Avon Hints and Tips (Part 4)

angelatgraceland

I logged in last night and carefully put in all my orders and saved them. All of my books are out so hopefully I will get some more orders. Made sure I put the anew Freebie on-as you said-and have ordered my C13 andC14 brochures and various items my SL marked that I should order. It says we can have 2 orderpads free-what do we do if we want more? Im a person who likes to "stock up"it is just my nature! Id rather have about 200 at home! Are we charged for extras? When we put our order in, if we have forgotten to claim any freebies or offers-does anything come up on the site to remind us? Or do we need to be aware of these and ensure they have been put in? Im thinking of the anew freebie for instance-if id not put it in would i get a popup or anything to prompt me?(now I AM being an optimistist)

MarsdenCuckoo

angelatgraceland wrote: »

I logged in last night and carefully put in all my orders and saved them. All of my books are out so hopefully I will get some more orders. Made sure I put the anew Freebie on-as you said-and have ordered my C13 andC14 brochures and various items my SL marked that I should order. It says we can have 2 orderpads free-what do we do if we want more? Im a person who likes to "stock up"it is just my nature! Id rather have about 200 at home! Are we charged for extras? When we put our order in, if we have forgotten to claim any freebies or offers-does anything come up on the site to remind us? Or do we need to be aware of these and ensure they have been put in? Im thinking of the anew freebie for instance-if id not put it in would i get a popup or anything to prompt me?(now I AM being an optimistist)

No, you're being too optimistic am afraid.... No pop-ups or reminders; if you miss a freebie then it's your fault and a lost opportunity.

Reps are allowed 2 packs of order forms per campaign that's 100 order forms; if you order more you will be charged. It's better to order 2 packs every campaign and you'll find your stocks will gradually grow anyway.

We suggest you order your books two campaigns ahead. If you order too far ahead and nearer the time you find out you'd like more, you'll be charged the more expensive price again rather than just the 48p for additional packs. Totally up to you though, of course, how you choose to run your Avon business.

johanne

hi guys, wouldnt usually do this but having that £150 order not paid for has left me with a pickle of a situation... i have SHEDLOADS of returns to go back on wednesday but would prefer not to !!

So doing a massive stock clearance bargain (cost price or less!) sale, so far posted most of it to my facebook page but need to add more as another customer cancelled a biggish order today too!

so if your interested in having a looksie PM me you email address? No obligation to anything at all obviously!!

Just clutching at straws as really dont wanna send these two heaving boxes of stock back!

Money_maker

Flippin' Avon - 4 pairs of Flip Flops on my invoice, driver said they weren't on the van! How peed off am I - 3 of these were for new customers. I know they have had heavy demand but end of the day its me that looks incompetent.

Elliebee_2

Brilliant Lozza - reposting my H & T too for newbies:

HINTS & TIPS

 When packing up your orders, put each Avon paper bag, new brochure, and any samples or gifts into its own carrier bag (recycle supermarket ones or buy cheap ones on the market). Write the name, door number and cost on the outside. This makes it easy to handle several at one time, as you can loop them on your arm, leaving your hands free to handle the money, and also keeps them dry in wet weather. Of course, for the bigger orders, you can use an Avon carrier bag!

 Each campaign, do a simple spreadsheet showing door number, name, and amount to pay, with a column to tick when delivered. Makes it easy to see what is delivered and what not. I also do totals showing the amount to collect and the amount to pay Avon, the difference being your profit (easier when it comes to the tax return!).

 At Christmas (although you could do it any time of year), I gave everyone who’d ordered, a sachet of hot chocolate and a mini Kit-Kat as an encouragement sit down and relax while looking at their brochure. I plan to repeat the idea for the occasional campaign, by just buying some fun size choc bars to pop in the bag with the order. Word of warning though – do warn people that it’s in there in case of kids or dogs who might get to it first! For the same reason, NEVER put them through the door.

 When I give mystery gifts, I wrap them in cheap coloured tissue paper (Poundland do a pack which lasts ages) and seal with a small foil sticker – makes them seem more special and lets people know that you didn’t just put in an extra item by mistake!

 On the bottom of the ticket showing which day you will collect the brochure, put a section for people to keep if they are ordering, saying something like ‘your Avon order will be delivered on ***** ‘ Then do ‘amount due £………’ so that they can write in the value of the order. Most people won’t remember to keep them, but at least there is no excuse for not having the money ready ;-)

 When there are sale brochures, open the bags carefully as they are ideal to re-use for delivering books to under-cover areas such as flats.

 Use pencil rather than ball-point to fill in your calling book. It writes in any weather and doesn’t have an issue with greasy or wet pages! Always carry a spare though – you’re bound to drop it at some stage!

 Send a group email or text to remind customers a day or two before placing an order.

 Write the expiry date on each brochure (or print labels). If a customer finds an old brochure, then she’ll know whether or not she can order from it. I don’t put my name on books as the expired ones end up at the tip, and I’m concerned they may be viewed as ‘commercial waste’, so would rather they are not traceable.

 Slip your orders for each campaign back to back into a display book (the sort with clear plastic pockets inside). It makes them much easier to deal with when you come to sort out your delivery.

 When packing orders, start with the smallest or most obvious and work up to the larger ones. By the time you get to the very complicated ones, you will have less to sort through! Don’t spend ages looking for an item you can’t find, but put the order aside – you’ll come across the item by accident eventually. Always have the relevant books to hand so that you can check what you are looking for; I’ve wasted many an hour looking for the wrong thing!!

HTH

claregre

Ref the lotus shield moneymaker ...

It says in the small print that the offer is for C10 orders only. Whether this is for the 3+ at £3.25 each offer, or the £10+ at £3 each with freebies I'm not sure as my HT is at home.

I wanted to order the 10 in C11 but assumed I couldn't because the small print said C10 only.

So I don't believe you can back order this one. At least not the 10 offer with freebies.

Gloversgirl

I am getting so annoyed! Re-canvassed one of my streets and still no orders.....

Am i the only one this happens to?

Elliebee_2

No! Never get anything from recanvassing. I just prefer to plough on delivering to almost everyone (except those who have asked me not to) in the hope that they will order eventually. I recanvass the 'no's' around once a year.

The dripping tap theory seems to work as I have 3 'first orderers' this time after anything up to about 40 brochures

Elliebee_2

Do you miss the old colour chart page in the brochures - made it much easier to find an item of make-up (which, lets face it, are spread all over the place!)

You could simply go to the colour selection pages and it told you which page it was on. I don't want to lose the new 'colours on page' thing, but just have some sort of index too.

carlys87

claregre wrote: »

Ref the lotus shield moneymaker ...

It says in the small print that the offer is for C10 orders only. Whether this is for the 3+ at £3.25 each offer, or the £10+ at £3 each with freebies I'm not sure as my HT is at home.

I wanted to order the 10 in C11 but assumed I couldn't because the small print said C10 only.

So I don't believe you can back order this one. At least not the 10 offer with freebies.

hi, ive managed to order the 10 lotus shield and freebie in c11 so should work:)