United Syndicates of Sol wrote:Neu Engollon wrote:Wow! You did really well. You sure you haven't done a storefront before?
I'm impressed with the formatting and the content. Also, the products and services you describe are pretty unique and not overdone when it comes to GE&T. Not that agricultural storefronts have never been done, but they're rare. The only suggestion I would make to you would be to spread out your intro, outreach, and products and services into those separate posts you already have reserved and look at hyperlinking them into a TOC on your OP. If you keep going, eventually you'll need more room, so better to get ahead of it now.
Personally, if you were to offer hops, malt, and some other grain products (Yes, I'm aware that hops are a flower, not a grain), as well as some of your existing products; Terembev, the parent beverage conglomerate that runs
Burgunden Breus,
Golden Cross, and some of my other brands would very much be in the market for those products and purchase them in massive bulk.
Thank you so much! Those are some excellent suggestions. I'm not the most well-versed in doing BBCode stuff so it'll probably take me a bit to get a nice ToC up but it's definitely a good idea to get that taken care of. Hops as well as grains are great ideas for products that I'll definitely start working on incorporating. I'll probably work on a slight formatting update while incorporating those and perhaps a new services tab focused on the agricultural instruction and aid that's currently mentioned but not really quantified anywhere.
I have to second Engollon on what he said. For a first start, it's very well done. Produce was a storefront idea I wanted to try at one point (though IC that would be difficult) but I choose different fields because at the time, there were a few attempts and I didn't sense a strong market for the idea. I don't want to go too deep into the OOC market of it all, but part of me shifted away in the end because people shop for two essential reasons: Personal interest, and RP interest. Some people personally have interest in the idea or the owner, whether they think it's cool to buy a certain product or they want to show some support to the idea/owner. For RP interested parties, they're more interested in if this product can be of use in RPs. Not many utilize this fully, but this is why arms storefronts succeed the most. I mean, what isn't fucking cool about main battle tanks, right?
Anyways, like Engollon stated, I would improve on formatting in a way that highlights the product and gets people's attention. Outreach is huge, so getting a snazzy, easy to consume look is always good. You'll eventually find a style you like im sure of it. Second, I would start considering how to affect the IC world more. By that I mean in simple terms "How does my company mark the world's market?" For example, setting up your sales so that they're essentially automatic contracts (monthly shipments for example); less work + better bureaucracy = a written out, tallied affect on the world's market. Anyone who's seen my storefronts knows I like to track stats (another suggestion I mite add, such as how many kgs of said veggies sold yearly or whatnot), so that's partially why I like to make such systems after I was suggested it in this very thread years ago. And just like Engollon, I'd suggest looking into more products. There's side products, products produced from other products you sell that you've already started adding (like you can sell everything to make olive oil and your own brands of olive oil for example), and ingredient products for breweries like ours that would happily buy material from closer exporters if given the chance.
If I could give you OOC advice, it would be to (A) practice bbcode a bit, whether that's using it around the RP world or just toying with it in previews, and (B) begin networking with people. Some storefronts rely or at least once did relied on getting customers through word of mouth, you the owner asking, or pestering friends to consider taking a look. There's a thin line between being a pest and asking for help once in a blue moon, so be mindful of that. But the more contacts you get, the more open ears you'll have to speak to. Not to mention it never hurts to drop a TG to someone - everyone likes those.