From DB:
Quote:I did, do and always maintain that Poopers get their sales from other Poopers. Nobody else knows they exist.
I agree with you to a point. A good bulk of seller sales are from other sellers for a lot of the stores. But in my research I've found quite a few external buyers who have ordered. The pattern here is that the majority of them never come back and it's true, many of them don't leave feedback. Heck some sellers are guilty too in that they don't bother leaving feedback in reciprocation when their customer has taken the time to give it to them.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some sellers are bypassing WP and doing repeat business on the side.
[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg55255#msg55255 date=1180623059]
From DB:
Quote:I did, do and always maintain that Poopers get their sales from other Poopers. Nobody else knows they exist.
I agree with you to a point. A good bulk of seller sales are from other sellers for a lot of the stores. But in my research I've found quite a few external buyers who have ordered. The pattern here is that the majority of them never come back and it's true, many of them don't leave feedback. Heck some sellers are guilty too in that they don't bother leaving feedback in reciprocation when their customer has taken the time to give it to them.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some sellers are bypassing WP and doing repeat business on the side.
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I agree Sherrand. Most of my sales were from new buyers not sellers on WP. I think I only had 2 sellers buy from me. Most never left feedback.
OT~ Any of you ever organize a street sale? That is what I have been busy doing. This is the third year I have put it together and it is a pain in the arse....lol I just got done walking the neighborhood with 80 flyer's and I am beat!
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OT~ Any of you ever organize a street sale? That is what I have been busy doing. This is the third year I have put it together and it is a pain in the arse....lol I just got done walking the neighborhood with 80 flyer's and I am beat!
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I did - once. That cured me.Â
[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg55253#msg55253 date=1180621392]
Morning Karma, as a matter of fact he has had one post that I know of deleted in the past. It was a thread he started a couple of months ago about sellers leaving. It received a couple of posts before it was yanked which was within the hour. Didn't phase him then either.
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He is just such a nice guy, I cannot believe that doesn't phase him in the least. So sad.
[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg55255#msg55255 date=1180623059]
From DB:
Quote:I did, do and always maintain that Poopers get their sales from other Poopers. Nobody else knows they exist.
I agree with you to a point. A good bulk of seller sales are from other sellers for a lot of the stores. But in my research I've found quite a few external buyers who have ordered. The pattern here is that the majority of them never come back and it's true, many of them don't leave feedback. Heck some sellers are guilty too in that they don't bother leaving feedback in reciprocation when their customer has taken the time to give it to them.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some sellers are bypassing WP and doing repeat business on the side.
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I think it depends on what you are selling. What I sell is available all over the place. So unless you have tried it, why would you go to WP? Even if you have, there is still no need to go there.
I have never had a hit to my WP store from outside WP.
And yes, I have done multiple personal requests that didn't go through WP but originated from there.
My own site was originally started for my local customers, but I of course have built upon it. I always get more traffic there than WP. I get traffic from searches, especially msn is good for me.
It is the perfect example of why I feel people should have their own site. Why set up all those nice text rich features only to improve someone elses rankings??
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It is the perfect example of why I feel people should have their own site. Why set up all those nice text rich features only to improve someone elses rankings??
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BINGO!!Â
 So, so true. With the talent I've seen from some of the sellers on WP, current and past, they could turn out their own dynamite looking website. And some have. Kudos to them!! But your point is perhaps what holds back so many others. The nice text rich features that they have become acquainted with, comfortable with and attached to. Giving up the store that they put so much heart into would match the emotional equivalence of euthanizing a beloved pet. Some people just can't bring themselves to do it. They instead have convinced themselves that their beloved pet will get better with time and concentrated care. They will see the cost of that time and care as no barrier.