Avon is a direct sales company of beauty products, perfumes,
cosmetics and even apparel. Avon was originally founded
in 1886 by David H. Mcconnell as the California Perfume
Company with the corporate headquarters in New York. By
1906 Avon was well on it's way to becoming the established
household name it is today with over 10,000 representatives,
advertisements in Good Housekeeping and color brochures.
In 1995 Avon created the Avon Foundation, a charitable
organization that is dedicated to empowering women by
providing scholarships, fighting domestic violence and
breast cancer as well as other women's issues.
Today, Avon claims honors as the top direct sales company
and advertises itself as the company for women. Avon offers
the opportunity for creating a home based business by
becoming an Avon Sales Representative. As a representative
you can earn up to 50% of the suggested retail price of
every item you sell, further cash and prizes can be earned
by recruiting others and creating a sales team.
I think that Avon is probably the very best known direct
sales company in the world and a completely recognized name
brand, which does make it easy to create sales and most
people are already very aware of the products and their
quality. But with that said, I personally know seven
different avon ladies and only one of them makes enough
money to support herself with. So my take on Avon is that it's
extremely competitive and difficult to make any real money with
it. I can think of at least five different ways to make money
from your home that are ten times easier than Avon.
