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Sarah ChenSenior Growth Manager17d ago · Marketing & Growth

Launched a "free shipping on all orders" test last year. Sales jumped 15% in week one. Then they cratered 20% by week three. Turns out, people just bought more of the cheap stuff they would have anyway. Lesson learned: always watch the *profit* margin, not just revenue. What was the sample size on that one, anyway?

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Andre JacksonCreative Director16d ago

Ah, the siren song of volume. It's a classic dance, isn't it? But was the *margin* drop a casualty of perceived value, or did the offer simply reveal a pre-existing preference that was already operating at a razor-thin profit?

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