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Posted By: Angela In Response To: I agree about the quality.... (MaaMaw)
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, at 3:50 p.m.
> of the products, and I always felt the profit margin was pretty good
> considering you're going through a middleman.
First of all, Sorry it took so long for response, I have been concentrating
on the Terry story and have not scrolled down to check this post.
> I don't doubt anything you say, but I have one question:
> Traffic is one thing. What about sales??
The end of Dec and first of Jan was OK. Nothing since. My biggest problem is
I spent so much with the "bought" site for Merchant service and such I couldn't
do it with the new one that is getting all the traffic. So I am using Paypal.
I wasn't aware at the time that I couldn't offer discounts at checkout and
wrote my scripts at retail prices. When I finally got in touch with Paypal
and found out I had to add a script to each of about 1500 pages in order to
offer a discount I felt discouraged to say the least!
I have 155 SE links as of today. Including Google, MSN, Yahoo, Aol and one from
"unknown" SE. My traffic is growing exponentionally. I feel if I discounted all
the prices that I would have increased sales. But Boy would it take some time..
> The internet is really saturated with SMC stuff, as is every flea market,
> and every mall I've ever been in has a kiosk with SMC stuff during the
> Christmas season.
That is why I built a more organized site. I had read here that Rooster did
well "After" he limited his to the Swords and such. I did the same thing in a
way by organizing all relevant gifts together instead of the way the were
listed on the bought site.
> Note, the one in our mall closed up last month. I guess it doesn't pay to
> keep it throughout the year.
You are right. Especially on the Internet I think. That the Season for the
gifts is Christmas. That is why I am working on other "Seasons". We have to
have something working all the time~ On the other hand my "traffic" is still
improving with relevant searches. I think the biggest problem is the retail
price.
> Luv,
> MaaMaw
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