Party Plan

There are companies out there who don't expect you to hold any stock, you just place orders (subject to a minimum) when you actually have the orders from the customers, all 3 of the companies i have been with were like this and you didn't have to commit to any personal order every month like some companies expect you to.

Some Companies will only allow you to party plan whilst others let you do fetes, sales, door to door or any way that moves products as well which would obviously help if you wanted a larger income.

Its worth investigating a variety of companies and see what they allow and don't allow and if they expect you to place a personal order regularly or whether a minimum order has to go in monthly (what about if you want to take a few weeks off will you still be expected to place an order?).

phoenix trading is cards and gift wrap, book marks etc. products are REALLY good quality, and who do you know who sends cards - birthday, wedding, christmas, etc - everyone does!!
you can basically do it how you want, family / friends, coffee mornings, gift fairs, web site, door to door brochure delivery.

Thats something else to watch out for, most companies do not "like" you to do more than one, try reading the small print on your distributor agreement and others make it clear that when you knock at doors you can't offer any other products. Lots of people do two or more (makes sense if you doing door to door, maximise your time and profits by dropping two different books at the same time) but i have known people to have to make a decision where their loyalties lie when and if the Company finds out .

If you are teambuilding it makes sense to concentrate on one Business, I have heard it argued that if a prospect doesn't like one Business its great to have something else to offer but my feeling is it knocks your credibility if you keep offering something different and besides time and effort required to build two would be too much if you wanted to be successful.

nicci985 wrote: »

Can anyone point me in the right direction for more information about chocolics parties or what phoenix trading is?

Please feel free to PM me.

Nicci

I looked into chocoholics and was interviewed by them but they didn't take me on. I was seen as being too negative! Twice bitten, five times shy :rotfl:

Having done party plan before, I wanted to know how much support I would get finding parties and I think that is why they rejected me.

From what was said, you need a large area downstairs to recieve and sort your stock. Chocoholics only operate around Xmas and Easter and, if I remember correctly, you are expected to do at least 2 or 3 parties a week depending on the length of the season. I suspect that sorting and bagging will be a lot more complicated than some of the other plans, with people able to order, for example, individual tree decorations at 10p each.

Having said that, I seem to remember that the rewards were quite good compared to others that I looked into.

The girl who did my parties, had a laptop and entered orders straight into her database but I was told that you don't get the software until you've done at least one season with the old fashioned paper way. Again, I think that you would save a hell of a lot of time using a laptop which could be another expense you need to consider.

I do Phoenix Trading. It's not really party plan but that is how a lot of traders sell the products. I do a mixture of parties and craft fairs/xmas fairs, fashion and beauty events and it works well for me, the products are so unique and so cheap compared to normal cards. I love how people react when they see the cards/gift wrap, it is a joy to sell. No pressure and no targets. The commission is around 30%.

Kat x