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Nick, nice site, but you should replace that photo of yourself with one of you at the gym, no shirt and all. Go for that Northern California market... Seriously, it's professional and the photography is very nice. "Cept for that one...
I don't want to hijack this thread, but I have a comment about the whole "pricing on the website thing" and I want to throw it out there for everyone's review and comment.
I'm a big believer in the internet, and my web site has been the best investment I have made in the marketing of my work by far. However, I have never put pricing on my knives with one exception, and that is if I have an actual knife for sale. The reason I have left off the pricing is that if someone emails or calls me asking about the price of a knife, at least I have started a dialog. He might see a listed price and be put off and never call. But when he calls or sends me an email, I have the opportunity to find out what his budget is and suggest things that could be changed to bring the price down if necessary. Also, if I have a chance to talk to someone, they get to know me a little, and whether I sell a knife or not, I have a chance to make a friend.
I also have a customer who re-sells my knives at retail. They buy my knives at my regular price and then they double my price when they sell them. That just gets wierd for me having to answer questions like that and that makes my customer look like a crook.
This "don't tell the price" philosophy is a holdover from my insurance selling days where you never told the customer anything until you were in their livingroom. I was a terrible insurance salesman, so I don't know why I hold to that line of thought, but I want to know what everyone thinks.
Interrestingly, about 6 months ago, I put together a "catalog" with about 25 different knives pictured in it and I put prices in the catalog, just to see what happened, but I can't tell.
I value what you all think.....
I don't want to hijack this thread, but I have a comment about the whole "pricing on the website thing" and I want to throw it out there for everyone's review and comment.
I'm a big believer in the internet, and my web site has been the best investment I have made in the marketing of my work by far. However, I have never put pricing on my knives with one exception, and that is if I have an actual knife for sale. The reason I have left off the pricing is that if someone emails or calls me asking about the price of a knife, at least I have started a dialog. He might see a listed price and be put off and never call. But when he calls or sends me an email, I have the opportunity to find out what his budget is and suggest things that could be changed to bring the price down if necessary. Also, if I have a chance to talk to someone, they get to know me a little, and whether I sell a knife or not, I have a chance to make a friend.
I also have a customer who re-sells my knives at retail. They buy my knives at my regular price and then they double my price when they sell them. That just gets wierd for me having to answer questions like that and that makes my customer look like a crook.
This "don't tell the price" philosophy is a holdover from my insurance selling days where you never told the customer anything until you were in their livingroom. I was a terrible insurance salesman, so I don't know why I hold to that line of thought, but I want to know what everyone thinks.
Interrestingly, about 6 months ago, I put together a "catalog" with about 25 different knives pictured in it and I put prices in the catalog, just to see what happened, but I can't tell.
I value what you all think.....
