horrible wake up call - who else can I sell decals to with my vinyl cutter? Car Dealers are out
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horrible wake up call - who else can I sell decals to with my vinyl cutter? Car Dealers are out
horrible wake up call - who else can I sell decals to with my vinyl cutter? Car Dealers are out
hi, the main reason i bough my gx-24 was for doing decals and cause has the contour cut i saw an advantage for do better shirts, well i always been atracted to decals, dont know why but i just like them, then i saw this car dealers with this decals in the windows for the cars they sell, and after getting more than 5 dealerships interested and making some samples since they are always asking about it, i went to the 1st one and they ask me about pricing, since they are usually around 14 x 6, and saw them in the net selling about $7.25, i told him i would give them for $6.25 then he ask me for each one and i said yes, them he told me he pays $7.25 for 12, wow i saw them in the net for that same price but even when they said they sell them by the dozen, i though this couldnt be. well i told him i could not do it for that price, after remind him and leave him a small flyer about other things i do (shirts, etc..) and then left quietly. wow i could not make money doing that. well i was planing to get more into decals but now im stock with more than 6 colors of 651,751. i know i can still do the decals, but dont know what to do at this point to at least recover the matterials invested.
i still can do shirts with spectra, but still would like to find a way to do the decals, right now im a little block on my mind so any ideas would be apreciated, for now im going to have to concentrate on getting good on clothing, but still if you have any coments or ideas will be apreciated .
I would look for local business's that might buy banners or signs, maybe doing shop windows. When the economy slows people with businesses will be more likely to advertise to try to make that sale. I would start there, going from business to business and handing out cards and brochures. also maybe see if there are places close by that do alot of different events, and see if you can give them a bid for their event banners
Go to your local sporting goods store...not the chain ones, mom and pop's......and give them a sample of maybe a fish (native to your area) or even a deer head....my local store orders 100's of these a year....
Find out who the head of the local school sport's dept. is....offer custom window stickers to the players on the various teams....i.e. football team, basketball, golf, soccer...and see if your local school has a school store and who is in charge of it.....
Lots of opportunities with the vinyl cutter.....keep looking.
Margaret Cutting Edge
P.S. If you are near water....how bout lettering some of the local boats or dock boxes?
wow thanks a lot for your coments, that help me a lot, i love this forum cause members are always sharing experiences, knoledge and always helpful, now, dont stop, keep sharing ideas ideas .
I don't know anything about vinyl cutting or car decals but could you get a booth at local car shows and drum up business for custom work and sell directly to the retail customers instead of wholesaleing to the dealerships?
Set yourself apart from the on-line vendors in a way that adds value to your product.
Are the on-line decals custom or stock? If they're stock, customize yours in some way.
What is the turn around time for the on-line vendors? Can you do it quicker? If so, say so.
Do they charge shipping and handling charges? How does that affect the price? Compare apples to apples (bottom lines) in your sales pitch.
Do the on-line vendors have a minimum order? If so, let your customers know that you have NO MINIMUM.
What else can you offer the customer? Position yourself as as much of a "one stop shop" as possible. Now the customer is saving even more on shipping, handling, and in time.
I dont have a cutter, yet but I will,
anyway, all 4 wheelers have to have 2 inch letters, on a piece of plexi on the back of a 4 wheeler if riden off your property.
All boats have to have the boat letters and numbers on side of boat, as well as poeple who want to name there boats, ect.
All snowmobiles have to display again 2 inch i think it is letters on sides of sleds.
If you are a Bear HUnter and Hunt black Bear, in Minnesota if we Bait we have to put by each Bait the License # of the HUnter is at least 1 inch letters and post it on wood or plexi and put on a tree right by the bait.
This could be advertiesed on ebay or somewhere else, all of these could be ads in the back of the fishing hunting mag, or newsletters, or sporting good shops
What about vinyl letters being pressed onto cloth gun, bow cases.
anyone who has a business, and uses there car or truck for business, has to have a sign on there car, or vinyl on windows, incase the IRS checks.
there are so many options for vinyl cutting, or just be creative and make all the awesome lil artwork, you see in cars windows. back of truck windows.
How about Metal Mailboxes,, all name and address 's have to be on those, go for a ride, when you see one that doesnt, throw a door hanger on there door, with a price and and a phone #
If you need ideas i have ton, let me know
Pick yourself up, wipe yourself off, and get cutting,You can do this!
Sandy Jo
Sandy Jo
care dealers are notorious for getting things cheap.. or trying too..
and yes they ahave source that they can get things like decals and such.. at really low prices..
The car dealers here that are our customers come to us for signs.. and banners.. but we dont do any decals doing any.
I wouldn't even try to do car dealer decals, there's no way there would be enough $$$$ in it for me. As Susan said, they are very notorious for getting or trying to get things cheap. Remember though, that same car dealer you can also stripe/tribal their cars for them.
hit the local RV companies . . leave biz cards for custom decals for RVers
we have a 5th wheel camper . . on the back we have our website addy's and by the door
we have our 1st names by the granny handle . .
I also made a little hanging sign for the door -- one side says . . "napping" and the other side says . . 'go away, we're beezie' .... *wink*~ . .*L*~
and while camping, we have a sign that we place in front of the king pin/stabilizer --
with our 1st names, our doggies name, the town we are from and an email addy and of course the tiny shapes of each state we've camped in . . .
Diane
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I would concentrate on signs, banners, car magnets and lettering vans there is a lot more money in that. I use to do decals but most of the time it is young kids who just got their license and car wanting their name on a window 2 inches tall so now I have a $30.00 shop minimum.
I agree don't give up and don't work cheap. There is a niche for youand all you need to do is find it. ..... JB
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Set yourself apart from the on-line vendors in a way that adds value to your product.
Are the on-line decals custom or stock? If they're stock, customize yours in some way.
What is the turn around time for the on-line vendors? Can you do it quicker? If so, say so.
Do they charge shipping and handling charges? How does that affect the price? Compare apples to apples (bottom lines) in your sales pitch.
Do the on-line vendors have a minimum order? If so, let your customers know that you have NO MINIMUM.
What else can you offer the customer? Position yourself as as much of a "one stop shop" as possible. Now the customer is saving even more on shipping, handling, and in time.
dechez, i found out that they can get this decals real cheap, the difference in shipping is not a lot cause some even give free shipping on large orders, there is no way i can do it faster caause im just starting and im doin it myself. i can custumize them but they dont want to pay more money than for they get them, so there is no money for me in this area but i give them a flyer of the other things i can do.
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