Welcome to Avon – Be Successful

Welcome to Avon

Your Unit is Called the The “Awesome A-Team”

Welcome to Avon – We are an award winning team and I hope you will find our ideas and sharing worthwhile. You can start with the Facebook group page Avon Team Awesome. We also have a web site with lots of ideas at www.bethvigil.com and a YouTube page. I also have a New Representative Training Video available. Make sure you take the time to view it.

Your Unit Leader is Beth Vigil

First, I want you to know how happy I am that you chose Avon over the others in your journey to start your own business. I personally think you made a wise decision. Whatever your vision is of your Avon business, I want you to know I am here to help you achieve it.

Let’s talk about Getting Started

Once you receive your account number and district number, you will be able to register at www.youravon.com and start setting up your e-Rep (online) store. You will be taken through the process as you fill out the registration information. Make sure you pay attention to the e-Rep address, it will be http://www.youravon.com/somepartofyourname. The part after the slash will also be your code to use at www.startavon.com if you decide to recruit a team to work under you. At this point you can go to Web Office at www.youravon.com and click on resources; then click on Getting your Business started. This will walk you through organizing and working with your contacts. You can then click continue at the bottom and you can upload a picture and customize your e-Rep store exactly like you want it. Please read the Avon Getting Started Guide for more information.

Let’s Talk Incentives:

As you begin to sell, please pay attention to the current incentives for New Representatives (https://www.youravon.com/us-home/other-content/success-center.html#incentives). Currently, this program is called Kick Start. Click to see the Kick Start Program Guide.  

Let’s Talk about Orders:

Your orders are due every 2 weeks. We call our 2 week intervals Campaigns. Depending on your Credit Worthiness, you may have a Credit Limit extended by Avon for ordering purposes. If you do, it will be used to keep from having to pay the entire balance as you place an order. In 2 weeks, when the next order is due, your balance must then be paid in full (zero balance). When you place the 2nd order, you will have the Credit Limit to use again (if you have one at all). Click Here for more information on Avon’s Credit Limit Policy.

Go to www.youravon.com, click on My Account on the left side, click on My Profile and look for “Calendar”. Click on the link to download a copy of your Calendar. Avon Order Campaigns are numbered 1 – 26 for the Avon Calendar Year. Look on your calendar to see when your orders are due. You can print out the Campaign Calendar Schedule so you will know when your orders are due here: http://www.bethvigil.com/downloads/NewReps/mailplan-flexible.pdf . You can place your Avon Order any time during the two-week campaign period and you can also place multiple orders (you will  pay additional shipping fees) during the same period. I suggest that you place your order during the first week of the campaign to avoid having shortage of products. The campaign ends on Tuesday of the second week at noon. This is very important to know because if you are even one minute late, your order will go into the next campaign. So, if you’re trying to earn an incentive, this could be the difference between making it or not.

I have also created a Quick Start Guide to give you readily accessible information as you get started on your Avon Business. Please print this out and keep it handy.

You can use your order book to guide you in taking orders. You also have tools available on “www.youravon.com >> Web Office” to keep up with year to date and individual orders. The Web Office has an invoicing app you can use for billing customers. Invoices will be automatically generated (you still have to check them and print them out) if you put each individual customer order in under their name (simply add a customer from the order page). You can also download the Avon app to your phone to keep up with orders “on the go”. The Avon app is called YourAvonMobile. As you take orders, remember to charge the $0.75 customer order fee. You will use this money to help pay your shipping fees to Avon and also to contribute to the price of your supplies (brochures, samples, bags, etc). You should charge tax on every order you place and deliver. Tax is based on your local tax where you live. You figure your tax after the .75 order fee is added. If you need to look up what sales tax you should charge, here is a Sales Tax Calculator.

You can see the name and contact information for your Mentor, your Credit Limit (if you have one) and your online store address on the New Representative Landing Page. Click on the link, sign in to your Avon account and you will be redirected to the landing page. The information is at the bottom of the page, so you’ll need to scroll down.

Let’s Talk Earnings:

Avon has two ways for you to earn through sales. You can place orders at www.youravon.com, sign in and click on My Orders. After you take an order from your new customer, you can then add your new customer here and put their order in the system. As a new representative, don’t forget to take money upfront. After you are complete with entering your customer’s order (product #’s and quantity), make sure you click “Add to Order” so the order will go to your Cart. You can see all orders by clicking the “View Cart” button. Once you have entered all of your customers’ orders and are ready to submit your order to Avon, click on “View Cart”, select the orders to submit, and click on “Continue”. The system will guide you through the rest of the process. Your order is not submitted until you have a confirmation number and you have paid what is due to Avon.

