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Brown Bag Party |
Passion Parties |
For Your Pleasure |
Pure Romance |
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Highest "Buying Discount" |
50% |
40% |
50% |
60% |
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Monthly Sales Amt required to reach the highest "Buying Discount" |
$0 |
$100/month or |
$1000 personal, |
$2000 |
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Price of start up kit needed to receive the highest "Buying Discount" |
$89 |
$250 or $450 |
All start at 40% |
All start at 35% |
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Recruits Needed to reach the highest "Buying Discount" |
0 |
n/a |
2 Directors |
50+ on level 1 |
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How many levels down does the company pay override commissions? |
6 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
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# of personally sponsored recruits needed to earn down 3 levels |
5 |
11 |
Must have $3000 |
1-5 |
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What is the maximum I can earn down three levels? |
5% of the RETAIL on all 3 levels |
5% |
10%, 4%, 3% |
5%, 3%, 1% |
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How many active recruits do I personally need to sponsor in order to earn the maximum down 3 levels? |
5 |
15 |
7 DIRECTORS |
20 |
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Personal monthly retail sales required to earn down 3 levels |
$500 |
$1500 |
$1000 personal sales |
$1000 |
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Hostess Rewards Offered |
20% of sales |
10% |
10% |
10% |
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Consultant's Cost to offer % to hostess |
A flat $8 |
varies |
n/a |
consultant pays |
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Additional Bonuses offered to hostess |
4 x $12 = $48 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Consultant's Cost to offer bonuses |
$4 per bonus |
? |
n/a |
consultant pays |
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Does sign-up include a free website? |
no1 |
Basic site is free. |
no |
yes |
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Is a monthly website fee required? |
no1 |
see above |
website is optional. |
no |
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Monthly Fee for Credit Card Processing? |
no (3.25% per transaction) |
3.5% per transaction |
$12/month |
3% per transaction |
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Monthly Business Management Fee? |
$19.95 - $29.95 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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Does the corporate office collect and file state sales tax for the consultants? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Will orders from my site automatically be shipped by the corporate office without my involvement? |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
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% of Commissions from website orders to the consultant |
50% |
current buying discount |
current discount |
30% |
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Does the company offer Direct-To-Customer shipping? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
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Is there an annual distributor fee? |
no |
$18/year |
no |
? |
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Will the company remove me if I have no sales within a given timeframe? |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
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Car Bonus? |
$400-$600/month |
$400/month |
No Car Bonus |
$200 - $2,050 |
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Training Bonus |
yes |
yes |
Depends on kit purchased |
yes |
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How do I process my orders? |
online |
online |
online |
online |
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How long does it take to ship my orders? |
within 24 hours |
? |
? |
? |
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Does the company allow co-ed parties? |
yes |
it is not encouraged |
yes |
no |
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Am I required to carry inventory? |
no |
no |
no |
no, but it's |
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Are there any websites I'm not allowed to advertise on? |
no |
MySpace |
no |
no |
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Can I use the company name in my ads? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
you may use |
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Can I use the company logo in my ads? |
yes |
there is one logo |
with corporate |
with corporate approval |
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Does the company offer a recruitment and party lead rotation? |
yes |
yes |
party leads |
yes |
1Business Management Fee covers administrative costs associated with providing each BBP rep with a fully-functional e-commerce website, in-house pre-bagging of all personalized customer group orders, direct-to-customer shipping, state sales tax remittance by the corporate office, offering 20% hostess rewards for only $8 out-of-pocket expense for the rep, etc. Reps pay one low monthly fee to cover the administrative fees associated with these services. Cost is $19.95 per month for the "basic" option or $29.95 per month for the "upgraded" option.