Well, so far this is the 10th day since I opened the second shop and I haven't had a sale yet. I'm not too discouraged yet though. I know it takes time to be found, and to be found by the right person.
In the meantime, it makes me feel better to be included in people's treasuries, item favorites, and shop favorites. I already have 10 people calling my shop a favorite! That's 1 each day! My items have also been in 6 treasuries so far! In comparison, my hand painted signs shop has been open for over 1 1/2 months and has 12 people calling it a favorite and items have been in only 2 treasuries. The difference there is on Sweet Baby Mine, people are favoriting the whole shop and not specific items as much. On the other hand, Sara's Handmades gets items favorited all the time. Some of my items (if you add together all the sizes for the same item) have a ton of people who have chosen them as favorites!
The down side of this is that favorites don't equal sales. However, people are marking my shops and items for a reason! And that's a good thing! It could be that they want to purchase later, really like it, want to show others, etc. There's nothing bad about people liking the things you make!
Sara's Handmades has been doing a bit better! I just got 2 sales in 2 days! Both are for the animal themed name signs. The funny thing is the boys' names rhyme (Brayden and Caiden) and they are both going to the same area of the country. Actually, they will both go to the same large city, but different parts of it. That's a pretty interesting coincidence! It makes me wonder if it's a coincidence at all! I may never know.
I'll post pictures once I get those signs done. Lots of work to do at least to keep me busy!
Thanks for reading!
Sara
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/
http://sweetbabyminebysh.etsy.com/
Showing posts with label potential sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label potential sales. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Feeling Accomplished
Today was a good day. Or should I say yesterday since it's already past midnight? I delivered 3 different orders with a total of 4 items, so that was exciting! It's always nice to deliver something! Especially many somethings! It makes my work space seem so much less cluttered.
I did some work on making another sale today as well. I talked with someone about a rock and roll design in light blue and brown. Since I don't have a sample of it, I sketched it up and showed her photos of the materials I will use if she likes the design. She seemed very interested and said she plans to purchase it in about a week. I hope so! I'm very excited about that design! My sketch of it looks really promising!
I also got an inquiry from someone else about the possibility of doing a sign for her. She asked about different designs though, so we'll see what she has in mind! I gave several possibilities of themes I've been dreaming about. I'd love to do one of those themes! But of course I'd be happy to try anything she seemed interested in!
I have another potential sale from someone my husband works with. He and his wife are expecting a baby boy in a few months and they have decorated his nursery in a monkey theme. He was interested in the jungle animals sign, but I had another person who might be interested in a monkey sign,so I described my ideas to my husband to convey the message. It would be fun to try another new design!
Finally, the woman who purchased the ladybug sign has three other grandchildren and might want something for them in the future. She mentioned the possibility of getting something with all three of their names on it, so I'll have to start looking into options there!
So that's it as far as potential sales, but I have one other piece of good news! I have a cousin who works for the local community college and she offered to put up an advertisement for me on their employee e-mail bulletin board! I gave her a coupon code for their employees to show my support for their staff and hopefully bring in some business! She says they have over 2000 employees, so hopefully something will come of it!
And that is my lesson today in increasing sales! Make sure friends and relatives know about your venture and are supportive! Ask them to spread the word at work and with their friends! Maybe offer a friends and family discount, or a referral program to encourage word-of-mouth referrals. So far that has been a great deal of my business, and I'm hoping that is what keeps driving it!
Also, the BIGGEST piece of advice I have? After working in retail for 7 1/2 years and in customer service another 2 years, I have learned that providing great service is the absolute best way to work! Who wants to go back to a place where they received horrible service? Who would refer a friend to a place with terrible service?
More tomorrow! Maybe I'll actually take a day off since I have no orders I have to work on! A day off sounds wonderful!
Sara
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/
I did some work on making another sale today as well. I talked with someone about a rock and roll design in light blue and brown. Since I don't have a sample of it, I sketched it up and showed her photos of the materials I will use if she likes the design. She seemed very interested and said she plans to purchase it in about a week. I hope so! I'm very excited about that design! My sketch of it looks really promising!
I also got an inquiry from someone else about the possibility of doing a sign for her. She asked about different designs though, so we'll see what she has in mind! I gave several possibilities of themes I've been dreaming about. I'd love to do one of those themes! But of course I'd be happy to try anything she seemed interested in!
I have another potential sale from someone my husband works with. He and his wife are expecting a baby boy in a few months and they have decorated his nursery in a monkey theme. He was interested in the jungle animals sign, but I had another person who might be interested in a monkey sign,so I described my ideas to my husband to convey the message. It would be fun to try another new design!
Finally, the woman who purchased the ladybug sign has three other grandchildren and might want something for them in the future. She mentioned the possibility of getting something with all three of their names on it, so I'll have to start looking into options there!
So that's it as far as potential sales, but I have one other piece of good news! I have a cousin who works for the local community college and she offered to put up an advertisement for me on their employee e-mail bulletin board! I gave her a coupon code for their employees to show my support for their staff and hopefully bring in some business! She says they have over 2000 employees, so hopefully something will come of it!
And that is my lesson today in increasing sales! Make sure friends and relatives know about your venture and are supportive! Ask them to spread the word at work and with their friends! Maybe offer a friends and family discount, or a referral program to encourage word-of-mouth referrals. So far that has been a great deal of my business, and I'm hoping that is what keeps driving it!
Also, the BIGGEST piece of advice I have? After working in retail for 7 1/2 years and in customer service another 2 years, I have learned that providing great service is the absolute best way to work! Who wants to go back to a place where they received horrible service? Who would refer a friend to a place with terrible service?
More tomorrow! Maybe I'll actually take a day off since I have no orders I have to work on! A day off sounds wonderful!
Sara
http://sarashandmades.etsy.com/
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