In a message dated 12/24/02 4:44:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
allan_at_ucanbuyart.com writes:
<< This time last year my site was booming with sales. Christmas was so big
that I worried that I won't have enough inventory. This year the site
receives twice as much traffic and was getting major sales up to the end
of October. I was expecting this Christmas to be huge. However, when
George Bush announced the possibility of war with Iraq, the sales
stopped. I deal in high end art and this is the type of product to
suffer the loss in sales when the economy is weak. It is almost
unbelievable to me that my site has received no Christmas sales. I was
wondering if others have seen sales drop this year. If not, what do you
do to maintain sales? >>
My sales were up this year, but I sale books and had them on sale during the
holidays. I sold more books both at my website and in bookstores than I did
last year during the winter holidays. I think people were watching their
spending
not only due to talk about war but also because many have lost their jobs this
year and although they may be out shopping, they are buying lower ticket
items.
I do want to wish everyone a very happy holiday and prosperous new year!!!
Listen in while Denise host "Off The Shelf" at Blakeradio.com
Denise Turney - Author of Portia, Love Has Many Faces and Spiral!
Received on Tue Dec 24 2002 - 23:26:52 CST
