Avon is a home based opportunity company who started in 1886. It was called California Perfume Company. Now is the world's largest reseller of cosmetic products. Avon has sales of over 9 billion annually.
Avon is marketing for several products lines, including skincare, bath and body care, hair care, wellness, the Men's Catalog and Avon Prestige Fragrance Counter.
To become an independent sales representative people will have to pay a fee of $10. Becoming a independent representative allows them to get a kit with some Avon basics and gives them 10 free brochures for their first campaigns. Every campaign offers a selection of the products they have to distribute. They can also sell products directly online through their independent representative web store.
With the Avon compensation plan people make money from their own personal sales. They also receive income from bonuses in their downline sales, by independent representatives they personally sponsored. This is called leadership opportunity and the size of the bonus depends on their rank and the initial order volume. Avon offers bonuses for recruiting ranging from $20 to $100.
The company offers training which are covering business essentials, warm market approaching for marketing and products knowledge. They are training only the basics of the home based opportunity. The MLM companies are based on relationship marketing and direct selling. Having to sell a lot of products during a month is not that easy. That's why 97% of the people who are in MLM don't make too much money. Having to recruit a lot of people is not easy because not all the people have the same thinking. Some of them think that working for somebody is the best thing to do.
There are some people who still make a lot of money in this industry which is called Network Marketing. They know some strategies which helps them to market their products and opportunities to everybody who is interested in them.