers that I serve. And when I place a reorder I should be able to get the prints that I want and not just the sizes!LLR ensures they are never over stocked but instead pass that overstock problem on to the so-called consultants.
Exactly!
Bohemian Chic Vibe So true! You hit it spot on!
well said
Not to mention how many competitors they allow there to be in the same area as it's completely insane but it makes that company people that own it it works out their favor and their favor only
Your comment is so important. I wish everyone would read it.
This is why I can't stand mlms. I used to be a sales manager at a company, and we had territories, with only one person in each territory. Mlms saturate the market, and they do not care at all if their consultants succeed.
Diana C it's disgusting. They eventually exhaust their customer base by recruiting all of their customers into the company.
Just say no to MLMs.
wrong! Mlms are where millionaires are made! You just need to find the right one
Well LLR has made some millionaires, but many are in debt. I think you have to be willing to recruit people that might not have a chance to be successful in any MLM and it makes me feel uncomfortable.
VAwrapChick Glenda Watson Wrong! You're just a sheep drinking the kool aide while making higher ups rich... Keep selling your $100 saran wrap, though! I'm sure you'll become a millionaire one day....
WOW! Rude much? You turned a general comment into an attack on me as a person. I am far from being a sheep and You obviously do not know what you are talking about based on your saran wrap comment, LMAO Whose the sheep?? keep on working the 9-5, Entrepreneurship is Not for the weak!!!!
VAwrapChick Glenda Watson MLM consultants are NOT entrepreneurs. You're an unpaid salesperson for someone else's business.
Your hair is the bomb girl.
Awwww. Thank you!
truth #lifegoals
Thanks! :)
I was thinking the same thing! Is that a natural color? It looks like a wonderful icy blonde.
Lots of highlights! :)
Here's the thing: Clothing is not a commodity that needs frequent replenishment. Unless you're pretty well off, you don't buy a lot of clothing more than a couple of times a year. So an online clothing sales company such as this is going to have a limited customer base that's not going to purchase very often.
I see this stuff at thrift stores all the time and most of it is butt ugly.
Bright colors with big patterns remind me of children's clothing. Same goes for many other clothing companies. That trend can't end soon enough.
Lisa Marie Lund i wonder what other designers for other clothing companies think of llr’s “fashion” I’ll bet they just sit around and laugh their asses off.
My fav is the skirts that have a differnt pattern at the bottom. Like strips up top and cheetah at the bottom. 😂😂
Looks like a misprint at the factory...but no..they actually did that on purpose 😂
I couldn't agree more that it is ugly. These clothes look like they've been pulled from a Goodwill bin, they're artless crap. I can't fathom women spending big money to look worse than if they'd shopped solely at Walmart, or pulled from discount bin at Goodwill.
Back over the summer, I went back home to CT to visit family. I went to a typical arts and crafts fair, and there were 4 or 5 separate tents/booths of different consultants selling LulaRoe. At an ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR. The market is just so saturated everywhere. I've also noticed how quickly the pop up parties started fizzling out on Facebook. One month everyone and their grandmother was having LulaRoe parties. Then the next month it was as if LulaRoe never existed. It's very telling.
Girl you’re too kind. This company is set up to be a scam and it’s rotten to the core. Glad you got out.
Unrelated, but your hair is gorgeous!
Thank you for your honesty and candor. 😀 I showed this to a friend that was thinking of doing this and she isn't joining now.
Thank you for this video, Biggest mistake I made was becoming a LLR consultant. They have changed and now that they made their milions they no longer care about the consultants! I am trying to sell the rest of my inventory... Biggest scam ever!!!!
I felt that same way when I sold Mary Kay.
It's a MLM, so yes, area's are way over saturated. Same with Mary Kay, Avon, the list goes on.
Too many Lularoe clothes look like scrubs. Weird looking prints too much of the time. Once in a while they have something that I want. Why does Lularoe make clothes for heavy women that has large print? That isn't flattering!
Cami Castle I agree, I think it's hideous clothing. Women look really bad in them!
