Handling Free Sample Requests: A Guide for the Barista distribuitors

We love being asked for Free Coffee

As a telesales agent and barista distributor, you’ll often face requests for free samples from potential customers. As a roaster we encourage our baristas to experiment – While offering free samples of how they can create a blend – All our customers understand that, Creating a blend and labelling and posting is never free our sampling service, offers insight and value and can be a useful tool, it’s important to understand that these requests also provide a golden opportunity to gather valuable information, build conversations, and showcase the unique features and benefits of Blendly’s coffee system.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to handle free sample requests effectively and how to use the interaction to position Blendly as the perfect partner for their coffee needs.

Why Free Sample Requests Are Valuable

Free sample requests give you the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with potential customers. Rather than simply agreeing to send a sample, take this moment to ask strategic questions about their current setup. This allows you to gather essential information that can help you tailor the conversation, complement Blendly’s features and benefits, and position Blendly as a superior choice.

Key Questions to Ask

When a customer requests a free sample, use the following questions to gather crucial information about their current supplier and business needs:

  1. Current Supplier & Coffee Blend:
  • What blend are you currently using?
  • How satisfied are you with the quality and consistency of your current coffee?
  1. Machine Rentals or Purchases:
  • Do you rent or purchase your coffee machines?
  • How long is your lease or finance agreement for the machines?
  • Are you locked into a contract with your current supplier?
  1. Business History:
  • How long has your business been trading?
  • Who is the decision-maker regarding your coffee supply?

These questions will provide valuable insights into the customer’s current situation, allowing you to personalize your pitch and highlight how Blendly’s features can meet their needs more effectively than their current supplier.

Presenting Blendly’s Features, Advantages, and Benefits

Once you’ve gathered information, it’s time to complement Blendly’s unique offerings. Blendly offers a range of tools and advantages that go beyond just providing high-quality coffee. Here are key features, advantages, and benefits to highlight during your conversation:

FeatureAdvantageBenefit
Custom Coffee BlendingTailored blends to suit individual tastesCreate a unique blend that differentiates your business
Revenue Sharing for BaristasBaristas can earn revenue by becoming distributorsBuild a passive income stream by selling custom coffee blends
Inventory Management SystemNever run out of stock with predictive orderingEnsures consistent supply, reducing downtime and missed sales
Global Bean SelectionAccess to a diverse, global inventory of beansOffer a wider range of blends, appealing to more customers
Low Carbon Supply ChainSustainable, eco-friendly supply chainReduce environmental impact and appeal to eco-conscious customers
Online Sales PlatformSell your blend directly to customersExpand your brand reach by offering blends for online purchase
Predictive Ordering TechnologyAutomated, accurate stock managementAlways have the right amount of coffee in stock
Expert SupportBook time with Blendly’s expertsReceive guidance on creating the perfect blend and strategy

Introducing the Barista Distributor Program

For businesses or individuals interested in growing their income, Blendly’s Barista Distributor Program offers an excellent opportunity to not only enjoy high-quality coffee but also generate revenue by selling it. Here are key talking points to discuss:

  • Revenue Sharing: The Barista Distributor Program allows you to earn a commission by selling Blendly’s coffee blends to your customers. You can create your own signature blend and promote it through the Blendly platform. Learn more about the Barista Distributor Program here.
  • Build Your Own Business: As a distributor, you can build your own coffee business, tapping into Blendly’s resources to grow your customer base and income. Whether you own a cafe or work as a freelance barista, Blendly gives you the tools to turn coffee sales into a profitable venture. Explore how to become a Barista Distributor here.
  • Brand Ownership: By crafting your own blend and selling it through Blendly’s platform, you can establish your brand as an expert in coffee. Your customers can purchase your blend directly online, giving you an additional revenue stream.

How to Position Blendly’s Features Against Competitors

When handling the objection of a free sample, it’s essential to differentiate Blendly from other coffee suppliers and roasters. Here’s how Blendly’s system stands out:

  1. Customizable Blends: Unlike traditional suppliers, Blendly allows you to create and personalize your blend with beans from around the world. This flexibility gives you full control over your coffee offerings.
  2. Predictive Ordering: You’ll never run out of stock. Blendly’s predictive ordering system ensures that your inventory is managed efficiently and that coffee is always available.
  3. Revenue Generation: Blendly’s barista program allows you to sell your custom blend and earn revenue, making it more than just a coffee supplier—Blendly helps grow your business.
  4. Sustainability: Blendly’s low-carbon supply chain is an eco-friendly option that reduces waste and appeals to customers who value sustainability.

