Maximizing Your Guest List for an October Show: How Co-Hosts Work

[luvmypomeranian]

I have a show in October for my husband's aunt. She told me yesterday that her daughter was going to help her do it.....so they will essentially have 2 guest lists....hers and her daughters to have more people there. I was going to ask them if they wanted me to make it a show with co-hosts, but I don't know how co-hosts split the discounts. Or since its a mother/daughter, would they come out better if I just make one of them the host and then the other one just pay for their part and have it all on one host order. That sounds less complicated to me, but I didnt know if they'd come about better that way or doing it as co-hosts. I will of course, ask them what they'd prefer to do.

 

[esavvymom]

The FREE Product is split however they want- usually you can split it down the middle to be most fair.The HALF-PRICE Items- they'll have to split. So if they get 2, it's easy to split (one each), but if they get 1 or 3 half-price items, they have to figure out who gets what.The MONTHLY HOST Special - they have to figure out how to divide this also. Not an issue if they reach a level that has TWO ITEMS to choose, but if they only get ONE, then they have to decide. That's where I usually have one who wants the Monthly Host Special, and the other takes the Half-price item.HOST DISCOUNT- no biggie there, no need to split since they'll both get it.FUTURE DISCOUNT (10%) - They both would get this. So that's obviously an advantage to future sales for each of them if they get a discount.PAST HOST MONTHLY HOST SPECIAL - for future bookings- only ONE of them can get this. I usually defer that to whoever the guest belonged to at the original show. If the past host doesn't want it, THEN I'd offer it to the other co-host.P3 does help you split it out pretty well, and helps you track what's left. You just have to make sure you mark the 2nd host as "co-host" on the "Customer" tab of the Show's page- where you enter the Guest Names. You'd enter the co-host's name, and then select the "Co-Host" button below the guest box.

 

[raebates]

I always tell them that they split the the host specials and suggest that they fight that out before we sit down to close their party.