Party Plan

hi i am also interested in both these but would like more info i live in cumbria and dont think they go around here never heard of them so might be good to start up thanks

I've done both Tupperware and The Body Shop at Home in the past and, whilst I earned a bit of pocket money for a while (especially around Xmas), I just couldn't get the parties and it fizzled out.

I also had to travel miles to sales meetings (30-40 miles on various occaisions). I swapped from Tupperware to TBS as there was a very local group. 7 days after my training, my team leader left and I was back to 30-40 miles as all the other girls in her team chose to quit too.

I really enjoyed doing the parties and there are some tricks for maximising income but it was just too difficult and I never made anything like the claimed income.

I now have a garage full of body shop and tupperware products

Peter_Pan wrote: »

It may be worth seeing if the companies you are with allow door to door selling as well, finding regular partys so that you have a predicted income would be hard on its own i would think so wouldn't it be great if you could pop a few brochures through doors in your area when parties were slack?

In response to this, I do FM door to door, party plan, networking etc. You can really see what suits you as there is no set format. There is noone on your back to meet targets etc, you just have to want to do it and have motivation.

I've never understood why people organise these sorts of things, but if it makes you money and everyone's happy good on ya.

One here's lots of stories of people who stop doing opportunities, but then end up with a garage full of products! I find it quite distasteful that you have been receiving bad advice from your sponsor on 'stockpiling'; of course most people don't know any better and trust these people who say 'fill up your garage and you'll be successful'.

I think the term is 'front-loading' - where sponsors insist that their people buy lots of 'stock', which makes their volume high. Cumulatively for the sponsor, if they have several people doing this, it means advancement - but at the expense of their people.

It isn't an ethical way of doing business and leaves a lot of people upset, resulting in a negative attitude towards doing home based business.

I always tell my new people that they need very little product at home; perhaps a little mini-box of popular products to look after their customers and themselves - maybe a few days supply.

Afterall the company has a big distribution warehouse in the UK, so if they are any good they will do next day delivery - stockpiling problem solved!

If I order products for myself or my handful of customers before 1pm, they arrive the following afternoon around 3-4pm by courier.

I'm rather pleased I'm not involved with some of the companies mentioned thus far, they do sound a nightmare scenario!