5 Alternatives To Network Marketing

ACN, Avon, Herbalife and many more companies are great for your average extrovert with a large social circle, that enjoys talking to strangers, the average person who is employed in a good job where they have hundreds and hundreds just lying around that they don't have to spend on bills or living expenses, that they can conveniently use to pay those hefty but apparently necessary sign up fees for these God awful companies that drain you of your soul and livelihood (and your bank account) before you get a penny out of these "business investments".

Here's what's wrong with them.

They all have a business model that works in 'tiers' or 'levels', a lot of your earnings will be mostly through referrals and recruiting other people to join, convincing other people to join these companies is like pulling teeth from a hungry shark, the majority of people you ask will either outright say no, or say they can't afford it or just don't want to do it, even if you offer to pay for them, they will then say "I don't have to time", a lot of people that you might add on social media, will ignore your friend request, message or both, the list of excuses people make, could be used to write a book.

For someone who prefers being alone, working alone and not relying on other people to provide them with a source of income, network marketing can be a tiresome process.

Here are the alternatives, that are way better x1000 fold.

#1 - Mystery Shopping

This can provide a neat side-income when using sites exclusive to your country or location as every mystery shopping app or website works better depending on where you are in the world.

If you're in Europe, the best ones are:

- ClicAndWalk

- MarketForce

- Mystery Shoppers Ltd

- ProInsight

- BeMyEye

- Roamler

For those living in The Americas:

- Field agent (this works in Europe too, but it seems to have more jobs for those outside of Europe)

- Task360

- Mystery Shoppers America

- Bestmark

- MarketForce

#2 - Delivery Driving or Delivering Shopping/Groceries

This one is brilliant for people who drive vans or can learn to drive a van. Look into your local supermarkets in the cities nearest to you and apply online to be a delivery driver, all you need is a driver's licence, a clean record, to be able to clearly follow directions and to have an eye for detail.

#3 - Forex Trading

For this one, I would advise hiring someone who knows the forex market inside out, learn it, study it very well and then also mix it with following trading signal groups on Telegram and decide which trades to open or not. It is only extremely risky if you don't know what you're doing.

#4 - Investing in Stocks & Shares

This is a long term strategy, something that could contribute to your retirement savings, the best stocks to invest in the long term are big companies and those up and coming companies like:

- Microsoft

- Google (often called Alphabet in the stock market world)

- Tesla

- McDonalds

- Rolls Royce Holdings

- Walt Disney

- Amazon

- Walmart

- S&P Global

- AbbVie

- Johnson & Johnson

- Adobe

- Apple

- Intel

- PayPal Holdings

and those are just a bunch! The best up and coming companies to invest in would be those renewable energy sources and the marijuana industry, all of those are very futuristic and will grow your portfolio in the long run.

It is also worth mentioning, this isn't really a job unless you learn how to day trade or swing trade stocks for a living, this is more of a long term investment that could go towards your returement savings.

#5 - Investing in Cryptocurrency

It is not as risky as you may think when you know when to buy and when to sell, my best advice is never to invest what you're not willing to lose and also watch the market closely, me personally, if my entire crypto portfolio drops lower than 10%, especially my Bitcoin, I withdraw and convert back to fiat currency , eg; GBP (£), EUR (€), USD ($) etc...

Always research which coins are the best to invest in before as some coins can be a 'pump and dump', meaning they're all hyped up for a brief period of time, then it drops suddenly and everyone goes on to the next hottest brand spanking new coin.

The most important things to look at before investing in a coin is to know the company behind the coin's plan for growth and development, how they plan to increase the circulation of the coin and

My top 10 Cryptocurrencies at the moment are:

#1 - Bitcoin

#2 - Ethereum

#3 - Bitcoin Cash

#4 - Ethereum Classic

#5 - Litecoin

#6 - VeChain

#7 - Cardano

#8 - Chainlink

#9 - EOS

#10 - Polkadot

So if like me, you are not antisocial, but just introverted and don't feed off of social interaction, as most extroverts do, if you prefer your alone time, working alone, learning alone and/or in smaller groups, then these are just a few streams of income that would better suit you, with limited or minimal social interaction, so that you will not feel constantly drained, on edge, under pressure or trapped in a job that makes you feel like a deer in headlights.

I would like to iterate that most of these are better suited to being your second job, apart from being a delivery driver and trading, which can easily become your full-time job – though the latter requires sigificant learning to achieve a full-time incoem consistently.

Thanks for reading!