US Post Office Holiday Mailing Deadlines …
November 20th, 2007 • Posted by Larry Donahue • Permalink
The US Post Office recently posted their Holiday Shipping Calendar, as a special service to its customers for ensuring "cards and packages arrive by December 25th."
As spa and salon owners, it's good to take note of these dates to advise your gift certificate buying clients accordingly. For shipping in the US, the absolute last deadline to mail something — to be received by the 25th — is December 22nd using Express Mail.
We've found, after helping our spas and salons sell $12.3 million spread over 114,382 instant gift certificates, that nearly 50% of the gift certificate sales will occur within the last 48 hours of a holiday or event. So, if you utilize SpaBoom effectively, you can potentially double your instant gift certificate sales on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of December — dates the US Post Office cannot serve.
What are you doing to take advantage of your last-minute gift certificate buyers? Do you mind sharing your tips and tricks with other SpaBoomers?
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