Handling Free Sample Objections: Key Script Points

Here’s a sample script to help you guide the conversation when customers request a free sample:

  • Customer: “I’d like a free sample to try your coffee.”
  • Telesales Agent: “I’d love to help you explore our coffee! Before we send out a sample, I’d like to learn more about your current coffee needs and how Blendly can best serve you. Can you tell me what coffee blend you’re currently using and if you’re renting or purchasing your coffee machines?”
  • Customer: [Provides information about their current supplier, machine rentals, etc.]
  • Telesales Agent: “That’s great to know! Did you know that with Blendly, you can create your own signature blend using our global inventory of beans? You can even sell your custom blend directly to your customers through our online platform, giving you an additional revenue stream. Plus, our predictive ordering ensures you’ll never run out of coffee stock. How does that sound compared to your current setup?” we can do that for the same price as your current blend in most cases – however over time once we understand your volumes we can save you money as well as help build your income

Conclusion

Handling free sample requests is not just about sending out a product—it’s about starting a conversation and understanding the customer’s needs. By gathering information about their current suppliers and positioning Blendly’s unique features and benefits, you can effectively handle objections and showcase how Blendly is a superior option. Use the tools and resources available through Blendly to demonstrate the value we bring, not just in coffee quality but in helping businesses grow and succeed.

Blendly Marketplace – Distributor

 

Coffee distributorDeveloping your area with blendly  As a central distributor, you will have the ability to work in your area and build support and relationships through coffee and coffee blending as part of your success.

Blendly.co.uk works with Central distributors promoting you as the area distribution with support services to build your success. with many new tools that allow you to build and promote your Barista and distribution skills in specific areas. Giving you the facility to develop your own services fully supported with the blendly team.

  • Training and support
  • Access to Blendly.co.uk tools to help local management of accounts
  • Lead generation and marketing support
  • Finance of the initial capital sum over 3 to 5 years subject to status
  • Technical training
  • Access to stock and green beans
  • Access to distribution tools
  • Funding and support 
  • Handover training to existing accounts
  • Business development and admin and billing support
  • Central Call Centre and customer support

Blendly.co.uk works with Central distributors promoting you as the area If you like to speak to one on the team then why not reach our

Every area  comes with a distribution agreement and support for each area as well as Marketing and Lead Generation if you like to apply for financial support to set up an area

Download Brochure Blendly.co.uk Finance Support application 

Coffee Distributors, what goes into it. Blendly chats about their coffee commodities and how distributors can reap the benefits.

A coffee distributor wants to sell a brand that is unique to them and their customers, and has the flavourful nodes that suit their personality, harvested from even the most remote regions of the world. Blendly has all of those in the bag when it comes to satisfying the coffee drinker. Blendly’s technology allows large scale distributors, to create blends tailored to their unique tastes and flavour pallets. With these endless opportunities, it’s no wonder they are a supplier that coffee lovers love to embark on coffee adventures with!

Blendly gives communities the tools to create a more dynamic and customisable service with products that are unique, focused on sustainability through economic innovation and digital integration, allowing coffee consumers greater scope to create, develop, manage, and build sustainable value.

Economic costs are usually a problem when it comes to distribution, but Blendly puts your mind at ease by ensuring that the middleman is cut out, therefore saving you money on storage and redistribution costs.

With the ability to create your own brand and blends, Blendly provides you with the tools necessary to give your consumers exactly what they want, when they want it.

Create your own coffee blend from specialty coffee beans harvested around the world.Coffee distributor

There are so many choices available when it comes to being able to create a coffee that suits you or your customers’ needs. The only thing really missing is being able to choose the soil that your coffee will grow in. As a distributor, you can offer your customers a wide selection of coffee beans from around the world. On top of that, there is a choice of preferred grinds or roasts. Whether your customer is a lighthearted coffee drinker that prefers one cup of light-medium roast or a hardcore caffeine addict that guzzles down 20 cups of dark roast trying to chase the buzz, Blendly offers all the options for all types of coffee drinkers.

How does ERP benefit the distributor?

Integrating your coffee management into your enterprise resource planning system allows for better management of the coffee supply chain, which in turn means better control of your coffee as well as better management of your inventory across your supply chain. This will allow you to develop better, fresher coffee supplies at a lower inventory cost.

