Avon - Hints and Tips?

Elle00

I don't know and Christmas will certainly be interesting! It's no wonder I didn't get any of the clearance shower gels from HT13 now.

I agree with the adverts being annoyingly out of sync. One of my customers had been asking why she couldn't find the new mistake proof mascara in the last brochure when her Mum had already been able to order it. Explaining that one was fun :rotfl:

Mikiki_2

I think Avon do that so that they can get everyone done or something? I guess if something was on buy one get one free and all 200,000 reps (or how everymany there is) order 10 each they would not be able to meet demand???

I know that delivery dates are differnet depending where you live, is so that their supplier doesnt only get a few online orders everyday then a supper mad rush for a few days when the orders come in. Its easier for them that way.

Kantankrus_Mare

Elliebee wrote: »

Is anyone else beginning to think that ANEW is a four-letter word?!!! If they add any more to the range it will take over the whole brochure, and we'll need an A-level to sell it (not that it sells very well in the first place, with the exception of the eye-lift.......and come to think of it, there are about 3 different types of that now :rolleyes: ). I thought the travel sizes might sell.........but of course if no-one uses it in the first place..........
Oh, and go for it Wilroda - you can always ask on here if you get stuck!

Yeah..got to agree about the Anew stuff. Gets a bit confusing.

Im hardly Avons ideal rep though as I only use Olay on my skin.........have tried various different things over the years and found they either bring me out in a rash or dont feel right. Ill keep shtum to my customers though.

Ill have been a rep for a year come October and was initially promised the dual eye cream for doing so well on first few campaigns. After having phoned about it twice, Ive now given up

Lissa77

Well, that's it - last book of this campaign collected and what a pathetic month it was!!! I had a larger area and halved the order total received.... :rotfl:

chinatown_2

Elle83 wrote: »

I was concerned about those deals to begin with but fortunately haven't been overcharged by anything to complain about (yet). They always round up though I noticed - so strictly speaking they don't actually pay us 25% commission, more like 24%.

Oohhh, do you know what else I've noticed that's really sneaky? You know how we get "hugely discounted" products in the HT clearance sections? Have you noticed that the stuff is actually cheaper in the customer sale brochures?! If something is £1 in HT then £1.25 in the sale brochure - well that's actually 94p to us. It's really sneaky and preys on stupid reps imo. I suppose I should just be grateful I'm not a stupid rep? Lol.

I noticed this too! Some shower gels were £1 in HT clearance but recently £1 in the book so only 75p to us! Also the HSM bag 'discounted reps price' was £8.70 (ish?), £10 brochure price yet in small print it says fixed discount of £1.30 so its no cheaper than ordering it as a customer.

Mikiki_2

I C12 just a bad book or something. Collected in 70 books tonight with only 4 orders totally £50. I was gutted, esp because I've been realy ill and still forced myself to get out of bed and do something

Good job last few have been good totals, I just hope my other 50 books get me a few more orders so I'm above commission! One of my best customers has moved away

Mikiki

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Lissa77

Hope you feel better soon. My C12 was half my normal orders with more territory so I agree with you that it is a bad book. It may also have something to do with people being on holiday, but with that in mind I wonder how C13 will be. My delivery date for that campaign is bank holiday weekend so I can see it being a nightmare delivering the orders received.

Dick_here

The brochures and prices are exactly the same throughout the U.K.

specsappeal

Hi All!
I am on my 2nd campaign so far and i have just submitted my orders for campaign 14 and am about to go into campaign 15! I am in the south east and am in a trendsetter area. This means that we are 2 books ahead of everyone else so that our customers are used as guinea pigs so Avon can test out the products and see what is selling etc. This is good and bad for us i think. on the good side products are in stock for us as we are the first to order etc. also the reps get one pack of free brochures each delivery as a thank you. but on the other hand that means we get the christmas stuff too early!! campaign 15 has the christmas ornaments in and to be honest i dont think many if any of my customers will order them now lol. The actual camp 15 book is quite pretty though lol! the cover is completely pink front and back. It's pushing the new Ungaro for her fragrance!
anyway didnt do too well with my first campaign - only got orders for £73 but this time i have £200 ish.

Lissa77

Are there any goodies coming up for the next campaigns? What are people's top sellers? Mine are SSS and Footworks... not the Anew that seems to be so heavily advertised. Does anyone else notice that the samples provided in the starter kit/build your business kit seem to be for old products?