Bill
May 8, 2009, 09:51 PM
Hi Bill,
The one barrier in my way is a good way to get my products to the end consumer.
As Gordon has said, I can't use direct mail because of the inexpensive nature of my current products.
So I need to get my products into retailers and that has not been easy.
I have been trying to lineup sales reps, but I have not had much luck in getting the quantity of them I need, because most reps don't really want to pioneer new products from an unknown company especially where the products don't have a high commission profit.
Take my CORDGRIP, if I could find someone who was already selling through reps, that call on wholesale distributors who service the trades (heating, electrical, plumbing etc) I feel I would be pretty much all set.
Or at least I would have a shot at getting my product(s) looked at by the people in charge of making the buying decisions.
Here's are some interesting articles that may give you some ideas:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2004/june/70988.html
http://smallbusiness.aol.com/start/startup/article/_a/your-product-at-wal-mart/20051213184109990005
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/marketing/a/bigboxretail.htm
http://www.lulu.com/content/437697
The one barrier in my way is a good way to get my products to the end consumer.
As Gordon has said, I can't use direct mail because of the inexpensive nature of my current products.
So I need to get my products into retailers and that has not been easy.
I have been trying to lineup sales reps, but I have not had much luck in getting the quantity of them I need, because most reps don't really want to pioneer new products from an unknown company especially where the products don't have a high commission profit.
Take my CORDGRIP, if I could find someone who was already selling through reps, that call on wholesale distributors who service the trades (heating, electrical, plumbing etc) I feel I would be pretty much all set.
Or at least I would have a shot at getting my product(s) looked at by the people in charge of making the buying decisions.
Here's are some interesting articles that may give you some ideas:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2004/june/70988.html
http://smallbusiness.aol.com/start/startup/article/_a/your-product-at-wal-mart/20051213184109990005
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/marketing/a/bigboxretail.htm
http://www.lulu.com/content/437697
