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Tip: Double-Prints Sale

Every year we see the same thing over and over... photography sales January through April are lower than all of the other months in the year. Let's make this year different! Instead of doing the same things you've always done, and making the same sales you've always made, let's make these couple of months SPECTACULAR for your print sales instead!

Over the course of the next few days we are going to be putting out a series of suggestions to help make your photography sales better than they have been before.  These tips and suggestions can be used any time of the year to boost your sales, but start using them early to get a boost in your sales during some of these slower months!

Double-Prints Sale

Our first suggestion is to put on a DOUBLE-PRINTS sale.

Let your clients know that if their orders are over $XX (whatever minimum amount you would like) during the next few weeks they will receive a SECOND COPY of every print they purchase, for free! By making it a double-print sale, every additional print they order results in additional profit for you (assuming your prices are more than 2x the fulfillment costs) and additional happiness for them. It's a win-win! :)

Setting It Up

Because a double-print sale doesn't require anything to be setup in your storefront (you're just doubling whatever they order!), all you need to do to start the sale is:

  • Send a sale announcement email to all of your prior storefront visitors (through our bulk email functionality)
  • Post a notice to your Facebook page
  • Tweet the sale to your twitter followers
  • Put a note up on your business website and blog
  • Post a note to each of your events announcing the deal

Fulfilling Your Orders

Once you receive an order simply submit it to your preferred lab as normal, but make sure to order double the quantity that your client has ordered.  And that's it!*  

* If you are using our Automatic Fulfillment services simply add a note to your automatic fulfillment settings and let us know to double the order quantities, and we'll handle it from there!

Show Me The Money

Bringing in just one to two extra print orders per week using this technique can result in hundreds of extra dollars in your pocket every month just for running the sale!

So what are you waiting for? Give it a shot, and let's see what this can do for you!