I am considering starting up an internet miniatures company (yes, another one)
and would like your input. I would initially try to distribute figure lines
that don't have North American, or at least Western US, distributors. I'd
appreciate it if you to answer the following questions. I know this probably
wouldn't apply to you if you're outside of the US, but I'd still like your
input on your internet ordering experience. I'm just in the information
gathering stage to determine if this is a viable option & see if
this is something I want to do. You can respond to my e-mail below if
you wish. Thanks in advance for your time, Nils Hedglin
Nils.A.Hedglin@Intel.Com
1) Why do you buy miniatures through the internet, instead of from your local
store or through more traditional mail order channels?
2) Why would or wouldn't you order from a US distributor as opposed to
directly from the manufacturer?
3) What do you think is a reasonable turn around time for an order that the
distributor has in stock?
4) What do you think is a reasonable turn around time for an order that the
distributor has to back order?
5) What is the best miniatures distributor's webpage (excluding the service
aspect) you've seen & why? How would you improve it? (Please provide the URL
so I can check it out.)
6) What is the worst miniatures distributor's webpage (excluding the service
aspect) you've seen & why? How would you improve it? (Provide the URL if your
comfortable.)
7) What was the best service you received from an online or mail order
miniatures company?
8) What manufacturers would you like to have a closer (Western US) distributor
for?
9) What non-ordering services would you like to see from a distributor?
I would intend to have pictures of all the figures, but I'm thinking of other
things like a size comparison chart between different manufacturers to see how
their figures would work together.
10) If you found the same figures, for the same price & shipping, on two
different webpages, what would be the deciding factor for which company you
would choose?
Thanks again,
> 1) Why do you buy miniatures through the internet, instead of from
Cant get from local store, i do use traditional mail order if possible.
> 2) Why would or wouldn't you order from a US distributor as opposed to
May be cheaper to order across the pond using dollars rather than buying from
distributor in UK.
> 3) What do you think is a reasonable turn around time for an order
1 week tops.
> 4) What do you think is a reasonable turn around time for an order
If I really want it and so long as he keeps me informed I don't really mind so
long as it does noit run into years and he does not bill me till he sends it
out.
> 5) What is the best miniatures distributor's webpage (excluding the
GZG of course, why? because I wrote it, to improve it I would fully ecommerce
it, (looking into this at the minute for Jon), also if you need a hand feel
free to drop me an email.:)
www.lightspeed.u-net.com/gzg/index.html
> 6) What is the worst miniatures distributor's webpage (excluding the
so bad I didnt make note and can't now remember, sorry.
> 7) What was the best service you received from an online or mail order
hmmmm.....
> 8) What manufacturers would you like to have a closer (Western US)
N/A
> 9) What non-ordering services would you like to see from a
size comparison sounds good, how about weapon charts for competitors rules
systems or something like that.
> 10) If you found the same figures, for the same price & shipping, on
professional look of site and reputation.
hope this all helps.
Thanks for your response.
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Niles;
While your service can provide gamers who are too far from a store or sell
figures cheaper, unless the hobby store I go to cannot get a figure that I am
looking for, I prefer to support my local store and buy from them. The stores
here in Northern Virginia also provide large gaming areas for us and for that
I support them.
> Hedglin, Nils A wrote:
Thanks for your response.
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My prolbem is that all the local shops ONLY carry GW figs. I can't even
Purchase Battletech figs from a local shop
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