Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2, 2006 . SpaBoom announced
that its spas have sold a collective total in excess of $1M in Instant
Online Gift Certificates, with a highly lucrative Mother's Day holiday
providing the final push through the million dollar barrier. SpaBoom's
instant gift certificates can be emailed or printed at time of purchase
from a spa's website, and come automatically branded with a spa, salon
or massage therapist's
logo.
"This represents a significant event for both our
spas and our company," said Bill Bice, Founder, SpaBoom. "We've
only been offering our Instant Gift Certificates for a little over a
year now. In fact we only had one spa during Mother's Day last year
compared to over 300 this year, so hitting the million dollar mark means
we're well on the way to doing what we intend to do - provide a majority
of the spas in the industry with an effective, inexpensive and beautiful
way to sell their offerings online."
Feedback from spas has been overwhelmingly positive. Nicole
Cober, owner of Soul Day Spa and Salon shares her thoughts on the SpaBoom
Blog. "We did an amazing job with online sales! We were up 85%
from last year! The process was so easy and the staff was extremely
helpful! We were only up and running one week before Mother's Day and
were among the top SpaBoom customers for sales volume. This was a great
experience."
SpaBoom's spas averaged almost $2,700 each in online gift
certificate sales this Mother's Day, alone. The top 50% generated over
$4,500 each, with the very high sellers generating over $7,100 each
in sales. Interestingly enough, almost half of the sales occurred within
the two days prior to and actually on Mother's Day, affirming the assumption
that people really do wait until the last minute to purchase gifts,
and when they're given an option, they take advantage of unique online
buying opportunities like SpaBoom's Instant Online Gift Certificates
represent.
Adopting SpaBoom's Instant Online Gift Certificates frees
up considerable spa staff time, since all fulfillment occurs instantly
and online in lieu of via time consuming traditional fulfillment processes.
Additionally, spas receive GC Management, which provides spas with analysis
helpful to staffing and scheduling-spas always know how many gift certificates
have been redeemed and how many remain outstanding, key data for managing
spas.
About SpaBoom
SpaBoom helps spas take full advantage of their websites by providing
instant online gift certificate functionality and management, appointment
requests and dynamic website design. Simply put, we¡¯re here
to make your website work as hard as you do to build your business and
boost your bottom line. To learn more, please visit: www.spaboom.com
and www.spaboomblog.com.
