It has begun! Wee!

[RedMarionette]

Early Access to my VIP exclusive deal started at 2am this morning (central time).
I have sold 7 vouchers so far (4 regular, 3 gift)
3 have been redeemed and two have gone well over the voucher amount!

This is so exciting!
I see now why everyone said that it took a lot of bookwork time on the front end to keep track of invoices, vouchers, emails, orders, etc. :)

I have a Heartsy spread sheet I am working from that one of the team members made. I also am using the new invoice feature in paypal.
I will keep updating through the deal to let you all know how it is going.
I cant thank you guys enough for the help over the last couple of weeks getting this ready!

[matdi123]

Congrats! I've long admired your shop and your work!! I hope you do very well!!

[Former_Member]

Congratulations! I can't wait to see how your 1st full day goes :)

[Former_Member]

I will go take a peek!

[RedMarionette]

Thanks so much guys! I have been having so much fun with the anticipation, getting the shop ready, stocking up. Its quite the motivator!
A little surge of sales doesn't hurt either!

I have pushed myself to make new product for this, I have also spent more time revamping and streamlining my procedures. So this has been a wonderful little learning experience even up until now, to get ready for the Holiday rush this year.

[Former_Member]

I found it was a really good experiment. It definitely helps prepare for busier times. Streamlining and learning what your customers want, and what you really don't want. etc. etc.

[Former_Member]

I was your first customer!!! I've been having trouble sleeping at night and I knew which wreath I wanted, so I figured I might as well get my order in first!!

[CoquetteBath]

excellent! very happy to see your success.

[RedMarionette]

Hooray Pure! I was so excited to see sold vouchers 13 minutes after launch! ;) Thank you, again.


Thank you, Everyone!
I will keep updating, but its been a slower afternoon, so no new updates. :)

[Former_Member]

afternoons are slow, usually picks up after dinner.

[Former_Member]

No no, thank you!! Although I'm a bit nervous about hanging my wreath on my apartment door. A lot of people in my building do it, but I'm terrified mine will get stolen. Maybe I need a lowjack for it!

[RedMarionette]

Quick little update before heading back to do some more sewing.
11 vouchers sold. 3 redeemed.
Officially going live to Heartsy front page-ness in the morning so I feel this is a good start!

[RedMarionette]

Another update:
Several hours ago, I posted on facebook to my fans about my deal. I let them know they could use the referral link and get $5 dollars to spend (because that is what it says on their referrals policy.)
My deal is for VIP exclusive - so I know I am potentially bringing at least couple of subscriptions to them by running this deal.
So this person who tried to use the referral link didnt get $5.00 and emailed me to see if it worked on my end.
I messaged Nathan and he said that it doesnt work like that if I have a live deal, because people who are having deals and use the referral link could potentially get 100's of dollars with their referrals for their deal.
He said they would rather use those 100's of dollars to advertise the deal.....
Okay.
But it doesnt say that anywhere in the referral link. I had posted it to the nearly 200 people who follow me on facebook. So I went back and corrected myself on my facebook.
Nathan did tell me that if people sign up for VIP they will get a $10.00 credit.
So that is something I can draw traffic with.

So, I look like the boob for posting incorrect information on my facebook - when I did look for any rules like that. Luckily the lady who was expecting the $5 bucks will get it. (Hooray, and thank you Nathan).

Its all about communication.

And, I have sold 12 vouchers and 5 have been redeemed. I can still be seen in tomorrows deals so hopefully when they pop up on the front page tomorrow it will help stir a bit more traffic.

[Former_Member]

that is really annoying. would be nice if they mentioned it to us!

[RedMarionette]

He did say that in the future they may have policies for something like that, but as of right now they dont.
I think it at least needs to be communicated. I can see the flaw in having me refer all of my 75 vouchers worth, I get it. Thats a lot of cash out the door.
But pretty please post all of these unspoken rules somewhere as a reference.

[RedMarionette]

Good Morning!
Woke up to another couple of sales.
So far 20 vouchers purchased and 7 redeemed!
Hooray!

[RedMarionette]

Update so far today:
29 Vouchers sold and 10 redeemed.
27 Sales
4198 Page Views
and 40 Item Hearts.
Whew!
Off to go do some more relisting! This sure is a great way to draw traffic!

[AkulaHopeDesigns]

Yay! That's great!

[RedMarionette]

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Ive got lots going on today but wanted to pop in and update.

Ive sold 36 vouchers so far, my sale has been extended through Midnight on Saturday.
Only 11 of my vouchers have been redeemed. I think it is because I have a lot of Holiday goodies, and that may be people holding on to them until a bit later to use when the Holidays get closer. Which is fine by me, its still wonderful traffic to have people look at the shop! I have had over 40 shop hearts in the last two days. Out of those 36 vouchers only 3 gift (which surprised me, again because of the Holiday goodies)
So this has been quite the learning experience. People purchase what I least expect them to! :) Its been so fun!

[Former_Member]

Congratulations! So exciting :)