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An Idea to help sell your art...........

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This was a request from one of my retailers to better display the product instead of having it scattered throughout the store. Works well and this is my 5th year of servicing the cabinet. Extra inventory is stored inside the cube. I hope this helps someone out there.....John
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Good idea John. Craig Johnson
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I can't seem to get any stores to buy my work. mI'm curious how are you determing your prices? By square foot? By inches cut? Etc.
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Have you made enough to justify the cost of the display ? Obivously, you have to sell to the store at wholesale prices so they can make money .
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Am I correct in assuming that the store gives you the space for display and then takes a commision as a percentage of the sale price? Looks like a local ACE Hardware.
Did you build the display or have it built? It is a great idea.
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I am sorry it's taken so long to write. I have turned a profit on the display but it took 2.5 turns of inventory. Partly due to me paying a cabinet maker instead of building it myself but I am not a wood worker. I have about 20 retail stores that purchase product from me and it's not on consignment. I offer 30, 60, and 90 day terms depending on the size of the establishment. I started by finding the owner / buyer and offer to put in product on a 90 day pay or take deal...Meaning in 90 days I will return and take any and all product unsold no questions asked even if damaged.

Works like a charm and thus far I have never had to take a single item back. It also helps me generate other custom items because I allow the retailer to offer "your name here" items. I let the store owner take the order and basically split it 50 / 50 with them......

Pricing, most of my product is cut from 12 or 11Ga, with the exception of the SC Gamecocks which are cut from 14 due to the forming that's done. So, here's a catch.................Once I came to the point where I couldn't keep up with specific items I started outsourcing to laser cutters which I have found really like the parts "they call them that" because they can put small pieces in the drop and it's like free money on those pieces. There is a price tag, I normally purchase 100 to 150 pcs. of each item and then store them raw until the order is filled for certain colors. That is not true for the basic black designs I have them all done at once. From what I have found they can cut them for less than what I could even buy the material.....It does require an investment they need volume not 1 here 1 there. I also invested in software that allows me to create a CAD file that works with their CNC lasers.......Typically I can sell most items wholesale for around 20.00 a square foot with the exception of items with little to no detail.

I welcome any other question I am always willing to help.

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Where do you get your boxes to package the stock in? One of my problems has been storage and boxes would be a workable solution.
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ULINE has anything you would need . . .

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Looks like a great idea...I appreciate the work you did and sharing the concept.
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CNCCAJUN wrote:ULINE has anything you would need . . .

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I've tried to make myself buy from them a couple of times now and the boxes I need are about $2.50 each and then require almost $3 each in shipping. I guess I'll have to keep buying local fro now. The shipping cost hurts my feelings and I don't ship pieces often enough to invest $120 in 20 boxes.
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Check around locally you may find places to buy of get boxes free. I have used Priority mail boxes to ship parts I have cut they are free at the post office. You haul sells boxes too (price is high) but they may have the size you want and you can buy them one at a time. If you have a Graingers locally they sell boxes of different sizes here is the web site to pick what size you want and get a cost per box. They can get stuff overnight for local pickup no extra cost.
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PlasmaDesigns wrote:I am sorry it's taken so long to write. I have turned a profit on the display but it took 2.5 turns of inventory. Partly due to me paying a cabinet maker instead of building it myself but I am not a wood worker. I have about 20 retail stores that purchase product from me and it's not on consignment. I offer 30, 60, and 90 day terms depending on the size of the establishment. I started by finding the owner / buyer and offer to put in product on a 90 day pay or take deal...Meaning in 90 days I will return and take any and all product unsold no questions asked even if damaged.

Works like a charm and thus far I have never had to take a single item back. It also helps me generate other custom items because I allow the retailer to offer "your name here" items. I let the store owner take the order and basically split it 50 / 50 with them......

Pricing, most of my product is cut from 12 or 11Ga, with the exception of the SC Gamecocks which are cut from 14 due to the forming that's done. So, here's a catch.................Once I came to the point where I couldn't keep up with specific items I started outsourcing to laser cutters which I have found really like the parts "they call them that" because they can put small pieces in the drop and it's like free money on those pieces. There is a price tag, I normally purchase 100 to 150 pcs. of each item and then store them raw until the order is filled for certain colors. That is not true for the basic black designs I have them all done at once. From what I have found they can cut them for less than what I could even buy the material.....It does require an investment they need volume not 1 here 1 there. I also invested in software that allows me to create a CAD file that works with their CNC lasers.......Typically I can sell most items wholesale for around 20.00 a square foot with the exception of items with little to no detail.

I welcome any other question I am always willing to help.

John
That's good info John, thanks very much.

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