Survive in Small Business

But no matter how gorgeous your merchandise is, you need to get customers into your store. That’s why advertising and promotions are even more important in a sluggish economy.


Presentation is always important,” he says. “It’s important that customers feel they have made a good deal and are satisfied.

A way to cut your expenses is to keep a detailed count of what goes into your day to day business as well as cost of merchandise.

That's another way to boost business. “It’s imperative you become technically savvy so you can check your competitors prices and their Sales.

Re-think Your web site ? Is it easy ? Does it say what you want it to say..
Does your Host do everything its suppose to do..Ask your self can it be better, can you do better..

If the Cost of running your own Web Site is getting to be too much ,think about Having someone Join you .. This can be effective to add more diverse products to your Shop.. Taking turns running Sales.. Helping pay for Cost of Site and Advertising.
This will help customer base also, Theirs and Yours..

Contact some sellers ( Not the ones who sale what you sale !) List their link on your site and they list yours (like for 90 days).

Hope some of the Ideas Help You ! Good Luck !!
Whitlow Unique Collectibles

Sale ! Starting Saturday !

Big Sale Last one of the Year !
Starts Saturday Runs through
till Midnight on Monday !
20 % on everything !
Must Move it Out !
Getting ready to move and do not want to ship
a Trailer Load of Merchandise !
Makes a Great Christmas Saving to You !

Whitlow Unique Collectibles

Sale ! last one of the Year !

Last Sale of the Year Coming up.. Closing down the Store for
Winter.. Moving back Home ! and will not reopen until probably May !
Come by and get some great deals at 20 % Off .. November 21,22,23 !
Whitlow Unique Collectibles

Better Days.

I know for some of Us things could be a lot better,
but they could also be a lot worse.
In talking to my fellow sales people.
A lot of them of left the high fee sites,multiple site selling back down
to one site. This is of course due to Recession,that some people are still saying we do not have.
People are spending a little now, due to the fact they saved it
over the summer and the promise of Recession is suppose to end in 2010.
So here we go back to the trickle effect, that will take another year to reach the
average person.
So the questions are can you hang on for another one to two years ?
Do you need to pull out and come back in one to two years ?
How will the fact people closing up shop and have lowered their prices so low,
that todays prices and next years prices, will probably not even cover the cost of
your merchandise effect your business ?
The good thing about Antiques and Vintage is, even if you have to hold on to them, they only get more Older, increasing their Value.
So don't give up there will be a light at the end of the tunnel !

Love and Hugs
Whitlow Unique Collectibles