SMC "Specialty Merchandise Corporation" has been around for a long time. I'm sure pretty much anyone who owns a TV has seen the infomercial. As someone who has actually made some money with SMC, I can tell you that it is a legitimate income opportunity. However, making enough money to support your family with this is nearly impossible. Back in the late 90's, before I joined the military, my wife and I did manage to make several thousand dollars with SMC. The only problem was making a consistent income.

SMC is a catalog based sales system. The idea is that you show people your catalogs and they buy things. Pretty cut and dry really. There is no inventory to manage and all items are drop shipped directly to your customers. The problem is that 99% of the products are useless junk straight from Chinese factories and reeking of moth balls. It is surprisingly high quality junk though.

If your dream is to run a gift store, this is a great place to start. You WILL make back your initial investment from just friends and family orders. The products are reasonably priced so it's an easy sell (even though no one really needs any of this stuff), and your profit is usually  100%-300%. Don't bother paying for one of the SMC prebuilt websites. There are already thousands of them online and you'll never make enough money to make it worth your effort. The real opportunity is the sub wholesaler program. You can recruit other people to sell for "your company" and get a cut of their profits on every item. All you do is process the orders.

All in all SMC isn't a bad company. There's not much red tape and at the least, you're going to make your money back. I mean, if it's good enough for Mr. Cunningham, it's alright by me.

This is the program I use to make a living online. Check it out here. I have been working in the home business industry for over 10 years and this is by far the most complete system I've been involved with, regardless of your online experience. Understand though, that in order to be successful, you have to be willing to commit yourself. There are no free rides, you have to do the work if you expect to get paid. 

                                                                                                                                                              Chad E.