Mary Kay vs. Avon
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Here’s a flyer that compares selling Mary Kay and Avon. I can’t guarantee the figures are current or that the information is accurate.
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Michelle, you are correct you can order just what your customers ask for, but does it do any good when you do not get the product in for over 2 months. Lets see you make money right away? No, you don’t make anything, though again you are not billed for the item until it is shipped, but how can you go to the customer again, hand them a new book and ask them to place another order? For me I can not do it, some or ok with it, but please you can not run your own business, nor make any money by doing so.
You have to get the products so you can make money, and if AVON doesn’t ship it out then you can not make a pay check. You could hustle your butt off, but again and I state this once more, so what if you have 1000.00 in orders if only 1/4 of the order comes in, and out of 4 customers I have yet to have a complete order. There in lies the giving the customer one thing, driving back over there in 3 to 6 weeks, giving her one more item, etc. It is stupid, time consuming, nerve racking and a waste of time in my opinion.
Oh and they do have the trendsetters district, and as I was told sometimes they are off by quite a bit. Ok, a bit??? If I am missing 3/4 of an order on CORE items, meaning everyday AVON items there is something seriously wrong here…
I owe AVON money and it is best to keep my account active so I can get instant credit, so that means I will not place another order period to them for anything, and in 3 weeks be taken out of the system, finally have a current bill, (as AVON gets you this way by what is backordered, so you truly never get AVON paid off), and then hopefully I can get on with my life.
And for the record, you can earn as much as you put into your business is a crock of shi*, how can you do that when you place orders and do not get the products for your customers, and they are on backorder for 6 weeks. Wait, I know you make money then, NOT!!!
What a bunch of bull!!!
Face it I can go and sling hamburgers and make more money. If everyone ran their business like AVON does it is a wonder we have any companies around. Because customer service is just that, customer service, and once that is gone, you lose that business, and you truly can not get it back again.
Oh, and here is something for everyone to laugh at, when I asked why the lady that recruited has not called me in over 1 1/2 weeks, I was told she has went through gall bladder surgery(understandable ok), two boyfriends and is overwhelmed.
First, sorry for her lose, but while she was in bed with surgery she couldnt call me to ask me how I was doing, or to tell me she would be out of pocket etc. As far as losing boyfriends, that is not my problem, I signed on and thought I would be helped, of course not lead around by my hand, as I am not stupid ok, but never the less helped.
Helped, no!
Lied too! YES!
Not Called! YES!
Explained things! NO!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr again
lol
Mary
P.S. As we say and it is so true, “IF it sounds to good to be true, it usually is!”
Hey everyone here is an update. Well quitting AVON is going to be harder than I thought, but here is some new stuff I did find out.
Let see…
Thinking how to put this…
Oh, yea if you get to be an Advanced Leadership Rep, and have well over 600 or more people in your downline, you could make 15,000.00. I don’t know if that is monthly or campaign, as the AVON rep was telling me how much money I could make if I started recruiting.
Now, get this if I have six girls in my downline, and each, and I mean each one makes over 100.00 each, not 99.00 but 100.00 each (she thought that could have been raised to 125.00 per person), and you make sales as a unit of 120o.00 per campaign, you know what you make from AVON??? And I don’t know how you receive it, she didnt state, but anyway I would make 28.00. OMG SERIOUSLY??? You have got to be kidding me, but get this, if one person in your downline is even 1 dollar short, you get nothing.
I mean, not a dime, you have to meet the guidelines are you get NADA ZIP!
OMG I am going to get 6 girls here, and make 28.00, but here is another catch, I have 4 campaigns to get those 6 people to get in on the Fast Start program or that is that, oh yea, AVON will give me another 13 weeks to get people, but I have yet to understand what happens if I do not do that…
I know that if you make over 899.00 you get 40% off the items that are not fixed market items.
Something to make you laugh…
When asked : “how do I make money when my products do not come in?” She stated you get new customers.
So now I have what??? 100 of customers that don’t have products I am trying to avoid?
But no fear, just keep getting more new ones…but again you do not get billed for products they don’t send you, until they send them, but again you do not get money from the customer. And please DO NOT EVER LET A CUSTOMER PAY FOR AN ORDER IN ADVANCE OR YOU WILL BE IN SERIOUS DEBT!!
When I asked about that: She stated: It is something to look forward to down the road.
