Hi
I am Sean from the UK, my main I run a jewellery wholesale business on the south coast and am looking in to starting a party plan division, any help or advice you can give would be most appreciated.
The sort of thing I need to know is what are you looking for in a party plan supplier, what can I do to make the planners life easier?
The things I have thought of so far are I need to print catalogues and price lists of the complete range, I need to get some invitations to parties printed and maybe some posters too, I need to put together a sample pack of the jewellery for the planners to use as demonstration pieces, this is where I come in to a bit of a problem, as I wish to give a good number of items as demonstration pieces (30 or so, in boxes) and this suddenly pushes the price of the kit to over £500 or $900.
I think £500 is too much to expect someone to pay out on a part-time business, maybe I am wrong, but it is also more than I am willing to give away for free, the retail value of the pack would be in excess of £1250 and I feel that each party, depending on size etc, should bring in £150 for the planner.
Any ideas of how I can minimise the risk of loosing the jewellery or what you feel an expectable amount would be for the purchase of the starter pack, and anything else I should include in the pack to help the planner?
I look forward to reading your replies and hope I can get this moving in the very near future.
All the best
Sean