Suggested Orders and Advice

Recycled floppy disk products sell well  for stores a) with progressive customers who like artsy, recycled products and b) in urban or suburban areas or small college towns.  If this is your store, you have likely found an outstanding new product line.   

These do less well in small rural towns (pop. < 15,000) and in stores with a quaint, rural theme.  

Suggested Orders

I put together a few small, introductory orders for about $161 and free shipping for first orders.   

Advice on Ordering

The writing journals (all three sizes) are our best selling products.  However, below is advice on including address books and sketchbooks in your product mix.  There is also the matter of different sizes and lined vs. bordered pages for the journals, which I discuss farther below.  

If you are an average store carrying my full product line, I suggest selling my products in the following ratios.   

• 20 small (3.5") writing journals
• 14 medium (5.25") writing journals
• 10 large (8") writing journals
• 2 address books (5.25")
• 3 sketchbook (8")

Journals: This are my best sellers.

Address books: These do well in some markets, but they tend to sell slower than journals.  However, if you don't currently have address books on your shelves, you should consider ordering a few.  

Sketchbooks: If you have a large paper selection, it makes sense to carry a few sketchbooks.  You will pick up extra sales.  

Sizes: If the price point is not much of an issue for your customers, all sizes of the writing journals will sell equally well .  However, if price is particularly important, the two smaller sizes (and thus cheaper) will usually sell better.  Nevertheless, your customers will still be intrigued by the 8"  journals and attracted to the entire product line because of them.  

Lines:  I usually include a few journals with lines in the shipments to customers that order the 8"  journal.   The 3.5" and 5.25" do not come with lines because my customers tell us it is easy enough to "write straight"  across a small page.

You may already know . . . there are a small fraction of journal customers who are adamant that journals have lines, but there are others who are equally adamant that they do not have lines.  The majority of customers do not care much either way.