Seriously ??? Something to look forward to in 2 months? 30.00 bucks…
There is an answer to everything.
I decided man ok I can quit, (which is almost impossible say if I ever want to actually for whatever say I want to go back to this), if you owe AVON money YOU CAN NEVER EVER GO BACK PERIOD!!! Or that is what I was told.
Ok sorry I got lost, anywho if I stay with AVON, do not have a downline, do not recruit, sale 800.00 every two weeks, I make 40% of that as long as it is not a fixed income item. put that to work here and that is 320.00 twice a month, and that is 740.00 a month, now add in the supplies, the gas, the wear and tear on the car, and lets say you buy 100 catalogs, because that is the best deal at 19.00 dollars ok, then you have made and you do not buy the bags, the recruiting kits (that are 10.00 and expire every two weeks), and if all of your items come in(which seriously everyone is NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN)
You make a whopping 150.00 every two weeks, that is 7.50 an hour at 20 hours per week. That is if you only work 20 hours etc, at 40 hours it is half of that which is 3.25 or so an hour.
Ok here is something else, work doing hamburgers, work 20 hours at 7.50 and get a pay check every two weeks
End of subject…enough said huh?
Mary
Mary, your story is an amzing example of why we say nobody makes any money in an MLM. Nobody, nohow, nowhere.
I’d get out and owe them money…which if you never got anyhting it is hard to owe money and run like hell!
OH it gets better, here goes, as I had stated I had recruited two friends a mom and daughter I have known for 2 years. Actually, I know the daughter. They approached me about joining and me being dumber than a box of rocks was like SURE COME ON TO AVON!! YOU CAN MAKE MONEY!!! OMG makes me sick.
Anywho, I found this out tonight just a bit ago, man this just gets crazier and crazier.
I have two recruits ok. I have 2 more campaigns in which to get 3 more recruits or I lose the fast track bonus of 200.00 I think, then they give me 5 1/2 months to get those 3 recruits and make unit leader or I lost the people I recruit to the woman above me and have to start all over.
NOW THAT IS BULLSHIT!!!
I lose my recruits if I dont make unit leadership in 13 campaigns from the day I sign or lose my recruits. That is just wrong and I mean wrong.
I’m a Mary Kay consultant. In the 3 years I have been a consultant I have never been through any of this. I make 1 $200 order a year if I want to. I do not lose my recruits unless they quit or I quit. My money is my money. I buy what I need and how much I am comfortable with to sell.
I hope you can figure this out. It sounds like a lot of headache and crap. I don’t understand how Avon works but I’m glad I picked MK. MK is like any other business, you have to work it to make money. You have to meet people and sell. But there isn’t the line of crap inbetween.
Oh and you’re flier is wrong. In MK you will be a consulant for one year if you do not place a $400 ($200 wholesale) retail order in 3 months. At any time during that year you can place an order of $400 and become active again. I’ve done this several times while working my way through college. You receive a 50% discount, not 40.
Interesting you think the flier is inaccurate Jenni, it was published by Mary Kay.
I wonder how well you actually know the business if you think info published by MK has incorrect company info on it.
You MUST place an order EVERY 3 months. If you miss 12 months you are removed by the company.
Jenny, the above is copied and pasted from the document you reference and it says the exact same thing you just said, so I really don’t know why you think it is incorrect?
In order to earn 50%, your order must be approximately $400 retail (every 3 months) Less than that and you’ll get a 40% discount and below $180 wholesale you will pay retail
The above is the second bullet point from the document and it refers to a 40% discount for wholesale orders less than $200 ($400 retail). That used to be the case with MK but several years ago they did away with the tiered discount system and now you simply must order a minimum of $200 wholesale to get the discount, anything less you will pay full price (retail)
Here are the leadership rules for AVON, and yes I will lose my downline with in 13 campaigns if I do not recruit, if I don’t do the 5 in the first 2 months, I lose my bonuses for recruiting them. I get 5 more months to add the ones I need and then I lose them.
I get one more chance after losing my downline to do it again. I had to explain that to the two recruits that I have that I will be losing them, as I will never recruit anyone for AVON, and the flyer that AVON about the money you can make doesn’t explain anything other than a bunch of lies, and in no way is correct. One lady has not placed an order, but the other says she is going to leave if I am not her boss, so to speak, I am posting to you the email information the lady above me sent me.