I agree. I went through a "fat" stage in college. I only wore sweats and leggings. All these years later, I have an aversion to baggy, ill-fitting clothing. The LulaRoe clothes look like clothes for when you've given up.
The over-saturation is why MLMs do not work. Any business who wants longevity does the complicated work of balancing supply and demand and MLMs do not do that. They want as many consultants as possible so they don't care if there are 50 consultants in a 100 mile radius, for instance. MLMs are designed to be flashes in the pan; make TONS of money out of the gate for a few years, then die out. I will no longer buy from MLMs because although I 100% support my friends, these are not viable opportunities and I have real issue with the way they prey on women in particular, their financial insecurities, etc. It's really sick.
I left LLR last year too and still have 200 pieces that I need to get rid of. I busted ass for a year and constantly felt like a failure. I was spending so much time away from my family. You are made to feel like you're the problem if you can't sell anything. I was having numerous panic attacks A WEEK and my health was declining... All because of LLR. Once I left, I packed up the 200 pieces and got them out of my sight to stop the attacks. I was still in debt... A year after starting because you are programmed to "put it all back into inventory" and "buy more, sell more". I regret the decision to join and wasted over a year of my life. Since leaving, I cannot describe how much better I am! I don't see why ANYONE is still joining or even with the company. It's a sinking ship.
I am so glad you shared this. I am not a consultant or have I shopped LuLaRoe. I was at a small Flea Market BST this summer and there were 7 Pop Ups. I felt so bad for those consultants. Total market saturation.
Yes, I hope it gets better for those people.
Funny I never heard of lularoe until today! I just wanted to tell you I love your hair! You look gorgeous girl! Stay strong!!!
Also - the MLMs that require you to purchase the product and keep it on hand are the worst, financially speaking. The companies really don't care if you sell it to your end user or not; you the consultant are the actual customer, as you so rightly said.
I like the honesty you have about this business! Not all is golden...I felt the peices were too high for me to purchase, I am on a limited income....every penny is accounted for. Some of the patterns were....UGLY!! You did the right thing. Good for you. Be proud of yourself. I hope you stay happy now that the millstone is gone! Have a wonderful day! 😊
Thank you for your feedback!
I totally felt like a failure until I decided that I was done with Lularoe. I did this to spend more time with my baby and it was the total opposite. Now I just want to get rid of my stuff and I will be happy.
It feels SO good when it's all gone. My kids are all going to school this year and I'm looking for a regular job. I just want to be normal again.
you are not a failure! the cards were stacked against you.
sorry to hear it i am anti mlm too did u lose money ?
Your timeline is IDENTICAL to mine. I started in May 2016, and things started to “decline” in Dec 2016 for me too. I was barely involved in early 2017, and finally quit in April. 1,000% agree with everything you said!!
Same timeline as me too. Everything is spot on. I did return my clothing and finally got a refund after 3 months of waiting. LLR was a huge mistake and one I will never make again.
It's sad they paid katy perry $3 million dollars for the lularoe convention and the consultants are suffering to stay alive
Disgusting and the cars! Forget about it!!
I know. It makes me sad that people think that only consultants going out of business are at fault for the problem when LLR oversaturated the market.
Can anyone tell me what the personal expenses were for consultants that attended the convention that Katy Perry was at? Just curious. I saw someone I knew going and she was all about and all I could think was, really? No way.
Lipstick- lemons the consultants paid $400 to go to convention
LizasPaperPassion Oh that's not too bad I guess. So that included airfare and hotel stay too?
OMG what you talk about @7:30 is EVERYTHING i’ve been saying for a year and a half! Being honest and upfront! We can not wear your glitter blinders and pretend everything is rainbows and unicorn farts! When something is wrong it needs to be addressed! And it looks like that time is finally here!
I felt the same way with Arbonne back in 2007. Thos was me on everything you said, but Arbonne....and I was encouraged to buy $2000 worth of product. Never made a profit no matter how hard I worked cuz of market saturation of the area.
