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Become an Usborne Consultant

Your Life as an Usborne Consultant Starts Here

Usborne Consultant Usborne Books at Home is the Home Business division of Educational Development Corporation (EDC). The U.S. corporate office is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Usborne books are written in England and EDC owns marketing rights in the United States. There are currently over 1000 Usborne titles, with new titles being added every 6 months.

The Usborne Books at Home division has a network marketing dimension where Usborne consultants may work with a variety of programs including direct sales, home shows, internet sales, book fairs, and School & Library Sales (with extra Educational Consultant training). The compensation structure for each program is shown in the chart below. There are no territories. You may sell books and recruit people into your group from anywhere in the U.S.

When you become a consultant for Usborne Books at Home (UBAH) you are your own boss! You are not an employee, but rather an independent Usborne consultant, working part-time for extra income, or full-time to build towards a significant income. Starting a business with UBAH is a positive move in the direction of controlling your income, time and future. You are able to set your own goals and achieve what you want from your business. Your sponsor, supervisor and the UBAH home office will provide ongoing training and support to help you reach those goals.

There are many benefits of becoming a Usborne consultant, including increasing your income, expanding your circle of friends, making a positive difference in your community, earning travel and product contests, and building a home library! Usborne Books at Home provides an opportunity for you to realize your dreams, and by sharing the opportunity with others, you will benefit from the successes of those you help.

Bonuses

Usborne Consultants receive monthly Sales Bonus of 5% with sales of $700+, or 3% with sales are $350 - $699.99. This applies to all personal net sales except bookfairs. Additionally, any month you turn in $350+ net sales, you earn a Recruiting Bonus of 4% based on your personal recruits’ net sales that month.

Supervisors receive monthly Sales Bonus of 5% on their sales of $700+. This applies to all personal net sales except bookfairs. Supervisors earn monthly override checks of up to 13% on personal & group net sales.

Marketing Options

Direct Sales - Sales with no hostess involved. This includes sales to individuals, organizations, booths at meetings, conferences, fairs & festivals; places where educators, parents, or families gather.

Home Shows - Sales involving a hostess or hosting organization, include Home Shows, Workshops, Catalog Shows, or Open Houses. Hostesses earn free books based on sales at no cost to the consultant.

Internet Sales - UBAH maintains websites with “shopping carts” for Usborne consultants for a yearly charge. UBAH handles the orders & shipment.

Book Fairs - Sales during an event at a private or public school, library, hospital, daycare center, preschool, church, or other organization. They get:

25% of the total retail sales in Free Books when sales are $200 - $499.99, or ~ 50% of the total retail sales in Free Books when sales are $500 or more, at no cost to the Usborne consultant.

Educational Services - Most Usborne Books are available in high quality library binding. With extra training, you may become an Educational Consultant and service the school & library market.

USBORNE CONSULTANT COMPENSATION STRUCTURE
Program	Commission	Sales Bonus	Minimum Retail sales
Direct Sales	30% 15%	yes yes	$ 85 $ 25
Home Shows	25%	yes	$ 85
Internet Sales	25% 15%	yes yes	$ 85 $ 25
Book Fairs	17% 20%	no no	$ 500 $ 200
School & Library Sales	17-25%	yes	$ 25