Hey there Occulties,
So, as I'm sure I've told many of you, math is not my strong suit. :P When going over my finances this weekend, I realized that I'm pretty much going to have to shoestring certain budgets to afford other things I actually need. This is not about want. Yours truly would LOVE to get a new dress and new awesome shoes and stuff.... this is need. Admittedly, there are current "need" things in the budget which are not related to "wants" but are needs that normally do not exist in the budget, so despite my math-related lack of finesse, it's more of a problem of getting extra where I can get it, and cutting down farther on things which...I'm not sure how much farther I'm going to cut down, but where I lack in math skills, I excel in creative solutions. :)
Whilst trying to figure out this shiny new budget for unexpected huge expenditures (basically good news is I'm almost definitely not moving, bad news is, my SUPER AMAZING AWESOME LAWYER LADY does come with a very harsh retainer fee, but is everything I prayed for and dreamed of in an attorney, and so I'm glad to have her on my side,) I came to realize that...well...I need something to promote more sales and running sales isn't exactly that promotion. I'd never really thought to advertise, and you know in the past I've even been combative against it. :P
Perhaps I was not doing myself any favors....before the pandemic, I never had a problem with getting massive website hits from all over, but I guess in this brave new world, I might need to advertise. :P So, my children, I send you forth into the world... Contact Me and let me know what your "codename" is, and then feel free to put a link (to get get this, you click on the title of the post, then copy the url,) to your favorite spell article in my blog, (either privately, in a PM or email to a friend, or in a group) and tell whoever or whatever group it is to give me your "codename," and they get 10% off any service. You can also tell a friend about my website and blog (no linking back to blog required!) and have them use your code name. YOU will get a graded discount. For a single paying customer you can get 10% off your next order, for 10 paying customers total you'll get 25% off your next order. (if you use your 10%, you cannot then get the 25% when nine other people make a paying order, lol, so you have to let it add up.) Then it will restart again, because 1/4 off the price is a lot. ;) If you place a link to your favorite article in my blog, and let several people know whatever codename you choose, it's going to increase the traffic a lot, and you're more likely to get 25% off.
So, just have your friends tell me the codename (and let me know what it is,) if this is just you telling a friend and making a sale, they can just tell me your name, but if you're on a site or group I recommend you use a codename. They can buy anything and get 10% off, and you can get up to 25% off - even off the most expensive services I sell. I will work over here on my end, and go about putting up more spell articles. Win/Win. :)
Thank you everyone!
~Cat
Update: I've had some questions, so I'm going to add them here as most of them have been pretty good insightful questions
Q: What if I want to get money back instead of a discount for bringing you a new client?
A: After some rumination on that, I can offer that I will give up to $60 cash back per month for bringing CashApp only clients. Why? Because the possibility for abuse is too great with other payment processors. So, how this works is you bring me a client who buys a service, and when they do, I'll take 10% off of their order when they pay with CashApp. I will then take 10% off of the amount I have grossed from the sale, and take that 10% and send it to your cashapp. So, just for a nice easy figure, if your referred party buys something which normally costs $100, I will give them a spiffy 10% off, which means they send me $90 for the $100 item on CashApp. I then send you 10% of that $90, which is $9.
Now, the kicker is if you send me someone who buys a $100 item, and pays $90 with their discount, and then you decide you want to go purchase $400 worth of things from me after getting $9 back from CashApp first, you now have lost $31 because you don't get 10% off. INSTEAD, you get 10% of what they spent using CashApp which might not be a lot. It could work in your favor, it could not work in your favor. The only information I can give back is going to be a refunded amount as all transactions are private.
PLUS, keep in mind you need to really know who that is that you sent me. If you and I hardly know each other, and you say "Cat, buy this awesome thing!" And I tell you I am going to check it out, for sure, and you say "If you use the code [CODENAME] you can get like 10% off!!!" And I'm like 'Wow, thanks!" And then you say "But use CashApp or else I won't get $$ for your making a purchase." I'm going to be like... What? And then I'm going to feel weird about making a purchase.
You know your own life, so I mean whether or not you want a fancy code to give people to make it all look like we're on the up and up when you tell them they can get a discount with that, or you just want to tell a buddy that you sent them (both work, honestly,) and however you want your discount is up to you. :)
Q: What if I send you like 100 paying clients! Could I get something free then?
A: Um, fuck yeah. I'm not even sure I could handle all that business, but if you add 100 paying clients to my roster, I'm happy to give you a gold star and something free. :)
Q: Does my discount expire?
A: No, within reason, it won't. If you get say 25% off and you want to save it, and ask for something in a year from now, just remind me you have the discount. I have it written down, but I assure you, I won't remember and I'll send a bill for the regular amount. If you tell me, I'll check and you'll get the discount. Try to use it within 2 years. :P
Q: Will you decline to allow the business I send to hire?
A: It's possible. I don't do this to be hurtful, but I openly admit that I can't turn people into a werewolf or give them a job as a surgeon if they've not even achieved a high school diploma. They DO need to make a purchase for me to pass anything on to you, so just asking people to make inquiries isn't necessarily going to net you results.
Q: What if the person I send to you makes a chargeback - will you take my discount away or charge me?
A: No. People who make degenerate chargebacks are assholes, and I deal with all of them and get my money back virtually every time. However, if you send me like five of them, I will assume you are all in on something together to try to get free stuff, and then I will not honor any of your business further. In that case, if I were you, I'd use the cashapp option above. I won't charge you for other people's bullshit, but I won't let you send me more business or take yours if it becomes clear something stupid is going on. :P
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