Why do our distributors love our API?

This all has to do with developing a seamless relationship between you, your coffee, and your customer. Understanding their preferred taste and your preferred costs. Our API lets your coffee communicate with other products without having to know how they are implemented; this offers greater customer management based around the flavours.

Our Blendly API allows distributors to distribute their coffee brand, allowing developers and partners the opportunity to distribute new and innovative multi-channel services around fresh coffee.

When you become a distributor of Blendly you choose which path is ideal for your interest and willingness to earn.

If you have the nose for coffee, and the passion to enter the coffee business, take a look at our Blendly Distributor Programme and start building your own coffee community today!

Auld Tram Joins Blendly Barista Distributors

Auld Tram has its coffee developed by Blendly, an innovative coffee roaster that allows baristas to create coffee blends using green beans from around the world.

Blendly is a commercial coffee roaster that has been educating its customers – allowing them to access the cupping notes and taste profiles of the coffees of the world via their website.

Blendly also operates a marketplace allowing its baristas to access the flavours and tastes that enables them to work with customers to create the world’s best coffee flavours.

Blendly marketplace have a network of trained baristas called Barista Distributors that can advise and create unique coffee blends for their customers. Barista Distributors can create custom blends for their customers and advise them in many of the flavours and tastes that create great coffee

Jason Ross – Building Customers – Blendly Community Builder

Jason Ross a growing number of barista developing skills with blendly.co.uk Barista Community Builder

In their continuous pursuit of skill development, Jason Ross has joined the growing number of baristas through the help of Blendly Community Builder Program.

Jason Ross, the Head Barista in Cupcake Coffee box, now enjoying the free hand to develop his own bespoke coffee blends and have it delivered anytime straight to customers – whether office, at home or even to your favorite hangout coffee shops!

Jason Ross is one of the baristas that gained access to Blendly’s Community Builder – an online service developed by commercial coffee roaster Blendly. This online service allows baristas, like Jason, to build and manage their own network of customers coffee supplies, conveniently online. Blendly.co.uk understands that the heart of a great coffee is a great barista that has been continuously honing their skill in developing unique tastes and remarkable flavors based on customer’s preferences.

Not only does the Community Builder program helps Jason on seamless order management but also enhances his knowledge on working with different mixes and techniques around the use of fresh coffee beans. Above all, the passive income that goes along selling what you love most is the main highlight of the program.

Blendly.co.uk  barista distributors also can open their own accounts and manage customers coffee with a range of account types depending on forecasted monthly volume.

I know this spark some interest there, be sure to express it by knowing more and start becoming a Barista Distributor in no time. We’ll be happy to discuss the simple mechanics over a cup of coffee, contact us here.

The Red Pepper in Inverness Joins Blendly Barista Distributors

Sarah Robertson of The Red Pepper in Inverness is proud to be one of the many Barista Distributor for Blendly. In a time where unique and quality is what matters, and that perfection is no longer impossible! as Blendly had made it possible for baristas, coffee lovers, and coffee shop owners to create their own great tasting coffee that is perfect for the own palate of their customers.

Coffee is an ever-growing commodity for British people and all over the world. The customers getting more and more interested, experimental and enthusiastic with the art of coffee making, of blending, roasting and are growing more curious about how their coffee is being processed. There is no longer a secret kept to this curious customers, thus we at Blendly has allowed individuals, coffee entrepreneurs to join us, spread the concept of “Blendlying”, and “Barista Distributors”.

Blendly is a coffee marketplace that allows every person to have access to a vast choice of coffee beans, cccess to quick delivery and gives every individual to celebrate their own unique coffee taste.

Blendlying is the art of blending coffee, as Blendly introduced, we want you to have fun, we offer flexibility with the price, the quality, and the most importantly the taste of your every coffee blend. Blendlying at your own home, office, or at your favourite coffee shop is made possible.

Barista Distributor is a channel created for coffee lovers, baristas and coffee shop owners to further reach their potential clients by providing an online marketplace tool for them to blend, sell, and grow their own coffee market. This makes a venue for a passive income, as well as marketing a product that almost sells on its own.

The Red Pepper in Inverness, immediately realized the potential of creating their own community of Blendlyers to experience the unique taste, that is now easily at reach! The Red Pepper has now locked in the deal with Blendly to have the exclusive distributorship for Inverness.