As a reseller, here is the issue with selling the low cost items...
I make a percentage off of what I sell. A $25.00 item carries with it little incentive to stock and sell. A $430.00 item is much more appealing. It takes a large order for me to justify the shipping cost that I incur to receive the items, and then I have to stock them and then ship them. A few dollars doesn't make it worth the effort involved.
I would love to carry the lower cost items but it isn't really cost feasible without a large order. I suspect that this is the case for all of the resellers except for the really large ones. It isn't that I don't love robotics as is evident by all that I try to do to promote the EZ-Robot products. It is simply a time and money economics thing.
Hi Dave C., that makes total sense. Do you think stocking lower cost items but placing a minimum amount ordered is a viable option? Of course the item would have to be something that would be ordered at your minimum like maybe servos. I doubt however someone would want to buy 8 loTinys or whatever your price point would be.
@NEWAGETOMY, understood my friend. No worries. Sorry for the confusion.
I plan on stocking the new servos simply because this is the largest likelihood of failure. I will stock them so that I can supply replacements in the event of a failure. I want to stock the IoTiny but it will have to be after the start of my class in August to allow funds to stock enough of them to make it worth it.
In August, my store will stock more products. Right now it isn't really feasible. Things are always on the horizon it seems. Hopefully in August I will be able to help alleviate the issue for those in the US.
i think at the end of the day when it comes to ordering for our projects, best to think ahead and order everything in the one go if possible, because no one is interested in stocking parts, for as CR said, it's just not appealing enough.
If there are a few of you who all need parts, then a group order can help save on shipping, i see it done all the time on forums, etc.
There's not many active australians here, say if a few were and they all needed parts, then i would simply organize a group order. After what ive read, and if i lived in the USA, then i would be ordering parts and ship them at a flat rate, for i know they would all sell eventually.
Profit wouldn't be a factor, it would be about keeping everyone happy. Guys into FPV here have on-line shops, but sell at a very low margin, it simply keeps their hobby alive and their getting their parts for cheap, some even do it as a second job.
I just had parts arrive today from ez-robot which i had ordered on the 1st May, and today is the 8th May.
I chose the cheapest shipping option because i am waiting for my other parts to arrive which are going to take another week, so i can't believe they came so fast, very impressed.coolcool
As a reseller, here is the issue with selling the low cost items...
I make a percentage off of what I sell. A $25.00 item carries with it little incentive to stock and sell. A $430.00 item is much more appealing. It takes a large order for me to justify the shipping cost that I incur to receive the items, and then I have to stock them and then ship them. A few dollars doesn't make it worth the effort involved.
I would love to carry the lower cost items but it isn't really cost feasible without a large order. I suspect that this is the case for all of the resellers except for the really large ones. It isn't that I don't love robotics as is evident by all that I try to do to promote the EZ-Robot products. It is simply a time and money economics thing.
Hi Dave C., that makes total sense. Do you think stocking lower cost items but placing a minimum amount ordered is a viable option? Of course the item would have to be something that would be ordered at your minimum like maybe servos. I doubt however someone would want to buy 8 loTinys or whatever your price point would be.
@NEWAGETOMY, understood my friend. No worries. Sorry for the confusion.
I plan on stocking the new servos simply because this is the largest likelihood of failure. I will stock them so that I can supply replacements in the event of a failure. I want to stock the IoTiny but it will have to be after the start of my class in August to allow funds to stock enough of them to make it worth it.
In August, my store will stock more products. Right now it isn't really feasible. Things are always on the horizon it seems. Hopefully in August I will be able to help alleviate the issue for those in the US.
@DAVE- All good not a problem.
i think at the end of the day when it comes to ordering for our projects, best to think ahead and order everything in the one go if possible, because no one is interested in stocking parts, for as CR said, it's just not appealing enough.
If there are a few of you who all need parts, then a group order can help save on shipping, i see it done all the time on forums, etc.
There's not many active australians here, say if a few were and they all needed parts, then i would simply organize a group order. After what ive read, and if i lived in the USA, then i would be ordering parts and ship them at a flat rate, for i know they would all sell eventually.
Profit wouldn't be a factor, it would be about keeping everyone happy. Guys into FPV here have on-line shops, but sell at a very low margin, it simply keeps their hobby alive and their getting their parts for cheap, some even do it as a second job.
I just had parts arrive today from ez-robot which i had ordered on the 1st May, and today is the 8th May.
I chose the cheapest shipping option because i am waiting for my other parts to arrive which are going to take another week, so i can't believe they came so fast, very impressed.cool cool