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Are you from Europe can you help me
Hi all I was wondering if anybody out there can help. I am trying to
start a business my first business, I won't go into details now but it is selling souvenirs and my market is all of Europe. So what I am trying to do is get as many names and address of souvenirs shops in Europe so I can post them a sample of my product and then go from there. As you can imagine it would nearly be impossible and very expensive for me to travel around all of Europe and look for souvenirs shops and I am finding it very difficult to locate any thing on the Internet so if you are from Europe and you know the names and addresses or even a web address of any souvenirs shops in Europe I would be really grateful if you could pass that on to me or if you have any other thoughts suggestions or ideas it would be all good. PS The item I am trying to sell is a souvenir pin or badge so I guess the type of souvenirs shop I am looking for is one that sells all types of souvenirs because I know there is a lot of souvenirs shops that specializes in glass and leather etc. these would be no good for me for obvious reasons. Thank You |
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Martin wrote:
I am trying to start a business my first business, I won't go into details now but it is selling souvenirs and my market is all of Europe. I do not know if you will be too happy with that kind of business. So what I am trying to do is get as many names and address of souvenirs shops in Europe so I can post them a sample of my product and then go from there. As you can imagine it would nearly be impossible and very expensive for me to travel around all of Europe and look for souvenirs shops and I am finding it very difficult to locate any thing on the Internet so if you are from Europe and you know the names and addresses or even a web address of any souvenirs shops in Europe I would be really grateful if you could pass that on to me or if you have any other thoughts suggestions or ideas it would be all good. In Europe, we have something called list brokers. Those guys will be happy to provide the necessary databases. I just had a look into the address database of Schober (http://www.schober.com), one of the market leaders in Germany. They would provide the adresses of 10,502 souvenir outlets for EUR 2,205.42 plus tax. I have no idea why anybody should provide you the same information much cheaper. After having worked in that field for some years, I would say that 75 % of the souvenir shops (at least here in Upper Bavaria) are more or less close to bancrupt. If your product allows a markup of minimum 100 % (plus tax) on your prices, some of them might be ready to accept a test on commission. This, however, only if you will deliver the goods directly to their store and pick up the not sold commission articles as well. The payment behavior in that kind of business is not making supplyers too happy usually. PS The item I am trying to sell is a souvenir pin or badge Oh! How innovative! so I guess the type of souvenirs shop I am looking for is one that sells all types of souvenirs because I know there is a lot of souvenirs shops that specializes in glass and leather etc. these would be no good for me for obvious reasons. They do so because for one over the counter operation they will have double or triple the profit contribution compared to selling pins and badges. You already got the hint to contact wholesellers. The only possible way will be to go this way. For your calculation, however, this would mean an extra 25 % markup for the wholeseller. Taking into accout that Europeans usually also buy their standard souvenir products like pins and badges from the same Hongkong/China/Taiwan sources as you probably do, I am not sure if your business plan will work at the end if you take all markups, freight, duties, taxes, sample and marketing costs into accout. Jens Jens |
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TROLL my friends
Alain "Jens Arne Maennig" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Martin wrote: I am trying to start a business my first business, I won't go into details now but it is selling souvenirs and my market is all of Europe. |
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"Martin" wrote in message m... Hi all I was wondering if anybody out there can help. I am trying to start a business my first business, I won't go into details now but it is selling souvenirs and my market is all of Europe. So what I am trying to do is get as many names and address of souvenirs shops in Europe so I can post them a sample of my product and then go from there. As you can imagine it would nearly be impossible and very expensive for me to travel around all of Europe and look for souvenirs shops and I am finding it very difficult to locate any thing on the Internet so if you are from Europe and you know the names and addresses or even a web address of any souvenirs shops in Europe I would be really grateful if you could pass that on to me or if you have any other thoughts suggestions or ideas it would be all good. PS The item I am trying to sell is a souvenir pin or badge so I guess the type of souvenirs shop I am looking for is one that sells all types of souvenirs because I know there is a lot of souvenirs shops that specializes in glass and leather etc. these would be no good for me for obvious reasons. Thank You Call 1-800-Sellstinkingbadgesineurope. -- "Remember there is a light at the end of the tunnel' Gary 'Gatsby' Nichols |
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