Business Description:

Belly Buster Parties are held much like a Mary Kay Cosmetics party or a Pampered Chef party where a hostess invites her friends, relatives and/or co-workers to learn about our diet and our products, which include protein supplements, herbal supplements, and our exclusive take-home, do-it-yourself body wraps kits. You may chose to have a weight loss party or a body wrap party or both.   In return, the hostess may win products of her own at a discount or for free! You can also do one on one consultations, (which is what I currently do) So you do not have to have parties.

The consultant also invites you to a once-a-month cooking class where she prepares dishes for you to sample from our fabulous cookbook filled with delicious recipes designed exclusively for the BELLY BUSTER DIET.   You get support, counseling, recipes, motivation, and discounts of 10-20% off our line of herbal products and more! It is fun to lose weight with your family and friends!

To find out more about being a hostess, please call for a consultant in your area.   To find out more about how to become a consultant and get your program for free while earning extra income, see our "Business Opportunities" page.

WHAT DOES THE DIET INVOLVE?
We have several different weight loss plans, all designed for safe and permanent weight loss. Our weight loss program is a low fat, low carbohydrate food plan that was developed by a food chemist and a dietician working together. The menus give you lots of choices with food combinations that will jump-start your metabolism. The menus include your choice of about 15 different fruits, 30 different vegetables, most lean cuts of meat and bread twice a day.

Years in Business?

3 years

Type of Business?

Weight Loss and Nutrition

Start up costs?

$350, but will split into 3 payments

Is there an option to earn back your membership or startup fees?

Yes, you can earn $100 off your case if you get a recruit in the first month.

Are there monthly minimums that must be met to retain membership?

No

What is the commission structure?

Personal Sales (PS)

Initial Commissions                                                        

________ Program Services - 50%                          

0-$299 = 10%

________ Protein Kits - 10% - 40%                    

$300-999= 20%

________ Herb/Supplement Kits - 10% - 40%      

$1000-1999=30%

________ Reorders - 10% - 40%                        

$2000 or more = 40%

________ Team Building?1%-4% (see below)

What to Expect

In any party plan, if a hostess invites 10 guests, 6 usually show and 4 normally will buy.  You can increase the amount grossed in any one party by encouraging a guest list of 20 and encouraging outside orders.  Use these averages to estimate how much you can earn.

If you are full time: book 6 parties to get 4 to hold. (ex: one Saturday morning, one Sat. afternoon and one Sunday afternoon plus 3 during weekday nights = 4 may hold).

Part-time: book 2 shows to get one to hold.  You'll need to have at least one per week to build your clientele.

Example:  You do 4 parties on 1 month with 4 new clients from each = 16 clients at month's end.  10 of the 16 will reorder $150 the next month and so on and so on..the snowball effect.  By month 6 you are making some serious moo-la!

Chart of commissions on consultants you are training:

*To qualify for National Director, you must have 10 active recruits with minimum personal sales of $299/month each and a group volume of $5,000 per month.

Are there any online advertising/marketing restrictions?

You have to use a website setup for you, but things are changing with this as we have an internet guru working and testing other ideas.

Are consultants able to get their own company website?

No, you will have a personal webpage that directs them to the main website.

Is a company email address available for consultants/representatives?

No, you will use your email.

Can customers place orders online thru you or the company website directly?

At this moment they will order through the consultant but changes are coming.

Can customers pay online or pay you directly?

You.

Are there hostess exclusive products?

Yes, you can give hostess percentages off their weight loss plan or body wraps or products.

How do you generate business?

All of the above as well as one on one consultations.

Is there a yearly company convention or award ceremony?

Yes, we have a yearly Belly Buster Cruise and convention.

Are there awards to be won, can you earn trips, vehicles, etc?

Yes.

What promotional items are available for consultants?

You can order these through vista print or company that does promotional items, we do have t-shirts coming soon.

Why do you think this opportunity would be the best one for others to join?

This is an awesome company to join, we have the owner training us and we have an awesome training system. You will be certified and best of all you are helping others lose weight and it is a very rewarding opportunity.

Here is a note from Lee, the owner -

Dear Fellow Dieters, Dietitians and Future Business Owners:

Are you looking for a new career or a home-based business to supplement your current income?

Looking for a business that you can start for little to nothing?

Do you have an interest in health and nutrition?

Meet the ME,  "The Mary Kay of Weight Loss": Lee McCaskill

I am Lee McCaskill, owner of several Before and After Weight Loss Clinics in Florida.  I am a former director of Mary Kay Cosmetics and a former microbiologist for USDA. Several years ago I gained 100 lbs. due to an illness and had a devil of a time getting it off.  I tried every diet known to man and only lost about a pound per month. (Sound familiar?) 

Some of my family members put together a diet for me and it worked SO well that I started a chain of weight loss clinics with it.  My award-winning clinics have been around for about 8 years and many people have asked me to franchise them. However, the cost of franchising is extremely high on my end not to mention the overhead.....and the cost to buy one is pretty high on YOUR end, too!  So I came up with a solution: weight loss by the party plan.  (You can just do one-on-one consultations if you aren't into home parties.)

Recently, I started a program based on our weight loss system at Before and After, and called it a zany name, Belly Busters, so that women like you could teach a FUN way of losing weight via the phone and internet as well as via home parties, if you choose.  Belly Busters has already been featured on CNN (see the clip on our web site) and Today's Diet and Nutrition & has been asked to give out Tropical Spa Body Wraps at the Emmys, Golden Globes and theSundance Film Festival! 

we expect "Belly Busters" will be a household name, like Mary Kay or Pampered Chef!  And YOU are being invited to be on the ground floor of this exciting company!