We may do this either way but I first want to get thoughts from AGN friends/family.
We are getting close to catching up on our back orders which have been a problem after our big move and then a 3 month delay of lead wire trickling in. Our supply issue is fixed with adding a second source to be able to purchase form. Now we are fulfilling our back orders, mostly overseas orders, and want to move forward with future projects that have been on hold.
One of the big ones is sample packs. They are a huge bottle neck in our production. We are thinking of instead of offering sample packs is to offer an 'econo bag'. Sort of a compromise between sample pack and full box of ammo. We get people wanting bigger sample packs because they don't have enough slugs to change tunes to see if they can get the slug perform and end up buying multiple packs of the same slug.
The 'econo bag' would be half the slugs that come in a normal box. So if a box of say 17 cal comes with 400 slugs the 'econo' bag would be 200. The bag would not be boxed, only stickered. This is much faster for us to produce since it does not get boxed. The cost of the box and time to box it is saved and even though buying smaller amount your cost per slug would be similar.
The cost of the bag would be roughly half of a normal box. So in this example the now $18.99 for 400 slugs would $9.50 for 200. Currently the sample packs are $5 for 40 slugs. The cost is high per slug because of the time it takes to put them together.
We have a bagging machine that can make these bags for us rather quickly. It is a new machine less than a week old. This 'econo bag' means you can buy half the cost of a box for half the slugs, similar cost per slug. The difference is it will be bagged and not boxed. We of course will wrap in foam when shipped like we do in our regular boxes.
What are your thoughts?
We are getting close to catching up on our back orders which have been a problem after our big move and then a 3 month delay of lead wire trickling in. Our supply issue is fixed with adding a second source to be able to purchase form. Now we are fulfilling our back orders, mostly overseas orders, and want to move forward with future projects that have been on hold.
One of the big ones is sample packs. They are a huge bottle neck in our production. We are thinking of instead of offering sample packs is to offer an 'econo bag'. Sort of a compromise between sample pack and full box of ammo. We get people wanting bigger sample packs because they don't have enough slugs to change tunes to see if they can get the slug perform and end up buying multiple packs of the same slug.
The 'econo bag' would be half the slugs that come in a normal box. So if a box of say 17 cal comes with 400 slugs the 'econo' bag would be 200. The bag would not be boxed, only stickered. This is much faster for us to produce since it does not get boxed. The cost of the box and time to box it is saved and even though buying smaller amount your cost per slug would be similar.
The cost of the bag would be roughly half of a normal box. So in this example the now $18.99 for 400 slugs would $9.50 for 200. Currently the sample packs are $5 for 40 slugs. The cost is high per slug because of the time it takes to put them together.
We have a bagging machine that can make these bags for us rather quickly. It is a new machine less than a week old. This 'econo bag' means you can buy half the cost of a box for half the slugs, similar cost per slug. The difference is it will be bagged and not boxed. We of course will wrap in foam when shipped like we do in our regular boxes.
What are your thoughts?
