[Grammar] Present perfect with "after"?

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"A lot of bikes have been sold even on the first day after the showcase."

Is this sentence is correct?

Also, by meaning with the showcase, I don't say any particular time when that showcase happened.
 
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I would use the past tense there.
 
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