Ragtopjohnny opened this issue on Feb 06, 2013 · 122 posts
Zev0 posted Sat, 09 February 2013 at 6:00 PM
Quote - Guys, let's hope many aspiring vendors will read all of the valuable information given here! Thanks Mr Sparky for showing some numbers also and even going beyond that, showing what can happen over time. That's why I never made a business of it, knowing what can happen from month to month. I haven't made these figures from one product, my best selling one has done $800, still not bad, but after the initial nice sales, things slow down.
I also agree about seasons, but I've noticed something strange last year. Normally higher sales start around thanksgiving and ending Januari or a bit later and the slow down again. Summer is always slow. But last your I suddenly had a huge peak starting in March and ending May. Made 3 times as much as I did around the Christmas season. I still don't know what happened, I guess divine intervention, but the timing was perfect, needed a new laptop and my little store paid for it. Still it was kind of odd, never happened to me before.
Ye..Since I do not live in the states I miss out on all the holiday type sales like haloween since we do not celebrate it here. Guess I need a holiday calender lol. During that time people release the themed products, something I have never done..So there is another example of an opportunity to generate sales. Have a clothing product? Release a halloween texture set for it. Might not bring in much but it gives added value to your product and can lead to back catalog sales.