Hi Ladies, I think that I might actually have to define a category for ONS shop talk since I seem to be doing so much of it. 😉
I have determined that Dragon Floss is going to be one of the first products that I am going to carry. Jo is an easy person to deal with and someone with whom I have previous connections through a model stitching board, plus her restrictions for starting up a wholesale account are a little less stringent. The main deciding factor for me, though, was the seeming lack of representation of her products in the US. Not many US shops seem to carry her products (which are lovely!) and that is one of the areas on which I would like to focus my initial efforts.
My question to you, loyal readers and hopefully future customers, is would you be interested in joining a Dragon Floss Club that would automatically ship a small number of her fibers to you every month? Similar to the Monthly Bits and other automatic shipment programs established by other retailers.
Would you be interested in signing up? Would you be willing to sign up ahead of time (I would not charge anything until I ship)?
I’m looking to see how much interest I might have to help determine how much I should purchase in my first order of Dragon Floss. My price per skein of Dragon Floss will be $2.00 (USD). I would probably make the monthly shipments bundles of 5 skeins of floss, at a cost of $10.00 (USD). I may consider reducing the shipment prices, though I intend to be very fair with my S&H prices and stick to actual shipping prices plus a low handling cost to cover supplies.
[Edited to add: Nicole brought up a good point about discounting the total price for each shipment. I will have to do some calculations to see what price would be enticing to you, but still fair to me. I will definitely look at discounting from $10.00 USD to something a little bit lower. How much discount would be an incentive? If it was $1.00 ($9.00 USD), would that be enough? Or maybe keep it at $10.00, but make the shipping free? What would it take for you to want to sign up?]
What do you think?
I want to limit this post to one question, for now. Maybe I will create a poll that you can answer. I have ideas of how I am going to set my ONS apart from others, or at least a set of business ideals and ethics by which I will operate the business. I would like to run these past you in another post in the near future, as you will be my initial customer base, with hopefully some added word of mouth. 🙂
I have to admit, that’s what initially enticed me to sign up with SB&B – their prices were the same, but they offered free shipping of their monthly bits items, which was the clincher for me. I have to admit, I wouldn’t sign up immediately for the Dragon Floss, as with my finances still ‘on hold’ for a little while longer I’m just buying floss I specifically need for a project … I would definitely consider it down the track though 🙂
I like the idea of getting a bit of money off the pack or free/reduced shipping. I’m going to go find a link for Dragon Floss since I’ve never heard of it.
What about shipping to overseas?
I signed up with SB&B NNI monthly bits due to the sole fact that I get 5 x 20yards of threads for $14. Compare this to Dragon Floss Monthly of 8 x 5yards for $14. I get more floss for the same amount. No doubt both companies have their own colours but I don’t face the hassle of the threads running out of me when I am stitching a project. Besides who runs out of 20yds easily?
I wouldn’t mind getting the Dragon floss if I get to picked my own colours that I love (as they have beautiful bubble-gummers colours) but free on shipping.
I hope I am not being considered harsh/critical in voicing out my picky+fussy opinions?
Yes, you could count me in! I hear those Dragon Floss colors are lovely and I often like to just grab from my stash to do an ornament or such thing… I would definitely do this, and if you want it to be official, then yes, it is official! A poll would be good too!
I think if it’s the exact price of 5 skeins I wouldn’t sign up for a monthly club. I like the fabric clubs/fiber clubs where you are getting a deal because you don’t know what you are getting. If i’m paying full price I might as well pick out exactly what i want. That’s just me, and I am picky about the clubs I sign up for so I definitly don’t speak for everyong.
Goodluck with your endeavor by the way, it’s been very interesting to see how quickly you’ve run with this idea all from a question of the week, i look forward to seeing how it goes and of course I hope it goes well for you!
Just to mention that their fabrics are wondeful too…. 😉
And Dragon Floss is lovely to stitch with and the shades are lovely (not to mention that they don’t seem to run) so it’s great that you’re (at least) planning to carry them! 🙂
(Btw, I think I will have something to email you in beginning of next week, so stay tuned… 😉 )
Yes Please!!
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