help

X1R

I dunno if this is the correct place to have this but, I have nearly completed setting up a hunting/shooting clothing business.
I have all the ground work done just to fax an order in and start trading.
The question I have is: SHOULD I BOTHER ??
With the recession, there is less cash available.
There is a shooting supplier in the area but he is not that well got.
If I go ahead with it I will be stocking Jack Pyke, what do people think of their products?
Any replies are greatly appreciated as it's alot of cash that could go on cartriges or herself.
I am not advertising, just looking for help from the people that are out in the field.

Thanks, Jonathan.

jap gt

would you not have asked before you nearly had your business set up

is it just clothes or will you be an rfd

Tackleberrywho

X1R wrote: »

I dunno if this is the correct place to have this but, I have nearly completed setting up a hunting/shooting clothing business.
I have all the ground work done just to fax an order in and start trading.
The question I have is: SHOULD I BOTHER ??
With the recession, there is less cash available.
There is a shooting supplier in the area but he is not that well got.
If I go ahead with it I will be stocking Jack Pyke, what do people think of their products?
Any replies are greatly appreciated as it's alot of cash that could go on cartriges or herself.
I am not advertising, just looking for help from the people that are out in the field.

Thanks, Jonathan.

Jack Pyke is poor Quality, only knife blade I ever broke was Jack Pyke.
However, any business that can struggle through a recession will thrive in a boom

Dupont

have some of that jack pyke stuff myself great gear. got it in a well known hunting shop in enniskillen. would go there and other places as the staff are friendly it has a great selection .the local lad is a rip off and not very helpfull. i think keeping customers has a lot to do with customer satisfaction

ormondprop

i have a jack pyke jacket and i love it, nice and warm yet breathable
http://jackpyke.co.uk/jack-pyke-clothing/jack-pyke-hunter-jacket-english-oak/prod_1438.html

macadam

There is nothing like competition in any business and once you get your customer base make sure you look after them.

There is one guy in my county that works from his back garden, selling out of a wooden shed so no overheads only electric, he also sells on ebay and does quite well.

To date this year I have bought the following:

Berretta Urika semi auto new,
harkila boots,
200 cartriges,
100 .22 hornet bullets,
Fox cage
12 fox snares,
Deerhunter trousers and jacket,
Flask,
seeland fleece,
4 pairs of socks.

There is a market but you have to have what they want.

ormondprop

as macadam said the internet is the best place to sell stuff at the moment
when i need anything i always price around on the net before going to any shop and if they cant match the price or nearly match it i buy online, so i reckon if you set up a website and advertise it well and use ebay you'll find your market

Tackleberrywho

Purchases in 2010

200 .223's
100 .308's

250 Cartridges
1 Reflex Mod
1 PSE Stock
1 Recrown
1 Karsten cheek piece
1 Glass Bed job.

several other items of clothing and paraphernalia value ~ €300-400

In lay man's terms (every spare bit of cash I had):D

I had a small windfall today ; so I'll be making 1 or 2 more purchases over the next week or two

MarkD.

I think good quality clothing in Ireland is pricey compared to sellers across the pond, even after paying Vat and postage from the Uk every piece of clothing ive priced was cheaper to import. So if you put up good competition you'd have some hope of being a success..

On another note did you do any business plan before you taught up this adventure? Market research pasy in the long run

X1R

Lads, thanks for the feed back.

"There is one guy in my county that works from his back garden, selling out of a wooden shed so no overheads only electric, he also sells on ebay and does quite well",- I'll be doing the same, I build a large shed when I was rallying (that ball burst) so I was going setting up in there.

"is it just clothes or will you be an rfd"- No it will be just clothing at first.
TBH, I don't know enough about firearms to consider that (Personally, I cannot stand going into a shop to be blinded by BULLSH*T, It drives me nuts).

"On another note did you do any business plan before you taught up this adventure?"- I have and thats kinda where this took off from, my brother-in-law is a gun dog breeder, his buddy has been shooting for the past 25 od years and trains gun dogs, and between the three of us and all our own contacts there is an opening for an outlet in the area.

kildare.17hmr

there is defo a market for the gear but like was said ya have to really have somethin for everyone. like the other lads alot of my spare cash goes on this sort of stuff, knives, bullets, socks, rain gear boots ect. It sounds like your well set up with the shead and so overheads will be low and you said yourself there is a market for it in your area so couple this with a website and maybe an ebay shop you could do very well out of it. Best of luck with it man hope it works out for ya

deerhunter1

X1R wrote: »

Lads, thanks for the feed back.

"There is one guy in my county that works from his back garden, selling out of a wooden shed so no overheads only electric, he also sells on ebay and does quite well",- I'll be doing the same, I build a large shed when I was rallying (that ball burst) so I was going setting up in there.

"is it just clothes or will you be an rfd"- No it will be just clothing at first.
TBH, I don't know enough about firearms to consider that (Personally, I cannot stand going into a shop to be blinded by BULLSH*T, It drives me nuts).

"On another note did you do any business plan before you taught up this adventure?"- I have and thats kinda where this took off from, my brother-in-law is a gun dog breeder, his buddy has been shooting for the past 25 od years and trains gun dogs, and between the three of us and all our own contacts there is an opening for an outlet in the area.

I also use jack pyke products no problems