Strokes Posted 29 January 2015 Posted 29 January 2015 Made our first real effort to sell face to face really, albeit it very informally at a small gathering by invitation and took about 150 so very pleased. Does seem a lot of work for the income but there we go. Its something for my wife to do and makes a few quid. We have a few ideas to develop over the next few years bIt will be a lot of work for a modest income to begin with, Rome wasn't built in a day and all that.
Phube Posted 29 January 2015 Posted 29 January 2015 I do like these Scrabble tile pictures, but sadly my family's names can't be fitted together...
Captain... Posted 30 January 2015 Posted 30 January 2015 Thinking about it. I've probably misjudged the audience. A better bet on here would be to ask for tips on becoming officially separated from the missus so she can claim a shed load of benefits. Not sure why I expected constructive feedback/advice on an actual business from what is largely a community of can't work/won't works.First bit of feedback is don't slag off potential customers. Lose the chip off your shoulder and act like a salesman.Secondly, as someone said they could probably do the same for less by getting a second hand scrabble set from oxfam and some superglue. Except for one thing the heart tile doesn't exist in any scrabble set I know of. So that would be my focus. If you have unique tiles then you have something nobody else can do and if you can mass manufacturer them then you can do it cheaper than someone wanting a one off gift. I actually play a lot of scrabble with the girlfriend and something like this would make a nice valentines present. I do have a question about the heart tiles. Are they cut in in the same way as the letter tiles or have you stuck something on a blank tile? You may even want to consider just selling the heart tiles, and make a few other bespoke tiles aiming at the gift market you have your standard gift giving reasons: Babies: dummy, nappy Birthdays: present, champagne Weddings: ring, Christmas: snowflake, Tree Also don't forget scrabble tiles have a number so a Christmas tree with a 25, birthday present with their age. Wedding ring for an anniversary with the number being the number of years. Good luck and get selling through anything other than Facebook even if interested people will be put off by that.
The People's Hero Posted 30 January 2015 Author Posted 30 January 2015 First bit of feedback is don't slag off potential customers. Lose the chip off your shoulder and act like a salesman. Secondly, as someone said they could probably do the same for less by getting a second hand scrabble set from oxfam and some superglue. Except for one thing the heart tile doesn't exist in any scrabble set I know of. So that would be my focus. If you have unique tiles then you have something nobody else can do and if you can mass manufacturer them then you can do it cheaper than someone wanting a one off gift. I actually play a lot of scrabble with the girlfriend and something like this would make a nice valentines present. I do have a question about the heart tiles. Are they cut in in the same way as the letter tiles or have you stuck something on a blank tile? You may even want to consider just selling the heart tiles, and make a few other bespoke tiles aiming at the gift market you have your standard gift giving reasons: Babies: dummy, nappy Birthdays: present, champagne Weddings: ring, Christmas: snowflake, Tree Also don't forget scrabble tiles have a number so a Christmas tree with a 25, birthday present with their age. Wedding ring for an anniversary with the number being the number of years. Good luck and get selling through anything other than Facebook even if interested people will be put off by that. Thanks for this. Some good suggestions here. We have been looking in to getting numbers etc. The hearts/pearls/whatever other embellishments are glued on to blank tiles by yours truly. Doing a boot fair type thing Sunday to shift some other stuff so am going to see if they sell there. Actually have quite a few bespoke orders in to fill now. Selling through eBay also - but not etsy yet. Probably putting some in a couple of local shops also. Have a local beauticians that loves them. The outlook is reasonably good. Postal charges are a pain though aren't they? It's quite dear to send a rack. 2.80 as far as we can work out. Ive reduced the wooden racks to 7 quid plus delivery but it still ends up at 10 quid delivered. I'll post a pic of our biggest seller soon. I've not advertised yet as we trialled it weds night and sold everyone I made and got a few orders. Thanks for the advice anyway. I do appreciate it.
The People's Hero Posted 7 February 2015 Author Posted 7 February 2015 Suddenly really busy, with bespoke pieces for people, just thought I'd mention that if you like what we do and would like any of our Valentines themed stuff, let me know and we'll sort something out. Doing a big delivery on Monday. If I get any orders between now and Sunday, we'll sort something out on price, since its then just one trip to the post box. Strangely its not Valentines stuff we are busy with - but they you go.
The People's Hero Posted 8 February 2015 Author Posted 8 February 2015 It's pieces of scrabble glued onto a frame!? Yes. I bet you're great fun at a museum or an art gallery. It's just an old bone ???!!!! It just some oil based pigment on a canvas ???!!!!