Jaxmusicgal23 I have someone trying to recruit me for it now and she just won’t give up! What do you recommend that I say to get her to stop?
They look like toddler pajamas for adults. I don't get it.
I find it to be so bizarre, yet fascinating in its own right. It is as if someone put a spell on these people - can't they tell the prints are awful, cheap, and way overpriced?!?! It doesn't really make any sense.
@@annmarie2964 i saw your comment and this made me die unhinge cuz its true
You can buy super soft leggings at Walmart for $5.
Dreana _ My Fav is Leggings Depot leggings from Amazon! They have a ton of prints & solids & have capris! Just as good as Agnes & Dora & only $10 🎉
Dreana _ This! I was absolutely obsessed with the leggings in the beginning and after a while when I realized it was so hard to get a hold of the black leggings I tried a pair from Walmart after hearing the reviews and I LOVE them. Will absolutely not go back now.
Mrs. T - Thanks for the tip! Just checked them out - they have some GREAT prints! Gonna try them! :)
And they and are cheaply made and thin.
That’s a big thing with MLMs, everything they sell can be acquired easier and cheaper in a real store
Any company that makes you buy a big inventory to get started obviously doesn't have enough confidence in their product to hack it. Real businesses pay you to sell.
You are The voice of reason, I always wondered about those weird pattern match ups! Lol
Thank you! I just couldn't get on board with the different patterns.
Oh Dawn! You seem such a lovely lady, I hope things have gone well for you in the almost two and a half years since you posted this video. You did 100% the right thing, no doubt whatsoever! Xx
Can you explain why luluroe wont consistently carry black or gray leggins? After searching them out for months, i finally gave up and found some quite nice ones from Walmart.
I honestly have no idea and I'm not sure why people will purchase an outfit just to get them when there are several options available.
Rue 21 has amazing leggings, they’re really soft and they’re cheap...not to mention they usually have buy one get one half off sales.
Costco has awesome buttery soft leggings on black. A 2 pack for $12.99. Feline is the brand.
Probably because they don’t want their consultants to make any money so that they can have the money the consultants give them to get ugly weird prints that won’t sell. If they sold black and grey solids, their consultants would make some money. But that’s not acceptable.
My best grey leggings are literally cheapo Walmart ones.
My best brown ones were too but I wore them so much they exploded so I had to replace them
Thank you. Thank you. You are truly the voice of reason. I no longer feel crazy thinking of leaving. I will be emailing you for your advice ❤
Thank you!
Wow, did you say you can't or don't have control over the prints you order? If so that's crazy!!!
No, you just got to pick the style and size. It was fun at first, but it went downhill after about 5 months.
I stumbled across your video randomly but I appreciate your honesty and openness. I recently have been noticing how many people are starting to sell it and I was thinking that it's only making it harder on the consultants. I've never bought anything LLR but after watching this video, I don't think I ever will. Sounds like they're not very good to their consultants. Thanks again for your honesty!
Thank you for watching!
I used to work for a huge job board company as a job posting moderator to maintain quality job postings. First thing we learned is that MLM “jobs” are not quality jobs because they require investment. The job board pays people to review flagged job postings and reject scams, spam and illegal job postings. My point is, if a job board won’t post a job, it’s not a good opportunity.
Now I am a salesperson that sells office supplies and services to medium and small businesses which occasionally are direct sales consultants which makes me so sad.
I hope The Lord will Bless You with work that is fun for you. I'm so sorry. I can't stop watching these videos. It breaks my heart that 80,000 women got sucked up in this company.
One of my FB friends was not a consultant, but was always pushing it. Something about the whole thing just didn't feel right. I'm very glad I did not buy anything.
Sorry you had to go through this. Looks like very few people get their money. As a matter of fact, it turns out that the owners haven't been paying the manufacturers of the clothing and own millions of dollars from the manufacturer of the actual clothing. Lularoe also owes UPS $1M in shipping fees. You are not a failure...they were. Best of luck to you in the future.
