Envelope Stuffing
Jobs - can I really make money working from home doing envelope stuffing?
Working from Home in the UK Stuffing Envelopes in 2018
 Firstly
- there are much easier and better paying ways to make money
at home than
envelope stuffing jobs!
Read about envelope packing and stuffing scams below or
check out our free top 100 ways
to earn money at home.
Stuffing envelopes may once have been accepted as a genuine way
to earn extra cash working from home. But over the last fifty years
bulk commercial mailing has become completely automated with sophisticated
machinery able to print, fold and insert letters and mailshots
into envelopes.
These days, nobody needs to employ people to work from
home packing and posting envelopes - machinery is much quicker
and
cheaper.
Computers and printers are now cheap to purchase, and the requirement
for someone to sit and laboriously fold or hand-write envelopes and
labels is virtually zero.
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Modern computer-controlled machinery now completes the work of envelope
stuffing much quicker and cheaper than humans, (even those from third-world
countries willing to work below the minimum wage).
There is no demand anymore for people to manually stuff a couple
of hundred envelopes a day at home, when a machine can complete
stuffing
hundreds of thousands of envelopes in the same period.
It is just not viable to employ anybody to work from home
packing envelopes by hand anymore.
Stuffing envelopes from home in the UK is now a well known
scam. Envelope stuffing job 'opportunities' are targeted
towards vulnerable, disabled, housebound and the unemployed.
 Almost
all adverts
for Envelope Stuffing Jobs are Scams!
Many people are looking for flexible work that they can do at home,
and there are always lots of adverts for envelope stuffing jobs. The
reality is that it is no longer a valid way to earn money
working from home envelope stuffing - machinery completes
the work much cheaper than anyone could do manually working from home.
Envelope stuffing ads are now unfortunately nearly all scams - only
there to part you from your hard-earned cash by asking you for an
upfront registration fee. That is usually the only point that any
money is made from filling envelopes - and it isn't you doing the
earning!
A typical advert might ask you to send a 'registration', 'sign up'
or 'enrolment' fee, of anything from £20 to £50 or money
for a 'business' or 'starter' pack. The advert will generally promise
high earning jobs (typically hundreds per day) for minimum effort
filling envelopes or folding paper, with no skill required.
Sounds too good to be true? It is!
Once you've sent off your 'investment', you'll either receive nothing
or you'll be sent a letter which explains how you can earn money persuading
other people to do just what you did i.e. post advertising to get
new victims to respond to your ads.
It is like a chain letter of empty work promises - there is no 'work'
apart from perpetuating the scam by getting other people to sign up
and send you money. There are many variations on a theme, but they
all promise much and deliver little.
The alarm bells should ring if an advert contains any or all of the
following:
How to Avoid Envelope Stuffing Scams
Some envelope stuffing scams will take
a two stage approach where the initial information is free. In
this
case you'll receive a flyer explaining the 'benefits' of the scheme
and asking for payment to be sent to get you started. They will
usually guarantee that
you make money from envelope packing or get a refund, but in practice
this almost never happens.
Once you have sent money, there is virtually zero chance of getting
it back - the advertiser will either ignore your requests and
not
answer your emails and calls, or point out whichever part of
the small print says you can't have a refund because 'earnings are
not guaranteed ' or whatever.
Too good to be true?
There is always a high demand for work which can be done at home,
so the scammers only have to convince a small proportion of their
target audience to send in money for that 'golden envelope filling,
folding or addressing opportunity', and they can make a good profit.
The envelope stuffing scam has worked for years and has made the
jump from the newspaper small ads and posters to the internet
where
it can still separate the unwary from their hard-earned cash!
Like dubious home assembly and piecework
jobs, scams will unfortunately continue, as long as there are
people who are desperate for money looking for unskilled work they
can do at home. The scam targets the vulnerable such as the unemployed,
sick, stay-at-home mums and the retired or housebound who are easy
targets because they are often actively looking for ways to increase
their income.
Always ask yourself what the advertiser has to gain by going to
the trouble of farming out this kind of work - if it paid
that well, they'd do it themselves or pay minimum
wages to a warehouse full of people envelope stuffing. In the end
it's just the advertiser that makes money - your upfront fee is
the
answer to their advertised 'secret of success' with envelope stuffing.
Legitimate Envelope Stuffing Jobs
There is always the exception that proves the rule,
and some small to medium sized businesses may still have a requirement
for some genuine manual envelope filling and labelling work.
Also some graphic design, marketing and other businesses
occasionally need people to manually pack specialist mailshots which
aren't suitable for mechanical handling. There are a couple of companies
which outsource this kind of mailshot work but, as always, do a
bit of research on them before you start work.
 Legitimate
envelope stuffing jobs can take the form of work from home packing
greeting cards, special invitations and promotions.
People will often still open a hand-written envelope,
whereas they will bin anything that looks like an advertising or marketing
mailshot; so there is still a small niche market for envelope stuffers.
Warning. We must emphasise that there
is in reality, a very limited legitimate job market for envelope
stuffing from home.
Don't forget that you can combine this kind of work
with other skills you may have, such as design and calligraphy to
make a package that might be attractive to business users.
If you have the necessary skills and PC / printer
equipment, you could also offer a full direct mail service to small
companies,
organising mailing lists, mailshots, leaflets and newsletters etc.
This kind of work, although genuine, can be hard to
find even when it's outsourced. It's rarely advertised, but more often
placed with 'friends of friends' or employees as overtime.
The best way to find these kind of vacancies is to
enquire with small businesses in your area - you could even try mailing
them with a sample of your work. Although it will not make you rich
overnight, it may provide some extra money and it is real work
that you can do from home. Forget the enticing adverts promising
loads of money for envelope stuffing - they are almost always a con
to part you from your money.
Essentially, with the exception of the specialist mailshots
such as greeting cards described above, there is no easy way to make
money working from home stuffing envelopes.
Take our advice and don't send money to anyone
who claims otherwise!
Common Paper and Envelope sizes
|
Paper |
Envelope |
Notes |
| Name |
Size |
Name |
Size |
- |
| Letter (US) |
216 x 279 |
- |
- |
- |
| A4 |
210 x 297 |
C4 |
229 x 324 |
Fits an A4 flat |
| A5 |
148 x 210 |
C5 |
162 x 229 |
Fits an A5 or A4 folded
in half |
| Foolscap |
216 x 343 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DL |
110 x 220 |
Fits an A4 folded in
thirds |
|
