Possible Placement Of Dozen Belts On Consignment At Gun Retailer. Tips?

[Tallbald]

Excellent points. I had wondered about how my art would be treated in a retail setting. I suppose I'll simply have to resign myself to the possibility of damage. As to inventory, I know I'll have to discuss this with the owner, but I would imagine that computer generated inventory tags would be used as with all their wares.

Being that it's a gun shop, security is very good with armed sales persons, male and female (we have a very active shooting sport culture in my area of the USA), so theft doesn't bother me greatly. I appreciate your thoughts. Don.

[25b]

Here's how to fix the belt damage problem...

Make up a few various sized, untooled, plain belt straps constructed the same way you do the tooled ones, but not tooled...these should be used for the person to find the right size.

The actual tooled belts stay locked in a display case so people can see them...when they want to buy one, they try one one of the plain sizing belts (which you'll have marked with the size (38", 40", 42", etc.)...once they know which size they need, they can choose one of your tooled belts from the display case, BUY IT, then wear it and scratch it up all they want.

That's how I would do it anyway...no one needs to be playing around with my belts and potentially damaging them until they've already bought it. No one will care if they damage your fine work unless they've already paid for it...then they'll be careful with it.

Edited September 16, 2015 by 25b

[kevinp]

good idea 25b what we are doing is putting one belt with holes all along its length from 28" up to 50" and marked up at these sizes, they can then find their belt size then choose their belt. We now supply our belts in wooden display boxes.

[25b]

Yeah, that can work too...but the reason I prefer individual sizing belts is because in my experience, customers are extremely stupid and if there's a way for them to screw up reading a number off a belt with multiple numbers on it, they'll find a way to do it. With individual sizing belts, they try one on until they find the one that fits and then it has just that one number on it.

It just helps eliminate any chance of error and like I said, I've found some very, very, VERY stupid customers in my years of selling custom gear.

[chris33177]

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[Tallbald]

Hi and thank you all again. Truthfully I've left messages twice for the dealer last business week (It's Sunday here in Kentucky USA) to give me a call when he's in the shop so I can come over and show him my art. This past week he hasn't called me and since I'm always truthful here, I will admit I'm a bit annoyed. I know he has other employees to run the store, and as he is retired from a career and now owns two businesses, he may genuinely not be in the shop. The shop also attends many gun shows yearly and one is this weekend so prep time toward that may be in play. I will share here how things work out friends. I know I will be learning this aspect of marketing as I "fly by the seat of my pants" and my upcoming experience, if it comes to fruition, might help others here too.

On another note, I'm fixing to post another thread about positive experience at a local art and craft show my loving wife and I participated in yesterday. I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts on the new post too.

Thanks as always to all here helping me learn. Don, Don S. Leathercraft

Edited September 20, 2015 by Tallbald