Party plan: does anyone really make any money from it?

symesd

I love working as an Independant Usborne Representative, selling the most fabulous childrens books, fits in with my family and work commitments, hoping to give up full time work eventually and work full time on selling books.

Diana - Little-nook

JennyJewell

Hey Flashdaisy
Just wondering how you are doing and did you choose a party plan company? Let us know how you are doing if you did - getting so excited for the xmas goodies
Good luck hun
Jenny

BFem

Caroline73 wrote: »

I'm with Usborne too, just coming up to my third birthday and on the brink of another promotion.

AS well as earning enoughto give up my full time job, I've been to the US, Mexico and France on all expenses paid holidays.

We also have the ability to sell to schools and libraries so we can get massive sales, into the £1000's.

Good luck!

Hi Caroline, that's great, well done! Its good to hear someone doing so well.

I have been looking into Usborne seriously as I really want to be able to give up more part time job at an office. I can only really commit about 16 hours a week as I am a full time student as well.

I want to be able to start Usborne (and probably something else as well, maybe Kleeneze to bring my monthly income up a bit) but as it is commission only, I'd be really worried about quitting my job to do Usborne and then not having enough to pay the mortgage! I suppose you get this with anything which is self-employed, but how did you know when the time was right?

Ive emailed all the primary schools local to me to begin with, to see if they have a current Usborne Rep, and if not, do they want one - just to see what the need is like. I'm then going to contact Nurseries, toddler groups etc as I'd prefer to make an income this way than doing the parties as most of my friends don't yet have children!

How many hours do you put in per week in order to give up your full time job? Or anyone else who is a rep with Usborne?

Thanks for your time! :j

Kit603

Amybot wrote: »

Hi Caroline, that's great, well done! Its good to hear someone doing so well.

I have been looking into Usborne seriously as I really want to be able to give up more part time job at an office. I can only really commit about 16 hours a week as I am a full time student as well.

I want to be able to start Usborne (and probably something else as well, maybe Kleeneze to bring my monthly income up a bit) but as it is commission only, I'd be really worried about quitting my job to do Usborne and then not having enough to pay the mortgage! I suppose you get this with anything which is self-employed, but how did you know when the time was right?

Ive emailed all the primary schools local to me to begin with, to see if they have a current Usborne Rep, and if not, do they want one - just to see what the need is like. I'm then going to contact Nurseries, toddler groups etc as I'd prefer to make an income this way than doing the parties as most of my friends don't yet have children!

How many hours do you put in per week in order to give up your full time job? Or anyone else who is a rep with Usborne?
Thanks for your time! :j

I think that e-mailing round is a good idea as it'll give you a good idea of demand before you start and will enable you to plan things really effectively

I was the same as you when I first started with Kleeneze - I was a student with only up to 20 hours each week to spare and I was worried about it being commission based. However, my partners' mum had been working with Kleeneze for a couple of years and so I just asked her to show me her cheques, and the runs she does and I went out with her a couple of times to see what its really like.

My income does fluctuate a bit, with my lowest being the £242.00 I made in my first 4 weeks by doing 10 to 12 hours a week, and what we in Kleeneze recommend is that you don't quit your existing job until you earn 1.5 to 2 times more than you earned with that job or unless you can do without the money should it come to that! If you do Kleeneze or Usborne or any other company for 6 - 12 months you can work out what you're earning on average and that'll give you chance to decide whether it'll pay off

Caroline73_2

Amybot wrote: »

Hi Caroline, that's great, well done! Its good to hear someone doing so well.

I have been looking into Usborne seriously as I really want to be able to give up more part time job at an office. I can only really commit about 16 hours a week as I am a full time student as well.

Lots of people start off with part time hours to see if it is for them, and if they can make a success of it.

I want to be able to start Usborne (and probably something else as well, maybe Kleeneze to bring my monthly income up a bit) but as it is commission only, I'd be really worried about quitting my job to do Usborne and then not having enough to pay the mortgage! I suppose you get this with anything which is self-employed, but how did you know when the time was right?

I gradually decreased my hours of paid employed and increased my Usborne hours. I knew the time was right when I started to resent my paid job as it was holding me back. I still work in my old job quite part time flexible hours but that is because I'm a nurse so need to keep a minimum amount of hours every few years.

Ive emailed all the primary schools local to me to begin with, to see if they have a current Usborne Rep, and if not, do they want one - just to see what the need is like. I'm then going to contact Nurseries, toddler groups etc as I'd prefer to make an income this way than doing the parties as most of my friends don't yet have children!

I don't do parties at all as I hate going into strangers houses! There are lots of ways of making it work. I have to say though that emailling schools isn't a foolproof method as most school secretaries just delete emails. Usborne have recently introduced a brilliant schools training course which I've just been on and it's amazing.

We also have books suitable for scondary schools so it's not just the primaries.
How many hours do you put in per week in order to give up your full time job? Or anyone else who is a rep with Usborne?

I think that if you want to earn full time money then it's only reasonable to put in full time hours. The difference with being an Usborne rep is that you can be flexible with the hours unlike a 'proper job' In the Autumn I put in a lot more hours as it's busier. I can do my admin in the evenings when little ones are in bed.

Thanks for your time! :j

You can also recruit a team and you earn commission from their sales too, which is what many of the full timers do. I'm speaking at one of our leadership courses about recruiting this week - I'm so nervous!

Let me know if you'd like any more info.

nexuss

Can you change the colour of the text please ? Remember it is illegal to tell people they can earn money by recruiting others.

Caroline73_2

I'm not telling people they can earn by recruiting people.

I'm saying if they recruit people they can earn a commission on their sales, which as far as I am aware isn't illegal. It's basic multi level marketing commission based sales.

Looneylee

It's only illegal to promise high earnings. By recruiting people, you then offer your support to them to help make them successful, and for doing so, you earn extra commission on any sales they put through.

Lisa

lisaann72red

I am new to party plan started in June its not going to bad havent earned a lot as yet but I have started at a very flat time of year. I have parties booked I am glad that school is back as more of an opportunity to get parties from the other mums. I love the product I sell costume jewellery. I can wear my kit as it is great advertising for the company. I didnt have to buy my kit and the company provide the raffle prizes. I retain half of the raffle money taken. I agree that you get out what you put in. It doesnt feel like work either.
My company is fairly new and is up and coming very fast. I have posted about it before but it gets removed even though as I am a new member of the team I receive no financial incentive for recruiting. I just think they are a good company that offer a great deal for party plan.
Lisa x

PolishBigSpender

Personally, I wouldn't believe a word of what most people say on this thread. It's very common among MLM 'business owners' to completely overstate what they actually earn online, in the hope that people will contact them to ask for the secrets of their success and so on - with the aim of recruiting said people into the MLM scheme and thus earning them commission.