Have you been thinking of selling Avon to make some extra money, but have many u

nanswered questions holding you back from trying? I have tried to provide answer
s to the most frequently asked questions from new Independent Avon representativ
es I help sign up. Singing up is easy, just go to www.startavon.com and use the
reference code JEBY
The first question normally is, "How much money can I make selling Avon?" Below
is the potential earnings for Avon reps. As a NEW Avon Rep you make 40% off your
first 4 campaigns(about 2 months time) if the orders are $50 or larger and you
submit them online. After that here is what Avon Reps can make:
Order Size Earnings
$1550 or more 50%
$900 â $1549 45%
$425 â $899 40%
$285 â $424 35%
$145 â $284 30%
$25 â $144 20%
$00 â $24 0%
Licensed products are earned at 20% commission.(like clothing or household goods
)
It's a simple formula, the more Avon we sell, the more money we can make as the
percentage we receive increases as our order dollar amount does. We place our or
ders online and Avon ships it to us in about 2 business days after our Order Sub
mission deadline. We have to do the tedious work of opening the box(s), checking
to see if everything is there, putting the orders together and then delivering
the Avon to our customers.
There are some expenses for us Avon Reps. For example we do buy the Avon brochur
es we leave with people. Avon brochures come in packs of 10 and they do get chea
per per copy the more we buy.
1) 10 brochures $.575 $5.75
2) 20 brochures $.398 $7.95
3) 30 brochures $.34 $10.20
4) 40 brochures $.303 $12.10
5) 50 brochures $.26 $13.00
6) 60 brochures $.238 $14.25
7) 70 brochures $.221 $15.45
8) 80 brochures $.209 $16.75
9) 90 brochures $.199 $17.90
10) 100 brochures $.19 $19.00
11) 10 or more packs: $19.00 (for first 10 packs)+ $1.30 for each additional pac
k
I know may Avon Reps who regularly buy 100 Avon brochures per campaign, personal
ly I buy on average 30 Avon brochures per campaign as I don't like to have any l
eft over or have the time to find more places and people to leave them with. Per
sonally I don't get to worked up about buying the Avon brochures since I look at
this an a business and every business has expenses(plus they are a tax deductio
n!). The best approach to buying the Avon brochures that I have ever heard of is
to think of them as your "Store". How many business only pay $20 a month for th
eir space?
Avon has selling campaigns and each last about 2 weeks. At the end of each campa
ign we submit our orders online, we can submit more than one order per campaign,
but it will cost $7 dollars extra. We can also submit our orders over the phone
, but that also will cost extra and takes longer. Normally we receive our order
s 2 business days after our submission deadline and have about a week and a half
to deliver the product, leave the current campaign Avon brochures and pay our A
von bill before we have to submit our next order. If we submit our orders accord
ing to the schedule for our Avon District we only pay a small processing fee of
$2.50 for our order.
We also buy the Avon bags we deliver the products in(you don't have to use these
bags) There are a few sizes to choose from:
1)Paper Delivery Bags - 2-lb. Size Pk. 50/$0.95(these are tiny)
2)Paper Delivery Bags - 10-lb. Size Pk. 50/$1.25(I use these mostly, see picture
)
3)Paper Delivery Bags - 20-lb. Size Pk. 50/$1.95
4)Paper Delivery Bags - Carry-All Bags Pk. 5/$1.25
5)Paper Delivery Bags - Tote Bag Pk. 10/$1.75 (these are nice)
The Avon bags are nice to use since they say Avon on them and give you a bit mor
e of a professional look and they are not expensive. The first 3 types are simpl
e white paper bags with Avon printed on them. The last 2 are bigger and have loo
p handles and also say Avon on the side, both are nicer than the white ones.
We can buy samples of Avon products if we like and many do. I rarely buy samples
and normally only get samples of colognes or perfumes. I figure my customers kn
ow what they want and will order it or request a sample to try something. At tim
es I will buy extra product to sell to whomever, but do not stock product of any
kind like some Avon reps like to do as I don't want to! You can do parties, fun
draisers, get a booth at a local festival and the like to promote your Avon busi
ness.