These are the things no one tells you about until you are sucked in…
Removal From The Sales Leadership Opportunity
Should you, for whatever reason, cease to be an Avon Independent Sales Representative, you will be
automatically removed from the Sales Leadership Opportunity and will receive no further Sales Leadership
earnings on the sales of your former Unit members.
You may terminate your participation in the Sales Leadership Opportunity at any time by submitting a
written and signed notice to Avon through your Avon District Sales Manager, indicating your desire
to withdraw from the Opportunity. Linkage to your Downline will be broken. You will receive no
further Sales Leadership bonuses on the sales of your former Unit Members.
Failure to achieve Unit Leader Level— If you have not achieved Unit Leader level within your first 13
campaigns as a Sales Leadership Representative due to not achieving $1,200 in Total Unit Sales, but
you have recruited at least five registered new Representatives with paid first or second orders during that
period, you will be given another 13 campaigns to achieve the necessary $1,200 in Total Unit Sales. You
must achieve the Unit Leader level within 26 campaigns (one year) in order to remain a participant in the
Sales Leadership Opportunity.
If a new Sales Leadership Representative has less than five registered recruits after the first 13
campaigns, she will be removed from the Sales Leadership Opportunity and will lose her Downline.
She will be permitted to start a new Sales Leadership business in the future, but her former Downline
will not be relinked.
Note: Relinkage to a removed Downline must be approved in writing by the Division Sales Manager and
will be permitted only once, for good cause and in Avon’s sole discretion.
Circumstances that may lead Avon to terminate your participation in the Sales Leadership Opportunity
may include but are not limited to:
• Management Decision: Avon always reserves the right to terminate its association with a Representative
for any or no reason in its sole discretion.
• Inappropriate Actions: Avon may remove any Sales Leadership Representative who does not comply
with the Avon Independent Sales Representative contract, Avon’s Policies, Reference Manuals or any
other similar materials.
If your participation in Leadership is terminated by Avon, you lose all rights relating to your Unit immediately
and will receive no further Sales Leadership bonuses on the sales of your former Unit Members.
Rollup
If a Leadership Representative fails to meet required qualifications and is automatically removed from the
Sales Leadership program for more than five campaigns, a roll-up will occur at that time. In this case, all
recruits of the removed Representative roll up to the next Upline Representative, who will now earn Sales
Leadership bonuses appropriate to the new Generation within her Downline. The rolled-up Representative
cannot contribute to the new Upline’s advancement to a higher Position of Achievement, nor will the rollup
help the Upline maintain her current position, until 13 campaigns from the date of removal of the original
Upline Leadership Representative.
• Example: 2nd Generation recruits would become 1st Generation and 3rd Generation would become
2nd Generation in both position and bonuses to the Upline Leadership Representative, and after 13
campaigns will contribute to Upline’s advancement to a higher Position of Achievement.
It’s not “our” flier. The documents that are posted on the site are those that have been distributed to consultants in Mary Kay over the years. We’re just posting them here for your entertainment. If you find them useful, fine.
Many are aged and the information is outdated.
If your recruits don’t place orders every 3 months, you will lose them.
MK is NOT like any other business. If you REALLY owned a business you would make all the decisions and you could decide how to market your business. You couldn’t be fired by the company if it were your “own business.” And if you’re only ordering $200 a year, you aren’t making any money. Nice hobby though.
You lose your recruits in MK as well, if you decide to enter directorship. You have four months and if you don’t meet all the production requirements to make it to director, you lose the people you recruit. They go to your director and you get to start all over in the future. Yea!
I never thought avon would have a plan like this, it looks worse than MK. I like MK’s plan much more.
I am having a nightmare with Avon. I sold Mary Kay for awhile, but made the mistake of sending items back. I am no longer selling Mary Kay but would like to. I just having a hard time getting back in.
With Avon I had cancelled an order they sent anyway and told me to refuse it. That sounded good so I was prepared to tell the driver I did not want the package. He delivered the package not only to the wrong house but the wrong street and neighborhood. I had to find the package, get the label
send it back and now they tell me I owe them the money for the box I sent back
I know they rec’d the box because I have proof of receipt from UPS. They said it would take up to 8 weeks to credit my account ( for thier mistake)
meanwhile I cann’t order anything. When I called Customer Service they could
help me. What a joke !!!!! I am sorry I ever got involved with AVON. I
never had this problem selling Mary Kay. I had to get out of MK because my
husband was not happy putting money out, and did not see the reward.
