Avon Hints and Tips (Part 3)

angelsmomma

phia2000 wrote: »

thank you. yeah its not a new 'tax year' till about april is it? good as long as it all comes to me. one less thing to remember

Have you registered for national insurance yet? You can apply for an exemption to it as long as your income (profits) is under around £5000 a year.

jane130

can anyone help me with a credits question , I selted the items online throught the crdits section and have had email confirmation but no credits are showing on my account . do i have to send them back before i get credited for them ?

lozza1985

jane130 wrote: »

can anyone help me with a credits question , I selted the items online throught the crdits section and have had email confirmation but no credits are showing on my account . do i have to send them back before i get credited for them ?

You can double check they have recieved your request, by going to track my order, and it should show your returns request there. You will be credited for the amount at the end of your current campaign, just jot down how much you will be credited for - and under pay your account by that amount. Then when you credits are added on your account will be clear - meaning you aren't out of pocket.

lozza1985

angelsmomma wrote: »

Have you registered for national insurance yet? You can apply for an exemption to it as long as your income (profits) is under around £5000 a year.

I did this with already paying NI for my full time job - however, if you don't already pay NI it could be worth paying it as it will mean you are able to claim for various things in the future if you ever needed to.

sophisoph

angelsmomma wrote: »

Have you registered for national insurance yet? You can apply for an exemption to it as long as your income (profits) is under around £5000 a year.

i have no idea what this is. lol i have a national insurance CARD....what do i do? what does it mean? how do i do it?

angelsmomma

phia2000 wrote: »

i have no idea what this is. lol i have a national insurance CARD....what do i do? what does it mean? how do i do it?

Hi Phia

You pay national insurance if you work if you earn over a certain amount. I don't pay as I have an exemption certificate. I could pay voluntary if I wanted to to cover me for benifits such as maternity pay or my state pension. I choose not to but some of my friends do.

You can find out about this by using google and national insurance/self employed.

hth

angelsmomma

lozza1985 wrote: »

I did this with already paying NI for my full time job - however, if you don't already pay NI it could be worth paying it as it will mean you are able to claim for various things in the future if you ever needed to.

Sorry I meant this for Phia

YummyMummy20

phia2000 wrote: »

i have no idea what this is. lol i have a national insurance CARD....what do i do? what does it mean? how do i do it?

When I first registered as Self Employed I automatically got sent the form to apply for a National Insurance exemption, they billed me for NI once while it was getting processed and returned my payment by cheque after, I didn't expect to get it back so it was nearly £20 worth of bonus.

Basically if you pay it voluntarily you keep up your contributions towards state pension and entitlements to some benefits, if you don't you won't neccessarily be entitled to some things in the fture should you need them.

angelsmomma

YummyMummy20 wrote: »

When I first registered as Self Employed I automatically got sent the form to apply for a National Insurance exemption, they billed me for NI once while it was getting processed and returned my payment by cheque after, I didn't expect to get it back so it was nearly £20 worth of bonus.

Basically if you pay it voluntarily you keep up your contributions towards state pension and entitlements to some benefits, if you don't you won't neccessarily be entitled to some things in the fture should you need them.

Explained much better than I did

yummymummy85

Hi everyone,
I posted on this thread just before Christmas about starting Avon. I tried Usborne Books after my first son was born and a year later I've still got two boxes of books in my room that I'm trying to get rid of!
I've since had another baby so can't see me going back to work anytime soon since the childcare costs for one child are phenomenal let alone for two! However, I do (as most people these days) need to make a bit of extra money to add to the pot as we are starting to struggle financially.
I need some honest opinions about Avon before I make a decision - need to put a solid case to hubby if I do decide to do it given the recent failure of me trying Usborne!
I know this is probably a how long is a piece of string question but what sort of money can I expect to make? Are the figures in some of your signatures how much you actually make as your money or how much your sales are (if that makes sense!)
Would I find this difficult to juggle with two boys under two? Even though most Usborne Reps rant on about Usborne being easy to do with kids coz you can go to toddler groups etc - sounds easy but trying to sell books and look after a toddler is no mean feat!!
Also, have seen territories mentioned on the thread - what's the average size of the territories and can you only sell in those territories? Would I be able to say hand books out at the playgroup we go to, hubby take some into work etc even if people already have an avon person?
May sound silly but do you get much repeat custom or are you always trying to find new customers?
Sorry if I've gone on a bit, just trying to find out as much as I can before I make any decisions!!!