Waterstone's Christmas Offers

[Chris Brown]

Hi all,

If you have already read this on the buy.at forum apologies, but as its Christams related I thought I'd post here too.

Waterstones currenlty have an amazing range of offers this Christmas with a great range of creative available for them all. There is also now a generic Waterstone's 120x60 creative too.

All of the offer creative can be found in your management area under offer banners, however I could only show so many examples in this post.

Waterstone’s Key campaigns this Christmas

• Up to 50% off Children’s


• Up to 50% 0ff selected Humour books


• Richard and Judy books


• 3 for 2 on our Favourite Mr Men and Little Miss Books


• 50% of our Favourite Paperbacks of the year

• Up to 50% off Our Favorite Fiction

• Up to 50% Off Our Favorite Crime Fiction

• Up to 50% Off Brilliant Biographies for Celebrity Spotters

• Up to 50% Off Bestselling Sports Books

• Up to 50% Off our Bestselling Art Books

• Up to 50% Off Our Favorite Cookery Books

• Up to 50% Off Our Bestselling Travel Books

• Up to 50% off presents for Film Buffs, Music Lovers and TV Addicts

• Up to 50% Off Christmas Gifts

• Great Value on Student Bestsellers

And don't forget.....

• Harry Potter – Get ready for the final instalment; Waterstone’s will email the customer as soon as the publication date is announced.

There is also some fantastic competitions running on Waterstone's which I will post here shortly.

Thanks

Chris

[Chris Brown]

Waterstone’s Competitions

As well as their amazing offers customers can also enter these amazing competitions too. With creative available to promote to link to the competition page.



Win a £1000 online account with Waterstones.com
Register at Waterstones.com before midnight on Sunday 7 January 2007. You will automatically be entered into our free prize draw to win e-vouchers worth a £1000 to spend online at www.waterstones.com.
Ends midnight on Sunday 7 January 2007

Win a shopping spree with Trinny and Susannah
Win a shopping spree with Trinny and Susannah , where they will offer personally-tailored style advice and help the winner select £2000 worth of clothes and accessories
Ends: 31st December 2006

Win an exclusive Karl Pilkington drawing
The World of Karl Pilkington, is a collection of the best moments of the Ricky Gervais Show podcasts, and is illustrated with Karl's artistic contributions. Become come the proud owner of one of Karl's original drawings.
Ends: 27/12/2006

Win a bundle of Billie Piper goodies
Win a Cyberman voice changer, a radio-controlled Dalek, a radio-controlled K-9, a Tardis talking money box, a stunning signed photo, a 2007 Doctor Who calendar, a signed Rose doll, a signed DVD of the complete first series of the new Doctor Who, a signed copy of Stone Rose, a signed Doctor Who 2007 annual, a singed copy of Doctor Who: The Inside Story, a signed copy of Rose from the Doctor Who Files series, and of course, a signed copy of Growing Pains.
Ends: 14/12/2006

Win a framed Banksy £10 note
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist?
The work of Banksy is unmistakable. To celebrate the publication of Wall and Piece in paperback, win one of two exclusive framed Banksy £10 notes.
Ends: 10/12/2006

Win a Green Day signed platinum disc
Nobody Likes You is the definitive history of Green Day, charting their transformation from snotty-nose mall rats into the ultimate punk rock protest band. Win an exclusive presentation disc of Green Day's multi-platinum selling album American Idiot.
Ends: 10/12/2006

Win a signed copy of Rise of the Ogre
Gorillaz have always been as much about the visuals as they are about the music, and this autobiography is a real feast for the eyes. Featuring brand new art from Jamie Hewlett, this is the full story of Murdoc, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs.
Ends: 10/12/2006

Win your own private screening of Eragon
One lucky person can win their own private screening before the film goes on general release on December 15.
Ends: 07/12/2006

Details of all of the above competitions can be found at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterston...o?pPageID=1093

Also look out tomorrow on this thread for details of an exclusive affiliate voucher offer as the for an Extra 20% off at Waterstones.com and further discounts on top titles.

Please note the last voucher code offer ended 23rd November.

Thanks

Chris

[Chris Brown]

Sorry to spread this over three posts but there is so much going on at Waterstone's to tell you about that I thought it was best to break it down.

The programme is currenlty converting really well with a programme average of 5.7% conversion rate and an avergae basket value of £24

There are some great commisison to be earned too:

* £1-£500 validated sales value per month - 5%
* £500-£1000 validated sales value per month - 6%
* £1000-£2000 validated sales value per month - 7%
* £2000 + validated sales value per month - 8%


There is a fully functional product feed available from your buy.at management area along with all the current creative so if you are not promting Waterstone's already then now is a great time to do so. You can sign up by logging in to your management area.

The last order details for Christmas are as follows:

UK last posting dates

Second Class (including free deliveries on orders over £15) - order by 3pm on Friday 15 December

First Class - order by 3pm on Tuesday 19 December

DHL courier delivery - order by 3pm on Thursday 21 December

Free delivery to UK stores - order by 3pm on Thursday 21 December

International surface mail

Western Europe - order by 3pm on Friday 1 December

For destinations not listed above the last posting dates for international surface mail have already passed

For further information on Royal Mail last posting dates, for UK and overseas, please visit their website.

International courier mail

Worldwide delieveries available through DHL, on orders placed by 3pm on Monday 18 December

Delivery to store

If you are having your order delivered to store, please contact your local Waterstone's to confirm their Christmas opening hours.

Please make sure you order your Christmas presents as early as possible, to avoid any disppointment. Remember the above dates are just a guide, and though Waterstones.com will do their best to honour these delivery dates, we can not be held responsible for unexpected delays to your orders.

Thanks

Chris