Another rethink.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:00 pm
For what ever reason my quiet summer I normally get as order numbers get smaller has gone this year. I have more business than I normally get in the Winter at the moment. This means build / delivery times are going out further and further, I am out to nearly 3 weeks at the moment which in the end will get ebay moaning at me.
As explained I am happy the size I am, I don't want all the hassle of having to get a workshop, hire staff, done that worn the tshirt and hated it. Maybe in the future when someone else runs the company, but not me, and I hopefully still have a few years at it.
Solutions - Put prices up to deter orders and make more money - not my way, I have a fixed mark up for the three stages of upgrade, I already make enough money for my needs.
Restrict sales, well yes but how. I am already thinking of just closing the ebay shop in December so I can catch up, but I will be on my main annual holiday most of December. Restricting the upgrades listed at ebay is another thing that I am doing already. I decided to make the top upgrades only available from the forum and not listed at ebay, as to be honest because of the bespoke element involved and the understanding of how to use them I am only happy with experienced NVA customers owning them. So no Statement products or Cubix or Cubix Pro speakers will be listed at ebay. I am now going to extend that to a few new Black Box products as well. The Phono3 and the BBPSU and the Jammy Special AP10h will only be available through the forum. For me ebay is getting people to get into NVA so the starter products of P20 / A20 SC interconnect and LS2 speaker cable will always be low cost and low profit intros to NVA. Then get them to become part of the club and join the forum. HFS will always be open to any Hi-Fi user nva or not, it is just the NVA room that will be the club.
It seems my perceived on-line personality is helping to restrict sales, with both AoS, PFM and Wigwam trying their hardest to not let people know or talk about NVA. This puts me in two minds, I really want people to hear NVA and appreciate it, I suppose an ego thing. But the removal of so many eeediots from my potential customer list has been a blessing in disguise.
As explained I am happy the size I am, I don't want all the hassle of having to get a workshop, hire staff, done that worn the tshirt and hated it. Maybe in the future when someone else runs the company, but not me, and I hopefully still have a few years at it.
Solutions - Put prices up to deter orders and make more money - not my way, I have a fixed mark up for the three stages of upgrade, I already make enough money for my needs.
Restrict sales, well yes but how. I am already thinking of just closing the ebay shop in December so I can catch up, but I will be on my main annual holiday most of December. Restricting the upgrades listed at ebay is another thing that I am doing already. I decided to make the top upgrades only available from the forum and not listed at ebay, as to be honest because of the bespoke element involved and the understanding of how to use them I am only happy with experienced NVA customers owning them. So no Statement products or Cubix or Cubix Pro speakers will be listed at ebay. I am now going to extend that to a few new Black Box products as well. The Phono3 and the BBPSU and the Jammy Special AP10h will only be available through the forum. For me ebay is getting people to get into NVA so the starter products of P20 / A20 SC interconnect and LS2 speaker cable will always be low cost and low profit intros to NVA. Then get them to become part of the club and join the forum. HFS will always be open to any Hi-Fi user nva or not, it is just the NVA room that will be the club.
It seems my perceived on-line personality is helping to restrict sales, with both AoS, PFM and Wigwam trying their hardest to not let people know or talk about NVA. This puts me in two minds, I really want people to hear NVA and appreciate it, I suppose an ego thing. But the removal of so many eeediots from my potential customer list has been a blessing in disguise.