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Linda_132742

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Re: 10%
Reply #60 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 10:31am

on Very Black Friday I sold 12 cards earning me a whopping $1.68
today, cynical Cyber Monday I have sold 50 cards................$6.95

To date this quarter I have sold 2,338 cards (which delights me).

However my average price earned per card this quarter to date is now down to 27 cents per card thanks to the .14 cents earned per card due to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. And if I get more sales today it will, of course, dip even further.

Not happy...not doing the happy dance. Feels like a slap in the face.

If GCU decides to offer cards at 50% off, then the artist commission should be AT LEAST 50%...and I don't even agree with offering cards at 50% discount AT ALL!!! Free shipping? Sure...but this SERIOUSLY cuts into artist's earnings.

As an artist...I do not feel valued. As a member of the "GCU family"... I feel like an unwanted child.

GCU is seriously offending the artists that make this site possible. At least this artist is very offended BOTH artistically and monetarily. Angry

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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: 10% Reply #61 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 10:44am GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Just figured this out.... Big FAT IF... IF the 62 cards that I sold were rated at the 'normal' artists commission I would have earned $29.62 vs the $8.63.....serious bite.
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Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Re: 10% Reply #62 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 11:10am Linda ouch There's a song that may help ease the pain...sing it Aretha..... R-E-S-P-E-C-T... Pamela
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: 10% Reply #63 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 11:16am LOL, Pam, LOL and fa la la la la la la la la...Christmas shopping at Goodwill this year...
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Doreen_137017 Gold Member artist Posts: 5273	Re: 10% Reply #64 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 12:06pm Where do we send donations Linda? Wow, that hurts! What I don't understand is why our commission was reduced from 15% to 10% for these sales. Is it too much to ask to pay us 21-cents a card? Even that is miserable for all the work we do to prepare for the seasonal sales. My sales today have once again not been holiday cards
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Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Re: 10% Reply #65 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 12:16pm Quote from Doreen_137017 on Nov 29^th, 2010, 12:06pm: My sales today have once again not been holiday cards Me too although not in quantities like Linda's Pamela
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: 10% Reply #66 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 12:18pm Oh goodie (she said sarcastically)...sold another 10 cards...yep...I'm $1.40 richer...now I'll be able to buy almost a full cup of coffee...
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DENISE_132110 Gold Member artist Posts: 769	Re: 10% Reply #67 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:13pm 75 on friday and 40 today plus a few single card orders... i feel your pain.........
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Mindy

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Re: 10%
Reply #68 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:16pm

We are sorry this has caused so much panic and feelings of un-thankfulness. Although the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions are deep discounts that we have intended to offer the earnings calculations were in error using the incorrect commission rate.

See promotions pricing & artists' earnings guidelines established back in April 2009:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1234896681/15

Artists' commission rate should be based on the pre-discounted price per card (higher rate) and applied against the discounted price per card (lower price).

For example with our current 50% off promotions 1 card sold for $1.39 (reg $2.79):
20% commission rate x $1.39 = 28 cents
NOT
10% commission rate x $1.39 = 14 cents

This was a programming error and all sales using these promotions will be recalculated and reflected in your earnings reports by end of day tomorrow, Tuesday.

Again, our apologies for the error. undecided

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DENISE_132110 Gold Member artist Posts: 769	Re: 10% Reply #69 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:18pm Thank you Mindy. unfortunately the holiday caused a delay in hearing from GCU so it allowed us to panic a bit. Thank you for your attention and the correction.
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Mindy GCU Administrator Community Manager Posts: 6566 Gender:	Re: 10% Reply #70 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:31pm Quote from DENISE_132110 on Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:18pm: Thank you Mindy. unfortunately the holiday caused a delay in hearing from GCU so it allowed us to panic a bit. Thank you for your attention and the correction. Yes, agreed poor timing. We were in a bit of a triptophan induced coma.
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Angela_134247 Gold Member artist Posts: 761	Re: 10% Reply #71 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 1:46pm Wow, Mindy! Makes everything so much better! Thank you!
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: 10% Reply #72 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 2:20pm Much better...Thanks...guess I can go back to my "Happier Christmas Artist Profile".
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Tanya_131398 Senior Member artist Posts: 388	Re: 10% Reply #73 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 2:22pm This is WONDERFUL news! Thanks GCU.
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Pamela_135500 Gold Member artist Posts: 1945	Re: 10% Reply #74 - Nov 29^th, 2010, 3:02pm Who'd have thought .28c would sound so good Thank you GCU for restoring some dignity to us artists Also two questions.... Any thoughts on limiting it to Holiday cards only in the future and the situation with the promo code working on orders placed throughout the weekend? Pamela
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