Avon representative

Advantages: Earn some pocket-money, meet new people, discounted cosmetics
Disadvantages: Oh dear : quite some

My story with Avon begins on a warm and sunny day in September 2005. To be more precise, the 22.09.2005, which must have been a Wednesday as I had my younger daughter with me and Wednesday is her "day off" from the nursery which she attends 3 times a week on a 3 hour basis. I remember that we dropped of the older one at 9.00 o'clock at her primary school and then went back home to do some work in the garden. Which ended in some rather wild games ...
...of them were working for Avon Cosmetics, she herself as an Area Sales manager and the younger one as a Sales Leader. They were looking for sales representatives, also known as "Avon Ladies" ,of whom there was apparently a shortage in our area. The bubble filled with pound notes dancing in front of my eyes burst and I started to laugh. An Avon Lady ? Me ? No way ? I hardly ever wore make-up, my clothes, at that moment, were full of grass-stains, ... Read review

Advantages: Discounts for yourself, Good comission compard to other similar jobs
Disadvantages: Time consuming especially if its your second Income

I was an Avon rep for about 2 years. This was in addition to my full time Job. At first I loved it, couldnt wait for the next brochure to arrive to see what discounts I could get and what new products I could try. But combining that with my full time job, trying to work around getting the order picked up from the warehouse almost twice a month became too much (I couldnt book every third or fourth tuesday off). Having said that this could be a good ...
...What is Avon *************** Avon is a cosmetics and skincare company that have been in business for many years. I remember when I was young my friends mother's buying from the catalogue. I used to think it was an older generation catalogue (no offence!) However in the last few years they have totally revamped their image. There have been some big names involved- Tamzin Outhwaite and Salma Hayek are the more current big names to get involved and ... Read review

Advantages: Earn a bit of extra money
Disadvantages: Takes over your house

...would try my hand at Avon to make a bit of extra money. Avon is the market leader in direct sales for beauty products, with an annual turnover of $8 Billion. It is also reported that there is over 5 million Avon sales representatives who market the products to over 100 countries. According to Avon, history tells us that in 1886 David McConnell started selling perfumes door to door in New York. At the time McConnell called his company 'The New York ...
...countries. After visiting Stratford upon Avon in 1939, McConnell decided to change his businesses name to Avon. Avon have no shops worldwide, and so they rely heavily on their sales representatives to deliver their brochures into homes, social clubs, work places and to their friends and family. To me this business plan sounds far to risky as you are never guarantied to make the sales and at some point it may be that there is an area in any given ... Read review

Advantages: not a scam, making money for little effort, fun, discounted products for reps
Disadvantages: never enough money, trying to get orders and brochures back from people can be irritating sometimes

...avon. Becoming a representative with Avon may not make you a millionaire, but it gives you a little bit extra money a month for a fairly small amount of effort, and that makes it a pretty good idea in my book. INTRODUCTION TO AVON Avon is sometimes seen as having quite a stuffy old fashioned image by some - but I bet the people who think this haven't seen a brochure recently! Not only is there a huge range of make-up, including funky products and ...
...once you give someone an avon brochure, there's an extremely good chance they will find something to order. So, in a way, the products almost sell themselves. All you have to do is make sure people LOOK at the brochure and then REMIND THEM to order! HOW IT WORKS I got involved in Avon about six weeks ago, when I wanted a bit extra money and decided to apply to become a representative by filling in a form on the website. I soon received a letter ... Read review

Advantages: Fits in with the Children
Disadvantages: None - i am earning money!!!

...thinking – oh my god Avon – how old is this woman 103? Well no I am 32 and I have been selling Avon for over 5 years and I have made a lot of money for very little time and to be honest now I love it. It all started after I had my first child. He was about 6 months old and I loved being at home with him but I must admit the only thing I missed from work was the people. I used to work in an advertising agency where there were 300 people ...
...there was an advert for Avon so I decided to phone the number. I spoke to and Avon Area manager and she said she would call in when it was convenient for me to have a chat and see if I wanted to become and “Avon Representative.” She came around a few days later and explained to me how Avon works and how I can earn as little or as much as I wanted. It was all to do with the amount of effort I wanted to put in but there wasn’t anyone ... Read review