Between the 2 Mary Kay is a Better product, better reward, and easier to deal with.
In MK… if you start DIQ and do not achieve directorship in the 1-4 months, you do not lose your personal team… just the team members of your personal team who were brought into the company during your qualification period. You can, however, lose your team members if you go to an inactive status (I2 to be exact). Even if your team members aren’t active, you won’t lose them unless you go inactive or they go 12 months without placing the minimum $200 wholesale order, in which case, the team member has dropped off the consultant list.
As a comparison… MK is actually similar in many aspects as to being a independent financial representative (I used to work for a broker/dealer, which my experience is where I am getting my information) As a independent financial representative (IFR), you could place ads, but if you used the company logo, it had to be approved by Compliance AND Corporate Communications. No company logo or mention of the name of the broker/dealer… then no need for approval. As an IFR, you DID NOT work for the actual broker/dealer (at least, not at the one I worked at) but you either owned your own business or worked for the person who did own the business. The broker/dealer I worked for is huge world-wide… but I worked for the actual broker/dealer in the Corporate Communications department
“I had to get out of MK because my
husband was not happy putting money out, and did not see the reward.”
Kathy i’d like to tell you to be careful and make clear decisions. I am a MK IBC and in no way shape or form will i “put out” money for a reward. Now don’t take that personal or anything just make sure you are making a clear decision. If you buying huge inventory please make sure you are actually selling and not buying yourself into debt. The amount you can put out for a bag that says MK you can go to Macy’s or Bloomingdales and get some very nice bags and pick out a few diamonds for the same price. Im just looking at other womens mistakes and it seems that they were buying themselves status and the prizes when they werent selling anything is a big problem. ( not saying its the main problem but a problem none the less.) I love my MK business because i love working with women and making them feel good about thereselves i was a former Beauty Consultant at Macy’s and the idea of doing it on my own is great. As my fellow pinklighters say don’t get sucked into the Pink Fog.
Anyone want some rum punch? lol
Cynthia, your comments are very true. I saw lots of women buying their prizes.
I’d also like to point out that it is hard for many women to NOT be convinced to buy inventory to get a prize or special recognition. The pressure is extremely high. That’s one of the things that most people who want to defend MK and other MLMs fail to appreciate. The hype and motivation is meant to sell. It’s selling consultants on buying more MK products for their shelves.
I have sold both Mary Kay and AVON. I sold Mary Kay for like 6 months and lost alot of money. I still have boxes of cosmetics in my closet. I joined MK in September 07. I bought $4,000 worth of skin care and cosmetic items to get started. Then they changed the design. My recruiter told me that I should sell those items 1/2 off my brand new items I just got!!! What was the point of doing parties, skin care classes, and walking around like a giant poster board to not make a profit. I tried really hard but just couldnt keep up with all of the crazy stuff they did. I went to the meetings and sometimes even had alot of fun but when they started making us change words to country songs and singing them about how much we loved MK I though OMG they are freakin nuts. So I bailed and glad too! I sold alot on ebay and made some of my money back. The products are great but with the economy the way it is Im glad I got out Its so hard to sell. Now I sell AVON. Avons products are cheap a plus right now there makeup and products aint have bad. Their foundations completely SUCK though. I tell people this. I agree completely about them not sending but half your order. They NEVER send a complete order. I am only selling to pay for my stuff right now so its not a big deal. After the horrible MK experience and being pressured all of the time to recruit I decided not to go that route. BUt it wouldnt surprise me if you did lose your downline. THats the way this crap works. If anyone is really reading this out there Do Me a Favor. DONT SELL EITHER MK OR AVON FOR A FULL TIME OR PART TIME JOB. Like the girl said flip a burger or something. I sell avon so I get my stuff free dont go beyond that.
hey im not really into selling eith avon or mk, but i was wondering with mk, just how much do you have to sell to get one of those pink mary kay cadillacs? is it mainly just a company car that is loaned to the people who have the most sells or what? or are you buying it, just wondering.
It’s not sales that count. It’s recruits and what they buy from the company. You have to be a sales director to qualify for a caddy (I believe) and you have to have X # of recruits to be a sales director and you and your team have to purchase $ X from the company each quarter to “earn the privilege of the use of” your choice of caddy’s. Of course, if you don’t make production, then you get the “privilege” of making co-pays for any company car. The amount the SD can “contribute” is limited and the team must make up the difference.