Customers can visit your Online Store (www.youravon.com/somepartofyourname) and create an account. They can order by Direct Delivery and Avon will deliver the order directly to them ($40 or more is Free Shipping). They can also choose Representative Delivery and their order will show up in your cart at your representative site. They are not charged at the time of the order if they choose this option as you will deliver it as a normal face to face order. If they live too far for you to deliver, please contact them and make sure they choose Direct Delivery. You earn the same percentage for online orders as you do for representative placed face to face orders. Click here to see the Sales Chart

Let’s Talk about Getting Paid:

The first rule is to make sure you get money from your customer BEFORE you ever release product into their hands. Regardless of who the customer is, good intentions won’t pay your Avon bill. When you are ready to pay Avon, the “Please Pay This Amount” located on the front of your invoice is the amount that you owe (See Figure 1). Avon will not accept cash or customer checks. Avon will accept using your your credit card, debit card or PayPal. It is your decision whether you accept checks from customers. Just remember if the check does come back “insufficient funds”, it is your responsibility to collect any extra money you need to cover your business expenses (NSF bank charges, etc). Avon has a program called Quick Pay that sets you up for electronic payments to Avon directly from your Checking account. You set up a pin number and pay online or by phone. Once you sign up for Quick Pay, it takes about 48 hours for your account to become active. You can also pay by debit or credit card online and by using FastTalk (telephone).

With your face to face sales, your customer actually pays you. You collect the full amount of the order and then pay Avon what your invoice says you owe. You keep the rest, this is your paycheck. With online sales, your earnings show up as a credit on your Avon account. You can look under My Account, Get Paid By Avon to set up direct deposit or choose to receive a Cash Card (works like a credit card and Avon puts your money directly onto this card when Avon owes you money for online sales.

You can always see your balance due to Avon at the bottom of every invoice.

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Figure 1

Let’s Talk about Returns:

Online customers must use the form that comes with their orders and follow the directions.

For representative orders: Go to My Account and click on Returns. Avon Representatives are responsible for paying the return postage either thru the USPS or UPS. We print the labels from the Avon site and are then charged by weight when Avon receives the package of returns. Avon has negotiated rates so the charges are not excessive. Currently, as of 5/7/17, Avon will reimburse you for one return shipment per calendar month effectively making it free. Just make sure you only send returns once a month.

New Avon, LLC’s return policy allows customers to return a product for any reason for up 90 days after receipt. Representatives have 120 days to submit the return to Avon.

Let’s Talk about Opportunity:

Leadership is an opportunity where you can recruit and then manage your own team while receiving a percentage of your team’s sales. There is no fee for the Leadership Kit and it will come to you automatically once your first recruit is entered into the system. To start Leadership you simply have your recruit go to www.startavon.com and enter your unique representative code. Your code can be found under the Web Office tab at www.youravon.com. Click Here for an example screenshot of where to view the code (this is my unique code).

Avon has a program called “Kickstart” for New Representatives. This an opportunity for your New Representative to earn as they grow. Click Here to view the flyer explaining the Kickstart program. If you are interested in Leadership, please let me know.

Fundraisers are also a great opportunity to gain more orders and loyal customers, as well as give back to a worthy cause you believe in. Learn more about Fundraising Opportunity under the Earnings Opportunities tab at youravon.com.

Let’s Talk about Brochures:

If you want your Avon business to succeed, you must order brochures with every order. Your brochures are your life line to your business. If you skip a campaign, you have closed the doors to your business for that 2 week period. The brochures are numbered by campaign (2 week periods). You can order from each brochure 3 times: the regular campaign date, then twice by backordering. The more brochures you order, the better the price. Current Brochure Pricing can be found on my Quick Reference Guide, along with a lot more useful information.

Welcome to AvonThis is an example of the label I use for my brochures. It contains an order-by date (beginning date) and the last day that you can back order from that book.

Outlet and sales flyers work the same as the normal books. You can order during the current campaign and backorder for up to two additional campaigns. Make sure to tell your customers that if they are ordering from the Outlet that supplies are limited.

Let’s Talk about Demos:

Your demo (What’s New) book gives you (not your customers) the chance to order products early for the purpose of showing your customers a product in advance. You are limited to one of each offer as a new representative. The price you see in the demo book is the price you will pay (when you order online the price shown will be “Customer Price”, but you will be billed at the correct demo price on your invoice.). In small writing you will see the retail brochure price for your customers. Your demos and brochures will always be 2 campaigns ahead of what you are currently ordering.

Let’s Talk about President’s Club:

Mrs. AlbeePresident’s Club is a personal sales achievement level of $10,000. That equates to about $385 in sales per campaign if you start at the beginning of the sales year. The President’s Club cycle runs from Campaign 1 through Campaign 26 each year. Total sales are calculated based on the Avon sales year. (When achieving President’s Club you get the opportunity to order 3 demos instead of 1, you will receive a toll-free phone number for assistance from Avon, you receive 25% off the “20% only items” (fixed earning items), you can attend the President’s Club Luncheon and last but certainly not least you will receive 400 President’s Club Points which you can use to purchase the Mrs. Albee award for reaching the President’s Club level (Mrs. Albee was Avon’s first representative).

Let’s Talk about Training:

One of the most important uses of your time will be to complete your Online Training Classes. Online training is available for a variety of subjects. Go to the “Avon U” tab at www.youravon.com and check them out. You will learn how to enter your replacements and credits as well as other useful selling tips. Whatever you do, don’t miss out on this!

If you are a Leadership Representative, you can find a section at Avon U where you can view reports and see what training your team members have completed.

Let’s Talk about What’s Next:

Special Offers for New Representatives

In the meantime, whatever you need, please don’t hesitate to call me. You will succeed if that is your goal. So set your goals. See you soon.

Again, Welcome to Avon!

Beth Vigil