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Offline GrizzlyCustomBaits

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need some help
« on: 11/02/12 11:37 UTC »
if you could check out www.GrizzlyCustomBaits.c om
need some help pricing out baits i think there fairly priced  ;)
but let me know what you guys think ? needs some feedback
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Offline tpalmer

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Re: need some help
« Reply #1 on: 11/02/12 14:08 UTC »
Great website, easy to navigate and some awesome looking baits.. Your price on the frogs seem to be right on, the rest of the baits seem to be priced at least a dollar cheaper than what I have seen...

Offline superharmonix

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Re: need some help
« Reply #2 on: 11/02/12 15:43 UTC »
I also think your site looks great, and the navigation is easy.  I love the menu on the left.  (I read the left side menu bar has proven to be the area the eye naturally goes to first in most folks, but haven't had time to change mine yet.)


I agree with your frog prices being spot on.  The rest are WAY too low in my opinion.  When I say too low what I mean is, you are not competing with Bass Pro, Dick's, etc.  You make handmade plastic baits with your own hands!  You mix everything in yourself, heat the plastic, pour it/shoot it, cure it, bag it, mail it, all YOURSELF.  Not a huge machine in a factory in China with cheap plastisol and very little if not zero quality control.
You should be charging as such.  You deserve it, and your products are worth it.

It has been my experience as a fisherman, and as a proprietor of custom soft plastics, that folks WILL pay GLADLY more for quality baits almost all the time.  You will always have critics, but I'm telling you most people I have dealt with in my business have actually commented prices being low.  I was a little nervous about thinking my prices were high when I first started (because I was simply comparing prices with the big box stores).  But, like I said, I've learned this is not the deal with most peeps.

There's my two cents!  If you want to get into more detail, feel free to PM me, Grizz.
 

Offline 412BaitCo

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Re: need some help
« Reply #3 on: 11/02/12 16:01 UTC »
Great Site! As far as price is concerned this is my opinion I apply a simple formula to anything I make baits or otherwise. I start off with what my materials cost. From there I add what I feel my hourly rate should be for making the said product and factor in how long it will take me to make a certain amount of it. If I can sell the product and make my hourly rate or more and repay material cost that will tell me if I'd like to produce this item for profit or for personal pleasure/friends. With anything if you cant profit off your product at least what you feel your time is worth it's not worth taking some of the fun away from making the said thing.

Offline floridagrimp

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Re: need some help
« Reply #4 on: 11/02/12 16:14 UTC »
I was told by a major int'l baitmaker that he uses a 5x formula..i.e. if it  costs $.30 to make, he charges $1.50 wholesale. I am sure if volumes was huge, price could go down...and I am also sure China has changed a lot of pricing structures in U.S. 

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Offline MonteSS

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Re: need some help
« Reply #5 on: 11/02/12 16:33 UTC »
I agree the prices seem low.

You also need more color choices.

Very nice site though.

GL....Bill

Offline GrizzlyCustomBaits

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Re: need some help
« Reply #6 on: 11/02/12 16:43 UTC »
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE INPUT :D  :D
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