A follow-up to my Awesome Hostess post a few weeks ago –
A quick recap – I had a hostess call me three weeks before her scheduled party date to tell me that she had personally invited 40 people to her party, and she had only six confirmed attendees, so she was considering changing the date of the party. We threw some dates around, and she decided to stick with the original date since none of the others were working either.
She held the party as planned, and had six guests in attendance. Not bad. I’ve had shows with two guests and shows with twenty guests. Honestly, the shows with 6-10 guests tend to turn out better for me. It’s just easier to keep everyone’s attention. When I left the party, the hostess had earned $100 in her choice of free products plus an extra $100 which was a hostess special for the month of March. We set a date to close the party three days later to give her some time to collect a few more orders.
Three days later, I meet up with her and she has 5 more orders! That equates to another $75 in free credit. So even though she “only” had six people come to her party, she still received a $275 shopping spree, just for having a party and telling everyone she knew about it. She was also able to purchase two items at half price, and several other hostess specials at deeply reduced prices.
I’m so glad that she stuck with the party and didn’t get discouraged by the “no”s. One of the most frequent reasons I hear for not having a party is “no one would come” or “I don’t know enough people.” Hostesses like this are what keep me in this business. I wouldn’t be having much fun if I didn’t get to give away so much free product.
