So no distributors in the USA will be carrying GZG products? My store cannot
order GZG products at wholesale prices? Neither will any other store in the
USA and thus less interest will be generated except by the current Full Thrust
players? And then the new players won't be able to buy any books at the
moment, be told to order via online and forget when the? get home? Please tell
me I'm wrong.
Glen Dragon's Lair Games
> So no distributors in the USA will be carrying GZG products?
Not at the moment.
> My store cannot order GZG products at wholesale prices?
Yes, you can - direct from us.
> At 10:56 2002-05-11 +0100, Ground Zero Games wrote:
Which, judging from my experience of FLGSs here in Sweden, not as good as
being able to buy from distributors (like Chessex, Alliance, etc.). Even if
you can buy at good prices directly from the manufacturer, you cannot do that
as often as you buy from a distributor carrying stuff from many manufacturers.
It could mean that you only stock up on GZG stuff a couple of times a year,
while you buy from the distributor every week or so.
You have to be _really_ dedicated to keep GZG stuff on the shelves under
those circumstances. At least here in Sweden, many stores buy solely from
distributors (and Grimes Orkshop, of course). They don't even consider buying
directly from all different manufacturers, as it is not viable. The volumes
are too small.
I know GeoHex sold stuff through those channels, and perhaps you could get the
distributors to buy directly from GZG. I think you need to, if you want GZG to
be available in game stores. Talk to them, perhaps you can offer them better
prices than GeoHex used to do. But you'll probably have to put things in
blister packages, as well,
before your products are attractive to stores and distributors. (You have to
be able to display the stuff to sell it.)
I don't know what distributors there are out there these days. I used to
have an idea of which were selling to Sweden, but I don't these days. Perhaps
Glen can help you there.
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> Henrix wrote:
[snip]
But you'll probably have to put things in blister packages, as well,
> before your products are attractive to stores and distributors. (You
Just for info, we already blister-pack stuff for trade sale in the UK,
so
that's not a problem - we have the blisters, the cards, and the
equipment. Obviously, we don't blister anything that we sell by direct
mailorder or at shows, because it's a waste of time and money!