Firebox - September News: New Competition, New Products and more!

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Hi all

There’s a lot in here, but we think it’s worth reading through to the end! Competitions new and old, some key September events (including Talk Like a Pirate Day), new products, and best sellers all add up to some great ideas to make you some money!

Affiliate Competitions:
A last reminder that the affiliate that sells the most Chocolate Fountains in August, will win one! There are just a few days left to achieve this, so make them count! Deeplinks and creative are available.

September Affiliate Competition
The affiliate that sells the most Insectilix lollies in September will win a BUG DAB Radio!

Each lolly contains either a worm, a scorpion, ants (very nutritious), or snake venom (with reputed healing properties). These are sold individually for £3.95, or all four can be bought all together for £12.95.

New creative is available to support this, and the products lend themselves to great editorial. Images and deeplinks available in the product feed.

USPs:
- well, there are bugs in the lollies, which is pretty unique!
- Tequila flavoured lolly with a worm inside
- Vodka flavoured lolly with an (edible) scorpion inside
- Peppermint flavoured lolly with ants (mmmm) inside
- Blackcurrant flavoured lolly with snake venom (which has healing properties)
- note that these are non-alcoholic – the Tequila and Vodka are flavours only

Coming up in September:
Here are some key events for September, so you can plan promotions around them:

3 and 7 September:
England play FIFA Qualifiers
But why not pick the perfect score with Sensible Soccer Plug'n'Play (£9.95). I know we keep on saying it, but remember that this two player plug’n’play ships with a FREE officially licensed Sensible Soccer T Shirt, exclusive to Firebox.

19 September:
It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day. Yes – it really is! Find your Pirate name, learn some Pirate chat up lines, and even translate websites into Pirate.
Oh, and we think all pirates wouldn’t mind a Voodoo Knife Display(£59.95) in their kitchen.

25 September: World Heart Day
26 September: European Day of Languages
Celebrate both with Languages for Love (£9.95) to learn chat up lines in the language of your choice.

Of course 15 September:
Affiliate Get Together
Firebox will be there, and we look forward to meeting as many of you as possible.

And please note:
FIREBOX IS MOVING WAREHOUSE
We are moving to our new warehouse on the weekend of 10 / 11 September, and there will be NO despatches on 9 September.

NEW PRODUCTS
Firebox has recently launched the most cutting edge kitchen companion – the Voodoo Knife Display (£59.95). This high quality knife display holds five kitchen knives in the magnetic slots in its body, literally. The display is a 38.5 cm high figure, so stashing your cutting equipment means you can rid yourself of pent up frustration at the same time! The display ships with five high quality kitchen knives. This cutting edge design is from creator Raffaele Iannello.

USPs:
- quality design product
- erm, you get to stick knives into a little plastic figure (and imagine various faces as you do so)
- high quality knives, and a brilliant showpiece
- excellent gift (housewarming, anniversary, birthday)
- ships with: chef’s knife, bread knife, carver / slicer, utility knife and paring knife

The world’s fastest RC car is now zipping around at Firebox – the Real Driver RC Car (£69.95). With scale speeds of 185 mph, this speedy 1/10 scale battery powered RC car will fire up grown RC enthusiasts (and definitely those who aren’t grown up!), and is the quintessential boy’s toy.
USPs:
- well, it is very fast (real speed 8mph, which is a scale speed of 185 mph)
- it also has exceptional driveability – the steering is phenomenal
- battery powered
- this has high office chaos factor written all over it!

Deeplinks, images and copy are available in the product feed. If you need any assistance with linking, or with keywords for PPC bidding, please drop me a line!

BEST SELLING PRODUCTS
Still flying off the shelves:
1. Shinco Portable DVD Players (from £99.95) – don’t forget that there is now a TV tuner (£40) available for these; a total entertainment system.
2. Chocolate Fountain (£89.95) – delectable, delicious, and flying off the shelves! This Wonka-tastic Chocolate Fountain could also win you one in August!
3. Firebox VoIP Cyberphone (£29.95) – use with Skype and other VoIP services to talk for free! Don’t forget that Skype also lets you call out to phone numbers, as well as purchase a number so that you can call in.
4. Star Wars Lightsabers (from £99.95)– replica Lightsabers, with new models now in stock.
5. Pet Trees (£5.95) - these have had many blog and media mentions, and are quite frankly, tree-mendous (terribly sorry, that just slipped in there). These are little trees to hang from your key ring, or mobile!

Other quirky products that convert exceptionally well:
• Perplex City Puzzle Cards – solve the puzzles, find the cube, and claim the £100,000 reward. This is a great product to promote as it is collectable, and encourages repeat purchases. There is a flat worldwide shipping fee on these, so is ideal if you also promote outside of the UK.
• Sensible Soccer Plug’n’Play (£29.95) - with free tshirt!
• Phobile (£32.95) – turn any modern mobile into a retro-tastic statement! Plug the whirly cord into your mobile and talk into the fifties handset for a new take on hands-free communication.

That’s all for now folks! But please do let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Best
Sarah