Re: NVA Blog
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:46 pm
It's not fair you have to deal with this crap. As train guy would say "it's a whole mouthful of pig's tits but it's gotta be swallowed whole"
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Will you publish the EU dealers on the NVA site once you know which it will be?
Yes. Definitely.Hannes-Gregor wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:15 amWill you publish the EU dealers on the NVA site once you know which it will be?
I'm instinctively pragmatic, but 'as is', there is no way around it. On the upside, it will bring NVA to more people, albeit at a higher price tag.
Is there any reason why you couldn't set up an NVA sister company? NVA Poland. That does manufacturing in Poland and whose main mission is to sell NVA direct to EU countries?savvypaul wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:47 am Update on sales to EU countries.
We have concluded that the new trading arrangements with the EU, introduced on 01/01/2021, simply are not compatible with direct selling of NVA products to individual customers in the EU Zone.
The additional costs involved for the customer (VAT and customs fees), the extensive paperwork, possible delays and difficulties with returns mean that direct sales, cross border, will be a much less attractive proposition for both customers and ourselves.
When NVA returns to the EU, it will be through a distributor and a network of dealers. Customers want an easy, painless way to try your product. The new arrangements are the opposite. Plus, if your product is going to be more expensive, anyway, then you may as well go for convenience and wider promotion through a dealer network.
No problem setting one up. Making it profitable is an entirely different question. Around 5% of NVA business is currently in the EU. That level of sales wouldn't scratch the surface of the costs of premises, taxes, rates, utilities, accounting, duplicating stock holding etc etc.Lindsayt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:03 amIs there any reason why you couldn't set up an NVA sister company? NVA Poland. That does manufacturing in Poland and whose main mission is to sell NVA direct to EU countries?savvypaul wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:47 am Update on sales to EU countries.
We have concluded that the new trading arrangements with the EU, introduced on 01/01/2021, simply are not compatible with direct selling of NVA products to individual customers in the EU Zone.
The additional costs involved for the customer (VAT and customs fees), the extensive paperwork, possible delays and difficulties with returns mean that direct sales, cross border, will be a much less attractive proposition for both customers and ourselves.
When NVA returns to the EU, it will be through a distributor and a network of dealers. Customers want an easy, painless way to try your product. The new arrangements are the opposite. Plus, if your product is going to be more expensive, anyway, then you may as well go for convenience and wider promotion through a dealer network.