Death of the Phone Thong. I mentioned this in my last post, but here it goes again. The phone thong, that unique little cell phone holder for women, may be a thing of the past. http://www.discount-leather.net/Ladies/Phone/ I called my supplier to order another 100 or so phone thongs and they had none. I was told, in order to get more, at least 500 had to be ordered and then they needed to be manufactured (in China), then shipped to the USA. Now, I'm a little business and I hate to say this, but I've already got WAY TOO MUCH inventory. I was hesitant about ordering another 100 phone thongs, but now I'm thinking "...after so many years competing against all these people selling this neat little item, perhaps now I can corner the market?" Just a thought. I've sold literally thousands of these thongs over the past 4 years, and there is still a pretty good demand for them, but I've got a lot going on right now and do not really want to slip the cash out the door for 500 items that may take me a year to sell. Maybe after the first of the year.

Yesterday I started in earnest working on the shop. I was assured that the shop was mine even though I haven't signed the lease. Today and most of the next two weeks will be spent getting it ready to open. I can probably get it open before Christmas, just not on the day after Thanksgiving (darn). Sales started picking up yesterday just slightly...a sign that Christmas is here. I knew Christmas was here just based on the price that advertising costs. Each time you click on one of those Google ads, ching, ching, there goes another dollar for a chance of a sale. Yes, that's right, right around $0.80 to $1.20 per click. The prices on the site or the lowest they have been since I started this business back in 2002, so don't miss out, go see us at http://www.discount-leather.net .

So long