Partying With a Purpose:

The Home Party Sales Business

Do you love home parties? I do. However, turning that pastime into a home party sales business may sound a little far-fetched. Nevertheless, women all over the world have found flexibility and freedom in this direct sales method.

What are Home Party Sales?

It is a party at your home or a customer's, where customers socialize with their friends, sample products, and you make money.

Home parties account for about 29 percent of the $30 billion in U.S. direct sales, and 13.6 millions Americans bought or sold goods from home in 2004. Everything from organic gardening supplies to wine, apparel, skincare products, jewelry, and toys can be sold through the home party method. It is even possible to host parties online. And according to the Direct Selling Association the majority of the companies joining the DSA are using the home party sales method.

Home Party Sales Plans differ from Multi-level Marketing Sales Plans in the following ways.

• Offer an appealing hostess reward plan

• Focus on personal sales and hostess sales

• Emphasizes the distributor-hostess relationship

• Hostesses are treated like customers, because they are not members of your team

• Your income tends to be steadier that MLM.

Therefore, do not be afraid to join a company with a home party sales plan. They are not get rich quick schemes. They are business opportunities that work well for many people, particularly those who love a challenge, like working with other people, and are self-starters. The home party sales method requires hard work and dedication.

As someone who has worked the home party sales method, I make the following suggestions.

• Represent a fun Product

• Choose a product that targets women

• Choose consumable products that will generate reorders and a strong customer base

• Announce host/hostess rewards

• Stock your inventory according to your sales activity

• Be the kind of sales person you want to buy from

Remember a party atmosphere allows women to be out and about, take a break, and feel good. Home party Sales help women get the products they want and need, while relaxing and de-stressing with friends. In addition, you make money. It is partying with a purpose.