Choose a Home Party Business with a Difference

Ten Unusual Home Party Plans

Deb Powers
Do you love the idea of selling through a home party business, but want something a little off center, a little different to sell? Here are ten home party ideas that are just a little off the beaten path.

Kitchen and Cooking Home Party Business Companies:

Wildtree Herbs sells herb blends for healthy, nutritional cooking. Home party events include tasting menus prepared with company products, or preparing simple recipes with party attendees. Representatives earn up to 40% commission. Learn more at Wildtree Herbs.

The Pampered Chef is the world's largest direct seller of kitchen and culinary supplies. Getting started with The Pampered Chef is easy - $90 will buy you the SuperStarter kit with $350 worth of products to show off at home parties. Learn more at The Pampered Chef.

Brown Bag Gourmet has a reasonable startup cost of $25.95 for a kit of gourmet coffee, tea, cocoa and coffee specialty items. It's the ideal home party business for the entrepreneur with a taste for gourmet coffee. Learn more at Brown Bag Gourmet.

Inspired Aroma, Inc sells more than just coffee and tea. The home party business includes French press coffee makers, coffee roasters, espresso products and tea infusers along with a line of green and roasted coffees and teas. The starter kit is about $100, and you have an opportunity to earn over $500 worth of products in addition to commission sales in the first three months. Learn more at Inspired Aroma.

Adult Only Home Party Plans

Undercover Wear is one of the oldest lingerie home party companies in the country. The lingerie is high quality (I've owned one Undercoverwear nightie for 15 years and it still looks new!), sensuous and playful at the same time. Starter kits start at under $100. Learn more at Undercover Wear.

Sassy Parties offers intimate products in a home party setting for women or couples. Unlike most companies, Sassy Parties has one starter kit and one play. Your buy-in is $100 and most Party Girls report making an average of $100-$200 a party. Learn more at Sassy Parties.

Athena's Home Novelties is more than a business, according to its company founder. The high start up cost (minimum of $500 for a starter kit) is offset with lots of product and training, including monthly meetings and mentoring for new "Goddesses". Learn more at Athena's Home Novelties.

Home Party Businesses that Defy Categorization

The Traveling Vineyard is kicking up controversy in some towns over liquor sales laws, but the profits are undeniable. Consultants bring out the oenophile in anyone with home wine tasting parties. Startup costs are $250. Learn more at Home Wine Tasting Events.com

Plantmakers insists that "the secret of growing live plants in artificial soil" is one that your customers are dying to hear. While you may have a hard time selling the idea, the products are great - beautiful live plants in unique planters that complement any home decor. Startup kit is $49.95. Learn more at Plantmakers.

Still looking for something unique and different? The Home Party Plan Network lists about 100 direct sales companies in their company directory, along with contact information. Visit the Home Party Plan Network to learn more and to take advantage of their other resources.

  • Four kitchen and culinary home party plans for you to check out
  • Three Adult-Only home party plans for those with a racy spirit
  • Three home party plans that defy categorization
There are hundreds of businesses that use a home party plan to sell products directly to the customer. Cosmetics and home decoration are among the most popular, but branching out a bit can open up new markets for you.

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