beauty biz – The Joy of Lipstick

So you’ve just joined Avon – CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW BUSINESS! You have made the right choice! This post will give you a little help getting your business started and hopefully answer some of your questions. Please note that the following information is current as of May 7, 2021, and is subject to change at any time.

First things first! If you haven’t already done so, register your account online:

Go to www.avonnow.com and click on “Register Now.”
Enter your account number and the last four digits of your SSN (if you opted out of using your SSN when registering, you will enter 0000 here). But be aware, if you did not provide your SSN, taxes will be withheld from your future earnings.
Verify your information and say Yes to becoming an e-Representative. This will set up your web store where your friends and family can shop. EXAMPLE: www.avon.com/pammymurphy
Edit your Online store – upload a photo of yourself and add a brief bio. Customers like to shop with a real person!
Complete your profile on AvonNow under the My Account tab.
Go to the “Get Paid by Avon” section under My Account and enter your direct deposit information so you can get paid for your online store sales.

Pathway to Premier

You are automatically enrolled in the Pathway to Premier Program, where you can earn up to $3,300* and 285 FREE lip balms during your first 8 campaigns, and get you to those higher Premier Level earnings quickly! Read on to find out how.

*All new Representatives earned an average of $112 over their first 8 campaigns, but those who participated in Pathway to Premier earned an average of $390 over their first 8 campaigns, based on those who started in Campaigns 5 through 9, 2020 (exclusive of signup and shipping costs).

First Order Bonus! When you place your first order on AvonNow.com, you will receive a full-size Isa Knox Anew LX Ultimate Rejuvenating Serum ($50 value) and a 3-pack of Isa Knox Serum samples. And, if that first order totals $60 or more, you also get a $10 credit towards your second order PLUS 135 FREE lip balms! Think about all the new customers you can get when you share those lip balms along with your brochures!
Mini Milestone Bonus gets you on your way with a bonus of $50 when you hit $500 in award sales during the incentive period, plus a FREE assortment of 50 lip balms (a customer favorite!).
Stepping Stone Bonuses reward you with a $20 bonus for every $200 in award sales within a campaign (order $600 in a campaign, earn a $60 bonus… you get the idea!), up to a total of $500 in Stepping Stone Bonuses.
Milestone Bonuses reward you with a 10% ($100) bonus — plus a FREE assortment of 100 lip balms — for your first $1,000 in total sales during your first 8 campaigns, up to a $500 bonus for $5,000 in sales and a total of $1,500 in Milestone Bonuses.
All Avon.com/online store and AvonNow.com sales count towards Pathway to Premier.

As a new Representative, you will receive commission of 25% on Beauty & Jewelry, 20% on Fashion & Home, as long as your total sales for a campaign are at least $40 (including your order and any Direct Delivery orders). Once you reach Premier Level of $5,000 in a calendar year, your commission will increase to 30% on Beauty & Jewelry, 20% on Fashion & Home. The Pathway to Premier Program is designed to help you get to that higher level quickly!

Reach President’s Club level of $10,000 in a year, and your commission goes up again – to 40% on Beauty & Jewelry, 25% on Fashion & Home!

Training

After you’ve entered the site, you should immediately begin taking the Avon U courses. The link to these online training courses can be found under Avon U Training at the top of the home page. Click on Avon U and then click on Course Catalog and begin with at least the first four courses listed for New Representatives. These short video lessons will help you get on board quickly!

Also, please take the time to read the Policies & Procedures document which can be found on AvonNow under Seller Central > Documents and Resources > Business Policies & Procedures for Avon Independent Sales Representatives. It is very important that you read and understand the company’s policies.

How Avon Works

There are two ways to sell Avon: traditional and online. With the traditional way, you pass out brochures during each two-week campaign. When your customers place their orders, you collect the money from them up front, order the products on avonnow.com (along with any demos, samples, bags, brochures for the next campaign, etc., that you need), and pay the wholesale cost. When the order comes in, you bag the orders and deliver to your customers. Your pay is the difference between what your customers paid you and what you pay Avon for the items (retail price minus wholesale cost).

With the online method, you share your custom URL via text, email, and social media. Your Avon online store website is FREE (many direct sales companies charge a monthly fee for this). When your customers shop online with you, they pay for their order through the website, Avon ships the order directly to them, and Avon pays your commission via direct deposit two days later. You don’t have to do a thing! Beautiful, right? All you have to do is sign up for direct deposit! (If you don’t sign up for direct deposit, a commission credit will be applied to your account two days after the order ships.)

Online selling has its benefits:

1. Avon prints 3.5 million brochures every two weeks, and all of that paper ends up in landfills. Online is much more environmentally friendly.

2. You don’t have to worry about collecting money, driving all over town delivering orders, trying to schedule convenient delivery times, etc.

3. Your commission check lands in your bank account two days after the customer’s order ships.

But, it’s entirely up to you. Whether you choose to sell in person, online, or a combination of both, you will earn money!

Placing Your Order

When taking customers’ orders, be sure to collect their payment up front. Just say, “How did you want to pay for that today?” If they balk, remind them that no other company lets you pay after your items are received. This is important, because you will need to pay for your order online with your credit or debit card when you place it.

Orders are placed every two weeks (or more often – the choice is up to you). Each campaign runs from a Wednesday to 5 p.m. on a Tuesday. A campaign schedule is attached to this email. You may place your order on the day of your choosing within the two-week period, but I would advise you NOT to wait until the last day, in case of unforeseen circumstances like the website going down. Placing your orders early will also help prevent disappointment from items being sold out. Note that you will be charged a shipping fee for each order that you place during a campaign.

As you get customers, add them to the Address Book section in your Web Office. To enter customers’ orders, go to “Enter Items” or “Order Products” on the Home Page, choose your customer’s name from the drop-down list, and enter her items. This way, you will be able to create invoices for individual customers through the Web Office. When ordering your sales tools, demos, and personal items, choose the customer name that is YOUR NAME in all caps in the drop-down list.

Keep Your Store Open At All Times With Brochures

To invest in your business, you will need to purchase your most important business tool every campaign – your brochures! After all, that is YOUR STORE! Keep in mind that you need to order brochures for two campaigns ahead of the one you are in (i.e., when placing your Campaign 6 order, you will order brochures for Campaign 8). Look at the Campaign Calendar on AvonNow to see what campaign we are currently in, and order brochures for the second one after that in your first order. That way you’ll always be ahead of the game.

Brochures Are Ordered in Packs of 10, Not Individually!

If you want 20 brochures, you would enter the number 2 on the order screen. Keep in mind that the more packs you order, the cheaper they are! And the more brochures you put into the hands of people, the more customers you will get!

You should also purchase some “popcorn bags” (white paper bags) in different sizes for packaging up your orders. There are also the nicer shopping bags with handles, which are good for higher-end and heavier items. These are all found in the Sales Tools section of the order page.

In any campaign, you can order from the current brochure as well as the previous brochure.

In any campaign, you can order demos from the next two campaigns’ What’s New flyers. Selected samples are also available for purchase. Representatives can purchase two of each product from What’s New unless specified.

Build Your Own Team for More Earnings

Tell your friends and family about the Avon Opportunity! If they sign up under you, you earn a percentage of their sales too! Watch your income grow with your team!