Your honestly is really appreciated. I had thought about selling it because I adore the clothing but the more horror stories I hear, the less I’m interested.
Hold your head high! You did the best you could! They micro-manage too much and even though they say you are a business owner, they have too much control over each retailer! I was very successful in the beginning and Cruise qualified in my first 5 months! But just like you March started a downward spiral for my business! My daughters and I spend 6-10 hours a day on marketing, taking pictures, posting in Albums, doing lives!! And right now we are selling 4-5 items a week!! Not Good! I wish you a lot of luck! Thank you for the reality check!
Thank you for the kind words! I hope it turns around for you! It was a hard decision to leave because I wanted so much for it to change, but when I finally admitted to myself I was done it was a huge relief and I finally realized just how much stress I had been carrying around.
Truly. Such a relief!!! :-D
Out of curiosity...Why do people leave lularoe for Agnes and Dora? Isn't it the same?! Bold patterns for housewives.
I would say there are more solids, normal options with Agnes & Dora. Most people leave because they have control of their inventory with A&D.
Your hair is gorgeous, thank you for sharing your story🌸
It is refreshing to hear someone so honest. As a consumer, I wasted about $600 on LLR merchandise. The sizing, quality and customer service was awful. I even shipped 3 pieces back and was never assisted in getting an exchange. Eventually, people will realize that it isn't worth it.
I'm so sorry that happened to you! I feel like part of the reason I couldn't do it anymore is that I just couldn't stand behind the products anymore. I want to be honest with people and I just couldn't do that. I would sell leggings and pray they weren't going to get a hole. I would cringe when I got messages always assuming something had gone wrong. It was just too much stress and I don't think I realized how bad it was until I left and went somewhere that was better.
GalCharlotte I was psyched to be a consultant until I spent over 2,000$$$ on leggings over time. And all ended up not fitting worse the holes even in ones I didn't wear or wash. DEVISTATED
I bought a Lola skirt and didn't fit still have it.... Sucks big time
The thing I didn't understand about this company as a customer was that I could order from any representative if they had a certain item of clothing. My consultant would get it for me, but I was shocked that she couldn't get the item from the company and sell it under her name. It appeared not to want to build loyalty to your personal consultant.
I totally agree. It was very frustrating to send your customers all over the place to get what they wanted. It's frustrating as a consultant and frustrating to have to hunt to get what you want.
You made me laugh out loud when you mentioned the unicorn prints...don't ask me why? lol ;)
Thank you for sharing Dawn. I have just started the GOOB process and want to send as little as possible back to the company, but even my VIP's don't want my stuff at huge discounts. I would love to hear how you sold those 800+ pieces in that short time!
you can email me at dawn.t.werner@gmail.com and I can send you all the information. It's sort of long to leave it in the comments. :)
Glad to hear you're out of it. There are soooooooo many issues with Lularoe it's not even funny. My wife signed up with a partner back in November of 2016. They prob had a 10,000 sales month...maybe once. In that entire time, they only paid themselves once. And it was a check for $1,600 that they each got. Around 2 months ago, my wife decided it was time to quit, that Wernt selling enough, and didn't have enough to pay themselves with like ever. So she decided to leave, but her partner was still in koolaid land and decided to keep selling. And my wife has yet to get paid out from the business. Technically she owns half of the inventory. So I have a feeling they have a fight ahead of them. But my wife has only ever gotten that $1600. She hasn't seen another dime. And since they split the initial, she put in around 3k. And still hasn't gotten it back.
I tried to tell her not to sign up from the beginning. She didn't listen. She was sucked in like so many women. You guys literally join a cult mentality. Anyone who's NOT a women blinded by buttery soft over priced leggings can see this one coming a mile away. The numbers don't make sense. I told her from day 1. And just like with all multi level marketing companies, it will get over saturated eventually, the more popular it gets. I see a lot of women leaving for Agnes and Dora or honey and lace. Obviously they haven't learned the lula lesson. They might make money for a while, but it won't last. Just like Lularoe. But yet you hear these women talking about a long term business. And it's not going to be. lol even the ones who leave and go to another clothing mlm. It's the same thing. You've got many a year, naynev2 tops. That's it. In any case you arnt building a long term boutique. You're just not.
