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Question for Johnny at cpap.com

Post by chrisp » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:34 pm

Hello Johnny Goodman,

What is the most popular cpap sold by cpap.com measured by number sold?

What is the ratio of plain cpap vs auto pap sold by cpap.com ?

Is the Auto Pap choir out here making a difference ?

Would you know these figures for the industry.

Cheers,

Chris

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Post by wading thru the muck! » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:55 pm

Chris,
I think within each category, the items are shown in order of their popularity. As far as auto to straight, that's a good question. Let's hope the choir is singing loud enough to be heard.
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Post by johnnygoodman » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:38 pm

Howdy,

Prepare for a slick, greased up answer.

We're a private company in a competitive situation. We don't want to give away sales figures or even % of category sales if we can avoid it. The manufacturers are always wondering this as well - they know what they sell us, but not what their competitors are selling us. It drives everyone crazy, and we're going to keep it that way.

With that said, we have a popularity ranking inside each of our categories. A key component of that ranking is amount sold, however, there are other factors. We have newness offsets, we can freeze new products near the top that we think a lot of, we can also adjust it based on phone support feedback. So, although sales are a component, if people are buying a lot of a product we don't think highly of, we'll step in.

In short, we've done a ton of work to get people looking at the products that are going to work for them. Autos work and we try to make sure those who purchase from us know whats available to them.

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Post by wading thru the muck! » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:53 pm

Johnny,

I bet they're all parked outside your warehouse counting the trucks that pull in.

Keep'em guess'in.
Sincerely,
wading thru the muck of the sleep study/DME/Insurance money pit!