If Dealers stock and sell, then they earn their piece. Much easier for us to
ship to 5 customers vs 500.
From: Tushar Patel
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:16 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] To be or not to be
I second that on most distributors are out of stock. We end up waiting lot. So
may be put minimum stocking if not then go direct.
Tushar
On Sep 23, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Keefe John <keefe...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
I'd love to be able to order direct. Most distributors are out of stock of
your stuff whenever I need it. A lot of them play the 'drop ship' game too,
which causes delays. I end up buying mounts from Tessco or Valmont because
they come faster.
Keefe
On 9/23/2015 12:57 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Debating on whether or not to do AnimalFarm again.
My moral dilemma is that I have this nice ecommerce website now but none of
the ecommerce stuff is turned on. Easy to do. But then that starts to erode
dealer sales. And also erode the relationship with the dealers.
But it may capture sales that would otherwise be lost.
In any event, if I am planning to do some direct sales, it is not fair to
ask our dealers to sponsor AnimalFarm - if I am serious about doing this that
is.
I am half serious. Perhaps 60% serious. As time passes, that percentage
may grow.
And the majority of the sponsorship comes from manufacturers, not dealers...
And AF is a bunch of work. It breaks even. Not what we would call a
significant profit center in any way.
But as time has gone on, all of you have been great at crowdsourcing the
setup....