Good luck to her! I think it's worse when you have a partnership dissolve and the other is still in. :(
Rachel W I think women would be better off buying used designer clothing from websites & then reselling. I do this, it's easy & I do pretty well. I bought a Tiffany ring for $50, sold for $200. $150 profit & it was nothing but posting an add with a few pics. The trick is knowing the products, buying at the right time so you can flip it at a profit. I can't stand MLM companies! I think this clothing is god awful ugly & very poor quality!
LivinWithLyme Daily agreed.
This is true of all mlm schemes- just say no!
Not all MLMs. The key is getting into a renewable product. I only want so many pairs of leggings or tops that look the same. Something like makeup, skin care, home cleaning products, etc.are worth looking into doing. Even these have their issues, but if someone is not going to run out of something and need to reorder, your market gets stale very quickly.
I have only sold 10 items. This has been the worst thing I ever did. The people here do not like the price and then they don't have cute patterns. I cant sleep at night.
I'm so sorry! I left to do something else because I still needed income, but LuLaRoe just wasn't sustainable for me. I really hope things get better, or you can get out unscathed. I sold most of my inventory at 40-50% off to recoup some costs which helped a ton and seeing that money start to roll in was a relief. If you ever have any questions, my email is dawn.t.werner@gmail.com
Angela Holmes you need to get out and cut the prices. I know I bought this EXTREMELY expensive dress and not worth it. My consultant sold stuff for half off or more.
Yes, do a going out of business sale as I did. Best decision I could have made.
Move on asap.
I'm sorry, that just sucks.
Elizabeth Frantes ouch
I am so sorry you went through this!!!! You sound very organized and put together, I can tell you worked hard! It was the business model NOT you. I started researching because 3 FB friends were crazy about LLR for about 6 months and them 2 of the boutiques just suddenly disappeared and then about a month later they are both selling My Amelia James and doing really well. I tried to purchase twice now through a live unboxing but was too late and all 4 items I wanted were claimed before I could get them so I have no idea of the quality but I trust the two ladies selling so we will see. The other one is doing another California based clothing brand I can't remember the name of and all the clothes are named after streets and cities in Cali. Not crazy about the styles or prices there so never looked again. Anyways thank you so much for sharing your story. I always wondered if this would be a good side project for me as I also have children, ages 4 and 5, and my 5 yo has special needs. When you have a special needs child you spend every moment of your day and night planning and transitioning and trying as hard as you can to make sure you are paying enough attention all your children, not just the high needs child, that you are absolutely right! You have to do what is best for your family. Do not feel bad for one second. You were not viciously undercutting other consultants, you were doing what was absolutely necessary, one time, to help your family. If someone can't see and be unselfish enough to recognize that? Who needs em? Anyways you are beautiful and I hope your new business goes much better for you! It sounds like you are really good at this kind of thing so I am sure you will be great! Thx again for sharing so candidly :)
Good job Dawn! I would have made the sake decision. A year on from your vid, we now know we will soon hear the truth about these MLM scammers.
I seriously wonder where their prints come from. Bargain bin Walmart castoffs that even Walmart wouldn't buy from China or Bangladesh??? They look like craft store remnants from the 90s.
They had a team of "designers" pumping out patterns daily - they had a quota they had to meet and soon started stealing clip art and designs from artists on the internet. Lularoe ended up getting sued by several artists and settled out of court.
Mexico...
Omg your hair is beautiful!!!
im busting my ass with lularoe and nothing in return NOTHING i cant even sell 30 items a month havent been able to order for just almost 3 months
Good luck! I was getting to the point where I was lucky to sell 10 in a week and wanted to get out before they stopped the buyback, or I couldn't make any money back selling it at a discount. It was a relief to quit.