Just to add to Tam’s post: To become a SD you must have a minimum of 31 active recruits within a 4 month period, then to achieve Caddy status you must have $96,000 wholesale between your unit and yourself during a 4 month period and you must maintain that production or make co-pays…IMO if yiou want a Caddy, buy one in your choice of colors and buy it yourslef…it will be cheaper in the long run and you can keep it!
And if you can’t make production, they only allow you a certain number of months to get back on track while making co-pays and if not back on track production wise they will come and get the car you “earned”. It is not a one-time deal and you have to requalify every 2 years to get a new Caddy.
As Tam said, you don’t earn the Caddy yourself you earn it from the hard work or debt of your unit members, IMO you have to be a frontloader and pretty cold-hearted to get and keep the Caddy! So much for” Go-Give”‘ and putting “God 1st, family 2nd and career 3rd”…you’ll have to work almost 24/7 to “earn” the darn thing and keep it!
Hi everyone,
Happy labor Day!!!
Well, just to blow off steam, I wanted to tell you the latest news on the AVON SOGA!!!
I quit ordering any and all products from AVON, got online and did a return for every item I purchased and did a return for everything I used even and need to send it back.
I am still getting charged the 7.50 every two weeks for the website though, as they told me not to cancel that as it would take up to 8 weeks for everything to be refunded etc and it would be in my best interest to keep that active. Sighing hard here, my car got repoed wednesday night at 9:30pm and I am never getting it back, my cable, phone and internet were cut off that night as well.
I got the internet and stuff back on but it just ticks me off they couldn’t wait 8 hours to get paid. I told that woman, my ex gets paid on Thursday could you wait until morning, she stated NO!!!
My life just sucks right now, and to top it off AVON just added another problem to my growing list of problems.
For women that wish to make money doing AVON or MK think twice, you have to spend money to make it, and trust me unless you are the go getter, have hundreds of friends, and just plain enjoy things like this, you will NEVER EVER MAKE ANY MONEY DOING ANYTHING THAT IS A MLK! I MEAN EVER NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL YOU. It is all about recruiting, and more recruiting, so to me it isn’t about a great product, it is about how many suckers you can get to sign up. Numbers lady is the game.
And personally if I see one more AVON Book that states LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR again I WILL LOSE IT. LOWEST PRICE MY ASS!!! Their advertisement is so false. Not to mention how they charge people for stuff.
Lucky for me(or unlucky for me) I think I am almost through with them.
Send the stuff back Tuesday and wait for the final bill in 8 weeks.
Geez something to look forward too!!!
Later you all
Mary
Mary, sorry you had such a bad experience, we are hearing more and more from Avon reps that Avon is getting worse all the time. Please step into the forum..click on the word “Forum” in the tan tool bar and join us.
You will find a very supportive bunch of ladies who had similar experiences with MK or other MLM’s and we talk about a lot more besides, family, cooking, current events, children, hobbies, you name it!
Let the healing begin…we welcome you with open arms!
Hi,I am doing other things on the internet besides Mary Kay,After the fire I lost everything.It taught me a lot of things,I got into the internet and learned that you can make money in what you like to do.I still like my Mary Kay,but if you like to do something else you can,I learned how to build blogs,websites,connect with people,even become an affiliate and make extra money selling someones product.You have to connect on a different level,join Twitter and social networking sites,Twitter Mom’s,these will all help you.I am on Google,and I do lots of things.Life can really Suck sometimes but having faith and friends is what gets us through. I Know I lost Everything And Got It Back,Well Not Everything,I lost my parrot Pepper,that I had for 13 yrs.in the fire,and pretty much everything I owned,but I did not loose my life.Take Care Girls…Lori Van R- Powerpink P.S. Here is a secret! budurl.com/4byj
Kathy,I was a sales director,I know how you can get back in if you want.I have Mypowerpink.com and check the links on the sidebar to the right,there is a link to my site to get my #cell. You see husbands are not to happy if they don’t see the money,My husband too! I had a 5000 dollar week before my house caught on fire by our Christmas tree.My husband now is telling me come on,do your M.K. I took a break to find myself again.Now I am still in M.K. but I also do other things on the internet.I created Mypowerpink .com for the women who want to get back in or if not I can help you do something else.Hope This Helps!..Lori Van R-Powerpink…My Secret…budurl.com/4byj
The more I read about these two companies the more they look like cults.
