~Avon Hints & Tips (Part 7) ~

lozza1985

The previous thread can be found here

Welcome to the Avon Hints and Tips threads. We are a friendly bunch on here, a mixture of Representatives and Sales Leaders. No question is ever a silly question, we welcome all questions, although you should check out the first posts as your questions maybe answered here. Yes, there is quite a lot to read and take in, but you don't need to digest it all in one go, come back and read in your own time. Have a question? Check the Frequently Asked Questions as it may already be answered here.

What is Avon?

A catalogue with toiletries/makeup/beauty items/some clothes/accessories. A representative orders for customers and earns discount on all items sold.

Representatives buy the catalogues from Avon and canvass friends, family, neighbours, work, local streets/local businesses, baby clubs, gyms, etc for orders.

How to Sign Up with Avon

You can contact Avon through their website, http://www.avon.uk.com/PRSuite/home_page.page

or look in your local newspapers, local shops, Tesco, Sainsbury's, etc for an advert from a Sales Leader looking for Representatives to join their team.

If you contact Avon through their website,you will be allocated an Area Sales Manager or a Sales Leader who will come out and visit you, give you more information and sign you up. Sales Leaders are generally easier to contact and provide more help but all comes down to who you get! Some ASMs are great and very supportive.

What costs are involved in starting with Avon?

You pay a £15 sign up fee when joining, you pay this over the first two campaigns and this covers the Administration costs. And your ASM or SL will supply you with at least 20 brochures for each of your first 2 campaigns.

NOTE: You MUST declare your earnings as you are classed as being self employed, whether actually employed, self employed or on benefits already. You can be fined for not doing so and AVON does advise you to sign up as self employed.

TO REGISTER AS SELF EMPLOYED - CALL THE NUMBER BELOW

they are very helpful and will talk you through the process.

Newly self-employed tax helpline: 0845 915 4515

or use online registration

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/...er-selfemp.htm

How do I earn money?

For every order you place over £78 to £148, you will receive a discount of 20%. For orders place over £148, you will earn 25% discount.

When you place an order with Avon, you will see that there is an Avon Price, which is the brochure price, Customer Price, which is what your customer has to pay, and Your Cost Price. Your Cost Price is how much it would cost you to purchase the product, this is not the same as the customer price as it is discounted. Your invoice will show you how much discount you have earned, this is money you get to keep once you have collected the money from your customers and paid avon.

How to distribute and collect your books, VERY IMPORTANT!

Right, before you distribute your books, you need to prep them and make sure you get them back.

First of all you need to buy protective bags for your books, you can buy plastic freezer bags with a ziploc top from Poundland or 99p shop or from Avon direct, they have the Avon logo on, item code 76935. Pack of 50 bags for 80p. These are just large enough to take an Avon book. Or buy your bags from ebay. Here is a seller recommended by Reps Elliebee,

http://www.stationeryboxesandbags.co...eal-c-264.html

Their 8 x 11 bag is just the right size (there is even an Avon brochure pictured beside it) and I found the company themselves very helpful.

and Sylvergrunge

http://www.stormtrading.co.uk/grip-s...x-11-107-p.asp

they offer free p&P


First of all you need to prep your book. Get your Order form and put your contact details, usually your name, mobile number and/or email address is sufficient. Make sure you mark on the bottom of the order form when you will be coming back to collect the book, and when you will be delivering the order. If you want to pass on a message to your customers, ie Spend £20 and receive a free gift, there is a space for a message on the order form.

Place the order form in the book.

On the front of the book, place a sticky note or a piece of paper, clearly saying that you will be coming back to collect the book on xx date, if they could please leave outside to save you disturbing them, even if they do not wish to order. Also a message about if they would not like to receive any more avon books, to tick this box and leave their house number, so you know not to leave a book there.

Also, if it is your first time delivering books to new territory, you might like to put a note introducing yourself, ie Hi, I am xx, your Independent Avon Representative and I will be covering your road. I can be contacted on xxxxxxx.

This gives people a chance to know who you are and what you are doing and that hopefully you are going to be a regular rep who sticks at it.

Put your book in the plastic bag and away you go. The note on the front is very important for trying to get as many of your books left out for you as possible. MOST people don't realise that with Avon, we have to pay for our own books and so won't leave them out. If you don't tell them, they don't know.

Some people like to door knock and introduce themselves. You should still put your books in a plastic bag, so they have the option of leaving the book out for you, although some people don't like to, so you may need to knock for these books.

Others, like me, like to stuff and run. By this we mean, put in the letterbox, and go. Then we come back a few days later to collect the book. If your book hasn't been left outside on your confirmed day, knock on the door and ask for it back. If no one is at home, put a note through their door, saying you called for their order, sorry you missed them, if they would like to contact you, give your details, or if they could just leave the book outside for you to collect.

This is very important, especially when you are first starting out, especially if you only have 20 books, you cannot afford to lose them all.

Good luck!

Abbreviatons can be found here

Here are FAQs.

Please check here first in case your question has already been asked, if it hasn't, please feel free to post.

A great way to get new customers / sales is to host a party - tips for this can be found here

Elliebees hints and tips and my hints and tips

101 Uses for Skin So Soft Soft and Fresh Original Dry Oil Body Spray code 06700 can be found here

We are compiling a list of product recommendations to help - link is here - feel free to add your reviews (good and bad!)

Links for HT & brochures:

Clearance C5 (HT)

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brochure 6 brochure 6 sale booklet


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brochure 8 brochure 8 sale booklet

brochure 9 brochure 9 sale booklet

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brochure 11 brochure 11 sale booklet
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brochure 13 nail flyer
brochure 14 brochure 14 sale booklet
brochure 15 brochure 15 sale booklet
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brochure 17 brochure 17 sale booklet
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HT7 clearance HT7

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sherry24

Hello everyone:hello:.
I did post on thread 6 but couldn't resist a shiney new one .
Like I said previously, I should be joining you soon, I have someone ringing me Tuesday to arrange sign up, whoop whoop:T.
There are some great tips and lots of advice throughout the threads, so thank you and hopefully I could be adding to them soon.

Vista Print are promoting 500 free business cards instead of 250 plus other freebies, (ends 4th Jan);).
Fingers crossed for me.

Aesop

Thanks Lozza for shiny new thread

Lozza has a wealth of experience and is a Sales Leader, so has plenty of advice

sherry, welcome to Avon

Elliebee_2

Just to register my presence (mostly as a lurker these days )

Happy New Year to everyone old & new

minigirl762003

Wow new shiney thread. Just wanted to say I hope everyone had a good xmas and to wish you all a happy new year xxx

*Wendy*

Happy New Year Avonites!

:beer:

Here's to a good one!

Wendy x

*Wendy*

Whoohoohoohoohoohoohoo! :T
Just been on Avon Connects and listened to the Karren Brady interview and they asked her a question from me. There are two Wendys' mentioned, I'm the one from Chester. Had no idea they had used it!

joyfull

Happy New Year and wishing everyone lots of fun and dosh with their Avon, from lurker-ish Joyfull

chelseylou

hope everyone had a lovely christmas and got lots of goodies and very spoilt by your other halfs! wishing you all a very happy new year whatever you are doing!! im being borning and staying it like i always do this time of year!

here's to a good 2011 ) x

nixinixi

Happy new year everyone!!!! Xx

Aesop

Happy NEW YEAR everyone, and here is to a better 2011 for everyone. xx