Dawn Werner it just sux because I love doing this the interaction and selling not so much the company anymore
I loved the interaction and selling too and I really wanted the extra income which is why I signed up with another company. Having control over my inventory was crucial for me and I'm at the two-week mark and it's been steady and I'm really approaching this like a boutique. I'm also taking some boutique sales training so I can really do it right this time!
That's why I enjoy working with Melaleuca -- you get to sell and interact with people, but don't have to manage and maintain inventory, and the company is great and has been around since the eighties. Melaleuca.com/leighannbatemon
Why I love younique. Was 99 to sell and you have no inventory. I'm sorry this didn't work for you. Good luck with what you do. I'm sorry again
It took me 3 months to get my check. It was horrible.
I'm so sorry to hear that. It is so frustrating having your money tied up like that. :(
Thank you for sharing the ups and downs (mostly downers, for sure) of your experience as a warning for those who would otherwise fall prey to an MLM. Pyramid schemes are pure evil and lies.
I agreed with everything you said Dawn❤️ thank you for sharing !
Thank you for watching! I just don't want people that are leaving to feel like they did something wrong!
Your so sweet to do his video. I sell Jamberry and have 0 customers. My sponsor said she can't get any new consultants because they are all going to sell LLR and we are wondering why and where are hey getting the money? I only paid $100 to start I don't under where they get their money from I could never afford it! I am glad you shared I hope it saves others from dropping that kind of money because a lot of us have bought our LLR wardrobe and are done. In order for everyone to succeed we all would have to buy 10 wardrobes each and we can't afford it.
Thank you! I think it's completely oversaturated and they just don't release anything new that looks all that different from what they already have so it makes it just stagnant rather than keeping things fresh. Good luck with Jamberry! DS can be brutal.
Dawn Werner awe thanks I'm actually going to let it go I realized I am no meant for DS. 😊 good luck to you as well
I'm a Jamberry consultant too. After doing a great deal of research I've decided not switch to LLR.
Danielle Burgess i
I do Scentsy and it is a pretty amazing and successful company!😍
This is absolutely heart breaking. Several of my business partners used to be with an MLM company and they were left with a lot of empty promises and a closet full of inventory. You seem like such an honest person and I hope you've found closure after this experience.
Newly subbed. Thanks for your honesty. We appreciate it.
Really good, no nonsense advice. (Btw, I’m so curious as to what these unicorn pieces look like)
Hi Dawn. I was wondering what happened to you. I purchased several beautiful pieces from you. Glad to know you are well and thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching. I'm happy you found me. I'm so much happier now that I've made the switch to something else. If you ever want to find out the latest I have a group on FB: facebook.com/groups/agnesanddorabydawnwerner/
And here is my business page:
facebook.com/agnesanddorabydawnwerner/
Hope all is well with you!
Dawn Werner wow girl glad to hear what's happened with you. I just joined your group. How is the quality. Bless you and your family. Hope the new business is fun and success Hugs
thank you for this. I was very successful with LLR and I always felt like I had one hand tied behind my back with not being an ACTUAL retailer. Exactly like you stated.
I thought you did an awesome job with explaining your experience but you didn't bash LLR- this is/was the reality.
Curious who the boutique coach you're working with is? There's one I follow and ADORE! Emily Benson
Yes, it's Emily! I was so relieved to hear her inventory strategies!
I found this very interesting. Would love to hear more about what you are doing now. Do you have a link to your boutique?
Glad you got out!!
thanks for sharing! a year later and it seems like its finally crashing. It makes me really sad to hear stories like this from hardworking moms like you... their target base is SAHM's and it's just plain predatory. :( sure, some folks make it... and a lot of people did well before it was so oversaturated everywhere.
Basically when the company first started it was working really well, but having too many consultants ruined it.
