Launched in the spring of 2004 by founder Dina Amico-Kriescher, Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop was created as an income opportunity with children’s birthday parties in mind. The company offers income potential to its independent representatives, known as crew members, by selling its exclusive line of collectibles at meetups at various locations.
Noah’s Ark collectibles are sold by representatives at home parties or gatherings known as home workshops, or in group workshops typically held at places such as day care centers, schools, libraries, or through other organizations and programs. aimed at children. . The company also has a line of products that are sold through Huggable Home Party presentations for adults.
In addition to the non-stuffed stuffed animals with their many matching outfits and accessories that are available through the Stuff-N-Fluff Workshops catalog, team members can choose to sell the company’s line of cosmetics specially designed for girls. .
Introduced in 2006 through Bella Bee Workshops, girls’ cosmetics and body products are sold in lieu of stuffed animals and accessories. Other products that the representative may also choose to sell include the newly introduced Noah Baby Collectibles through the company’s Collectors Club.
Crew members can choose between two different earning opportunities called Personal Businesses or Leadership Businesses, although some representatives choose to do both simultaneously.
With the Personal Business option, Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop representatives earn money by booking and holding workshops where they present products and act as party hosts. In addition to scheduling and running workshops, the leadership business option will also require representatives to recruit or bring in other members who may also start their own businesses to increase profits.
Leadership Business Reps will receive a portion of their team’s total sales in the form of commission checks, and those percentages will increase as the downline lengthens up to 10% for each team member. This option is best suited for those who plan to expand their business by recruiting many new crew members who will later recruit other reps as well.
The average meeting through the Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop typically lasts about an hour with an average total of 20 kids, and reps have the potential to earn 35-45% on personal sales, depending on the total quantity sold.
Members are required to order company products at wholesale prices and then resell them to their customers at retail prices during Noah’s Ark Animal Workshops, but are not required to carry traditional inventory.
New crew members receive team support from other existing members when they run their first workshops, as well as having the option to attend conventions and training events held by the company.
The starter kit that new reps must purchase for $129 after completing a membership application contains training materials including three CDs that describe how to market and book Stuff-N-Fluff Workshops, as well as how to run meetings. Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop.
Also included in the starter kit are three non-stuffed stuffed animals with three outfits, business supplies such as catalogs, booking postcards, promotional postcards, flyers, recruiting brochures, a member handbook, four Bella Bee Glitter Glam products, and supplies. for workshops.