GCU Forum - Slow sales?

Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Slow sales? Jul 16^th, 2009, 9:11am Now my cards are not normally flying off the shelves by any means but I was starting to get a steady trickle ....until July. Anyone else noticing far fewer sales? I am not good at figuring stats for GCU, does anyone know if sales are slow overall for July and if last July showed a dip in sales, perhaps because of holidays, etc. Pamela
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Tanya_135475 Gold Member artist Posts: 1008	Re: Slow sales? Reply #1 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 9:17am Same realy I normally sell drip drip each day, now my drip has dried up to a speradic one, but on Z I am selling oodles which I don't like haha I like the majority of my sales here as I see this as my No1 and Z 2nd, but the tide turned. Hugs -Moonie-
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Catherine_136771 Senior Member artist Posts: 290	Re: Slow sales? Reply #2 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 9:43am Mine is the same trickle here.....on Z, nothing lately. Moonie, could you show us the link to the card you hated but sold really, really well?
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Tanya_135475 Gold Member artist Posts: 1008	Re: Slow sales? Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 9:52am Haha Yes as you can tell from my cards, I am a bit wacky and zany and over colourfull, so this one came as a shock grin http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/shopping/zoom.asp?pid=379878&w=1 It's just not me, not even sure where I was comming from when I did that. Hugs -Moonie-
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Catherine_136771 Senior Member artist Posts: 290	Re: Slow sales? Reply #4 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 10:02am Moonie, It's an inspired card! Very colorful, exquisitely designed and emotional, and I can see why it sold very well!
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Doreen_137017 Gold Member artist Posts: 5273	Re: Slow sales? Reply #5 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 10:13am Moonie, isn't that a 'famous' piece of art? Seems I remember seeing it frequently as a child either on my Mom's wall or in churches...just curious Nice card!
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Robin_134252 Senior Member artist Posts: 401	Re: Slow sales? Reply #6 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 10:18am I was also starting to see a steady trickle, but since the end of June, I've only sold 1 card (except for ones purchased by myself/friends). Pamela, it would be nice to know how this July compares to last year. I presume sales are usually off this time of year... I certainly hope that's the case and that things pick up soon!
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Reply #7 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 11:14am

Hi Everyone,
So it does seem that some others here are seeing a slow month. Sad

I haven't been here long enough to have a last year to compare with, but I am guessing things probably pick-up again in September when school is back and most vacations over. Hopefully Tom will have some numbers to share when he gets back from vacation.

Also, Congrats to you Moonie on your successful Easter card, may it continue.

Thanks all,
Pamela

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Patricia_132015 Senior Member artist Posts: 407	Re: Slow sales? Reply #8 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 1:43pm Could be vacation time. Everyone needs a break some time .
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Reply #9 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 3:55pm

Quote from Pamela_135500 on Jul 16^th, 2009, 11:14am:

Hopefully Tom will have some numbers to share when he gets back from vacation.

Yes, I'm back - just in time for Pam to give me something to do!! Wink

And yes, July so far has been el-stinko for me too. My sales are off 45% compared to June 1-16th, 2009. Tongue

As for GCU, here is what I have crunched for this year vs. last year:

Feb09 up 141%
Mar09 up 102%
Apr09 up 154%
May09 up 102%
Jun09 up 77% (actually is mid-June to mid-July)

So this does indicate June/July sales this year have slowed relative to recent previous months, but are still up smartly over last year (+77%).

The June/July daily cards sold is still up nearly 50% since the beginiing of the year, and June/July almost beat the all-time-high monthly cards sold record set in April 2009. This 50% growth sounds great, but the number of cards at GCU is up over 70% since the beginiing of the year too. Tongue

Another observation I have is that the number of cards per order is up about 16% this year over last year, which is nice, and is likely due to a somewhat improved shopping experience (just a guess), or perhaps it's due to the 5-card free shipping promo. Hard to really say.

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Avis_134613 Gold Member artist Posts: 758	Re: Slow sales? Reply #10 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 7:14pm Like Pamela, my cards aren't flying off the shelves either! I didn't do too badly in June, but this month so far have only sold two cards....though have had lots of clicks....I guess people are just looking in the store window! I think it's the time of year, everyone on vacation and the major holidays over for a bit.
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Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Re: Slow sales? Reply #11 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 8:21pm Welcome back Tom We missed your 'nerdy' number crunching! Thanks for the stats. Pamela
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Jeff_135713 Gold Member artist Posts: 620	Re: Slow sales? Reply #12 - Jul 16^th, 2009, 10:59pm Welcome back Tom. You've been missed. -Whisper-
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Reply #13 - Jul 17^th, 2009, 2:02am

Quote from Doreen_137017 on Jul 16^th, 2009, 10:13am:

Moonie, isn't that a 'famous' piece of art? Seems I remember seeing it frequently as a child either on my Mom's wall or in churches...just curious

Nice card!

I am sure I remember this too. It was an illustration in my Dad's bible. I will see if I can get the bible this weekend and check. Maybe it was just similar.

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Reply #14 - Jul 17^th, 2009, 5:09am

"Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane," which has been interpreted by many artists is probably what this card is reminding you of. A well known version is by Heinrich Hofmann, a German artist. This concept of Christ kneeling at the rock is used in bibles, and everything from needlepoint kits to air-fresheners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hofmann

Moonie, is your real name Cindy? I see that name on the card. Just curious...
Penny

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