This is just a possible idea, not sure if it would be viable or not.... but What about some suppliers offering referral discounts? I average 5-10 people that I give info on PV's in a night out, at least 30% of them saying they are definately gonna get one.... It'd be nice that with the increased customer base that a supplier would get from those people, that we might be able to get some sort of discount on an order from them... maybe send 10 people to get 10% off, or something to that effect... Just my 2p...
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I like the way you think! That would definitely be cheap advertising for them also! I am always referring!
something like this is being done at www eastmall net with a rewards program
you get 100 points [currently worth $5.00] as found in Reward Point Program FAQ
12. Earning Referral Points
"Word-of-mouth" advertising is the most powerful form of advertising there is.
Referral Points is based on the idea that we should both benefit from your referrals.
When referred friend place an order, during the checkout procces on the same page that you select a payment method there will be a box to enter a Referral code . Your Referral code is your registered email address with us.
When we receive your referred friends completed and approved order, we will reward your Points account with 100 points .
The more first time orders we receive from your referrals, the more reward points you will receive.
you get 100 points [currently worth $5.00] as found in Reward Point Program FAQ
12. Earning Referral Points
"Word-of-mouth" advertising is the most powerful form of advertising there is.
Referral Points is based on the idea that we should both benefit from your referrals.
When referred friend place an order, during the checkout procces on the same page that you select a payment method there will be a box to enter a Referral code . Your Referral code is your registered email address with us.
When we receive your referred friends completed and approved order, we will reward your Points account with 100 points .
The more first time orders we receive from your referrals, the more reward points you will receive.
exactly what i'm talking about.. now if we can get the US vendors to do something like this! I'm not quite keen on ordering from eastmall.. i dont want to have to deal with customs, i'd rather order supplies that have already come through customs....
my 0.02 just because people say they will buy, doesn't mean they do. In all fairness to our suppliers, why not just throw them some refs because we like their products and are trying to help out other people? I know 4 people that have bought e-cigs and supplies and I told them who I liked, what products, etc....
Everyone likes discounts, sure, but a referrel program, I don't know. Most suppliers do have discount codes already
Everyone likes discounts, sure, but a referrel program, I don't know. Most suppliers do have discount codes already
my 0.02 just because people say they will buy, doesn't mean they do. In all fairness to our suppliers, why not just throw them some refs because we like their products and are trying to help out other people? I know 4 people that have bought e-cigs and supplies and I told them who I liked, what products, etc....
Everyone likes discounts, sure, but a referrel program, I don't know. Most suppliers do have discount codes already
right but if they dont buy then the person that referred them dont get nothing..... i'm looking at my financial point of view... being unemployed its not exactly easy to get up money to make a order...
The economy has kicked all of our butts (even our suppliers too)...possible to ask the vedors and see what they think? I know my Tattoo shop had a "frequent offender" program
they took referrels too and did give you credit....could work, the worst they could say is no, right?The economy has kicked all of our butts (even our suppliers too)...possible to ask the vedors and see what they think? I know my Tattoo shop had a "frequent offender" program
Exactly.
Not to mention i believe it would make them more larger net sales. I have no clue to what kinda margins these guys deal with; but i assume it's decent just because of the wide range of prices out there.
They are going to get referrals regardless, but if i am saving 3 bucks on my next juice order(or whatever) i'll take the time to sell up the vendor to anyone who wants info...obviously i already like the vendor anyway since i am using them.
one drawback i see is referral codes suck....i hate feeling like a salesman.
" without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain't as sweet."
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There is a neat way to handle the best of both worlds...
Unique discount referral codes. This would be the first thing entered on visiting, showing the reduced prices, or on the website, having a location to enter the code, revealing any discounts. (Links would do it automatically... linked users would be shown the discounted prices, while unlinked random visitors see the over-priced prices.)
A website would generate personal user codes. These codes would only work one time, and be identifiable as USER-X, being the generator of the code. The codes would be printable, or you could write them down. You would not photo-copy them, or only one person would get the actual discount. The rest would be upset that you gave them a code that does not work, and you wouldn't get the referral bonus, since it did not work.
