Habana Co wants your opinion?

[HiddenTreasure]

We want to start offering a new service where we help sell your shirt designs for you. Very simple, your designs on a dedicated page within our on-line store (we’ll give you the links so you can paste it on your website, etc), we’ll both market it, when orders come in, we’ll make it, send it to your buyer, collect the money and cut you commission checks.

This saves you the hassle of finding a printer and buying inventory – you have NO COSTS. You can choose any of our shirts models, colors, etc including our price point clothing and women’s which is not on our website.

Here's my reasoning for this, many of you operate your boat as a charter boat on the weekends, occasionally a week day trip, some of you are full time charter boat operators and others have a small marina / tackle shop and don’t do or want to do web sales or hold inventory. I’m set-up to handle doing this as we do it on a daily basis already and I think your customers / fishing people in general would want to buy your shirts!

The one thing I see is many of you have really cool graphics / logos (I won’t mention who but I enjoy some Key-Lime pie from time to time!). If together we’re selling them in a global market it would have to help you advertise, make a few extra dollars you otherwise would never see and of course I sell more shirts.

When I gave away the free shirts I really wanted to see how far this community reached, well I sent shirts as far as Australia!!!! I think this could be a great experiment and would certainly only benefit the SFC community.

I want your opinions about this – am I crazy or is this brilliant?

Joe Gere

[Dead Eye]

It is very apparent you run a good co. and are a stand-up guy. I don't have a business but the opportunity you are offering sounds great. No investment and possibility of more profits, what more could a business owner want?
John

[cheapbastard]

I think this is a great offer to anyone that wants to advertise their business, we all wear them. I work for a national company that distributes clothing to screen printers and embroiderers... believe me I know the cost of keeping the inventory on hand. I have one of Joe's shirts and they are of the upmost quality, garment and printing.

[fmoore]

I know I would pick up a few. Seems like a great idea. What more could a guy who's trying to get his business going ask for than free advertising

[HiddenTreasure]

Thanks, I think it makes sense?

Anyone out there willing to give it a try????

Joe Gere

[hrdcor32]

I like how you think, it sounds like a great opportunity for a charter operation to get into.

[HiddenTreasure]

Even a private boater with great graphics. I see some of the shirts that people had made for their boats, they are great!!!

There's a market for these things. With the value of the US dollar we export to Europe and our shirts cost 1/2 as much there with the exchange rates.

I think it will work, I need some takers!

[Reel Addiction]

Ill send you some graphics, I still like the KILL WHITEY idea, or maybe even HANG WHITEY with one hanging at the scales on the back, I would love that one!

[AquaholicFishing]

I don't run a charter but it sounds like a hell of an idea. Would definitely like to see some shirts from boats around the country and/or world. Think it would be a big hit & who can complain about paying yourself to advertise!!!

[HiddenTreasure]

Do you have a myspace site or anything like that so I can give you the link for your page. Do you want to go under the "Reel Addiction" name?

Oh, the Kill Whitey, I like the concept, let's say others wanted to kill me for suggesting it, couldn't get much support in house for that. If you had the design I'd be happy to promote & sell it under your name!!!!!

Joe Gere