More about Thee "V"

Those sure are nice benches Dennis and different enough to be interesting. Since I am in Norway, I wouldn’t have any idea about the marketing aspects, but the thought did occur to me that this could easily be marketed via the web. A good friend of mine started selling Murphy beds that way some years ago and it has been a huge success. You can check out the website at Wilding’s Murphy beds. http://www.wallbedsbywilding.com/. He is retired and his kids now run the company.

My friend tells me that a large part of his success is owing to his quality control and his shipping company which is top class and he gets very few service problems that way and a lot of satisfied customers who spread the word. His product has to be partially assembled by the customer when received.

Hope this helps a little.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Thanks for the info Mike,

Hope you’re enjoying Norway.

Aloha

-- D.R.O. is getting greener everyday

Looks nice to me. I wish you luck. Make sure you include safety precautions to CYA. BZ

-- Dudley Young USN Ret.

You could try selling one on e-bay the problem might be shipping but you could make it for locate pick up.

-- Woodisit

Very nice and unique benches. I like them and good job.

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

Nice benches, looks like you have alot of work and time in those.

In addition to your benches, you might consider coming up with a simpler, quicker to build design that you can sell for 100.00 or less perhaps 3-4 foot shaker style red cedar benches with matching plant stands and have in stock perhaps a dozen of each, I have been doing a regular show for a year now and I have learned that the under 100.00 benches fly out the door and the more expensive ones not so much, it depends on the customer. Also the ATM’s at these shows are rigged alot of the time to only dispense 100.00 per transaction with a high 3-4.00 charge. Many times I have had to reimburse the transaction charge to make a sale. It is true that consumer spending has flattened last quarter so we need to adapt to that. Also your bench design reminds me of edge grain cutting boards, if you made some nice cutting boards and presented them well they would make good xmas season gifts and be a small cash and carry item for your shows.
Just a thought..
Good Luck !

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com

Really nice Dennis, I’m sure you’ll find a market for them, how much are you selling them for?

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Very nice…and I second SawDustnSplinters said….for shows you need less expensive items as these folks usually come to shows for small items for gifts and for ideas…if you item is priced right it sells…if not the folks go away thinking they could make that themselves (whether right or wrong). I used to help a very good friend go to these shows…she made shadow box clocks…really nice…and sold them for $50 – $75. She would mostly sell out at some of the better shows. Everyone commented that they liked the price.

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Damian,

Looking towards the custom end of things. Marketing now to architects, designers and some realtors. Don’t think i’m going to get any over counter type sales at the home shows, just looking to get these in front of the public. The “V” is a design I plan to modify and not bring the legs thru the top saving tons of time and bring the cost down. Looking to be $500 – $1000 and up.

Thanks

-- D.R.O. is getting greener everyday

You might try finding landscape architects in your area. These are beautiful designs and they should appreciate them. They could buy them for client projects and then they up the price and both of you make money.