Pampered Chef_Usbourne Books

purplemonkey_2

Hi

Has anyone done any work for either of these? Both have have a sign up fee, £98 for Pampered Chef, £38 for Usbourne. Both are for a 'starter kit'.

Just wondering if it's worth it? How much work for what kind of return..?

Really looking to earn some extra cash next month, as partner been made redundant and looking at a chunky deficit on next months income!

All help gratefully received.

Jane

1012donna

I am a PartyLite consultant and our starter kit is free. Feel free to pm me if you want any info!

Donna

SuzySu

I used to work for Dorling Kindersley before they thought they could do without the hundreds of people working from home as sales agents. A lot of them went into Pampered Chef and some into Usborne. TBH Pampered Chef is lovely but expensive and I sort of outgrew the party plan scene. I liked the DK books so much that Usborne was no comparison, but that's just my opinion.

agarr

I work for Ann Summers which is another company who don't charge an initial outlay but some good advice if you are going to be doing parties is to first of all see who amongst your friends will hold a party, they won't take you on unless you can already get the parties for yourself, they will not hand them to you.

hamsterholly

Hi Jane

I work for Usborne and have done so for nearly 2 years. For me yes it is worth it but with everything you get out what you put in. When I started I did my first party at home and earned £52 in commission. I dont tend to do parties now as there is lots of other places you can approach with Usborne specially with lots of summer fairs coming up in the next few weeks but parties are very good earners.

If you want any further info pm me.

Best wishes

Tracey

whitewing

I know someone who does Pampered Chef. From what I understand the start up stuff is great. I love the products anyway but it is expensive which may limit your market depending on who you know.

Books maybe better for just doing stalls at fetes etc as well as parties.

The people who seem to do well at these things are people who maybe have a part time job in a call centre, or somewhere they can get to advertise to a lot of people. You don't want to exhaust all your close family/friends or they'll start to avoid you!

ben_and_elly

I did Pampered Chef but signed up with a friend. We split the costs between us and split the money that we earned.
If you host a show first, you can put points towards the kit, therefore, reducing the amount you have to pay up front.
If I remember correctly, you only have to do 6 shows and if you don;t like it, keep the kit and walk away. FYI, Pampered Chef stuff sells REALLY well on EBAY!
Pampered Chef as a company are really good to work for. They give you incentives to carry on, such as free utensils if you carry out a certain number of shows per month.
I know the stuff is expensive, but when you do your demos, they sell themselves. We always managed to sell loads at our shows, but just found it hard to get people to host parties.
Only stopped because we ended up too far away from where we lived and I got pregnant!
My advice - give it a go, it was really good fun and you do get lots of support from other Pampered Chef Consultants.
Good luck with whatever you decide

katyk_2

Can anyone who has done Pampered Chef tell me how much they tend to make at a party - from the hostess point of view rather than the consultant?
My daughter (age 12) and her chums are looking to raise money for charity and last year I let her do a we car boot sale, sell cards to me, granny etc and a few other bits and bobs. I thought of holding a PC party where she (& chum if wished) does all the work ie make out invites, lay out nibbles, tidy house:j :j , serve guests when they are there with drinks or tea/coffee etc and generally do all the hostessing. Then, instead of taking the commission as goods we could do it by taking the donation to a charity and that could be their fundraiser. Obviously I would have to be the official hostess as you have to be over 18, but really all I have to do is be around. Only real problem is the cost of the goods - they really do look pricey and I don't honestly know if people would buy. Would hate to make any friends/family feel pressured.

Just trying to get a feel for how worth it it would be for her

Thanks
Katyk