The People's Hero Posted 15 February 2015 Author Posted 15 February 2015 After 48 and counting very positive pieces of feedback in the last 3 weeks ( since I've been collecting such data from sales ) - I regret to advise that redfoxgifts have regrettably finally received some negative feedback which reads like a bit of a rant and I have to point out - they have not bought any of our credits. I believe in openness, in capitalism and in the freedom of expression. Buyer beware and all that. So here is a review from someone who has zero experience of our product or service It's from Kitchandro. I'm neither a Pearson in or out person. If we sacked him, I wouldn't be surprised or upset, but if we keep him, I think we're in a good place, with the right man, to come straight back up. I was merely trying to politely point out to you that whilst you disagree with people's opinion on Pearson, you could do it without calling them *****, and idiots, and generally being horrible, and could just, well you know, make your point. It's seems you're not capable of doing that, so with that in mind, my politeness is going out the window. I held back from saying anything before, because I'm nice, but those scrabble things your wife is making are dogshit and look tacky, and anyone daft enough to give you money for any of them is more retarded than anyone who wants to keep Pearson.
The People's Hero Posted 15 February 2015 Author Posted 15 February 2015 Pearson Out scrabble rack coming soon. All proceeds to go towards a reverse lobotomy for kitchandro.
Stadt Posted 15 February 2015 Posted 15 February 2015 What does Kitchandro have to do with your dispute with facecloth ?
Jimothy Posted 15 February 2015 Posted 15 February 2015 What does Kitchandro have to do with your dispute with facecloth ? His heads so far up his own arse he can't read my username properly.
The People's Hero Posted 15 February 2015 Author Posted 15 February 2015 Sorry. I struggle to tell one **** from another.
The People's Hero Posted 15 February 2015 Author Posted 15 February 2015 Got quite a few Leicester City orders going out very shortly! For those who have much less taste and clearly much less money than facecloth, and might appreciate such items as a gift idea, why not get in touch via pm? Special prices for foxestalk members ( just don't let on to facecloth! He's got too much class for this sort of thing )
Rincewind Posted 15 February 2015 Posted 15 February 2015 Think you may have lost Facecloth as a potential customer. Your customer relations dept needs a revamp.
bovril Posted 15 February 2015 Posted 15 February 2015 It's the Simpsons profile pic (not Danny Simpson)
MooseBreath Posted 15 February 2015 Posted 15 February 2015 It strikes me that being a presumably unauthorised seller of what could be deemed scrabble merchandise could be classed as a trademark infringement. I googled the matter and found this: http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/are-the-scrabble-tiles-protected-under-trademark-l-831619.html Which is inconclusive. I have no useful knowledge of this kind of thing but I've heard Peter Jones delivering stern warnings against similar infringements before on dragons den, saying they'll take all the profits you've ever made from their trademark and you'll be left with a large legal bill. Just something to consider buddy.
The People's Hero Posted 16 February 2015 Author Posted 16 February 2015 Thanks Moosebreath and I shall address this today.
Merging Cultures Posted 16 February 2015 Posted 16 February 2015 Looks alright to me. I'm not the target market, but I do think there is a decent market for this sort of thing. Personally, I don't like the ones with the cheap pearl style hearts. Etsy is good as others have said. Also, get a Pinterest going to check out other styles and promote your goods. A friend of mine started off making a selling necklaces. She got them into large shops, like Macy's. Now she has her own shop, http://beckethitch.com/ Her and her husband both has degrees in Art, and the shop is highly curated. They started small and now are doing very well.
Smudge Posted 17 February 2015 Posted 17 February 2015 It strikes me that being a presumably unauthorised seller of what could be deemed scrabble merchandise could be classed as a trademark infringement. I googled the matter and found this: http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/are-the-scrabble-tiles-protected-under-trademark-l-831619.html Which is inconclusive. I have no useful knowledge of this kind of thing but I've heard Peter Jones delivering stern warnings against similar infringements before on dragons den, saying they'll take all the profits you've ever made from their trademark and you'll be left with a large legal bill. Just something to consider buddy. Thanks Moosebreath and I shall address this today. Moose raises and interesting point but in this case TPH isn't using the trademark and if he was the point is answered here. I guess the question is, can you use their products to make something else? My opinion is that the 'royalty has already been paid when the tiles were bought. A vehicle manufacturer buys tyres from a vendor, they aren't infringing on any rights since they have bought the product. The tiles are freely available in bulk from Amazon and Etsy so I assume they are selling them for the craft industry.
ADK Posted 17 February 2015 Posted 17 February 2015 Afaik, unless there's a specific agreement as to how you use something, you can use it however you like. So if the tiles are being sold, then you are free to use them for any purpose.
Captain... Posted 18 February 2015 Posted 18 February 2015 As long as you don't mention scrabble in any of your product descriptions or marketing then you should be ok. As it is trademark they are protecting not their tiles, I don't think there can be anything to stop you upcycling scrabble tiles and selling them. I also doubt hasbro would even give this a second thought unless you start turning a serious profit, but it would be sensible to look into where you stand legally, just in case.
The People's Hero Posted 6 March 2015 Author Posted 6 March 2015 Have received quite a few orders from lcfc fans apparently. If it's anyone from here - thanks and I hope you like the items.
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