How Does Commission Work with Gift Certificates?

[Andreamd8]

Hi There...I'm going to be putting a large Christmas order in this week for a family member (and it will be my first order...yay!!!!) Anyways, she wants to buy a lot of gift certificates from me. I know I can put them into the pampered plus thing to order them, but here's the questions:

1. Do I get the commission on them immediately like any other order, or do I have to wait until the person redeems them???

2. And does the person have to redeem them through me, or can they go through anyone???

3. I'm trying to get my sales high for my first 30 days...will the gift certi. go towards my commissionable sales for it since the person won't redeem it until after christmas???

Thanks in advance

 

[chefann]

You get commission on them right away.They must be redeemed through HO, not through a consultant or at a show.They do count as commissionable sales for you (the original purchase of the certificates, not the redemption).

 

[Andreamd8]

what if the person that redeems it wants products than what the amount of the gift. cert. is for??? Can they order it from me? I haven't qualified yet, so they can't order it online from me...so how would that work?

 

[Andreamd8]

what if the person that redeems the gift. cert. wants products that what the amount of the gift cert. if for? can they order it from me??? I haven't qualified yet, so they order it online from me...so how would that work???

 

[janetupnorth]

what if the person that redeems the gift. cert. wants products that what the amount of the gift cert. if for? can they order it from me??? I haven't qualified yet, so they order it online from me...so how would that work???

No, they have to redeem them online...to order from you would be "double dipping". You already made commission on the sale of the gift certificate. Does that make sense?

 

[raebates]

A person can't redeem a PC Gift Certificate through a consultant. They must go through the Home Office. If their order total is more than the Gift Certificate, they can pay the difference.

 

[Andreamd8]

yeah...that makes sense about "double dipping"...but it is odd to me that she can't order from me to order stuff that would be more than the cost of the gift. cert. like if the person has a $50 gift. cert, but they order $100 worth of product...who gets that extra commission?

 

[raebates]

yeah...that makes sense about "double dipping"...but it is odd to me that she can't order from me to order stuff that would be more than the cost of the gift. cert. like if the person has a $50 gift. cert, but they order $100 worth of product...who gets that extra commission?

The Berkshire-Hathaway company?

 

[finley1991]

yeah...that makes sense about "double dipping"...but it is odd to me that she can't order from me to order stuff that would be more than the cost of the gift. cert. like if the person has a $50 gift. cert, but they order $100 worth of product...who gets that extra commission?

It would be nice if there were a rollover from the difference added to the consultant who sold the GC's commission...

I guess it would work the same as a gift card though... it someone at a store sold a gift card and she worked on commission, she'd get commission on the amount sold... then if the customer came in and spent more, would she get the additional commission? Hmmmm....