Great video very informative. I drank the Kool-Aid for seven months myself. Everything from start to finish was nerve-racking I actually purposely missed my first on boarding call lol. I should've listened to my intuition. Luckily I didn't take myself into a huge hole like others didn't take anyone's advice as far is dumping all my profit back into growing my stock. My husband and I figured out a formula to slowly grow my stock and pay off my debt. I had my debt paid off in the first three months which was great but like you business started to slow down due to saturation. All the frustrations with the company was a major turn off so I decided to cut ties. This company is so deceptive it is not less lives and families the way he claims to.
I have watched several similar vids, this shed a light on their poor business practices. I have 4 LLR pieces in my closet - two leggings and two tops. The leggings are soft but super hot, and I only wear them around the house. One shirt is too small (their sizing is ridiculously inconsistent) and I barely wear the other, I just have so many better things to choose from in my closet. I kind of got suckered into buying because I have a problem saying no to people when they invite me to these parties. NO MORE!! What a terrible company!!
Dawn, this is awesome. We hardly have Lula Roe in Canada, and I was thinking about starting, but the startup costs were way too high and there wasn’t really a way of aggression duties and shipping for this market. Even the opportunity to become one of the first consultants here wasn’t worth it. I’m glad you’ve taken a negative experience and applied what you’ve learned to your boutique. Good on you!
Thank you!
I love your honesty.
Your hair is freaking amazing
Very interesting and sounds very honest. After hearing people around me talking about this clothing I finally just got into it. BUT, I can't imagine selling this. I get the unique prints but not everybody is into that. I've seen those FB live videos and I can only find about 1 piece I really like. I rather go on a site and pick what I want. It also stinks that these unicorn pieces are so overpriced on sites like Ebay and Poshmark. But if it's the only way to what you want that's what you do. I finally just got the black leggings that way.
It always makes me sad that consultants can't even have access to black leggings so they're always sold as an outfit of for more than retail. It should be easier to get what people like.
Thrift stores won't even take this stuff now, there's too much of it and they don't want to pass on faulty clothing to customers.
You're not a failure. They're only interested in their bottom dollar so they allow the market to be oversaturated. Knowing when to call it quits is not failing, it's being smart. Haters gunna hate, but you have to do what's right for you & your family.
Thank you!
Very well said! I like that phrase “it’s not called failing. It’s called being smart” 👌🏼
I LOVE YOUR HAIR girl it's beautiful
Question why can’t sellers able to sell online on own website and do Facebook live. Take down photos, and not leave product in a store?
I think what LulaRoe needs to do to help consultants is to freeze onboarding for a while. I get scared about the saturating but I do know about the high competition!! My VIP is pretty dead, but I am hoping it will pick up.
You're so right. I hope they do something to help the consultants that are staying increase their sales. Good luck!!
Your video was really helpful. I've been on the fence for awhile for the exact same reasons you mentioned. They tell us that "comparison is the thief of all joy" (which I totally agree) but then they tell us to watch the successful people and copy them. Isn't that a comparison trap?? I also agree with you 100% regarding the hypocrisy of thinking like a retailer but having our hands tied at the same time. I'm curious about what you put in your resignation letter? Do you just need to say you're quitting and put the date?
I just put I was resigning, the date and my consultant ID. It was short and simple.
Good luck!
Dawn Werner Thanks for the video, how did you liquidate so much inventory? Edwhittemore@outlook.com. We also had problems and spent so much time with very little pay back..
LuLaRoe has saturated the market. The trend is winding down. Went to a pop up recently and only three folks showed up! Bummer for the rep who drove a ways, set up and then wahhhh. The three of us did purchase more than just a pair of leggings, but still... We've seen it.
Some parties just aren't great, but as I noticed they were slowing down I was happy to make my exit.
Holly Rex I love love love the clothing. But I'd never go to a pop up. I think in home "parties" are a thing of the past. I order everything from multiple consultant FB groups. But my sister did start selling and it's a lot of work to post pictures. It's definitely a full time job.
I went to an arts and crafts fair in CT over the summer, and there were 4 or 5 separate consultants operating LulaRoe booths. And it wasn't really a big fair, either. There were maybe 20 tents total, and 4 or 5 of them were LulaRoe. I almost wanted to get a pair of leggings, but not one tent had a print that I liked in my size.