As Avon representative we can also have an online store or be an eRep. We can on
ly sell Avon online using the eStore from Avon and it cost about $15 a month, al
though for some time they have been waving the fee for new Reps or if we have a
purchase during a given campaign. eBay is a no no for Avon Reps, but Craigs Lis
t is ok. We also can't use pay per click advertising.
New Avon Reps often want to know how to sell Avon and where to find new customer
s and that only makes sens. The truth is customers are everywhere. People are SE
ARCHING for Avon Reps, so you need to make it easier for them to find you.
Here is a list of places to find customers to help you sell Avon:
1. Post flyers in apartment buildings(you can print them from Avonâ s website for r
eps)
2. Leave Avon books at auto repair centers.Usually there is a boring little sitt
ing area.
3. Wear a badge and/or buttons telling people who you are, like Avon Representat
ive.
4. Approach bake sales with an Avon fundraiser.
5. Let your bank know what your deposit is for, and give her an Avon catalog!
6. Barter/Trade your Avon products or service.
7. Hang an Avon flyer inside a bathroom stall door. Captivate your audience! LOL
8. Bring an Avon catalog to a beauty salon.
9.Use bumper stickers.
10. Let EVERYONE know you sell Avon!
11. Make it a goal to hand out a certain number of business cards, or catalogs p
er day.
12. Free lunch drawings, put your Avon business cards in the fish bowl sat resta
urants.
13. Get a restaurant to sponsor YOUR drawing!
14. Magnetize your Avon business card.
15. Use your card as a bookmark in the library books. Leave them in the books yo
u return.
16. Instead of tear flyers, use your Avon business card at the bottom of the fly
er.
17. Hang a sign on your car window that says AVON! Include your phone number
18. Fundraiser Car Washes- Stop in and tell them of your fundraiser ideas.
19. Put Avon catalogs in all waiting rooms.
20. Join a club or network group. Let them see you regularly.(thus building trus
t)
21. Leave Avon books in businesses you go to often.
22. Look on the internet for new bulletin boards to post your Avon info
23. Where ever the moms usually are!
24. Former business associates.
25. Go to garage sales. Give them flyers to hand out for you. Offer an incentive
for them to do this for you!
26. Wear your Avon name tag to as many places as you can.(grocery stores)
27. Home shows
28. Home Owners Associations- Put an ad in their paper!
29. College newspapers and bulletin boards
30. Do cross-promotions with other businesses.
Don't limit yourself to just friends and family, unless you want to. Think of wh
ere people are and go get them! Some Reps set up at local events to sell product
, find new customers and sign up new Avon reps.
Keep in mind that Avon is a MLM(Multi Level Marketing)company and we can receiv
e bonus checks from Avon based on the sales of our downline or the people we sig
ned up to sell Avon. This can take some time to grow, but is worth the effort.Yo
u can start to receive bonus checks when you have an active downline of at least
5 Avon Reps and as a group all 6 of you sell $1200 or more of product in a camp
aign(that's only $200 worth of sales per person) You would become a Unit leader
and receive your bonus checks. To remain a Unit leader you must always have at l
east 5 Reps in your downline and have personal sales of $250 or more per campaig
n. As your downline grows and you reach higher levels of Leadership, you bonus
check become larger, but you also have to have higher personal sales.
To be honest, selling anything isn't for everyone. However, everyone knows Avon,
so it's not like you are selling something no one has ever heard of or know not
hing about. I'm a guy and I sell mostly to Hispanics who speak very little or n
o English and I don't speak a lot of Spanish. That just goes to show that Avon i
n many ways sells itself and the Avon brochures are a great mobile store!
Since the start up cost is only $10 face to face or $20 online you are risking
very little money and will likely earn that back by your second campaign. The si
gn up cost covers the price of the start up kit and the postage for Avon to send
it to you(if you sign up online). This is the same kit everyone gets at first a
nd it contains 20 Avon books(enough for your first 2 campaigns), a receipt book
, an Avon bag and some instructional booklets. You will also receive information
of whom you can contact locally for help and support if you sign up online at w
ww.startavon.com use the reference code JEBY
You can also sign up to be Avon Representatives just to get your Avon at a disco
unt if you want. I know a few who did that and ended up getting a few customers
as their friends and family find out they sell Avon and they make enough off the
m to basically get their Avon free!
I may not have answered all your questions, but I hope I answered most of them.