topic Re: QVC has 25 hosts in Q Talk

QVC has 25 hosts

silver Goldie — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:58:21 GMT

as opposed to shophq who only has 10?

Well there's your problem right there. You're overloaded with salaries to pay. What a gigantic decision or are some of these people trying out like Spring training for the ball clubs and they will disappear down the road?

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amyb — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:01:39 GMT

I'd think ShopHQ is a smaller company with less product, than QVC. I don't know that for a fact, but it's my impression.

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lil sophie — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:14:11 GMT

someone will be singing the Spring training blues

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Pook — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:15:01 GMT

Plus ShopHQ is owned by the watch company and other products have been largely scaled down so no need for that many hosts!!

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Caaareful Shopper — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:44:25 GMT

@silver Goldie wrote:
as opposed to shophq who only has 10?

Well there's your problem right there. You're overloaded with salaries to pay. What a gigantic decision or are some of these people trying out like Spring training for the ball clubs and they will disappear down the road?

@silver Goldie Shophq is vastly different from QVC. They may be 1/10th the size of QVC. Plus QVC is operating lots of different channels and streaming live channels.

Apples to oranges.

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:41:04 GMT

I agree about the need for more hosts on QVC (in comparison) due to simultaneous live programming on Q1 and Q2, plus making the streaming content.

Is 25 the right number...seems a bit top-heavy to me, but we'll see.

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maximillian — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:07:46 GMT

The corporation could certainly save money by hiring hosts on a PART TIME basis. Then they would not have to pay good salaries or offer any benefits like health insurance and retirement programs. There would be a bigger turnover in hosts, since many would leave for better opportunities, but the corporation would benefit. They could keep hiring the next group of young, hip, beautiful people to lure the younger customers to tune in and order. That's what they want, right?

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:24:04 GMT

Sounds about right.

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Othereeeen — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:30:49 GMT

Average US salary is 54,000 a year.

If they have 25 hosts making that each, thats a payroll of $1,350,000 per year basic payroll alone, not including benefits .

Quick Google search of QVC host salaries are in that ballpark, somemake a lot more, some less.

Go over to the weekly Program Guide ( Upper Right Page under Watch and Shop) page for QVC and QVC 2 channels, pick ONE host, and, for the week, see how much air time they actually have...it's not as much as I thought, although some hosts are one a little more than other.

I realize they have meetings and other things to do beside on-camera rolls, but I'm talking just about on air time.

Pick ONE host, look at ONE week of LIVE programming, on the live channels.

Don't include the middle of the night previously aired taped shows of course.

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stevieb — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:42:42 GMT

No matter how you slice it, there are too many hosts presenting too little cogent information during too long presentations about too few products and too frequent presentations of the same products to justify having them all on the payroll, much less consistently having more than one of them on at the same time.

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xryretriever — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 15:55:11 GMT

@Othereeeen

where do you see the weekly program guide? I'm on an iPad so when I go to program guide it takes me to the current day's programming and does not show who the host is

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:09:11 GMT

On the website I get a program guide through March 18th with host(s).

On the app you see the programming through April 1st, no hosting info (unless their name is in the show title.)

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Othereeeen — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:15:57 GMT

I see it on my laptop.

You can see the shows and who is hosting for three weeks, for each channel.

Upper right hand corner "Watch and Shop"

Select "Program Guide".

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santorini — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:21:55 GMT

@Othereeeen wrote:
Average US salary is 54,000 a year.

If they have 25 hosts making that each, thats a payroll of $1,350,000 per year basic payroll alone, not including benefits .

Quick Google search of QVC host salaries are in that ballpark, somemake a lot more, some less.

Go over to the weekly Program Guide ( Upper Right Page under Watch and Shop) page for QVC and QVC 2 channels, pick ONE host, and, for the week, see how much air time they actually have...it's not as much as I thought, although some hosts are one a little more than other.

I realize they have meetings and other things to do beside on-camera rolls, but I'm talking just about on air time.

Pick ONE host, look at ONE week of LIVE programming, on the live channels.

Don't include the middle of the night previously aired taped shows of course.

I doubt any host makes $54,000. I think the new ones are probably in the $150k range and it goes up from there.

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Catch71 — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:26:27 GMT

@santorini wrote:
@Othereeeen wrote:
Average US salary is 54,000 a year.

If they have 25 hosts making that each, thats a payroll of $1,350,000 per year basic payroll alone, not including benefits .

Quick Google search of QVC host salaries are in that ballpark, somemake a lot more, some less.

Go over to the weekly Program Guide ( Upper Right Page under Watch and Shop) page for QVC and QVC 2 channels, pick ONE host, and, for the week, see how much air time they actually have...it's not as much as I thought, although some hosts are one a little more than other.

I realize they have meetings and other things to do beside on-camera rolls, but I'm talking just about on air time.

Pick ONE host, look at ONE week of LIVE programming, on the live channels.

Don't include the middle of the night previously aired taped shows of course.
I doubt any host makes $54,000. I think the new ones are probably in the $150k range and it goes up from there.

I know someone who works there and believe me, that number is way off. The senior hosts are highly paid. I was shocked!

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RollTide2008 — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:32:00 GMT

I had no idea so many keyboard business consultants were on this forum.

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Othereeeen — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:32:16 GMT

@Catch71

I said: "Some make a LOT more!!!!"

The $54,000. is the national salary average in the US...NOT just for QVC. I used that as a base figure.

I agree that most of them probably DO make a lot more. A quick Google search will tell the tale.

I read somewhere David V makes over 500K ( half a million). I'd beleive that.

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Othereeeen — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:35:14 GMT

@RollTide2008

I don't know what you mean by that.

ANYONE can Google salaries of QVC hosts,and ANYONE can go on Qurate's current job postings to get an idea of salary and benefits they provide, and anyone can read thier press releases on the current layoffs (NOT firings) and see thier stock reports and charts and analysis.

No need to be a consultant.

Sheesh.

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:35:59 GMT

@amyb wrote:
I'd think ShopHQ is a smaller company with less product, than QVC. I don't know that for a fact, but it's my impression.

shop HQ has HOUR after HOUR of the same stuff... watches... that Dr. that sells snake oil and that gaudy McKinsey dish ware.... worse programing ever.

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magicmoodz — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:36:57 GMT

Maybe someone can clue me in since I usually only tune in to any of the QVC channels during the middle of the night. I think I have seen product reps conducting shows with NO host. Kim Gravel and Susan Graver's sidekick come to mind.

Is QVC just throwing ideas at the wall to determine what will stick? Let's have 3 hosts on each show so they can all talk over one another or let's not have any hosts and just let the product reps run with it. Do you think using only vendors/reps for product presentation is the way of the future? If so, I wonder when the next hosts' contracts expire if there will be additional lay-offs.