More online

This weekend was not as good as what we had expected (This type of business typically takes time to build - 6 to 12 months or more for a conventional brick and mortar store and we just cannot invest any more money into it). We were told by several customers that they would come back. We'll see.... In the meantime, I'll be working on listing items on ebay - starting next weekend and after I had received some feedback....

I'll like to start with an Ebay store to have more visibility but we'll see...

Selling on-line

I posted on ebay last night 1 set of Used CD's (18 Used Cd's) and I went really low for the set and they're basically purchased already but I still have to wait for the auction to finish next week. This weekend I am posting another set of Used CD's (another set of 18 Used CD's) and I'll be adding some Lucky Brand Jeans and maybe some other things and see how things go from there....

We're doing more

We'll start selling some items on ebay too, little by little - just to add another way of selling our items....and we'll see where everything goes from there.....I have only purchased 1 thing from ebay so far (earlier this year) so this would be a new experience for me too...(I know, it's kinda late in the game....)

Updated!!

Our website was updated, that new page was printed and displayed at the Store and it includes a Special on Skirts due to the Freeland Walleye Festival - we expect more people to come today and to buy....and I keep praying..

Looking better and better

The weather is getting better, we are getting more people into the Store now and we are also getting more buying customers....and I keep praying...

Moving slower than expected

Things are moving slower than expected in our first few days (but we've had some sales) and this is a BIG WEEKEND (Freeland Walleye Festival)...so our hopes are up and we keep praying. I know I said I was going to wait to the end of the 1st week before I post anything again but I just could not wait... I have also made some additional changes to the website www.bncoutlet.com

Tomorrow is the big day...

We're done tagging and pricing. The garage is ready ....yes, we are starting out of our garage to cut down on the investment and to be able to offer a greater variety of items....

Today, we would lay down some carpet and we would finish up setting up the Clothing Store...www.bncoutlet.com

I won't post anything until we're done with week 1 but keep checking and I'll let you know how we come out...

Getting There

Last night, I was tagging clothes and we still have about 120pcs to go.....My wife will finish today (or we would finish later tonight) and she would be pricing everything as well... we still have a few more days to get all the details ready.....the Major details are done...we just need to finish the "little things now"... We have 3 days left and we are very busy with other things as well.....

I tell you what, it's easy to use one of those tagging guns once you get used to it...but it would be better if someone could design and make a tagging gun with an automatic feed for custom tags.....eh, here is an idea...we'll see what we can make of it....(This could be very useful for BIG RETAILERS.. so they can cut down on tagging time...There's got to be a better way.......) I bought a tagging gun that had barbs in a roll of 1,000 pcs so I don't have to "reload" too often but there has to be a better way....(I'm an engineer so I think this way normally .....)

Try this, try that....and we'll see...

I am just trying this out so bear with me.....I have been working on setting up a store The Brand Name Clothing Outlet and it's a lot of work....we are opening next week and we'll see how things go from there. I have created a small website www.bncoutlet.com It's not fancy or extraordinary but it's a start - especially for someone that did not know anything about HTML or website design back in January this year....What kind of advertising am I going to use? Well.....we are doing the website thing (for information purposes only), we have flyers that we are leaving around town and we would be in the paper for about 1 week, starting this Saturday. We'll go from there......I still have a lot to learn and with a full time job......we'll it's kinda hard to squeeze it all in...