Example codes would be like this... (This is a pure fictitious program-set, but perfect for example.)
You request ten codes, because you gave away your last ten. Your User ID is #007, and you have previously given away 10 codes.
R007-6X37A-11
R007-H61JP-12
R007-REQ33-13
R007-77WER-14
R007-9H34Z-15
...
(Referral ID) - (Unique generated hash) - (Coupon number)
Eg, you could not just plug-in an incremented number, or make-up a non-existing ID, as both are related to the unique hash generated, which is a known/acceptable coupon until it is not used. They only track the used coupon numbers, not the referral ID, or the hash value. Your referral number is assumed, as it never changes, and only generated ID's can exist, or have been used. (Thus, needing tracking as they are within the expire period.)
Note, this also works with banners and link generators. But that is a little more complex.
(Bare in mind, many places don't always care for listing a higher price that a competitive person may list as less, because they are not giving $X.xx or XX% mark-up away to a customer.)
EG, to give you $5.00, they have to raise the prices by $5.00, which just looks $5.00 more expensive to someone without a referral code. So, the guy selling for $5.00 less, looks like a better bargain. (If internet sales are slow, and referrals were the greatest income, this would be a great idea. However, many websites depend mostly on internet sales. So e-coupons are not that great, and the low number of referrals might not justify a mark-up which would harm e-sales.)
Remember, a majority of purchasers are people who nave never seen one, and are curious to be the first to try it...{Novelty} Your friends and family and neighbors and friends don't have that desire, since they would be the second person to try it... (I think they are waiting to see if you drop-off the map, before they take that risk. Otherwise they would have gotten it, if you didn't already have one.)
Unique discount referral codes. This would be the first thing entered on visiting, showing the reduced prices, or on the website, having a location to enter the code, revealing any discounts. (Links would do it automatically... linked users would be shown the discounted prices, while unlinked random visitors see the over-priced prices.)
A website would generate personal user codes. These codes would only work one time, and be identifiable as USER-X, being the generator of the code. The codes would be printable, or you could write them down. You would not photo-copy them, or only one person would get the actual discount. The rest would be upset that you gave them a code that does not work, and you wouldn't get the referral bonus, since it did not work.
Example codes would be like this... (This is a pure fictitious program-set, but perfect for example.)
You request ten codes, because you gave away your last ten. Your User ID is #007, and you have previously given away 10 codes.
R007-6X37A-11
R007-H61JP-12
R007-REQ33-13
R007-77WER-14
R007-9H34Z-15
...
(Referral ID) - (Unique generated hash) - (Coupon number)
Eg, you could not just plug-in an incremented number, or make-up a non-existing ID, as both are related to the unique hash generated, which is a known/acceptable coupon until it is not used. They only track the used coupon numbers, not the referral ID, or the hash value. Your referral number is assumed, as it never changes, and only generated ID's can exist, or have been used. (Thus, needing tracking as they are within the expire period.)
Note, this also works with banners and link generators. But that is a little more complex.
(Bare in mind, many places don't always care for listing a higher price that a competitive person may list as less, because they are not giving $X.xx or XX% mark-up away to a customer.)
EG, to give you $5.00, they have to raise the prices by $5.00, which just looks $5.00 more expensive to someone without a referral code. So, the guy selling for $5.00 less, looks like a better bargain. (If internet sales are slow, and referrals were the greatest income, this would be a great idea. However, many websites depend mostly on internet sales. So e-coupons are not that great, and the low number of referrals might not justify a mark-up which would harm e-sales.)
Remember, a majority of purchasers are people who nave never seen one, and are curious to be the first to try it...{Novelty} Your friends and family and neighbors and friends don't have that desire, since they would be the second person to try it... (I think they are waiting to see if you drop-off the map, before they take that risk. Otherwise they would have gotten it, if you didn't already have one.)
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