I just received an email reminder for Father's day, and I am not sure what to make of it. It seems to me that the same artists are featured every time, when there are many designs just as good or even better. Does no one look at these reminders before they go out?
This reminder had nine cards from one shop. That really is unfair. It smacks of favouritism and unfair trading.
I also saw multiple images from other shops.
Surely it would be fair to have only one card per shop represented? This would also give the customers a much better variety to choose from.

Since I am new here, I honestly do not know how my card got on this email.  I will say that before this email went out though, that I have sold a dozen of my Father's day cards to other people already and this may be why?? I also had my top selling Mother's day card go out on a reminder, but it was only after over a dozen or so had sold, then I never got any more sales after the reminder email.     I hope there are no hard feelings, and once again I do not know how my cards got on the reminder other than maybe they are selling well????  I have never been on any other reminders other than that and I am always happy to see other artist cards as well.  I hope everyone sells lots of Father's Day cards.  Have a happy day.  

The process of cards featured in reminder emails is automated.  We do not review nor intervene on these suggestions.  They are...
 
1) not identical, there is some randomization (different cards may appear in the same reminder for different recipients)
2) based on matching & rankings relative to the reminder
3) not limited by artist name (multiples can occur)
 
The email reminders feature not only paper cards but ecards and gifts too.  The intent is to capture the recipents attention enough to click, anywhere, get them to take some kind of action for the occasion.
 
The cards featured in promotional emails are hand picked and with a focus on just paper greeting cards  we typically featured a larger range of cards, categories, artists, styles, etc.

Okay, so Mindy explained everything well (THANKS so much).....looks like it is the computer that likes my cards.  (Ahww my cards have never been handpicked for the other kind of emails that are sent   So, now everyone knows that GCU and/or editors are not hand picking my cards on the reminders, it is all the computer's fault.  And to think how many times I have cursed the ole computer......I will start being much nicer to it LOL.  Yeah, as Catherine said, when you are making lots of sales somehow your cards get publicity...then after the ad hits......not much happens with that specific card.  So don't let it worry anyone, what the ads do is remind people of the important event and as all ads do it always prompts them to view other cards.....I rarely have ever purchased anything on the front of any ad that I have ever recieved.....I search around until I find what I am looking for.  I wish Happy selling to all my new friends at GCU.       Happy day!

I rarely have ever purchased anything on the front of any ad that I have ever recieved.....I search around until I find what I am looking for.
 
Hi Norma,
I didn't state that nobody buys from ads (see above), I said that most people don't buy the item on the front cover of the ad, most times those items get forgotten about as people get curious as to what else they might find and they start searching around.  These ads are meant to promote sales of all cards and if there were any statistics I bet you would find that more sales are generated from other cards than the ones listed.  Just something for you to think about.  I don't think it is very nice when people on here criticize anyone else's cards or say that there are better cards on here than others.  It is funny, that sometimes a card that you just don't get or that is plain or simple may get tons more sales than the card that took a month to create, it is about hitting a cord or getting the right topic, color, words etc.  I just think we should be careful in criticizing other cards as many people have really put a lot of time, thought, heart and passion into each and every creation.

Quote from jami_136731 on Jun 11^th, 2009, 12:22pm:

 
 
Jami,
 
Please don't put words into my mouth. I never criticized any cards. I was talking about the selection process for the mailshots, not the cards themselves.