How To Save Money All The Way To President's Club With Avon!

updated July 2024

I'm following up on my previous post about achieving President's Club level sales while saving money on products you or your family uses every day.  Here are a few more of my favorite ideas:

1.  Avon "Senses" Bubble Bath.  Even if you don't take tub baths, Avon Bubble Bath can save you money.  I use it as a household cleaner - less than a cap-ful to a bucket of water - and you have the best solution for mopping floors.  I also use it as a laundry detergent.  1 cap-ful for small loads or soft water, 2 caps for large loads or hard/well water.  If you stock up on bubble bath when it is offered at a special price in the What's New, it costs less than laundry detergent, and works just as well. My favorite is the Endless Ocean scent.  It makes my house and laundry smell like a resort spa.  

Avon Senses Endless Ocean

2. Use a daily skin care regimen.  With access to samples, you can try all the treatment and moisturizer products at a reasonable price until you find the perfect products that work for you.  Every few campaigns, Avon offers ANEW skin care products in the What's New brochure with exclusive 30-50% savings for representatives.

ANEW Skin Care Products Exclusive Rep Offers

3. Find a must-have product that you can't live without, like the ANEW Power Serum.  I use it every day before moisturizers or skin treatments.

ANEW Power Serum

4. Make sure to always have our signature product, Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil on hand.  I always have a couple spray bottles in my home for moisturizing skin as well as the "unauthorized" uses.  It keeps bugs away while I'm working outside.  It also removes the glue from price labels.  

Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil Spray

5. Use Avon's Insect Repellents for your more intensive outdoor activities. Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Plus IR3535 is a 2-in-1 Bug Repellent and Sunscreen.

SSS Bug Guard Plus Expedition

What five (or more) products will you stop buying from retail stores, and start buying from yourself to pave the way to President's Club?

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Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

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Making Friends with Avon: Part 1

updated August 2024

Back in 1990, when I became an AVON representative for the first time, my main motivation was to make and save some money without spending time away from my children. I had recently moved to a new town, and didn't have any local friends. I signed up and received my starter kit from a woman named Marion, who seemed to have more cats than I had local acquaintances. Marion told me all about her Mrs. Albee figurines, about how important it was to have many "helpers", and assured me that if she could succeed in AVON, that I could, too. I left her home feeling more confused than confident, but I was excited to begin something new. I had 10 brochures for the current campaign, and a few pieces of new representative information. 

During the following week, I shared my brochures with a neighbor, my immediate family, and a couple I met. To my surprise, one of my new acquaintances called me in a few days to give me orders from people at her workplace totaling over $100. This is something that continued every campaign for a couple years. I gave her a discount on her own order, and shared new products with her to reward her for the business she brought me. Through the course of those phone calls and order deliveries, we began talking about our lives and our children, and supported each other as single parents. 

This was the beginning of something important I learned about AVON, and about myself. This business is about high quality products that are fairly priced, that everyone can use, and that anyone can sell. More importantly, this business is about sharing the products and the opportunity with great people.

A trip to the Avon Branch in Newark, Delaware with one of my Avon friends in 1992

As I grew my business, I progressed from sales to recruiting new representatives. My first team member became such a good friend she brought me home cooked meals and watched my kids when I was sick.   

The first couple of years in business with Avon grew friendships that provided support and relief from the loneliness of relocation.  And I realized that the Avon business is not just about great beauty products, it is about the people I meet, and the friends I find. 

To buy Avon products, please contact your Avon representative or  visit my Online Store.

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If you are not yet an Avon Representative,  I'd love to welcome you to my team,

and provide experienced individualized support to help you grow your own Avon business. 

Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

If you are prompted for a reference code,

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How to Have a Successful Avon Vendor Event

updated August 2024

The first thing you need to do is find a venue to set up your display.  I recommend starting with a free or low price table fee.  
You don't need a lot of inventory to have a successful event.  All you need are brochures, flyers or business cards and a few items for cash and carry.
You can get fancy with gift baskets, and more products, but the most important thing is to have fun, meet new people, and get contact info for your new sales and recruiting prospects.  

You can find videos on Avon's YouTube Channel, and display them on a tablet or laptop at your table.  That can help relieve shyness or uncertainty about what to say to your visitors. 

Chatting with some early birds about skincare while setting up my display. 

You can also use games to make your display more fun and interactive.  
You can fill a container with lipstick samples and have people guess the number.  Have them provide their contact info with their guess, and award a prize end of the show for the closest guess. This is a variation on the idea of a door prize drawing. 

I found a small prize wheel on eBay for a low price, but it does the job, and attracts a lot of kids, young and old.  I use prizes that cost me less than a dollar, for example lip balms from the Avon Outlet Book, travel size hand creams, and deluxe samples.  I put a label on each prize with my contact information.  The idea is not to make money from this activity, but to get Avon products into the hands of consumers so they can try them, and contact you to order. 

