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ETA May 1, 2020: To anyone who starts their business in May can get our limited-time Come Together Kit for just $20 USD | $26 CAD! Plus, when they generate 100 PV (approximately $200 in retail sales) or more by May 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CT, can receive a FREE upgrade to the Essentials Kit valued at more than $350 USD | $440 CAD!

https://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/enroll

For current Designers, how about earning an exclusive look this month only?

More details here.

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The majority of the country is still on lockdown with signs of it being lifted soon but no true certainty of how it will all pan out. Will my neighbors come springing out of their homes and head for the beaches and enjoy the reason why they pay so much to live in California, or will leaving our homes be for going to a job they wished leaving as soon as they arrive at 9am on a Monday morning?

As a stay at home mom (for almost 13 years now) and a mom to a newborn, neither scenarios apply to me. Even with no lockdown, I would be home with my 4 parenting and homeschooling them. No, it isn’t always rosy like carelessly laying on a sandy beach (which, btw, a mom of 4 cannot do) but it isn’t terrible that I cannot wait for Friday once we crack open the English and math books on our Monday mornings.

The comforts of staying at home is – many times – reflected in the beauty of a home and the beautiful and eye-pleasing things in it (at least on Instagram) but I’m going to out myself and tell you that our place is nowhere Instagram perfect. And our learning area is not Instagram homeschool inspiring. The area in my home I once proudly shared, a corner window view of the evening twilight with an IMac where I did all my origami owl sales duties, vlogging and blogging, no longer exists. That has become my 13 year old’s school desk in full disarray and I have come to doing sales from my bed on my iPhone 6s with a newborn on my chest. Yes, this is how I’m writing this right now.

See?

The years I’m mentally beat myself for not having that perfect room or that perfect space like everyone else has before I do what I have to do, I’ve had to let it go.

Even if I didn’t have a newborn but just me and my almost 3 year old, it would not look like the picture above. Her quietly sitting on my lap letting me tap on my phone to post my jewelry or check my business stats online with no interruptions? Not in my world.

Despite my current situation and with things I have and not have in my home, there are things that I am still able to do on top of home, mother, and schooling duties: I can still sell and promote jewelry online – specifically, Origami Ow jewelry – and financially be able to have money for the extras.

As I lay here, I am still able to…

I get to help people like you share….

… with our customizable jewelry. And…

Each year, Origami Owl, through your purchases and sales of little people like me (called Independent Designers), help make life a little sweeter for others by living out our beliefs:

Every month, a charity or cause is chosen to benefit from sales of monthly exclusives. Every year, a family is gifted something big and a wish is granted from proceeds of Live Sparkly charms. Through such tiny pieces of jewelry, big things have happened.

And with our ongoing mission of the company that has stayed the same since our inception in 2012, more good things can happen.

Interested in being part of the mission or the bigger picture?

Maybe you have some time to open up a laptop and do more than watch people fight over the validity of a stay at home order and if your cart depicts you as a hoarder or not (Confession: family of 6 here; they assume my Costco-shopping hubby is a hoarder đŸ€Ł).

Your role with Origami Owl would be more than just a consumer and recipient of free jewelry as a hostess, but you would be earning commissions with sales made as an Independent Designer from advertising and coordinating jewelry bars from home.

If you’ve gotten this far, you may be wondering, “HOW?”

Origami Owl has so much training and support to help though Origami Owl’s scheduled communique. All you have to do is decide how much you want to “check in” or do with Origami Owl. Check in daily, once a week or month? It’s up to you.

There’s no monthly minimum purchases required of you to make commissions of 20-50% of everything piece your sell as an Independent Designer. There’s none of that monthly pay-to-play like many at home product sales jobs.

Think on it.. maybe some day or will today be your day?

Becoming an Independent Designer from home gives you:

* Discounts on jewelry the moment you are in

* Ability to make money from home when people order through your FREE personal URL (no monthly fees for this)!

* Become a part of something bigger – a force for good – in the world

But wait, there’s more! The newly unveiled perks for those who do well with their sales, get to earn goodies under the new rewards program.

Here’s the gist of it:

For now, first principles and think if sales from home is for you. If it is, I’d love to help you navigate the next steps. If not, no worries. I’ll just leave the link right here: https://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/enroll

I still struggle with the looks of my place but I’ve become much calmer about it now. For this season, I’ll hang on what I can have someday (House 2, House 6, and House 1 combined). I’ll continue to focus on the fact that I get to stay home and all the things I can do in it, mess and all!

I’ve said, if I didn’t have a newborn nursing in demand, I would have painted all my cabinets white by now and my kids would have finished a school year’s workload months before the year was over. But I digress… my cabinets are still seaweed green as it has been since the 2012 purchase of our home and my kids are still on pace – even slower than before, actually – despite more time due to outside activities and places to go, removed from our calendar due to Covid19. On the bright side, lots of things we do now that we didn’t do before. More on that on a different blog post.

What will you be doing during this time? And the time after?

