Just a question to everyone that has a minute to listen to me. Is anyone interested in selling my products in their store, or know what stores I should try to get my products into? I need some help as far as this goes, I am getting great responses from local fishermen but no business's yet. Guides, can ya help me out here?

Andy

Andy, a couple of thoughts. Try Blaine's Tackle in Aberdeen. He does wholesale/retail/mailorder.He supplies some of the local stores. 360.532.1297
also, check out ebay. Blaine sells a lot there.

What about the usual suspects here in the Seattle area? Outdoor Emporium (Seattle), Salmon Bay (Seattle/Ballard), Teds (Lynwood), Sporties (Redmond). Let your fingers do the walking...

Andy,,, Have ya tryed a website?

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Andy
Do you get the emails I send offering ideas?

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Marty
www.steelheader.net
marty@steelheader.net

Marty,
I don't get any emails from you, have you been sending me some? By the way I already have a web page, the address is http://The_Steelhead_Solution.homestead.com

Andy

Andy
The emails were about different ways to help promote your product and web page.
Product reviews, banner ads, webrings

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Marty
www.steelheader.net
marty@steelheader.net

Andy,
Having been a sales rep for many years, I'll take a shot at this quandry of yours. Many independant reps carry several different lines of merchandise, and have massive sales routes...I'd try to contact some distributors such as this to start. (some smaller brokers may be willing!) I'd ALSO get around to as many tackle shops as I could and represent my OWN product. The profits are a whole lot better for you if you can sign stores up on your own!

There's also a deal called guarunteed sale. I've rep'd products under this category before. You drop off X amount of product, and see if it sells! The store pays up front in most cases, and then, after a resonable time, if it hasn't sold, you reimbuse them or provide restocks on the products that HAVE sold! It's a foot in the door! It can be a very effective way to get product IN stores!

It looks like your product would merchandise very nicely on what is called a "clip strip" They're the strips of jigs and such you see hanging in stores with whatever on them...usually jigs and lures I see are stapled to light cardboard strips about a foot long with an S hook at the top, they also have plastic doowahs like this with places to hang product. The advantage to this is that shelf space is usually at a premium, and you can sometimes squeeze YOUR product into a store initially by displaying on clipstrips! THEN, once it's proven itself...it'll get a permanant home!

Regarding the website...it looks like you've got a nice product...I'd suggest getting it up OFF the floor and displayed in a nice looking setup...maybe a tabletop draped with fabric...outside on some river rocks...your display board looks professional...your packaging looks good...just try getting some shots where you're not looking DOWN on your product! You want to represent it in the best way possible...cause, it IS the BEST...RIGHT?!?!?

Boy do I EVER sound like an EX sales rep!!! But, that's my .02 cents worth!!! Hope that'll help you!!

Had a friend that used to call on all the main Steelhead areas...I'll see if I can find his number and if he's still doin' it! I'll look into some other telephone numbers for you as well!!

L

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