Avon?

[sabrinadv1]

Anyone sale Avon for extra money? Just wondering how easy it is not the selling part but the actual company part. Are they aggravating to deal with and such as. Do you actually make any money on the situation?

Any thoughts at all would be helpful thanks.

 

[Disney-For-Life]

I've never done it - but looked into in a few months ago. I learned that customers can now place orders directly from Avon's website, which, really works against the sales people out there trying to sell the product themselves.

 

[briannesmom]

I sold Avon for about 3 years. I started selling because the lady that sold it at work moved away and we all needed our Avon fix. It is very easy to do, very low pressure. I placed all of my orders online and they were delivered right to my door. I didn't have a huge clientele, just the girls I worked with, a few neighbors and family. I didn't make a ton of money but Christmas time was usually pretty good. You have to take into account buying all of your catalogs, samples, bags, etc. When I first started I also spent most of my profit buying things for myself.
If you think you have people willing to buy from you I would definitely give it a shot. It is very low cost to start up. I think I spent about $20 on my first order of catalogs, bags and samples.
I was just thing the other day about selling again. I miss buying all the little sample size stuff. It has been a few years but if you have any other questions let me know and I will try to answer them.

Amy

 

[poohbear158]

I've sold Avon for about 5 years now. I sell it mostly to the gals that I work with. I like it because it was only $10.00 to sign up and it is no pressure. It gives me some extra money to spend on my Disney addiction.

If you want more specifics... please feel free to pm me.

 

[robin09]

Anyone sale Avon for extra money? Just wondering how easy it is not the selling part but the actual company part. Are they aggravating to deal with and such as. Do you actually make any money on the situation?

Any thoughts at all would be helpful thanks.

I've been selling it for about 3 years now. Very little aggravation selling it. Don't make tons of money, but it does help our budget. Deliveries are on time, like clockwork. Very good customer service. If you don't need a steady, reliable income I would recommend seling Avon. The longer you sell it, the more customers, the more you make!

Feel free to PM me if you want.

 

[BeckyScott]

I sold it before, actually a couple of times.

I admit, I've tried several of those direct-sales companies, and Avon is pretty similar to the rest of them. Avon's real perk is that they have a low minimum and you don't have to pull parties.

The downside is, just like all the rest of them: they nickel and dime you like crazy for supplies. Your upline can be pushy (although that would depend on the person). The main problem I had with them was that there is a campaign every two weeks, so you put in an order, it shows up pretty quickly, you can barely get that one delivered and it's time to put in another order-- you don't ever get a break at all.

The good part is, you don't have to "sell" the stuff to get orders. Like at work, I'd just leave brochures and find little sticky-notes on my desk with orders. Of course, you won't hit the big bucks doing it that way. But I would clear enough profit to buy our own toiletry items and my make-up, and most of the gifts we'd need throughout the year. So it did help the budget.

 

[Alesia]

I've never done it - but looked into in a few months ago. I learned that customers can now place orders directly from Avon's website, which, really works against the sales people out there trying to sell the product themselves.

It really doesn't, because if you have an Avon representative, you can put in her phone number, and she gets credit for the sale.

 

[murcor]

I dont sell avon but just wanted to mention this. I dont know if it is a possibility for you or not. A few weeks ago my sister and I went to the market/flea market. The lady set up next to us was selling avon. She had tons of this stuff and she had people at her table all day buying. (she pulled in a nice chunk of change)

What she did was purchase in bulk the items that are on sale, 1/2 price etc. After awhile she had alot of different items and large quantities of each. She would sell them for abit under or the same as the catalogue price.

I though to myself...Good idea!

 

[strasfamily]

We have an Avon store that just opened up in one of the strip malls around the corner. I wonder if this is one of the consultants that opened it, or a company store? I will have to go and find out.

 

[englishteacha]

My MIL sold Avon for a few years. She did really well when she was working at a nursing home-the other employees all bought from her. When she left the nursing home, she didn't get nearly as many sales. I think if you have a good network of people who will buy from you, you can do really well. Here, the owner of our local consignment store is also an Avon rep, so folks can get some things just walking into the store, and can place an order with her anytime. It brings people into the consignment shop, and consignment shoppers often will place an order. It's worked really well for her.

 

[sabrinadv1]

Thanks everybody. If any of you have read my other post you know that my sister-in-law made me very upset over a avon order lately. I decided to sell it myself so that if I had problems they would by MY problems. It was my idea to sell it first anyway .

 

[Gillian]

I think it's a good company and fun to sell! If you are able to get any fundraisers going it will be a huge help.

I found my biggest competition was not from the avon website (i give people my phone number so if they enter it I got credit) but from the flea market people as mentioned above. For people who wanted to order online I would sometimes email them coupon codes I found, and ask that they have me as their rep in their profile.

Avon is very good about returns. Once you get established they give you no problems about credits for colors people don't like, etc without sending the product back. You do have to pay shipping for returns, so I sort of discouraged people from buying shoes and the like.

I have only been doing every other campaign lately. That's not a good way to start, because they give you extra incentives in the beginning. Ask for extra books when you sign up and give them out to everyone you can find.

 

[BeckyScott]

Another couple things you might investigate-

The district I live in now, is right next to a "trend-setter" district, which means they were running two campaigns ahead. This made it harder, because of course those reps often worked our area too. It was almost like you were "old news". Also, if a product was very popular, you almost had to get it from a Trend Setter or it would be sold out. Maybe the system has gotten better that way, I don't know. It got to the point that our district was losing reps, who would drop Avon for a couple of months and then sign up under the Trend-Setter district. Nice, no, but understandable. So find out if you're close to any Trend-Setter district, it will affect your sales, and honestly you might consider signing under a trend-setter rep if you have the choice. The downside of it is that they are selling things a month before they hit the regular reps, so they're selling Christmas in September, Mother's Day in February, it's a little wierd that way.

When I did it before, the Morton Grove shipping was notorious for getting orders wrong. Yes, they did fix them when you called, but that takes time, and if people are ordering for Christmas or a birthday, they're not going to wait an extra week.

Another good part though, their online ordering is user-friendly. Since I quit Avon, I have done Tupperware, and Tupperware's online ordering is a mess compared to Avon.

 

[sabrinadv1]

I don't think the "trend-setters" will be a problem for me. I live in the midle of nowhere in south Alabama

 

[pixiewings71]

I sell Avon, I've been doing it for a couple of years now. I don't make any money off of it, whatever I make I spend on my own supplies. I really signed up to get the discount but occasionally sell to co-workers or friends. I love the skin care line so that's where my $$ goes. It's easy to sign up, I have NO pressure from my upline (she quit after she signed me up) and no pressure from the District Manager. You can go to the meetings or not, if you want to make money you should go because you can get some great ideas for selling but in my case I just want the discount. You are supposed to order with each campaign but I've skipped 2 in a row and still been able to order in the next campaign. The online ordering is easy and if you've got online friends they can order from the website, enter your phone number at the end and you do get credit for the sales. My family orders that way so I can get the credit. Good luck with whatever your goals are, it can be a really simple way to pull in extra $$ with some effort.