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Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 12:06 pm Post subject:
Started flat, bit slow in the summer, last few months pulled the figures back, trade just gets better and better. Two thirds of a daily take is plastic though!

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 1:20 pm Post subject:
Touch wood, pretty good. I'm now approachiing the point where I'm going to have to do some serious juggling to fit everyone in and keep them happy with the limework, which is no bad thing.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 3:43 pm Post subject:

I was doing ok but then over the summer lost my internet connection , which then resulted in some problems with ebay

since have been slowing trying to restock my shop but sales have been pretty slow. I have sold a few items this month through another website and had a promising chance with another but they now haven't got back in touch and I'm wondering whether to email them again? I don't want to seem pushy

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 3:50 pm Post subject:
email 'em. The worst that'll happen is nothing (which is what's happening already), with any luck they'll think: "Ooh yes, Twosteps, I'd been meaning to get back in touch with her."

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 4:23 pm Post subject:

Gervase wrote:

... I'm going to have to do some serious juggling to fit everyone in and keep them happy with the limework...

Excluding his wife of course

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 4:24 pm Post subject:
yes, I think I shall. fingers crossed

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 5:09 pm Post subject:

2steps wrote:

I was doing ok but then over the summer lost my internet connection , which then resulted in some problems with ebay

Yep - be pushy! Took my courage in both hands this morning, sure the bloke hadn't got back because he couldn't quite work out how exactly to tell me to bog off, and I was invited in next week to talk in detail about an order. And I got to that point by thinking, in the end, that at least if he told me to bog off I'd strike him from my list and move on and stop wasting time dithering over it.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28251
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 06 5:15 pm Post subject:

hedgewitch wrote:

at least if he told me to bog off I'd strike him from my list and move on and stop wasting time dithering over it.

I think that bit is important, deals that are up in the air drain your time and energy.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 06 7:00 pm Post subject:
Small xmas update from the online advertising world, December has until now stunk badly 15% or so down on last months revenue from advertising which goes against all logic. Last day or two though, which you would think is past the point of there being any point to advertising, the income has bounced back nicely, can't figure it out at all

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 06 7:11 pm Post subject:
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to our shop sales, we're up on last year, well up, but not as up as we'd like to be. And there's no pattern at all

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 06 7:58 pm Post subject:
Penny, are there any differences/patterns with your online and shop sales? Or is it no pattern overall? Just wondered people were shifting to online (or not).

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 06 8:06 pm Post subject:
Love the new Avatar HW (sorry you can't really say the same about mine ) No pattern anywhere really, and it's hard to tell as the new site has generated more business anyway

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 06 8:13 pm Post subject:
Hmmm... dunno... For us, Christmas is really an interruption, so we expect a quite time, so the opposite of any retail businesses. That said, I seem to have an awful lot of things to keep me busy Glad you like the avatar - that's Kizzie in Greta Garbo mode

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 1:01 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

Small xmas update from the online advertising world, December has until now stunk badly

15% or so down on last months revenue from advertising which goes against all logic.
Last day or two though, which you would think is past the point of there being any point to advertising, the income has bounced back nicely, can't figure it out at all

It's possible people are spedning budgets before the end of the year., I fyou don't spend it, it's Not Needed, so it won't appear in next year's budget. I always take daft orders before the end of financial years (which may come at any time, depending on the customer)

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 263
Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 07 3:54 am Post subject:
we have now traded for just over 12 months having started with 6 products i now make 16 and on a rough count we have managed to sell 2,500 jars over the 12 months i have managed to find 4 retail outlets that are selling my products i will have a stock take on 31st march and then decide whether to expand or not as i sill work full time as well cheers brian

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