If I can be of assistance with anything, let me know jennylou@locketsandcharms.com or contact me on any of the social platforms via @locketsncharms.

How to Stay in Origami Owl? Meet the 199!

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Lots of new exciting things have just unfolded as far as jewelry and perks for Independent Designers (ID).  There are lots of new eyes looking into becoming an Ind. Designer with Origami Owl.  I have found that one of the most common questions that I have been getting is “What is it to stay in Origami Owl,?” from those who have done Direct Sales before or currently in it now.

To the everyday person, that question might seem a bit off or odd?  Stay in?  Do they kick you out?  Why would they kick you out?

First off, let me just say that Origami Owl doesn’t just “kick you out.”  Secondly, this question refers to sales requirements and not being kicked out due to a clash in personal tastes.

When someone asks “How do I not get kicked out by Origami Owl,” before joining a company, it is mainly because they know that there is usually a minimum sales requirement for one to stay in with a direct sales company.  Direct sale companies can  really differ on these minimum sales requirements. For example, a bag company has a $200 in retail sales requirement every 2 months while a candle company has a $250 in retail sales every three months requirement.

All companies have some kind of standard, protocol, and rules when it comes to the job.  Particularly, in sales and commissioned sales, there is a minimum requirements to perform the job that one has signed up for and that is to sell.  Origami Owl has a 199PV wholesale (PV = retail minus commissions ) which is approximately equal to $250-300 in retail sales, every 6 months.

To meet the 199PV, you would need to sell Origami Owl.  You can gather sales by catalogs and order forms or online sales through one’s Origami Owl website.  Sales of Origami Owl products can be done 1 on 1 with a customer, a group of friends in a Jewelry Bar, or virtually through an online party link that directs sales and commissions to you.  All these ways of selling will go towards your 199PV requirement every 6 months.

 

After I answer this question, the next question from those in direct sales is “How does that 6 months work?  Is it a rolling 6 months?”

For those that have been in direct sales, the rolling time period is pretty simple: accrued sales numbers based on today’s numbers and back to the start of the period that the company counts.  For example, for Origami Owl’s 199pv every 6 months requirement, meeting 199PV by the end of this month (August 31st) is based on the sales of August and all the way back to March 1st.  Next month, the 199PV in the last 6 months will be from April 1st to the end of September.  Each time, one meets the 199PV (from accumulated sales within the 6 months) by the end of the current month’s last day at 11:59PM EST, the ID will be able to sell and stay as an Ind. Designer with Origami Owl the following month.

Let me share an illustration on how this rolling 6 months works as related to Origami Owl:

Let’s say an Ind. Designer (ID) today has 100PV stated in back office. To stay in o2 and not get cut off September 1st, this ID must do 99PV by end of August, bringing up his or her sales to 199PV.

Using the example above, note that August was a 99PV month for the ID, but what about next month at the end of September?  How much would she have to do to stay in with Origami Owl?

The ID would have to look in the back office and see his or her posted 6 month PV (or add up her sales PV for August, July, June, May, April, and March prior to the system calculating it).  Take this number and see how much one needs to sell by the month’s end, which is September 30, 11:59 EST.

 

PV posted in the back will always show you how far away you are from 199PV and staying with Origami Owl. An accrued 199PV in the last 6 months must always be met to stay in and sell for the next month.   If 199PV is not met, an ID will not be able to sell starting the 1st of the following month.  The system automatically shuts out those who do not fulfill this term.  There is no actual person that “kicks you out.”

 

Now that you know what the minimum sales requirement to not get “kicked out” and how the 6 months period works, you may want to know what you can do to not get “kicked out” or make the sales.

My short answer is to  do 1 or 2 jewelry bars in 6 months.  Not into “parties”?  Find 10 – 15 customers to sell to every six months.  (You can do less # of transactions and meet the numbers but I cannot guarantee your customers’ spending with you, so this is a guestimate.)  Any variety of ways to bring in sales processed through you with the Origami Owl system will help you continue with Origami Owl.

Feel free to check out my video I made on how to meet this 199 PV (http://youtu.be/d9Ft-FzpnDo) last year. It is still applicable to today.

 

I think I will leave it here.  I hope you have found this write up and how-to video on how to stay in with Origami Owl.

 

For those not sure if they want to stay in fall off Origami Owl, do consider  Origami Owl’s rule on those that fall off the Origami Owl system:  An ID cannot reenter Origami Owl until he or she has sat out for a full 6 months.  That means, if you drop off because of not meeting the 199 PV at the end of August, you will not be able to reenter or sell Origami Owl until March 1, 2014.  To learn more, ID’s please refer to your Policies and Procedures about this.  Those not in Origami Owl, you may contact me.

For those interested in joining Origami Owl with me, join by going here >>> http://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/join-our-team.ashx

Questions or unclear about something I covered here?  Email me at locketsandcharms@gmail.com  You can also reach me on your smartphone at http://m.locketsandcharms.com =)

 

 

xoxox,

 

Jennylou Raya ID #1186

 

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