Sweet Goodness Swaps: What people are saying . .

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

What people are saying . .

I wanted to share some things we have heard from our swap participants:

"I had so much fun with the summer swap and I'm so excited about this swap! "
Tamy

"Thanks so much, looking forward to meeting a new friend!"
Diana

"To me, the best part about swapping is the connection you make with your partner. I like the idea of the Holiday Goodness Swap because it really promotes connection and communication beyond just the one standard package."
Sid

"WOW!! I am so in :) This sounds awesome...just reading about it made me a little teary eyed. It is just these sort of swaps where we find new friends for life :) Thanks!!!"
Raesha

"Oh, I am excited for this one! I was just at the Goodwill today and thinking that I would love a Halloween swap! All three holidays! Wonderful!"
Jane

I can already tell this is going to be a wonderful swap! If you haven't yet filled out your 20 questions post please do so! Soon we'll be posting a reminder about sending your sister a card as part of this swap and also setting up Flickr groups for each part of the swap.

Happy swapping!

cheers ~

1 comment:

Recy Vintage & Creations said...: It will be a wonderful swap! I already adore my partner. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of it!

xo,

Karen Beth :); October 3, 2007 at 10:29 AM

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PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES

Participation Selection:

We like to have as many participants in our swaps as possible. However, we usually limit each swap to the first 50 sign ups as it becomes very difficult to deal with the amount of email and follow up if the number is larger. Plus a smaller group gives us an opportunity to give more personalized assistance when needed.

For most swaps we allow in any one who would like to join. Some swaps in the past have been limited to those who have successfully swapped with us before or those who are recommended by our previous swappers or known friends.

Those people who have signed up for swaps and HAVE NOT completed them are not invited back. There are some exceptions to this rule, such as the person contacting both us and their partner with their extenuating circumstances or someone dropping out early and our ability to fill their spot in time. We understand that things come up and don't hold this against people but we do tend to not reinvite those who in the past haven't even bothered to contact their partners or send any packages.

Screening Process:

We have started using a questionnaire that needs to be filled out in order to sign up for the swap. This helps us to not only get to know our swappers but to match up partners with similar interests.

We keep a list of those who have swapped with us in the past and use this to try to insure no one gets the same partner they have had in the past to add variety to the swaps.

Other than this we take everyone into consideration and ASSUME they will send a complete and quality swap. We want to give everyone a chance to join in and have fun.

Swapping always involves a bit of risk though all of our swaps have a very high success rate and we have a wonderful core of returning swappers. We do our best to solve all swap issues and assist where needed. We also would like to remind everyone that we do for fun as we enjoy swapping with our creative folks out there and coming up with fun and new swap themes.

We encourage your feedback and thoughts. As we change our swap mailbox with each swap your general comments and feedback can be sent to goodnessshop@gmail.com.

PLEASE READ

Please be sure that when joining a swap that you read the directions thoroughly. Not only do we post them on the site but we also send emails containing swap specifics. While we are all for creative license there are some rules that should be followed including the number of items to be included (more is welcome but try to stay within the budget posted) and the types of items to be included. We will always have at least one hand made item in our swaps. That is the essence of Sweet Goodness!

Thank you and we hope you understand that we do this to insure that everyone has a positive swap experience.

~ Rebecca, Lucy, Heidi, Leigh Ann & Shara