Your Chance To Help My Business

[bitsbobs]

Elton,

 

If you've got a paypal account I'll send you a pound. And if everybody else on here does the same then you should have enough for a bill or 2.

 

Think of it as a contribution for this great site!

[davidP]

Elton

My experience of setting up a new company is that marketing is everything. Rather than diversifying into an area that may not be your expertise, probably better to put the money into marketing what you already have and know. There are also some bodies like Business Link that exist to help small businesses. At a recent Pals4Pets franchise owner meeting we had a session with one of their guys and he was very good at focusing you in the right directions, even at a first meeting, and I’m looking forward to what he comes up with at later meetings. A call to them at the very least would be a very good start You could also try the small business advisor at your bank. He will probably be able to give you some good advice and point you at other sources of help.

 

Failing that of course you could always go into online Viagra sales. Be careful though, it’s a potentially hard market

[Slyder]

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Failing that of course you could always go into online Viagra sales. Be careful though, it’s a potentially hard market

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And the competitions stiff (even if the customers aren't!)

[Elton]

Cheers for (most of) the comments so far. I *am* reading this thread and taking it in.

 

Couple of comments:

 

Fishing tackle - it would have to be very low risk. The recent collapse of a mail order tackle firm that allegedly owes circa £1m shows just how competitive that market is.

 

Mail order - I already sell mail order, hence the question. I don't see myself as a 'Giftware Retailer', but a generic 'Mail Order Retailer'. I already have various 'audiences', so want to make the most of the facilities that I already have here.

 

Cheers again,

 

Elton

[Chris Goddard]

See PM Elton!!

 

Chris

[Orca]

Elton: I have a whole load of Treasure Jests that I'm going to stick on eBay (just seems like a bad time to sell on there right now). I used to sell the whole range, but they didn't go as well as my other ranges, so I dropped them

 

 

Elton if you are interested in selling them could you let me know which ones you have. Thanks

 

[ 09. October 2003, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: Orca ]

[Chris Plumb]

bitsbobs:

Elton,

 

If you've got a paypal account I'll send you a pound. And if everybody else on here does the same then you should have enough for a bill or 2.

 

Think of it as a contribution for this great site!

Send him 15 and join the ANMC!!

 

 

Chris

[Jim Roper]

I already have various 'audiences', so want to make the most of the facilities that I already have here.

[/QB]

 

Elton,

You probably have a lot of buying power at your disposal.

Get quotes for bulk purchases of thinks that your audiences will/might buy and split the discounts with them. Cheques with orders only. Cheques returned un-presented if number of orders is too low.

Call it a discount club if you like.

[Guest Ferret1959]

How about bulk groundbaits????

Hemp by bulk?

White and brown crumb??????

 

How about worms??

 

Just thoughts.

 

I would rather have a big bag of crumb delivered than fetch and carry it myself and it's not cos I'm lazy.

[Elton]

Just a quick thanks again to all of you who have come up with ideas on here, and by email.

 

Tight lines,

 

Elton