Stella & Dot- A Review with Tracy Bennett

Provide a brief description of your company and the products?

We are a company inspired by & created for strong women. Stella & Dot honors that generation of women who crossed oceans, rolled up their sleeves, raised kids, went off to work, and still found time to bake. They did it with grace and style. Today, this is how they’d do it.

Stella & Dot is THE modern home-based career that your mother never had. We’ve put the power of e-commerce, social networking, and personal service behind an irresistible product. It’s the next big opportunity for our era.

Think getting together with girlfriends, Lucky Magazine, Facebook, and no glass ceiling in sight. Recognized in the New York Times & The Today Show, it’s not only a big idea, it’s a smart business that works. So that what you put into it is what you get out of it. How very Stella & Dot.

Couture Design. Designed in New York and San Francisco by award-winning trend-setters who also create jewelry sold in Neiman Marcus and Fred Segal.

Affordable Luxury. With plenty of styles under $50.

Style Statement. A Stella & Dot piece turns the modern girl’s uniform of jeans and a simple top into a smashing look.

Provide a brief company history including how long in business and how many consultants in how many countries.

It’s a great time to join Stella & Dot and be a part of this ground breaking opportunity. Our Stylists are experiencing record breaking sales across the country.

In 2009 we grew over 700%, named one of the top fastest growing companies of 2009 by Inc. Magazine! With just 6000+ Stylist in the US and Canada, we are still brand new! Stella & Dot started as Luxe Jewels in 2006 and in March 2008 changed to Stella & Dot, the names of the founders grandmothers!

Interested but think your area might be too “saturated” with Stylists? Put that worry to rest…we are still so new that for every Stylist, there is just over 120,000 people, i.e. customers, hostesses, etc! Join us to see what the fun and buzz is all about!

What is the cost to start up? What comes in the startup kit?

Start-up is $199 for the kits, including $350 in your choice of FREE jewelry, catalogs, order forms, postcards, etc to get your business started. Your own personal website is just $99 per year!

Are there any additional expenses (startup, yearly renewal, website, etc)?

Your yearly renewal of contract is $59. Yearly website fee is $99.

How much is the commission on personal sales and downline? How often are consultants paid?

Personal sales is 25% of retail. When you sale just over $2300/month (our average trunk show is $900-1000) you receive 30% commission that month!

You start at 4% commission on your 1st line, then when you have 2 in yoru 1st line you make 6%, when you have 4 on yoru 1st line you make 12%!!*

*see our comp plan for details and explanations.

What are some of the additional benefits/rewards consultants can earn?

In your 1st 100 days in business, you can earn up to $3000 in free jewelry!

After your 1st 100 days you can earn up to $200/mo in free jewelry. You able to save, or bank, these credits for 6 months!

Each month you are in buiness, you earn 5% in free business supples each time you sell only $769 in a month. Used for catalogs, order forms, etc.

What is your favorite thing about your company?

I love our incredible support networks and training. We have 24/7 support on our Ning site called Stylist Space, where we all post discussions, questions, motivation, ideas and inspiration. We also have our incredible sponsors, or uplines, to call or email anytime for questions.

Stella & Dot has a wonderful training online, 24/7 as well with videos, Stylists Guides(also in your starter kit) and weekly emails.

They recognize leaders with praise and rewards like no other!