Which companies are recruiting in home sales?

What exactly is VDI status ?

VDI stands for Vendeur à Domicile Indépendant (Independent Home Salesperson). This job involves selling the products or services of a company with which you have a contract. As an Independent Home Salesperson, you benefit from a special status: vDI status. Even if you are not an employee of the company (but self-employed), you are entitled to social security cover.

VDI status is very easy to sign up for. Your company takes care of most of the formalities. This activity allows you to sell any type of product or service, except financial or property services. At Elora, for example, you are a sales consultant in the women's ready-to-wear sector.

There are two types of VDI sales contracts

The VDI agent contractSales agent: your activity consists of selling the products of the company for which you have been appointed, and your remuneration is based on your turnover. We recommend this type of contract for building up a large stock of products, particularly ready-to-wear or lingerie.
The VDI buyer-seller contractUnder this contract, you buy the company's products at preferential rates and then resell them at the prices recommended by the company. Your remuneration is the margin between the purchase price and the selling price.

Discover the average monthly income for a VDI depending on the type of contract chosen.

How do you choose a VDI job?

Technically, there's nothing to stop you choosing the company of your choice for your VDI job. You can work in an environment that appeals to you and sell any type of product that suits your aspirations.

However, it is advisable to choose a company that is a member of the FVD (Fédération de la Vente Directe). Companies like Elora that are members of this foundation undertake to comply with the legal provisions in force concerning direct selling.

You can also choose a company based on the type of home-based work you want to do, the amount of travel involved and, above all, the pay package. Depending on the VDI contract signed, the remuneration could be different, allowing you toearn extra pay or even a full-time job.

What are the advantages of VDI status?

It can't be said often enough that the sale of VDI offers a number of advantages! !

Independence and comfortable living

Independence offers great flexibility. The contract with the company for which you sell the products does not impose any targets or geographical areas to cover. So you're free to organise your days and weeks as you see fit.

If you're wondering "How can I make ends meet? "If you're looking for a new way to sell your products, then becoming a VDI could well be the ideal answer. Consult the testimonials from our Elora advisers!

If you have a little less time to devote to this activity, you can take a break; only the income from direct selling will decrease. On the other hand, if you decide to devote time and energy to it, working as a VDI can be very lucrative, since most of the time your income is linked to your turnover: the more you sell, the more money you earn.

Accessibility and career prospects in home sales

Direct selling is open to everyone. The company you are going to work for can even offer you training before you start, on the products you are going to sell, or at any time to improve your skills. So you can quickly gain skills and experience. Elora, for example, offers its new sales advisers a personalised e-learning course in 8 key steps.

Door-to-door sales: companies recruiting VDIs

There are a multitude of home sales. And many of them are recruiting new salespeople. Are you looking for a full-time work-at-home sales job or an activity to supplement your income? Here are the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to choose the right home shopping business.

Do you know what products you'd like to sell? What home shopping is all about>? Which VDI status should you opt for? What kind of remuneration package does the company you are targeting offer? Does it provide training to help its salespeople get started? Elora can answer all your questions.

Companies recruiting in the home sales sector

With sales of €4.6 billion in France in 2021, home shopping is a sector that is doing well. It is even set to grow by 2% in 2021. Sales are on the up, as confirmed by the fact that almost half of home sales companies say they have improved their revenues over the last 5 years.

The result is a sector that is not experiencing a jobs crisis, with almost permanent recruitment of independent home salespeople.

Which companies are recruiting sales staff as independent door-to-door salespeople (VDI)?

• Historic home sales companies

Historically, some companies (such as the famous Tupperware or Vorwerk brands) have based their marketing strategy on a single distribution network: door-to-door sales.

The products of these companies - unobtainable at the time in supermarkets - have become synonymous with rarity and quality. Attending one of the sales meetings of these home shopping companies is considered a real privilege for some customers.

With the advent of the internet, and more recently the health crisis, home shopping has reinvented itself by turning to digital marketing and distance selling. In addition to presenting products on the internet, communication, training and even the recruitment of VDIs are now done online.

The advantage of working as a VDI in a door-to-door sales company, which uses this distribution network exclusively, is its experience of the VDI profession. From recruitment to training, via the remuneration package and the contract on offer, these companies know how to motivate their sales staff.

Most home sales companies offer support to each salesperson when they start up their business. The aim of this training is to help them learn about the products, the company's values and the job of an independent home seller.

• Companies using other distribution networks

The home shopping distribution network is growing every year. It's clear that it's not just the traditional home shopping companies that are riding the wave of success in the sector.

What is door-to-door selling?>So what's so attractive to customers, businesses and salespeople alike?

In particular, it is the modernisation of sales techniques - initiated by the internet - that attracts customers. Customers feel more privileged, listened to and considered. They can, for example, get advice on how to use products.

Door-to-door sales are also attracting more and more companies looking to improve their customer relations. This distribution network is an excellent way of building customer loyalty.

With the ever-increasing arrival of young salespeople, the image of meeting sales has been considerably rejuvenated. In 2020, almost 2/3 of self-employed VDIs will be aged between 25 and 34. The younger generation is looking for a job that offers them independence, personal development and career advancement. As a result, young people are particularly keen to work in a sector like home sales.