I am a numbers person. I love to work out fine details, math-wise, and I love to calculate statistics.
I have been thinking about sales recently and how I have noticed customers that come back time and time again to purchase soap and lotion. But I had no idea how many actually were returning. So, I did some calculating.
I am going to brag…shout out for myself…33% of my sales are customers that have returned!
On the average, a small business can expect 20% of their sales to come from repeat customers. I am out ahead of those statistics.
What can I say?
Thank you to my repeat customers (and my first time customers as well)!!!! Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I am enjoying the work that I created for myself, and I am glad that you (apparently) are enjoying the products that I craft.
And I just may have a special gift announcement in the near future, based on a particular number, but I have not determined if that number will be a paid receipt number, the number of repeat customers, or comments. We shall see…I want to be fair and square!
Annies Goat Hill Handcrafted Soaps 
Hi Mary – I really like your new blog site and your new storefront. It seems alot easier to navigate. I’m almost out of my soap – I’m being selfish with it – it’s mine and nobody better touch it!
I haven’t looked today…. ever have any gardenia scented? I don’t know if it’s hard to get that fragrance or not. I don’t want to smell like that old perfume “Jungle Gardenia” that I remember growing up, but a nice subtle gardenia scent would be nice. Anthropologie has a wonderful gardenia, but it’s not goat milk. =o( have a good one!
Hi,Vickie! I have a bundle of floral scented soaps on sale. Bergomot gardenia is part of the set, bit the gardenia is not very pronounced. You might like that bundle of soaps!
My mother was a Jungle
Gardenia fan. It smelled great, but it could be used sparingly.
I like the new blog as well! Thank you. I still have plans to continue cleaning up the categories, but otherwise I am happy.
Take care!
Congratulations, that is great!