Is there something wrong with my shop? Advice and criticism needed please

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Is there something wrong with my shop? Advice and criticism needed please
My sales have been awful lately. Im not main market but I am in a great mall and participate in 4 mil nb ads For example yesterday I was 2nd on the notice board and made a profit of only 25k Today ive sold 1 item which was a herbal scrambled eggs I restocked and sold at the wiz. I can't afford any more upgrades and I can't even make 100k on a notice board ad LOL. Is my shop ugly , or are the prices too high, or do I just fail at malling? :(
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Mid week nb ads fail imo, i have been top of mine two thursdays in a row and had awful sales so i'd say don't bother with them. Sales generally have been very up and down for me recently, with weekdays being particularly down I say hold on, summer is around the corner ;)
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I took a look a your shop and here is reason why you didn't get profit.. Items of the items are overpriced and you can't really overprice them unless your on main market and i think your on spooky..and overpricing items just won't work on spooky, if you lowered your prices and put some cheap im sure you'll get sale..and about the 4m notice board, this is what i do when i participate... I make my prices alittle bit lower on SW for profit to bring in the shoppers then i gradually increase the prices as the shoppers come in. Need furniture or garden items for your neohome? Click here: :)
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Your shop looks very neat, and your in a wonderful mall, so I don't know whats causing the horrible sales *unsure*. My sales havn't been brilliant the past week either, but they havn't been that bad. Have you tried advertising on the shop boards? that can bring in a few extra sales. Other then that, just hang in there, and try to get to main market ASAP.
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Thanks all! :* I think I'm quitting independent ads for awhile. I was hoping malling profit would at least help me a little with the cost to upgrade to main market and I'd I lower my prices that'll just make it worse :P
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I just looked at your shop and it is lovely! You have all the right stock and the prices are not completely crazy. Although some of them are high -- any item that you have in your shop that costs less than 300 nps, I would change the price to 1,000 unless it is a hot seller. (Atleast until your sales pick up) If you want some traffic do what I did today: this isn't my idea, killercars5000 gave me this advice, a 1 np sale. I cleaned out my SDB today and sold items that are 100-200 nps for 1 np. I made an ad on the neoboards, shop ads and newbies, and just kept restocking while they shopped. I made sure the items were spread throughout my shop so they would have to take the time to look through my stock. I sold all of the 1np items but also sold several other items. No one will buy anything if they don't even visit your shop or see you on sw/ssw so doing this will: 1) get them in there and 2) clean out your SDB and 3) hopefully be enough nps to save for the next uprading spree or the nb ads in the summer. I agree that I'd hold off on advertizing whenever sales were this slow. Here's what I put in my ad and I got a ton of hits: TOPIC TITLE: *clap*Shop Size 103 SDB Sale*clap* Safety Deposit Box Spring Cleaning SALE I have a 4 page shop 1 NP deals on every page Selling 100 items at 1 NP Look through the shop to find 1 NP deals. Many items valued 100 - 400 NPs! Keep refreshing, I'm adding stock as you buy! Hope these suggestions help! ~ Mimi (Please read my Guest Book: Requesting Guide Help) _____________________________________________________ Mimi's Ménagerie: Healthy Tastes Good Here! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=temps_bons
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Thanks Mimi and Killercars I will try that! :)
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Usually when I have a SDB sale, I make it known in my shop description above any other graphics and text as well as post it on CHarter boards and regular neoboards. I give it a cheesey sounding name but it works and I clean out stuff within 2 days. Also I price all that stuff that's not my shop category lowest on SSW or just almost lowest. That also helps my normal shop sales as well. ******** he Anti-Marketplace shop for your Clothing, Grooming and Wearables shop. Also selling Fire and Air Faerie Quest items. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=bridefanreturns
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Your shop isnt bad... Good selection of stock... But prices are a tad high... For istance I singled out a coffee on page 2.... SW is 170np or so, your selling at 650? Well I think its best if you try for a 100% margin.... You will get less profit, but you will sell more :0 Also ads are pointless I think....
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Thats not even 500 points above the wiz :/ And what is a 100% margin? Pricing everything at the wiz?
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