Aug 07 2008
Quick Reminder: The Rest Of the World Uses the Metric System
In the spirit of yesterday’s mini-rant, I respectfully remind the rest of America about the metric system. It’s still in use, and the rest of the world is tired of doing the conversion calculations for us. Don’t lose another sale because of this!
If you’re interested in increasing your sales, try adding metric measurement information to your product descriptions. This might entice cash out of foreign pockets and into yours. With the value of the dollar against a euro, your goods may seem like a bargain.
But only if you don’t ask customers to do extra work, especially math!
It only takes seconds to do those conversions on a calculator. The one I use most often is inches to centimeters. To find this measurement, multiply the number of inches by 2.54. That’s it; simple!
Here’s a link to several standard to metric cheat sheets from ScienceMadeSimple.net:
