chrisasst Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Do any of you offer a candle of the month club or similar idea? How do you set it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Tried it. Never got a single member/customer for it. I thought it was a good idea. I just picked out scents that I thought corresponded with the season, priced it by the size candle they were purchasing and added a decent/fair shipping price to the overall cost. UGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Same here no takers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Scent Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Same boat here. You offer people a sale and they just don't bite. Never understood it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I tried it too...and nothing.I also did the punch card thing where each time they buy a 16 oz. candle you punch a card and then they get a free 16 oz. candle after buying 12. I had a lot of people START their card...but for some reason they couldn't find it when they bought more candles. So...I had to keep a list of who bought what. In the end...I had 1 customer that got her free candle.People just amaze me.......:rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Yeah, tried the punch card thing too. Never had the slightest bit of interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I also did the scratch off cards and not a one came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmsojka Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We do the punch card also, on all of our products. Actually, several people do use them, and get free products. But then we have a store front, so that might help. But many people do what others said, they forget them, and we usually don't mention it if they don't bring it up. We have a sign posted to remind us to punch their cards. Don't know how useful of a promotion it is. I think the ones that buy would anyway.I had thought about the candle of the month, good to know it hasn't worked very well.How about birthday clubs, does anyone do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I also tried the candle of the month thing on my website a couple of years ago. I even tried promoting it at fairs, markets, fundraisers, etc. Not a single taker so I quit trying.Now I give out coupons at markets and fairs that have coupon codes they can redeem on my website for discounts and free shipping. I just started that at my last show so I haven't had time to see if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2rottndogs Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm surprised that stuff like that doesn't work. I'd go for a candle of the month club! It always amazes me what people will and wont go for.Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 It actually worked very well when I offered it. Probably because I allowed them to choose their own scents for each month in advance and then automatically billed their credit card each month.For example, when they placed their order they would tell me the scent they wanted for each month for the entire year and it worked out very well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Also tried the coupon thing. I used to send out a coupon with every order I shipped. Had a different coupon offer for every month. Not a single one returned. Sometimes I hate customers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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