Vista Print, I had no idea!

[jon-]

For the fiscal year ended June 30, Vistaprint reports:

* Total sales were $670.03 million, up 29.9% from $515.82 million in fiscal 2009.
* Net income was $67.74 million, a 21.7% increase from $55.68 million fiscal 2009.
* Marketing and sales expenses were $216.57 million, a 36% increase from $159.14 million in the prior year.
* Technology expenses were $78.38 million, up 28.7% from $60.92 million in the previous year.
* Vistaprint, No. 36 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, acquired about 6.4 million new customers.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, Vistaprint reported:

* Total sales were $164.30 million, up 21.6% from $135.16 million in the prior year period.
* Net income was $11.65 million, a 20.7% decrease from $14.69 million.
* VistaPrint acquired about 1.6 million new customers.
* Repeat customers generated about 67% of total bookings in the Q4 2010, the same as in Q4 fiscal 2009.
* Average daily order volume was about 53,000, an increase of 20.5% compared with an average of 44,000 orders per day in Q4 fiscal 2009.
* Average order value, including revenue from shipping and processing, was $34.56, up from $33.31 in the same quarter a year ago.
* Web site sessions were 77.8 million, a 25.3% increase from 62.1 million in the prior year.
* Conversion rate was 6.2%, compared with 6.4% in the year-ago quarter.

[playerone]

Obviously sending 50 emails to everyone on your mailing list every day generates business!

[jon-]

playerone said:

Obviously sending 50 emails to everyone on your mailing list every day generates business!

exactly.

Their website used to be of such poor quality I'm surprised they turned over anything.

[Original Poster]

They are absolutely everywhere these days, very poor quality IMO.

[bonsai]

jon- said:

For the fiscal year ended June 30, Vistaprint reports:

* Marketing and sales expenses were $216.57 million, a 36% increase from $159.14 million in the prior year.

Presumably that is entirely spent on getting Amazon to include their poxy leaftlet with every single order.

[dxg]

How many of those "sales" are people who have taken up their initial free offer and then found themselves tied into a 12 month contract?

[russy01]

Yup and they are still rubbish.

If you want an online website goodprint are great.

Bear in mind that Vista print are a worldwide company mind.