A warning about customers’ offers
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:07 pm
Hi!
I’m writing this message to tell you that you must be careful when you accept offers from various customers believing that they will buy many articles at the same time.
A few weeks ago a customer made a low offer for purchasing 2 articles from my portfolio. I accepted this offer for both articles because I mainly wanted to sell one of them. It was an old article and nobody was purchasing it. I decided to sacrifice the second article believing that the customer would purchase both articles the same day. He/she didn’t purchase them.
Two days later, he purchased only the second article, paying a lower price, while I wanted to have sold mainly the first article, but he didn’t buy it in the end. I had left the offer open, with the lower price accepted for both.
Last Saturday a customer made a low offer for purchasing 4 articles from my portfolio. I accepted selling 2 articles for a lower price but I refused selling the next 2 articles he chose. He didn’t purchase any of them.
I immediately refused selling the second article I accepted selling for a lower price because again, I basically wanted to sell the first one, which was old… Therefore, the offer remained open only for the article I really wanted to sell, without caring about its price. It was an old article, and nobody was deciding to finally purchase it.
Only today this customer decided to purchase the only article I accepted selling for a lower price.
Moral lesson: don’t assume that your customers will purchase all your articles the same day when they make you offers, and don’t sacrifice good articles, selling them for lower prices.
Accept low offers only when you want to get rid of an article that is not attracting customers, or that gets many clicks but nobody purchases, etc.
Or, accept low offers when you are not selling your articles, so that you may present a better image to your potential customers. If you have already written 30 articles for example, but you have sold only 2 articles, you don’t seem to be an author who is really helping the public with your work. On the other hand, if you have already written 30 articles and you have already sold at least 15 articles, you seem to be a successful author.
If you are not selling your articles, accept a few offers and sell them for lower prices, so that you may show to your potential customers that many people like your work. However, don’t sell good articles for lower prices for believing that you’ll sell many articles the same day…
All the best!
I’m writing this message to tell you that you must be careful when you accept offers from various customers believing that they will buy many articles at the same time.
A few weeks ago a customer made a low offer for purchasing 2 articles from my portfolio. I accepted this offer for both articles because I mainly wanted to sell one of them. It was an old article and nobody was purchasing it. I decided to sacrifice the second article believing that the customer would purchase both articles the same day. He/she didn’t purchase them.
Two days later, he purchased only the second article, paying a lower price, while I wanted to have sold mainly the first article, but he didn’t buy it in the end. I had left the offer open, with the lower price accepted for both.
Last Saturday a customer made a low offer for purchasing 4 articles from my portfolio. I accepted selling 2 articles for a lower price but I refused selling the next 2 articles he chose. He didn’t purchase any of them.
I immediately refused selling the second article I accepted selling for a lower price because again, I basically wanted to sell the first one, which was old… Therefore, the offer remained open only for the article I really wanted to sell, without caring about its price. It was an old article, and nobody was deciding to finally purchase it.
Only today this customer decided to purchase the only article I accepted selling for a lower price.
Moral lesson: don’t assume that your customers will purchase all your articles the same day when they make you offers, and don’t sacrifice good articles, selling them for lower prices.
Accept low offers only when you want to get rid of an article that is not attracting customers, or that gets many clicks but nobody purchases, etc.
Or, accept low offers when you are not selling your articles, so that you may present a better image to your potential customers. If you have already written 30 articles for example, but you have sold only 2 articles, you don’t seem to be an author who is really helping the public with your work. On the other hand, if you have already written 30 articles and you have already sold at least 15 articles, you seem to be a successful author.
If you are not selling your articles, accept a few offers and sell them for lower prices, so that you may show to your potential customers that many people like your work. However, don’t sell good articles for lower prices for believing that you’ll sell many articles the same day…
All the best!