How to Become an Avon Distributor
Questions such as, am I qualified to become a distributor, what monetary implacations are there, etc will be answered in this piece.
Before we delve into how to become a distributor, let us look at the company Avon.
Avon is popularly tagged as "the company for women", Avon was founded in 1955 and prides itself as one of the largest direct marketing companies in the world.
The company generates in excess of $8billion in revenue annually.
The company deals in beauty products.
Do I qualify You need be at least 18 years of age in Britain for instance.
You must not be considered as a minor or illegible for work according to the laws that moderate employment in you country.
How to Become a Distributor for Avon Like most direct selling companies, you can become a sales representative by referral from an existing distributor.
What you therefore have to do is to arrange a meeting with a local representative.
You will be given application forms to complete.
Upon submission of the forms, the company will determine your vet your application and determine whether you are qualified to be a distributor.
You can also apply online to be considered for a distributorship position.
Currently, Avon operates officially in 108 countries.
Online application is not open to all the countries in which Avon has official representatives.
You will need to confirm whether your orders and application can be processed online.
The Money is Involved Obviously, there is a monetary committement if your application is approved.
You need to about $20.
00, £15.
00 or its equivalent.
You will need to check the exact amount in your local currency.
The amount should not be very different from $20.
00.
This fee covers the price of the starter kit and the shipping.
The kit contains avon booklets, a bag and other instructional material.
Every distributor gets these.
Request for additional brochures or business promotion materials comes at a cost.
10 brochures can be obtained at $5.
9 and 100 brochures at $19.
95.
It can be seen that, the more orders you make, the lesser the unit cost of the promotional brochures you receive.
Should you join Avon, you obtain the products at a wholesale price and you can retail these products for a margin.
You can also decide to recruit other distributors and earn commissions on your referrals.
Top distributors in Avon make huge residual incomes referring other distributors.
I am not a distributor of Avon even though I have used some of Avons products in the past.
The products are great.
I used the mesmerize skin spray and felt confident all day.
Unfortunately, I have to settle for another brand because Avon has no products on the shelves on shops in my country.
Why do you want to join Avon? If your intention is to build a business in order to earn good income, you cannot do without promoting your opportunity to a large number of people.
You will need to attract endless leads and prospects to you.
Then, you will have to learn to convert these leads into fellow distributors.
This is the only way to ensure that you remain in business in the long term without falling off like 95% of the network marketing representatives who fail.