Matt and I were talking about using the retailers page a little bit more. At the moment all it does is tell people where they can buy our games but it is no actual help for retailers themselves.
I would like to add the facility for retailers to buy bundles of games from us and get in contact with the individual companies with regard to sales. For bundles we could put these together from any of the stock we have with different people across the country, but we would have to keep track of that stock. I would be happy to coordinate that if we go for something like this.
Thoughts?
Cheers
Iain
Good idea
Submitted by Destriarch on Tue, 04/12/2007 - 19:49.
'fraid I don't know much about the logistics of it, but it sounds like a good idea to me. The more people willing to stock Indie games, the more coverage the scene gets, the better for everyone.
Ash
Sounds good. Once it's set
Submitted by JoE PrincE on Tue, 04/12/2007 - 19:50.
Sounds good. Once it's set up it'll be woth contacting retailers directly to see if they'd like to carry our products.
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There are a few headaches
Submitted by Matt on Tue, 04/12/2007 - 20:20.
Ok, having organised a few bundles. You need to track a few issues.
Stock, and where it is. We'd need pools at strategic points. Books in Eninburgh are no use to me in Birmingham. Cons are a good point to pool items. Dragonmeet, Conpulsion, Expo, Furnace and Conception seem ideal points around the year.
Who is owed money when. Retailer pays pooler. Pooler pays owed. Problem with this is small payments eat profit via paypal. Might be better to store up payments, then you need to track in a less adhoc basis.
-Matt
Realms Publishing
Splitting it up
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Tue, 04/12/2007 - 21:21.
We could save the payments up between cons and split them up then, or do it by quarter.
Cheers
Iain
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Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Sun, 09/12/2007 - 16:47.
One thing might be to coordinate these things for around the time of conventions, gather stock there and distribute accordingly.
The problem with bundles for us will be as we grow, I can see what is in a bundle ebbing and flowing with new games being in bundles and older ones not being asked for by retailers.
Any thoughts on this?
Is it not easier to encourage people to use IPR?
Submitted by Tim Gray on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 11:09.
At DM I was talking to a woman who runs a games shop in Reading - unfortunately I didn't get her name - who hooks into an overall order placed by Leisure Games and I think she said Esdevium. Other people could presumably do the same. Which is probbaly better than us running round after the odd copy here and there, trying to take on fulfilment as well as design.
Tim Gray
Silver Branch Games
www.silverbranch.co.uk
Was it Spirit Games in
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 11:10.
Was it Spirit Games in Reading? I think we sold a bundle to them at Games Expo.
That would be Becky, an old friend of mine
Submitted by Matt on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 11:38.
Who runs Eclectic Games.
-Matt
Realms Publishing
Spirit Games...
Submitted by Tim Gray on Thu, 13/12/2007 - 09:27.
...is in Burton on Trent.
Tim Gray
Silver Branch Games
www.silverbranch.co.uk