Home Party Consultants

[sweet angel]

Is anyone here a home party consultant? Can you tell me what you sell? Pros? Cons? Full-time? Part-time? Any info is appreciated!!

 

[The Mayor]

I host Naughty Nightie parties....they are a big hit with my friends...











































sorry...couldn't resist

 

[sweet angel]

Smarty pants.

Seriously...anyone? Bueller?

 

[sweet angel]

Come on! Someone here must do this!!

 

[piglet too]

I have done Tupperware, PartyLite, and Tastefully Simple. Loved TS the most, but I could never get any bookings. What type of companies are you looking at?

 

[mommasita]

I host Naughty Nightie parties....they are a big hit with my friends...











































sorry...couldn't resist

 

[luv2crash]

I was a Pampered Chef consultant. I LOVED IT! I worked full time for a medical insurance company at the time and did 3-4 pc shows per week. I did really well and made as much money as I did at my full time job. I LOVED IT!

 

[KariC]

I did Premier Designs Jewelry. I'm getting out of it for right now. It's a great company. If this is one you're interested, let me know. I can get you more info. You do make 50% of all full price sales with PD, and you make 10/10/10 on the first 3 levels of your downline.

 

[hlbtimes2]

I sold pampered chef for a while. My best friend sells tastefully simple, and sold time to celebrate for a while. The biggest problem with home party sales is getting bookings. You have to be very aggressive, and it's just not in my personality to do so. I love doing the shows, when I could get the bookings! Developing a downline is also difficult.

Find a product you really love and believe in. Be forward- ask everyone if they will host a party, if they would like a part time job and if they want to make a purchase. Dont take NO personally!

 

[sweet angel]

The only two parties I attended that I didn't hate were Tastefully Simple and Home&Garden Party. Not to offend anyone, but I don't like PartyLite, and have no interest in Pampered Chef or Longaberger, although I know they are huge sellers.

Other than that, I'm just starting to explore my options, so I'm kind of looking for basic info. Amount of time involved -- is "full-time" really "full-time". How much work is involved getting bookings? How outgoing do you need to be? Do you really need to hard sell?

I was looking at a site this morning that had a list of various home party companies together with their websites. There are several with pet products that I thought might be diffferent.

Could I be a consultant for two different companies?

Are there companies to absolutely stay away from?

 

[sweet angel]

What is a "downline"? I'm guess basic sample pieces? Doesn't that come with your starter kit? These are the stupid questions I need answered! lol

 

[missypie]

Once your friends and acquaintances know you're a home party consultant, they won't pick up when caller ID says it's you. We have a Pampered Chef lady down the block...every time she calls, I think it's going to be a Pampered Chef thing...it is about 80% of the time, so I avoid her.

One time, some friends who live about 45 minutes away invited us over for dinner. We thought it was nice, and made the drive. They fed us cheap frozen pizza, then started the Melaluca Oil sales pitch. Our friendship has never been the same.

Need I go on?

 

[sweet angel]

Once your friends and acquaintances know you're a home party consultant, they won't pick up when caller ID says it's you. We have a Pampered Chef lady down the block...every time she calls, I think it's going to be a Pampered Chef thing...it is about 80% of the time, so I avoid her.

One time, some friends who live about 45 minutes away invited us over for dinner. We thought it was nice, and made the drive. They fed us cheap frozen pizza, then started the Melaluca Oil sales pitch. Our friendship has never been the same.

Need I go on?

LOL Thank you. I absolutely HATE the pressure of going to those parties and feeling like you HAVE to buy something. I was hopeful that being on the OTHER side of it would be more positive. I was also hoping for something not quite as pricey as Pampered Chef -- and with more variety, so it's less painful. I sort of enjoyed the Tastefully Simple party (getting to taste everything!) and the Home&Garden wasn't too bad either.

 

[piglet too]

A "downline" is the people that you recruit, or who sign up under you to be a consultatnt as well.

Time ~ As much or as little as you want, it is your business.

Bookings ~ I think this is true for every company out there, ask all your friends and family to hel pyou with your first bookings. After that, you do have to be a bit out-going, asking just about everyone to have a show.

Working for two companies ~ As far as TS goes, you just can not work for any companies that also sell food products.

Companies to stay away from ~ Make sure they are part of the DSA is the only real thing I can think of right now.

Feel free to PM me for any specifics with TS questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

 

[missypie]

I will say that my MIL and two of my SILs are VERY into those Longaberger (sp?) baskets. They've never sold them, but love buying them. They've even made a pilgrimage to the factory. I always say that they need to put special marks at the bottom of their baskets, so that when they die and the relatives clean out the house, they will know that the basket cost $50, instead of $5 at Walmart.

So, I do know 3 people who like being invited to Longaberger parties.

But one more rant: Years ago at work I had a very close friend. She left the firm and we grew apart. We exchange Christmas cards but never see each other. I hadn't seen her for maybe 5 years, but then she invited me to her Southern Living party! I was actually going to go, just to see her-even though I was insulted that after all these years, she just wanted to see me to sell something to me. As it turns out, there was an ice storm and she cancelled her party. So I still haven't seen her.

 

[Buckalew11]

I sold Mary Kay about 14 years ago. It was easy and people called me instead of me calling them. I only did it about 1 year because I got pregnant and didn't want to do the shows after having a baby.

 

[Crankyshank]

I used to sell adult products. I don't any more because of lack of support from my upline, the pressure to be a pushy sales person, the difficulty in getting bookings, and it just wasn't worth it. I refused to hound people to book parties or buy stuff, so I stopped.

 

[sweet angel]

I used to sell adult products. I don't any more because of lack of support from my upline, the pressure to be a pushy sales person, the difficulty in getting bookings, and it just wasn't worth it. I refused to hound people to book parties or buy stuff, so I stopped.

Fun parties, but I definitely don't have the comfort level to sell that product line!

 

[missypie]

Do you have lots of friends with little kids? The one thing thats I've heard that people sell, but I've never known anyone who has, is DK Books. I would have actually wanted to purchase those when my kids were younger.

 

[mkcp91]

I just signed up in March to be a Close to my Heart consultant. It is a scrapbook and stamping company. I signed up mostly to get the discount because I was buying so much product, but I'm doing quite well with sales. It's fun to get paid to make scrapbook pages and cards, plus get a nice discount on my supplies! I even have a downline already thanks to a great promotion in April. PM me if you'd like more information!

~Heather