That's why I have been either getting my leggings from eBay or from consultants having a GOOB sale, because I don't pay full price, and I can get prints/styles I really like and will wear! Also, Walmart has faux Roe leggings for about $6-$7/pair, FYI.
Yeah - no, I wouldn't do it. I might if I could choose what I wanted to sell and the clothing wasn't made of cheap material, but the price is reasonable. No one can afford to spend a lot of $$$ on clothing any more in this economy. I'm not sure where the rich people live, but it's not within a 400 mi. radius of me. Yeah, I wouldn't sign up for this. When you were talking about opening a box hoping you were getting something you could sell - a huge red flag went up.
They say its your business and youre working for yourself amd yet there are all these rules and restrictions do youre really not working for yourself . I dont understand why other consultants are mad that you liquidated your inventory. How is it any of their business.
Good for you, and anyone who unfriended you on social media because of it was never a true friend, but rather a codependent.
What's the wholesale cost on the different clothing pieces?
I was a cruise qualifier with a similar time line as you. I think the bubble has burst, the clothes aren't cute anymore and people have lost interest. With all the GOOB sales who would pay retail anymore anyway?
I think there will be more GOOB on the way now that they took away the buyback of 100% for the people that had already submitted their resignations.
That's why I left. I just couldn't compete anymore!
Thank you for your video!
Thank you for watching!
Wow, so glad I didn't get into it, I can't believe how many people I know who are just getting into it, the market is so oversaturated on top of all the other issues.
I'm happy you didn't get involved!
Great video! :)
Thank u for the review!
I'm sorry you had to close up shop. Retailers can be negative to those leaving and I hope you didn't have a bad experience. You can still be very successful in LuLaRoe; but, you literally have to work 80 hours a week. A lot of people are being mislead; that you can have better than full-time pay with part-time hours or make $36k a month with a 650 piece inventory. Both of these statements were true 2 years ago; but not now. They do say you're a business owner, take responsibility; but we can't choose our own prints. hmmmm
I'm happy to be done. It feels good to have my life back. :)
Hi I have a question: can I buy inventory off of GOOB consultants in bulk at a big discount? If so are there forums? I’m willing to buy off inventory at a major markdown.
I've thought of being a consultant but I'm glad I didn't do it. I like the brand but it's just overrated and sometimes it's just too expensive.
Be thankful you didn't. I have had many people reach out to me because of this video.
If you are a '#BossBabe', shouldn't you have control over your inventory shipments from LuLaRoe? What's the point of being a #BossBabe if you can't even be the boss over your own stock?
this might be a dumb question but can consultants have their own storefronts?
Not during my time. You could only have the clothes in your home and travel with them for pop up boutiques.
You have beautiful hair!
Thanks for the video. I'm in a networking marketing company that I love (especially since I don't ever have to keep inventory) and I try to support others who are doing the same with other products. A friend of mine just started with LLR and my daughter & I just bought a couple things today. I did a search to find out what was so great about LLR products to see some reviews & I came across your video. I'm glad you got out but it saddens me to know that my friend just got started with this, as you said I'm hoping that she's successful with it.
Wish you the best. If you're ever looking for another opportunity where you don't have to store inventory, you're able to keep your position even if you take a break for any reason, you don't have to do auto-ship or pay any additional fees to start or stay with the company, let me know.
Hopefully your friend will be one of the success stories!
You can buy this crap at the flea market for $3.00 each or the thrift store.
The problem with lularoe is that it’s to expensive 🤗
Where do you live in Maryland? There used to be no one around me and now I am seeing so many and I live in a small area.
I'm in Harford County. There are at least six people in my small town. It's crazy.
If a seller doesn't like a print they were sent, could you send it back? And get another print?
There is a restocking fee and you are not encouraged to send items back.
Not really. You have to pay for shipping back and they only refund 90%, and they take a long time to credit you. I'm not sure if you can even return if you're not going out of business actually.