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Sold My First Light Box! - Deadguy71 - 06-30-2009
I must be the only one then? I grab a card when I like something, but can't fathom how to carry it back to (or get it into) the car, or don't want to eat too sharply into my shopping budget when there's still rarities floating around the con and this item can be safely purchased later. I must admit though.. it hasn't happened often.. I typically use the "card" as a polite way to disengage a saleman who's got their hooks into me. I just wanted to point out that you shouldn't overlook your online sales potential and wait for customers to ask about it, be proactive. I dunno' how many of those you'd fit on a table, or how easy they'd be for a customer to handle, getting out of the con, or toting it around.If you can only get 3 on your table, the last thing you want to do is sell those three right away, because you miss potential buyers. Of course it's better than not selling any at all, but you get what I'm sayin.. Push the website, and suggest it's the safest, easiest, way to get it home. Better still.. let them place the order for it right there, and offer to ship it to them, to avoid Convention damage, and/or to make it customized for them.You never mentioned.. can different pictures be placed in the box by the customer, or do you see it as a one-shot deal? (hmm.. they gotta change bulbs at some point, so I guess they can change the picture at the same time.) I guess either way I'd layer the back of my booth with various pictures that would fit the box. It makes the whole thing seem more compatible because they can tell they could buy more images at a reasonable price, etc.. Plus the images are potentially giving them ideas. It also means they can change them out when "polite company" comes by.
Sold My First Light Box! - Sawman - 06-30-2009
Deadguy! your on it man!I will be using a ton of your input man ThanX!and yes the pictures can be changed, very good ideawith putting different pics on the booth somewhere,another ? though a booth is roughly $250.00 do you think I could make that back pretty easy or not??
Sold My First Light Box! - Deadguy71 - 06-30-2009
I'm guessing, but there's typically an extra hundred bucks to run power to your booth... might wanna check on that.I can't guess whether you'll make your money back or not.. I figure that you've been advertising it here for weeks now, and only sold one, that's not good, but seeing them in-person might help sales significantly. There's no way to know for sure unless you try. If you share a table, (or rent a corner of someone else's table), at least you'd minimize your risk.You have different size/style bases too.. so I'd bring several base options to go with your boxes, so people can see and "experience" what you offer, rather than try and guess or imagine them. I'd also consider suggesting wall mounted versions of this, but remind buyers they'd have to have to get the wiring run to it unless they're ok with wires trailing out of it.Just while I'm on the topic of your boxes.. you might want to consider various "themes" becond color changes... You know.. stuff that might look like it came from scenes in the film. If Leatherface had a lightbox that he made and treasured (or forgot all about) what would it look like if it was in his workshop? What would pinhead's look like.. black chains glued to the edges, or even dangling off the face, with shark hooks embedded into the wood (for safety). "Skin" stretched between the base and the box like strung tarps. (That might also work as a Leatherface one too) For Jason, you do a Camp themed one maybe.. like what would the Camps owners have made for showing off camp literature or something... maybe VERY crystal Lake specific, or something. That might work pretty well because there's hundreds of jason/F13 pictures that could end up in there over time. Freddy might have one that's striped like his sweater, and/or have claw marks running down one side.The one's you're doing now are VERY compatible with different posters, though you seem to be trying to market them as specific to a particular poster... you might want to steer away from that Although some of these ideas of mine might seem too specialized, it might be worth the effort. When I think "custom" I think "Custom".. you know? But folks have a hard time buying what they can't see... try something new, and take pictures for your portfolio to save it, and then never do that one again unless someone asks for it.Of course, you could also do themes in a more general way.. Like an aged rough-looking wood one for something like.. I dunno.. Hachet.. or F13 Remake, or anything with woods/cabins/docks/etc. Experiment a bit, and try and move away from the standard box you're doing, just try new options.. Maybe disguise the stem on some of them, like a single "all-in-one" unit that looks like a tombstone or something. Mix up the pot, use your imagination, and watch your pricing (it's easy to get carried away and make something more expensive than it'll ever sell for.)When I finish the two I'm doing, I'll pass along pics for you.. (don't worry, I'm not competition) it's a lightbox for a guy's stainless Steel diner he's making (in his garage.. in New Zealand.. yes, a private diner.. in his home's private 8 car multilevel garage/arcade.. sigh.. dont get me started) Anyways.. the theme is to go along with the diner without "sticking out" like a sore thumb.. I designed the rest of the cladding too, so it's a snap..
Sold My First Light Box! - Sawman - 07-01-2009
DeadGuy.... Your the man, man those are some killer ideas!!I have three ideas for an Elm St. Box, Leatherface, and hellraisernow, thanX Deadguy! love your input <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" />