Aquaforest probiotic method

[Bill@IA]

Originally Posted by Myka

I heard the same thing. Hopefully they can provide the products for similar pricing as Amazon.

We'll hope for the best but Amazon's shipping rates are tough to beat, on heavy boxes and pails of salt.

[xenon]

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by xenon

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

Amazon stocks are falling. We see how long the margin difference last

[vanreefer]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

We'll hope for the best but Amazon's shipping rates are tough to beat, on heavy boxes and pails of salt.

Originally Posted by xenon

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

Sounds like u guys may be stocking these products?? Any ideas on timeline for them to be available?
Thanks

[Myka]

Originally Posted by xenon

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

We'll hope for the best but Amazon's shipping rates are tough to beat, on heavy boxes and pails of salt.

Well, Amazon makes enough money to justify a $4 BILLION deficit in shipping costs every year.
http://www.statista.com/topics/846/amazon/

There is no way you guys can compete with that. If our Canadian distributor has any sense, he'll make a deal with Aquaforest that requires Aquaforest to end their relationship with Amazon.ca. Why would vendors push a product that has established pricing that he can't compete with?

[Bill@IA]

Originally Posted by Myka

Well, Amazon makes enough money to justify a $4 BILLION deficit in shipping costs every year.
http://www.statista.com/topics/846/amazon/

There is no way you guys can compete with that. If our Canadian distributor has any sense, he'll make a deal with Aquaforest that requires Aquaforest to end their relationship with Amazon.ca. Why would vendors push a product that has established pricing that he can't compete with?

I know for a fact Aquaforest is not going to end that relationship.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

I know for a fact Aquaforest is not going to end that relationship.

Would have to garentee a minimum volume of sales for them to even consider

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

I know for a fact Aquaforest is not going to end that relationship.

Aquaforest is shooting themselves in the foot then. The only Aquaforest sales you vendors are going to get is from people that don't know they can get it cheaper on Amazon.ca and/or people that are willing to pay more to support to support you.

I'm wondering from a business perspective, why would you want to promote a product that will always run the "risk" of someone discovering it on Amazon.ca and ditching out on you? Why not promote similar products like Fauna Marin, Zeovit, or Tropic Marin where all vendors are on an even playing field because those salts are not available for a stupid low price on Amazon.ca?? From a business perspective it makes more sense to promote products that you can a) get a good margin on, b) be competitive.

For these reasons, I think Aquaforest is shooting themselves in the foot by not ending the relationship with Amazon.ca (and Amazon.com) and relying Canadian (and US) reef distributors instead. You don't see other brands doing this - like Tunze, Ecotech, Apex, etc. I'm interested to see how it pans out in the next couple years for Aquaforest. However, I'd much rather support our Canadian retailers than Amazon.

[Proteus]

If the salt goes to retailers it will double,and then some. Just like reefers best.
Then people stop buying it in favour of cheaper salts on the market. Stores then sit on stock that they have trouble selling and inturn no longer order it from aquaforest.

Seen it here in Edmonton. As reefers best hit $140 a box.

So how is aquaforest loosing out in the long run.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Proteus

So how is aquaforest loosing out in the long run.

Because the number of hobbyists that are buying online is miniscule compared to the number of people walking in through LFS doors. We're all blind around here thinking that "everyone" shops online. They don't. It doesn't make sense to me for retailers to push the Aquaforest product, so Aquaforest relies on online marketing. They will be missing out on a huge number of hobbyists.

I don't know, maybe it's a good business model, we'll see how the cookie crumbles.