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Old 07-16-2007 | 09:50 PM
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nyorange
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Default RE: Starting an Archery Shop

No experience with them other than buying a bow at them. BUT the best course of action with most other business is to contact themanufacturers themselves. They want more dealers though some may limit the amount in one area. Talk to them about becoming a distributor and see what they require. Most of themprobably offer free classes etc to be certified with their bows etc. Understand they want more "their brand" certified bowsmiths cuz a "their brand" certified bowsmith is probably going to sell more "their brand" bows than anything else. Lots of manufacturers send out reps who will teach you to install their products if they think you will sell more of them. Likewise talk to arrow manufactures etc and also give you an idea of the amount of cash you need to setup and get some inventory etc. Also some of them may offer free equipment if you sell their products etc. example almost every fishing store has a berkeley or stren line winder as they all sell berkeley or stren line. Alot ofbars willsell one brewers line of beers on tap exclusivelycuz they will get the taps and lines for free and a bunch of credit for doing so.Ask around cuza whole lot of people selling archery stuff would like you to succeed andproabbly offer lots of incentives for doing so.
Hope it helps.
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