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04 May 2009, 11:14 am

I just made over $100 in less than 24 hours selling cookies on my etsy shop! After two months of no sales! WHAT THE ....?!

All I did was a free giveaway on my blog and my sales just shot up like crazy! I'm frantically trying to fill orders in the kitchen (and surfing the internet while the cookies are in the oven :wink: ).

ARGGH I just ran out of chocolate chips! I HAVE TO GO BUY MORE! Aggh! I didn't expect this much business so quickly! I'm overwhelmed. And I have to fill 8 orders and ship them in time to arrive by Mother's Day!

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04 May 2009, 12:09 pm

Well, I think that's great. Good luck!

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04 May 2009, 12:10 pm

Holy....

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04 May 2009, 12:46 pm

Business does go up near mother's day...

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04 May 2009, 2:17 pm

Well Done

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04 May 2009, 3:27 pm

ok I don't get it - what did you EXACTLY post on your blog that made your sales on etsy rocket?

=P

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04 May 2009, 3:29 pm

Must be very good cookies, very happy your having some success.

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04 May 2009, 5:25 pm

Must've been something in those cookies..... :drunken:

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04 May 2009, 5:33 pm

Congratulations CleverKitten.
If were UK based would be getting dad to order a few for here.

cookie dough tastes great.

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04 May 2009, 5:36 pm

Keith wrote:

Business does go up near mother's day...

There's your reason.

Congrats

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04 May 2009, 5:43 pm

And what a clever kitten!

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04 May 2009, 10:53 pm

Mother's Day plus the freebie.

People went for the freebie (who wouldn't want free cookies?), found out how good your product was, and started ordering and telling their friends.

Good marketing on your part. :thumleft: Congrats.

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05 May 2009, 8:27 am

Good for you! Get ready for Father's Day! Maybe chocolate chips cookies shaped like ties?
or one big cookie shaped like a tie...or a container that looks like a pair of shoes...so, one can't fill their dad's shoes but THEY CAN fill them with cookies. Ya know what I mean?

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08 May 2009, 10:01 pm

That's so cool! I'm glad for you! Hope you can keep up with it-sounds like a winner!

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09 May 2009, 3:07 am

Well that's just , Cleverkitten! :wtg:

I was confused about what an 'etsy shop' is, but I googled it before asking a dumb question, and here it is : http://www.etsy.com/

So, if I want to try one of your cookies, what's the address?

mmm, cookies! yum!

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