Christmas Open House With Other Vendors...?

[SusanBP0129]

Hey!
I am doing a Holiday Open House with a friend of mine who sells Home Interiors. I was just approached by a friend of a friend who sells Stampin' Up. She wants to trade parties, but I am wondering if I should just invite her to the Open House as another vendor....
Then it would be me, Home Interiors & Stampin' Up....
What do you all think? Good idea or not so good??
I am new at this so any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!

TIA,
Sue

 

[lacychef]

That's what I would do I don't like to trade parties; I tell people that I keep too busy with my PC biz to do that. (unless it's something I really want!)
I do a Christmas open house every year with a Home Interiors lady & a Silpada lady...and anyone else we can get a hold of! The first year we didn't have too great of a turnout; but every year it's gotten better. People start to plan on it I'd say give it a try!

 

[pamperedlinda]

I did one last spring with Longaberger, Southern Living at Home and Arbonne. It was GREAT! I had an $800 show and was the only one to get bookings from it - 8 bookings! We each gave away door prizes and each of us did our shows as Mystery Host. The best part is hopefully you all have different customer bases. You get to feed off of each other for customers.

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[ChefBeckyD]

I did one last spring with Longaberger, Southern Living at Home and Arbonne. It was GREAT! I had an $800 show and was the only one to get bookings from it - 8 bookings! We each gave away door prizes and each of us did our shows as Mystery Host. The best part is hopefully you all have different customer bases. You get to feed off of each other for customers.

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Linda - To what do you attribute your bookings success? you got 8 bookings, and no one else got any....what do you think you were doing differently or better? I am planning a Christmas Open House w/ several other vendors, and would love to know what you did!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Linda - To what do you attribute your bookings success? you got 8 bookings, and no one else got any....what do you think you were doing differently or better? I am planning a Christmas Open House w/ several other vendors, and would love to know what you did!

Well, to be honest, I think that our host benefits are just better and our products are more useable and affordable! Longaberger and SL@H both did very well and had $1000 shows that day. Arbonne did okay, she had about $200 in sales and got several leads (their host benefits are structured very differently). My show was just over $800. I think I got the bookings because we had some great host specials coming up (June's woven selections were a great incentive) and I got a couple of HWC catty shows from it. Plus, I was able to meet a lot of new people. I would try to align yourself with people who have a customer base that is different from yours so that you have some "fresh-blood"!

We had about 40 - 45 people show up that day (did it at my house). And we gave away door prizes each hour. We each did our show as Mystery Host. attached is the invite that we used.

That's all I can think of right now. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Linda

 

[lacychef]

Linda: I like your invitation In the past ones I've done, we've just sent out our own invites. I like how you did yours though, with everyone's contact info & such...may have to steal that idea from ya

 

[lisacb77]

Linda, so you did not feel Southern Living was "competition"? I've always wondered about that. Someone asked me for one of these I planned to do but I didn't know enough about their products to answer.

 

[rlombas]

Hi Sue,As a fellow Pampered Chef consultant, I think it's a great idea to invite the Stampin' Up consultant to your Holiday Open House. It's always great to collaborate with other vendors and offer a variety of products to your customers. Plus, it's a great way to network and potentially gain new customers from the Stampin' Up consultant's network as well. I would also suggest reaching out to other vendors in your area to see if they would be interested in joining as well. The more the merrier! Best of luck with your Open House and Happy Holidays!Warmly,