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I did this the summer I graduated from high school...I made about as much money to pay off my demo knives. They are nice knives and I still have them but honestly it was too much of a hassle to really be worth it. They tell you all kinds of stories about how people make thousands of dollars during the summer selling knives and while it is possible to do so it's pretty much a full time job to do so. It's almost like a pyramid scheme (the company is legit though) but you start out with people you know and get referrals. You call those referrals and try to set up appointments and keep getting referrals. It's not like you go door to door in a random neighborhood.
The problem is, unless you are willing to be a travelling salesperson making calls and driving around all day you really tap out on your market quickly. I had a job at a movie theater at the time and I was just looking for something to make a little extra money on top of that before I went to college, it ended up being more trouble than what it was worth especially since I was working almost every day at my other job.
Sure I could have quit my minimum wage job at the theater...and go full time selling knives, but honestly the theater job was easy and fun and I didn't want to drive around all day making sales calls.
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