(Tracking) Daily sales increment with the fix periodic introduction of new kumantong into the store

I shall use a simplified method to illustrate the progress that I had witnessed.

Before anything was introduced to the store, we were selling about 2 to 4 apples per day.

Then one day I visited a Thai amulet store and the salesgirl there recommended a Phra Sivali amulet. Sivali was known to be well liked by the surrounding spirits who willingly provided food, medication, clothing and accommodation to Sivali and he will in turn redistribute these gifts to the people around him.

Coincidently our store managed to increase sale in about 2 months time. We managed to sell about 7 apples a day. There was no change in the store operation and we never do promotion or extend store hours. It is simply magical.

Soon I came across the topic of "kumantong" in one of the forum. Kumantong is common occurrences in shops throughout Thailand. I like the concept very much.

Curiosity and greed take over me.

Soon I adopted my first kumantong. At that time we were about to move to a new location. It is at an enclosed location with few offices and residences. The street is quiet during daytime. I thought sales would plunge.

We extended working hours at night. Sales climb to about 11 apples a day. I can't deny the longer store opening hours contributed a lot. But it is unfair to not acknowledge the contribution by the kumantong.

I have to think of an experiment to prove that the kumantong had contributed.

Will introducing a second kumantong push sales even higher? This time round we won't be extending the working hour.

So I went in search of my 2nd kumantong. I saw this kumantong that is holding a small weapon. It is unusual because most kumantong are holding a bag of gold or money.

I like this one. I adopted it and introduce it to the store. To give my 2 kumantong kids some support, I placed a LED signages at the strore front. About 3 weeks later, daily sales rise to about 16 apples.

I have a strong feeling that the 2 kumantong kids had contributed to sales increase.

Is it the satisfaction of achieving a goal or is it greed? I had a motivation to get more kumantong kids to further increase store sales.

It might be greed, so I told myself not to get anymore kumantong kids. They are not tools, they are like any other children, they have feeling too.

But a months later, while I was on the way to pray at the Kuan Yin temple, I walked past a store and it was displaying a tray of amulets on "clearance sale".

I picked up a kumantong amulet and it stunted my fingers with some kind of mild electric current. It is not the typical static current because the current continue to be there when I was holding it. I put it down and picked up other amulets but I don't feel any current from them.

I picked up the kumantong amulet again and was surprise that it is still giving out mild current to my fingers. I find it amazing so I acquire it. And I acquire it at a very attractive value. Clearance sale, remember?

I introduced the 3rd kumantong kid to the store. At the same time I also fixed a blue blinking light at the front of the store.

About 3 weeks later, daily sales climbed to about 21 apples. I am all smile.

A month later, after a meal, while I was searching for a toilet and couldn't find one after walking several blocks, I was led to a store and my eyes saw a kumantong amulet which I find very attractive and I acquire it.

I introduced the new kumantong to the store and to be fair, I fixed a color-changing LED strip at the front of the store. After about 3 to 4 weeks, daily sales had increased to about 30 apples.

The highest record was 35 apples a day.

Our store hour remain the same, and we don't do any promotion.

This sound too good to be true. If this is true, then I might as well acquire more and more kumantong, right?