few Parties at 1 Place

Kylie87 replied:

A friend has mentioned to me that her mum had a shoe lady, clothes lady, makeup and jewellery all at one party so all her friends could match everything, etc...

I don't agree with it only because most people cant take everything in at one party without trying to remember all the special deals and hostess gifts, etc from all the PP's plus your sales would be low because most customers come with a budget, so if they have $200 to spend they may divide it $50 each instead of paying the $200 to you..

But then again, I haven't tried it and you can't knock something til you try it...

It could work in your favour if you did it once and customers were purely interested in you stuff and booked parties from it...

Let me know how you go... :)

angelmum replied:

It may not be a good idea as, too many at the one party may sometimes cause confusion, but I also agree that it may work, so not to judge until tried.

My opinion ..I think 2 varieties at the one party would be maximum for me!

Vicki

Ingham Qld

pantryprincess replied:

Hi

I do think it is possible but you need companies that are happy to work together so that your customers dont feel overwhelmed by the amount to choose from.

Now that I do two different party plans the question has come up for a compbined party a couple of times, all I do there is have it at the beginning of the month so I can have the delivery dates seperate so the payment dates are also seperate and this means they have a bigger budget to spend.

I guess you would also have to be careful that they dont conflict with each other.

Cath

Chef's Toolbox/Tupperware consultant

Kirstin replied:

I don't think it works well when 2 or more reps try to give a demo/show, but I've been to (and hosted) successful 'home markets'. The host and each of the reps invite people to come and browse over a single evening - there are four or five reps from different companies, each with a table diplay of their stuff, just selling from stock. The guests at these types of things tend NOT to sit down and goes through the catalogue for an order to be delivered later.

You can sell your current stock and pick up leads for parties, so whilst you don't make a huge amount, there is potential to meet hostesses and lots of people take catalogues and promise to order later (don't hold your breath!).

Everyone needs to be completely aware of how the event is going to run and be willing to invite their customers. You can get ripped off if you invite all your customers, but don't get to meet any new ones! Sometimes the host asks for a gold coin donation for a specific charity, you all contribute to the refreshments as the host probably won't be eligible for any of the usual host gifts/bonuses.

It can be great fun. I did one at my house last year before Christmas, got rid of heaps of Christmas stock and met some great new customers, even picked up a party - all for the cost of a couple of bottles of champagne!

Kirstin xxx