Betterware- a reps view (Betterware)

Member Name: carianne

Product:	Betterware
Date:	15/05/05 (1137 review reads)
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Advantages: set your own hours, meet lovely people, Easy to run

Disadvantages: the weather, dogs!, gates!

There's something very attractive about starting a new business that involves no initial outlay, so I decided to give Betterware a go. I had been with Avon for a few months so knew the pitfalls of selling via catalogues to people at home. I started out small, covering areas I had been to with Avon books. Gradually my orders grew in size and after being snowed on, soaked and almost blown away I was glad to get some sunshine. This last week I have pushed out over 300 books and my order was nearly £200. Not that great, I know, but I'm sure as with Avon that when people get used to me calling they will order. Some areas are better than others so it is worth looking at the types of estates that order and only covering those. I have found that the villages are better for big orders over a small area, I can get 12 orders from only 75 houses there. With part of the town I have been given I collected in 60 books with no orders. As I said, you have to pick the areas you cover. And then you have Kleeneze to compete with. They seem to be everywhere and I've had a couple of people get funny with me when I'm sure its Kleeneze books they are sick of getting. At least other Betterware reps won't try to take your customers.

I am now looking at becoming a co-ordinator. This involves more work and commitment but also more rewards. I would get commission on my distributors orders as well as the patch I cover.

As my manager said, with Betterware what you see is what you get. The rewards are up to you to achieve. Nothing is hidden and everything is provided free. What have you got to lose?

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