Last but not least, the most important part of a vendor show is what you do after the event.  When you deliver the prize to your winner, you have the opportunity to connect with that person and offer to follow up with future campaign books.  And, you have contact information from all the people who did not win the prize.  You can call or email them to offer an Avon book or samples.  You can also get permission to add them to your email list.  Your Avon representative website has an automated email program to help you follow up with your customers.

Avon says, "Anytime, Anywhere, Always Ask."   Do your prospects need quality skin care products at a reasonable price point?  Do they need a way to earn more money?  Do they want a discount on their Avon orders?  A vendor event gives you the perfect time and place to ask guests about their Avon needs.

To buy Avon products, please contact your Avon representative or  visit my Online Store.

Always FREE Shipping on orders over $60 or flat rate $8 shipping on smaller orders.

Use Coupon Code WELCOME10 for 10% off your first order of any size.

If you are not yet an Avon Representative,  I'd love to welcome you to my team,

and provide experienced individualized support to help you grow your own Avon business. 

Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

If you are prompted for a reference code,

please enter DOROTHYBOYCE for caffeinated team support!

Dining out? Bring your Avon business with you!

updated August 2024

This is how I share my Avon business (products AND opportunity) 

wherever I go. Whether I am traveling or dining at a local restaurant, 

I always leave an Avon book and sample pack with a generous tip.  

The $5 pictured below was more than 20%.

It is important to leave at least 20%, not just because servers work hard
for their tips, but because you want to leave a positive impression when
you are asking for a sale or for someone to join your team.

Inside of the little plastic bags, I pack samples, my business card,

and a recruiting flyer.  I try to leave samples from different product categories, and include a men's fragrance sample because I leave books and samples for men, too!

You may have noticed that there is contact information for Avon on the back of
most samples.  I always cover that with a label like the one above, so I
don't lose customers to the generic Avon contact number. The labels are
the return address size.

I never waste an Avon book. Instead, I attach a label to the front cover with my online store address, and current coupon code.  

I have to admit that it took a while to achieve results from my efforts.  The best results I've had came from diners and family restaurants.  It's always nice to see a new direct delivery customer at my representative website. I follow up by mailing a thank you card, a few samples and a current brochure. 

To buy Avon products, please contact your Avon representative or  visit my Online Store.

Always FREE Shipping on orders over $60 or flat rate $8 shipping on smaller orders.

Use Coupon Code WELCOME10 for 10% off your first order of any size.

If you are not yet an Avon Representative,  I'd love to welcome you to my team,

and provide experienced individualized support to help you grow your own Avon business. 

Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

If you are prompted for a reference code,

please enter DOROTHYBOYCE for caffeinated team support!

How to Achieve President’s Club While Saving Money Everyday!

This article is designed for my team of Avon representatives.  In the spirit of many Avon reps who share their successes so that all of us may benefit, I am making this information public.

I have been a representative for a total of  12 years.  I achieved President's Club (PC) status all but my first year.  The best part of PC is that I am guaranteed 40% earnings on core products, and 25% earnings on all third-party products ( those marked in the brochure with a ❖ symbol).   I'm going to tell you how you can achieve PC every year, no matter how many people you know, or how much time or money you have to invest. And, best of all, you can save money on your household expenses. 

My 1st Mrs. Albee Award for 1991 President's Club Achievement

This may seem to be too good to be true, but I am going to show you how just by using products that you currently buy retail at your grocery, department store or pharmacy, you can become your own best customer AND save money on products you and your family already use.

New representatives who haven't yet achieved PC earn commission in the form of discounts, according to the amount of their order in any given campaign. This order size amount includes sales tools, brochures and samples.

Also, in every campaign, you are entitled to purchase items from the "What's New" demo books for upcoming campaigns.  For example, when you place your Campaign 23 order, you can also order from the Campaign 24 and Campaign 25 What's New brochures.

You can find the What's New online from the ordering screen: https://www.youravon.com/us-home/my-orders/whatsnew-brochure  if you haven't placed an order in the previous campaign.

Every What's New features products that are deeply discounted for all representatives, even those who have not achieved PC.  Here's the first example of how you can save money while becoming your best customer:

Everyone needs some type of body lotion.  Here is a great deal on the Bonus 33.8 oz size of your choice of formulas.  Your price is only $8.05 each!  

Take the Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair lotion for example. The comparable product available in retail stores is Eucerin Intensive Repair Dry Skin Lotion, and comes in a 16.9 oz. bottle. You would have to buy two of these at $9.59 each to get the same amount in your bonus size Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair Lotion.   That's $19.18!  

By ordering the product from yourself, you save at least $11.13!

This is just one example.  As you go through your home with an Avon brochure in hand, I'm sure you can find many other ways to save.  

One of my favorite products is the Avon senses line of hand soaps.  I keep one in each of our bathrooms, and also at the kitchen sink.    I also keep a tube of Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair Hand Cream by all the sinks for after washing.   

This happens to be specially priced in a recent Avon Book 4.2 oz. for $2.50.

