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OK - I'm sharing some experiance with the feature

Hi guys

First of all thanks so much for the people that voted for me. I hope all of you best of luck.

I was featured yesterday and I still have a couple of hours left for my extended deals but it's getting slow now. I'm selling knitted/crochet stuff so I guess it's a lot slower than those who are selling bath and body products and jewelry and paper goods.

OK - now back to the topic

My voting results
Everyone - 31% vs 20% overall submitted
Non-buyer - 34% vs 23% overall submitted
buyer - 29% vs 18% overall submitted

Submitted the deal on May 2.
On May 7 I got 95 votes and received an email confirming that I will be featured (yay)
On May 17 got an email regarding the timing and terms. Confirmed the same day.
I decided to do early June so I can have sometime to make some more stuff.
We agreed on June 6 as the feature date.

So far 50 voucher sold out of 100 (Still have 6 hours left but I doubt there would be more).
22 are VIPs
30 have been redeemed
Most of the orders have been shipped except 1 that's pending for balance payment.
Most orders exceed the voucher value between $3 - $8.

Here are the Pros and Cons

Pros: my view went over 9000 on Sunday and Monday. There are 1100 visitors in 2 days. Lots of hearts of my items and my shop. Heartsy customers are super nice and so easy to communicate.

Cons: the only regret is that my deal did not hit the homepage. Well technically it's on home page but it's not on the top half that draws most attention. I emailed Heartsy regarding this during my feature and they said their system automatically pick the shop that sells most vouchers. I'm not sure if that's true because one of the shop has same amount of voucher left in 2 hours. But well, I've achieved my goal and I'm not gonna complain more.

Hope this helps.
Jill
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Awesome job Jill! I can't believe you're already caught up and shipped.. it took me weeks lol... But then again a lot of people ordered custom paintings. I hope you still get more sales in the hours you have left!
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Thanks Natalie. Yesterday I pretty much didn't do anything but sitting in front of my computer and reply emails/convo and printing shipping labels.

I even made 2 hats in a day.

I'm so fast... and modest!!
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Thanks for taking the time... I am still sitting on the fence about giving it a go.
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Knitnut, I just saw your funny green squid-like hat! I love that one! I voted for you a long time ago when you used that hat in your heartsy deal.. back then I kept searching for that hat but couldn't find it. I'm adding you to my favorites for the future :D
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haha... thank you. I had a booth on a gaming convention a couple of weeks ago and that hat was a huge hit. Someone actually wore that hat the whole weekend - in a 80 degree hotel - even in sleep!! Too bad I'm not making it fast enough to sell more. :P
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Haha, I can believe it! My three kids keep staring at it and laughing, they really want one for the next winter :D We'll see but I definitely added you to my favorites :D
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I'm happy to give out friendly discounts like what Heartsy did if the team members want it... :P
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Very unique products knitbutby, congrats!
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Thanks for sharing your Heartsy success story!! That's amazing that you already shipped everything!
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