Retailers should promote Christmas sea mail deadlines to save customers money, gain sales

Aug. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- According to a gift news blogger, retailers should promote Christmas sea-mail deadlines to help their customers save money on postage and to make early sales.

Elizabeth Ball, who writes the gift news blog, http://gifts-by-the-stars-online.com and runs the luxury astrology gift report website at http://www.itsinthestarsonline.com, letting your customers know about Christmas sea mail deadlines provides a win-win-win situation.

"Many shoppers prefer to save money doing their own wrapping and card-writing. Other shoppers pride themselves on being organised, while another segment just doesn't want to pay through the nose for expedited shipping," Elizabeth Ball said.

"By promoting the relevant sea mail deadlines, you can receive early Christmas sales, and let them know you're thinking of them," she said.

In Australia, some of the countries' sea mail deadlines, such as for many South American countries, have already passed. The Australian deadlines for the UK and USA (and many countries from Albania to Zimbabwe) are 21 and 28 September respectively. See http://auspost.com.au/about-us/christmas-sea-mail.html for more details

For Canada, shoppers should allow 4-6 weeks - see http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/productsservices... for more details.

In New Zealand, sea mail is called International Economy - see
http://www.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Personal/SendingMa... for more details,

In the UK, Royal Mail surface (sea) mail deadlines start 1 October - see ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/ctf/rm/RMG2087_Xmas_POPOS_Leaflet_v1.pdf for more details.

There is no sea mail from the US but shoppers can save money using
Priority or First Class Mail - see http://www.usps.com/international/sendpackages.htm for more details.

"By reminding shoppers now they can save money on sending heavy parcels overseas, you could receive an early Christmas present yourself in the form of extra sales, helping to even out the demand on your staff and to get money in ahead of time," Elizabeth Ball said.

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Elizabeth Ball at www.itsinthestarsonline.com has been producing beautifully presented personalized hardcover astrology reports for couples and parents for anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, christenings, engagements, new babies, weddings, and Valentines Day since 2005. She also writes a gift news blog at http://gifts-by-the-stars-online.com