| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | bb1404048  | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, nectara writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:
| | This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.
I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.
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If a few cents deter you to buy then maybe Lego hobby it's too expensive
for you.
Regards
Nectara
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spending a few extra cents doesn't deter me; being a few extra cents away
from min purchase amount and not being able to find something else I desire to
reach that min buy amount however does.
For example:
if I am after certain minifigs
shop a) has fig 1 for 1.99, and fig 2 for 2.99 that I am after - with a min buy
of 5.00 I am at 4.98. 2 cents away
shop b) will have the same one for 2.00 but no min buy - so I purchase that one
(shop a misses out)
shop c) will have fig. 2 for 6.00 and a min buy of 5.00 - and I'll pay the
extra $3 for that one - because it passes the min buy margin.
It's not that I'm paying more that's the issue - it's more so
that shop a, is missing out on business because of literally 2 cents (or even
$2) that I would be more than willing to donate just so save a 5 or 10 minutes.
so now shop a misses out on a possible profit due to selectivity and lack of
a difference feature
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| Author: | bb1404048 | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 02:51 | | Subject: | Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | In Suggestions, Pretty_Pieces writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:
| | This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.
I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.
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Hi Brickochet,
I've had this in place since I opened, though my minimum buy has crept up
since then. On my home page I list a minimum buy bypass password, along with
a notification that if it is used, I will add a $ amount to their order to hit
the minimum. I only have people take me up on it about once a year. It was more
often when my minimum was lower.
So good idea, but doesn't really need a separate feature, in my humble opinion.
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It does for instant checkout.
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not all shops offer: the above mentioned work-around, or instant check out.
Kinda missing the point =/
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| Author: | bb1404048 | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 00:09 | | Subject: | Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.
I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.
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Canada, Ontario
