[kamikazi]

Fantastic article dberube, couldn't have come at a better time for me. Few queries: a) What would you call a good collection, conversion rate? (Also asked on yr blog) b) Will this work for ideas that might be seasonal? (eg: I am thinking of selling a particular fruit from India online - it's seasonal and the store will operate only abt 4-5 months. If it's successful, I'll see what else I can do with it, but as of now there are no plans). So, have you worked this strategy for any such ideas which are not 24x7? How early before the season do you think I should run this. My season is still 5 months down the line. If I run too early (now-ish) I run the risk of not getting anyone interested as no one is searching for it. c) Can you give a few figures from your 3 experiments about how many visitors you got from adCenter? And their conversion rates? Thanks.

[helen842000]

You could always start by collecting e-mail addresses of those people interested to buy it.

So they sign up and get notification once you have the items ready to buy.

Consider your shipping methods carefully else this type of product might be tricky.

[kamikazi]

Well, that's my fear. That if I run this too early I may not be able to collect any prospect email addresses (as almost no one/very few might be interested in it or searching for it at this time).

I do have some queries/concerns on the shipping front too. Have you worked on this type of farm/agriculture product or know any pointers where I can get more info?

ps: Updated my email in my profile (if you want to take this offline). Don't see your email ID in yr profile.