April 17, 2008
Started a gift basket business but they are not selling, what are we doing wrong?
NYgirl asked:
In March, my family started a gift basket business. We operate out of home and have website. We attended a major trade show as a vendor and only sold three or four baskets. We sent literature to real estate agents, funeral homes, and the list of potential customers from the trade show. We have also gotten creative and put together cute inexpensive favors for the ladies at the Race for the Cure marathon. We have donated a few baskets for some charity events. We still havnet seen profit. We have also just joined a craft store for the holidays through the end of December in hopes to get ourselves out there. We have only sold 18 dollars so far and its been almost a month. Other vendors at the store sell like crazy and they are selling crafts as well. Is it just that people are not likely to buy a gift basket unless its for a special occassion? Our baskets are priced way under competitors. I know we havent put out any expensive ads, could that be it? Hopefully someone can help.
We have also posted ads online, put our business cards & postcards in some stores and some places let us sit a basket out on display. What kind of advertising is appropriate for this type of business? I dont see any gift basket ads and barely see florist ads. They are very expensive ads and maybe thats why a lot of florists and gift basket companies dont advertise and compete with big name competitors? Like Wendys or Kmart can advertise everywhere & anywhere but we cannot afford that type. What else can we do? Thanks
Dan
In March, my family started a gift basket business. We operate out of home and have website. We attended a major trade show as a vendor and only sold three or four baskets. We sent literature to real estate agents, funeral homes, and the list of potential customers from the trade show. We have also gotten creative and put together cute inexpensive favors for the ladies at the Race for the Cure marathon. We have donated a few baskets for some charity events. We still havnet seen profit. We have also just joined a craft store for the holidays through the end of December in hopes to get ourselves out there. We have only sold 18 dollars so far and its been almost a month. Other vendors at the store sell like crazy and they are selling crafts as well. Is it just that people are not likely to buy a gift basket unless its for a special occassion? Our baskets are priced way under competitors. I know we havent put out any expensive ads, could that be it? Hopefully someone can help.
We have also posted ads online, put our business cards & postcards in some stores and some places let us sit a basket out on display. What kind of advertising is appropriate for this type of business? I dont see any gift basket ads and barely see florist ads. They are very expensive ads and maybe thats why a lot of florists and gift basket companies dont advertise and compete with big name competitors? Like Wendys or Kmart can advertise everywhere & anywhere but we cannot afford that type. What else can we do? Thanks
Dan
The web and everywhere else.
Target your market and think about doing specialty baskets made for exclusively for the recipient. That means taking orders and not buying items in bulk but you should see a bigger return than what you’re seeing now. Good Luck!
For necessities maybe the economy people do not buy extras when they are struggling to pay for necessities maybe the economy people do not buy extras when they are struggling to establish ones self dont give up hope.
Hi, sorry to hear your baskets are not selling well. I can give you a website that may help you if you email me to. Thank you.
The office feel special on wall st perhaps you need to go to companies that are well off dont mind spending little extra cash to make someone in the office feel special on their bday.
Participate, in local events and get your presence felt through some small events. You may make your own Mailing list ( Client Data Base ) of perspective Customers as well a Customer data Base to approach corporate customers to be promoted among particular group or locality you are operating.
More over Rome was not built in a day.
Good Luck !!
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I would say that you may want to consider taking sales and marketing courses. There are companies that offer one or two day workshops.
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