Day 20 - Questions & Answers

I had a lovely email from a lady who has read this blog and is very interested in starting as an AVON Rep, whilst answering the email, I thought, what VALID questions these are and have listed them out below:

Q: Im thinking to do it myself but not sure whether I can manage to make some money.
Answer: Firstly, I don't earn anything from helping like this, I want to make that clear so that you know I'm genuinely kind and I honestly think it is quite a good programme. Avon IS a chance to work independently so that is the ultimate goal. But you won't ever be on your own as there's me and there's some fantastic community and advice on the AVON Connects website, which you will be a part of. The quick answer - Can I make some money? Yes - as you saw from my last post: I've made £37 in 19 days.

Q I am planning to move to Essex, so maybe I could join your team?
Answer: Yes, whether you are in Essex or not you can join through me. I would be more than happy to come and meet you to set you up as soon as you are ready to be a part of it and get you started, supporting you through the first few campaigns and offering advice as you get further along the AVON path.

Q How do I get my catalogs, will I need to buy them?
Answer: On set up I will meet you with the order forms and between 20 and 40 catalogues - which you do not pay for. I will allocate you a local community (a street or two) to start out with. This costs you nothing for the first two campaigns, I will provide the catalogs and deliver them to you. By the third Campaign (approximately 2 months down the line) you will need to purchase your own books - the costs are going to be set out in my blog post for these questions. Basically £5.26 gets you 20 brochures, if you sign up to be a Sales Leader as well as a Rep (recommended) then you can buy 100 brochures for just £11.50.

Here are the costings for Brochures:

Q If customer does not return your brochure, will you lose money?
Answer: The brochures are yours to keep, so you will have less left over to circulate around to other customers. You won't be charged twice for them at any time. Once you've done the first maildrop and worked out who is likely to leave them outside the front door for collection and who is likely to make an order, you will have less 'lost' brochures on future campaigns. I will provide you a special book to make a note of who leaves it out on time, who orders etc etc.

Q The joining fee is £15 pounds, what if I don't manage to make an order, will I still need to pay?
Answer: The Fee will be split over your 1st and 2nd campaign orders (£7.50 on each one). If you don't manage to make an order, you simply won't be charged. You need to remember that you will need to earn over £78 worth of orders to gain some commission. If you manage to get £148 of orders you will get 25% commission (which is how I managed to get £37). From the commission I have earned, there will be a deduction of £7.50 for joining - this is the first half of my fee. I may also be deducted £2.50 for product delivery (this I am not sure about, but will endeavour to find out!)

Q What about all other stationary? Will I need to buy flyers, testers or does AVON give it to you for free?
Answer: At start up, all you really need to begin is the brochures and order forms (that I will provide to you for the first two campaigns). There are lot of free printable flyers online. If you want to purchase some testers and further stationary items they are available to purchase from the website - I haven't done so yet, haven't really seen the need to. They are quite reasonably priced and would be good for parties.

I hope these answers help any would be Reps, if you sign up through me, I will endeavour to guide you along your AVON path and be there to answer all your niggling questions along the way.