i agree Barry they want ...
i agree Barry they want you to hit the website to get the price and count. and see if
is worth there money to advertise with DA.
I advertise my company on Apt Therapy san Fransisco and get a report of 60,000 clicks a month from them , and If i get 10 percent response from that I would be a happy camper, Incidentally http://sanfrancisco.apartmenttherapy.com/ if you do live in a flat or apt that is a good website, they have websites in NYC, Chicago, LA SanFransico, and they do great stories every day and our tied in to Creigs list,
They look for websites and reproduce stories on them, that would pertain to apt living,
They did two stories on me and both times it was like opening the flood gates on the website, so If you want any ideas on your flat or apt, check them out,
Actually it is way more complicated
than counting hits. Way more complicated.
Dealers with P.O.R. usually have inventory that is mainly imported with a slower turn-over, and have decided to have a fixed percentage profit margin, instead of a fixed price. If it's a high value item which the seller imported and wants to resell in a different currency other than his/her own, the seller's margin can fluctuate significantly with the currency exchange rate.
For example, lets say the year is 2002. And I am seller in Canada, and bought a lamp from the US on eBay for $10 USD. At that time the US dollar was worth alot more than the Canadian dollar. The exchange rate is $1 USD = $1.40 Canadian, so the lamp cost me $14 Canadian Dollars. I want to have a 50% profit margin on it so, I want to sell the lamp at $28 Canadian Dollars. If I had an American client who was interested in the lamp, I would tell the American client the price is the US equivalent of $28 Canadian, which would have been $20 USD at the time.
Now let's skip forward to present day. I still have the lamp which I bought in 2002 for $14 Canadian. However, if you have been watching the markets the past 5 years, the value of American Dollar has been on a steady plunge downward. Today the Canadian dollar is worth more than the USD, $1 USD is worth only 97 cents Canadian. I still want to sell my lamp for $28 Canadian, but if another American client wants to buy my lamp today, the US equivalent price is $28.84 USD.
Now if I went the other route, and I just posted fixed price of $20 USD and never changed it, in 2002 I would have a profit margin of $14 Canadian Dollars, but in 2007 I would have a profit margin of only $6 Canadian Dollars.
On a big ticket item, like if I bought a lamp for $1000 in 2002 and had a fixed price of $2000 USD, the difference in profit margin between 2002 to 2007 would have been $1400 Canadian vs. $600 Canadian.
Now THAT was a very long and dry email. Hope it made sense.....this time.....
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P.O.R.
In my opinion, playing this game usually means that the price quoted may not be the same price quoted to someone else.
Many of the Design Addict sponsors have some higher-end items, and they're expensive, but we're knowledgable and can handle seeing the price without needing a nurse's care.
bottom line: if these dealers want to sell their good, then they MUST list the price and make darn certain that the prospective buyer can learn of probably shipping costs, as well.
THAT'S the way to sell over the internet.
I've brought this up not just to bitch and bellyache, but, hopefully, some of these sponsors actually look at the forum and will get this feedback-au-go-go
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