The comparable product in retail stores is Neutrogena's Norwegian Formula Fragrance Free. A 2 oz. tube costs 5.99.  Let's say, for the sake of argument, that this campaign, you only have $50 in customer orders, which entitles you to a 20% discount.  Your cost for the Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair Hand Cream would be $2.  You would have to buy a little more than 2 of the Neutrogena brand to get the same amount as in one tube of Avon hand cream, and that would cost you over $12.  When you buy from your own Avon business, you save at least $10!

I could go on all day about this, and will post some more of my favorite money saving deals as well as other ways to grow your business soon.  In the meantime, what can you find in your home to replace with an Avon product, and how much will you save?

To buy Avon products, please contact your Avon representative or  visit my Online Store.

Always FREE Shipping on orders over $60 or flat rate $8 shipping on smaller orders.

Use Coupon Code WELCOME10 for 10% off your first order of any size.

Follow my Facebook Page for New Product Information

and Join my Facebook VIP Group for Exclusive Members Only Offers

If you are not yet an Avon Representative,  I'd love to welcome you to my team,

and provide experienced individualized support to help you grow your own Avon business. 

Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

If you are prompted for a reference code,

please enter DOROTHYBOYCE for caffeinated team support!

How to Earn Money As A Successful Avon Representative

If you're thinking about joining Avon as a representative, or if you have newly joined,

you may be wondering how you will get paid, and what activities you need to do to earn money
with Avon.

The answer is that there are many ways to make money with Avon, and you can choose
whatever ways work best for you and your lifestyle. I'll detail as many as I can in this post.

1. The obvious - direct selling - face to face. This is when you make a list of everyone you know,
contact them to let them know you have started your own business, and that they can count on you
for all their Avon needs. Avon provides a commission structure with a "kickstart" program for new
representatives in their first 7 Campaigns. (Each Campaign lasts 2 weeks).
You collect orders and payment from your customers, pay Avon for your cost of the products sold
and keep the rest as your profit.

Kickstart Commission Chart

Commission Chart for Established Reps 

2. Direct selling through your online store. Share the free website provided by Avon and let
your customers shop with you online. The customers pay on the website, get delivery to their
homes, and Avon pays you the same commission rate as you would earn on face-to-face sales.
If you have a balance with Avon, your online commissions will be processed as a credit on your
account. If your commissions exceed your balance, you can choose direct deposit to your bank,
or have your commission loaded onto a debit card provided by Avon.

This option is maximum reward for minimum effort and cost - you don't have to spend gas money
and time delivering the orders. It does take some time to build these sales into something
substantial. Avon provides free social selling tools to help promote your online business, and if
you post consistently, and follow up with a personal touch by email or private message, you can
grow this part of your business without ever leaving the house. I also mail brochures and
samples to my online customers to thank them for shopping with me.

3. Recruiting and Mentoring. Avon is more fun and more profitable when you invite others to join.
At first, this may seem counter-intuitive, because many people who are successful in sales are
very competitive. However, there is more than enough business to go around, and you may find
that you learn more when you are mentoring others. This helps you increase your own sales
success while you are building your team sales. Avon has a generous compensation plan with
bonuses for recruiting and team building.

Avon Leadership Compensation Plan

4. Fundraising. There are so many worthy causes, and non-profit organizations looking for money.
You can help them with Avon's fundraising program. There are special flyers and product bundles
designed for fundraisers, and you are guaranteed 50% commission on all registered fundraiser
sales. You decide how much to offer the organization. Depending on the size of the sale, you can
earn while giving back to a worthy cause. This is also a great way to build sales volume
(which is important to your future commission when you achieve President's Recognition Program
level sales), and get new customers who may order from you after the fundraiser is over.
The President's Recognition Program is available to representatives who achieve President's
Club - $10,000 sales volume in a calendar year - or above.

5. Use your own online store for your personal Avon shopping, or for "add-on" customer orders
that you get just after you've submitted your regular order. I recommend only submitting one regular
order to Avon per 2-week campaign because there is a shipping charge (between $6 and $10)
for those orders. At your online store, shipping is always FREE for a $40 order or more.

To buy Avon products, please contact your Avon representative or  visit my Online Store.

Always FREE Shipping on orders over $60 or flat rate $8 shipping on smaller orders.

Use Coupon Code WELCOME10 for 10% off your first order of any size.

Follow my Facebook Page for New Product Information

and Join my Facebook VIP Group for Exclusive Members Only Offers

If you are not yet an Avon Representative,  I'd love to welcome you to my team,

and provide experienced individualized support to help you grow your own Avon business. 

Whether you’re looking for a discount on your products for your personal use, 

a side hustle to make extra money or a full-time career, Avon has a place for you!.

To join my team and learn how to caffeinate your own AVON business,

go to my website, and click on the “Become A Rep” link.  

If you are prompted for a reference code,

please enter DOROTHYBOYCE for caffeinated team support!