Advice on becoming a Body Shop Consultant (2024)

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chinadolly_ Posts: 3 Newbie

1 August 2015 at 10:16PM in Boost your income

Hello there!

So for a while I've been considering becoming some sort of representative/consultant for a company to earn a little more money. At first I was going to go with Avon, but after a lot of thinking I realised that I don't have any passion for their products. Then I discovered that you can become a consultant for The Body Shop and that's something I can work with.

Does anyone have any experience with The Body Shop or a similar company? I'd love any advice that might help me with my decision on whether or not to try to become a consultant.

The only thing I'm a little worried about is the fact that I'm 19 years old. I'm very mature and well educated, I already have a part time job, I do think I'd be able to manage it. The only thing I'm not sure about is how someone would react to having a 19 year old try to sell them products during a party etc. What do you think?

Thank you!:rotfl:

elsien Posts: 34,591 Forumite

1 August 2015 at 10:27PM

I don't think your age will be an issue. But I can't see much call for body shop parties when most towns have a store people can go into - have you thought about who your target market might be?

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chinadolly_ Posts: 3 Newbie

1 August 2015 at 10:42PM

Thanks for the reply!
I know I have considered that point, however I live in a village which is a 25 minute drive away from town so that would maybe give me a slight advantage. I'd mainly target my family, friends and work colleagues, however I'd hope to get some additional interest from Facebook, although my average Facebook friend's ages are 18-20 with the occasional "Mum's friend".
Fallen-Angel Posts: 163 Forumite

2 August 2015 at 4:25PM

I'm a Presenter for another company and I got involved because I love the product, wear it myself and thought the commission was better in my pocket than someone elses; anyone else who buys from me is a bonus
Make sure you fully understand your sign up fee and/or monthly cost (if there is one) and your commission; I apologise that I'm not fully up to date with what The Body Shop offers. I know that when I did Avon I wasn't made aware of all the extras I had to pay for each month (catalogues, order forms, bags etc) so ended up owing them money after my first order, plus there was also the minimum orders before commission thing.
If you love their products and think you can sell them then go for it, it's harder to sell something for the sake of selling it.
Money_maker Posts: 5,471 Forumite

2 August 2015 at 4:30PM

The joy of Avon is that you can go door to door and have a much more expanded business. I am a rep for avon. My best customer base is those with grown-up children where there is more money available. The under 30's want to buy but have much less disposable income than those a little older.

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2 August 2015 at 5:03PM

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niftyone Posts: 295 Forumite

2 August 2015 at 5:51PM edited 2 August 2015 at 6:11PM

Age want be an issue.
What might be is they often sell it cheaper online then you can sell it for.
EG £10 off if you spend £25 or more plus free delivery.
The parent company still tests on animals.
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ali-t Posts: 3,815 Forumite

31 October 2015 at 6:58PM

I was a body shop consultant around 5 years ago and enjoyed the parties but didn't make a huge amount of money. Once you have exploited all of your friends and family (there is only so much that they can buy) and got their friends and family to have parties the work dries up a bit. It can be cheaper to buy body shop online with all their deals than it is to buy at a party so unless you have excellent networks or can find untapped markets e.g. mens club so they can buy their wives presents for xmas it can be quite tough. It is good fun though and if you like body shop product it can work out quite cheaply to keep yourself stocked up.

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