I totally agree with you!
I’ve been buying Avon from myself for over a year. I’ve made zero dollars. My sister quit being my customer because she didn’t usually get her full orders. When I missed a campaign, someone would call me and tell me so. Harrassment. So I called to quit. Oh dear, what happened? I’m still in. Recently I ended up re-enrolled in the E-Rep program without realizing it. I’m tired of talking to the people from India about problems I have. Time to quit? You bet! Thanks for the reminder of how irritating this stuff is. Now back to my marketing homework, which is how I landed on this page anyway.
so sorry to hear about all your problems. some things are just not for everyone, I have been an AVON rep for about 8 months now, and I see what you mean about recruiting people, in my district yes they want you to recruit but I am happier sticking to just selling to my clientele, my clientele is growing by word of mouth that I am a rep that does not pressure customers to buy or sign up this has actually helped my sales! and I am not in it to get rich, yes I do make a profit, but what I like best is getting products at discount for my personal use, because I love the products, so I am doing it to get what I want cheap, and making some money too is nice, like I said, I’m not getting rich, but I am happy with it
I didnt know Avon had customer service in India! Avon was never really big on recruiting I see them running commercials now like MK. Hmmm looks like recruiting is down everywhere. When they call you to let you know it is the end of a campaign I dont really see that as harassment because there are tons of reps (Avon and MK) that will claim nobody told them anything or they didnt know and that is why they do that.
Just to cover themselves.
One thing I have to give MK credit for though at least they have the cash option if you dont want to take the car. You probably make more money in the long run doing that anyway if you dont want to keep up an image or dont want to recruit enough or devote enough time to production. I have to say that is one good thing about them if you can keep up the production the car is the way to go, but if not you can always take the cash,
but I guess when you get to be a director you want to show that IMAGE and there is pressure (in some areas) to take the car.
hi,
i was looking for info on mk & avon when i found your post. i buy avon & mk but i don’t sell it they have tried to get me but for some reason gut i never have. i will tell you that after reading all these posts i’m glad. i will say that i am a stay at home mom my husband owns his own auto repair center. i am part of a company that doesn’t sell any of those products & basically all the things you guys have mentioned hasn’t happened to me or anyone i know. our company doesn’t have a guzillion products, it has 5 thats it. we don’t loose are downline if we don’t recruite more people in a set time, we don’t have to spend massive amounts of $$$$$, our upline is more than willing to help in any way they can to help if we need it. best of all we don’t have to convince,sucker anyone into buying it, the product does what its suppose to do thats it they come looking for you, after they try it. thats how my husband & i got involved at 1st as just customers for health reasons my husband suffers from asthma, his mother from diebeties,cholesterol,high blood pressure. we tried it for 2 full months to see. even stopping just to see if there was a difference. my husband & i know alot of people who we didn’t even know were taking it too, until we went to a meeting. these people all already had there own bussinesses they didn’t need the extra money or hassel. none of us have college degrees, alot of good those will do you in todays economy. all of these companies have things in common it’s how they go about treating those in the company that makes the difference. i don’t want to call a u.s. company and get soemone on the other side of the world if i didn’t call that country. i have not had 1 person tell me they didn’t get there order when they placed it with the company, yes they place there own orders not you, they pay the company not you. everything is done on computer or phone. if you’d like you can contact me rlopez2132@aol.com
I’ve been an Avon Rep for 5 months – have sold over $10,200 worth of products so far. At this point, I keep 40% of my sales. Returning products has never been an issue. Customer service has been outstanding. Online training has been wonderful. My District Manager has been helpful and informative.
I have three recruits in my downline. The first thing that I tell them is, “You are NOT getting a job with Avon. This is YOUR business. You need to run it like a business. You need to make SMART business decisions on what to buy, what to pass on, and how to manage your own time and money. I can help teach you that, but if you’re looking for a job that pays you for just ’showing up’, this is not for you. You need to have a bit of entreprenurial spirit.”
Just by being honest and up front, my DL team is doing great. We share supplies. We motivate each other. And we’re all pocketing a few hundred bucks per month.
Nick,
how on earth did you sell that much in 5 months? Did you just go out and hand out catalogs? What was your primary advertising method?
I am a MK lady but also signing up for Avon next week to compare the two.