Is Product Assembling From Home Legitimate?

This is perhaps the most valid question of all.  No speaking of income potential and why there is a fee associated with joining product assembling jobs means anything if product assembling is not legitimate and real to start with.

You need to understand several aspects of product assembling in order to be able to answer this question to yourself.

Most of the product assembling companies are scams.  They make money out of selling people starter kits and raw materials required to make the product. They have no intention of paying you for your work. Whenever you finish your batch of crafts and send it to the company it will get rejected no matter how well you have made it. Sometimes the design of the craft is such that it is impossible to make it with the raw materials that the company provides. You are expressively forbidden from buying their own raw materials by some companies.
Sometimes your first batch make get approved but only so that you can send in for more supplies from them.

There are however certain companies like the NEC and  COTTAGE INDUSTRIES, that many people are working for. These two companies have their own stores from where they sell their craft items.  If you visit their website you will see the pictures and the address of the store with an open invitation to come and visit them personally. Cottage industries also allows people to come and pick up their starter kit and drop of their finished batch of products at their shop removing the need and delay of shipping by mail.
There is one more company that seems to have a good enough rating on the Better Business Bureau that goes by the name of Enchanted Hearts. You can read more about this company here and even view the report that the Better Business Bureau has on it... Enchanted Hearts. We have received a good feedback from some of the people who have worked for this company but un fortunately those feedbacks are a few years old. We have not heard from anyone who is currently working for this product assembling company. You can look them up and in case you have any questions or remarks to make about your interaction with them, post them as a comment on the main website.

The question of the legitimacy of Product And Craft assemble jobs is manifold. Sure it is true that most of the product assembling companies are a ruse to make people buy the starter kit from them and that is all. But there are some that are real crafting businesses and pay people to work for them. But you need to have the right view point regarding this work. You cannot expect to make a substatial home based income from this work.
What the legitimate companies do is provide you with regular work. They take a test of your crafting abilities before expecting you to make an entire batch of items for them. Once you qualify you are approved to make the crafts for them. The legitimate product assembling companies are not evaisve about surrendering their business details and provide help and guidance over e-mail and telephone through a customer service agent.
This does not mean that their crafts are easy to make and you will have a breeze workinf for them. On the contrary the companies like the NEC have some serious craft products and you will need to practise to get approved with them.
Almost no one gets approved the first time around. You keep sending your sample till you get it right. But they help you all along the way by telling you what exactly you are doing wrong. Not only that, there is a large thread dedicated to people working for the NEC on Wahm.com. People come there to share ideas and experiences. It is a very freindly forum where everybody helps each other out.

We are also impressed with the way COTTAGE INDUSTRIES sounds. They have a store of their own as well. They invite you to go and visit them as they have the crafts that they would like you to assemble from home, on display there. They also allow you to pick up your starter kit from their store and even drop off the finished batch there with them. This is great for the people who are staying locally in the area. Not only does it save the time and money involved in shipping, but also gives you a one to one interaction with the people that you are working for.

It is a fact that more people are rejected when they send them their work for approval than the ones that are actually accepted. So in the long run even if the company is paying a few people to work for them over the course of a few months, that can be thought of as a way to keep the credibility of the company alive. Keeping the credibility is important since they want for the people to apply for jobs and by the starter kits for them. So even if they are paying 10 people to work for them and rejecting 50 will apply, they are still making money out of it.

Bottom line is that there is no record of anyone making a substantial amount of money for a prolonged period of time by doing product assembly work. Even the better business bureau says that they have no records in their files nationwide that proves that anybody has ever made money doing product assembly at home.

Bottom line is also that there are people who are actively involved with making products at home for certain companies. Whether these are the lucky few working for the legitimate companies or they are just the byproducts of a smart company keeping its credibility alive, is for you to decide.

The truth is that even the people who are working for the past few months or couple of years making simple products at home are doing it for the love of crafting. You cannot hope to make a large income from this kind of work. If you want to pursue craft assembling as a hobby you can give the companies in good standing a try. But at no point of time should you expect to one to the tunes of the claims that you have probably read on the Internet.
It is worth mentioning that only are couple of companies of the product assembling nature are in good standing with the better business bureau. Almost all of them have a rating of F. This is the lowest rating that the better business bureau used to any business based on its credibility and past record. The rating given by the better business bureau involves several factors such as the number of complaints filed against the business, the way the company acted in order to resolve it, the information provided by the business as to its activities and nature, the verification of the details of the companies such as the owner, address, phone numbers and such other vital information. You can read the reports on the various product assembling companies by visiting the main website here.

The better business bureau also explicitly warns against indulging in any work at home offer that requires you to pay a fee up front. Product assembling at home, unfortunately, happens to be one such home based work opportunity.

That said, it is true that people have worked for product assembling companies. People have enjoyed doing this work and got paid over many many months and even a few years.
But you need to remember all along the way that the work is not easy and needs meticulous attention all the way. If you are unsure of your crafting skills, we suggest you try out some crafts at home by yourself. Buy a craft book and try making similar items. See how close to perfection you can get.
Because, anything short of perfect will probably get rejected by the company, you will not get paid.