| Home Party Plan & Direct Sales – What does it | | | | determines what you receive and the rules and |
| mean? | | | | regulations you need to follow. |
| If you are doing research on the Internet for a home | | | | The terms Home Party Plan and Direct Sales / Direct |
| based business, you may have come across the | | | | Selling are sometimes used interchangeable because |
| words ‘Home Party Plan, Direct Sales, Direct | | | | they both involve selling directly to the consumer by |
| Selling, Ground Floor and Independent Consultant' | | | | independent salespeople (Independent Consultants). |
| quite a few times. They sound interesting but | | | | And their products and services are sold through |
| what do they really mean. | | | | face to face interactions (Home Party / Product |
| Home Party Plan involves selling products directly to | | | | Party). |
| the consumer through home parties. Home Party | | | | When a company advertises a business opportunity |
| Plan Companies recruit people (mainly women) to sell | | | | as Ground Floor, it means becoming part of the |
| their products for them (through home parties), as | | | | business at first stage or at the beginning. Many |
| an Independent Consultant. As an Independent | | | | people like this option because there are not a lot of |
| Consultant, you are self employed. You are your | | | | consultants selling the product. They have an |
| own business. Many of these companies like to | | | | opportunity to sell something new and many believe |
| say ‘you are in business for yourself not by | | | | it gives them the potential to grow a sales team |
| yourself'. Depending on which company you sign with, | | | | quicker. |