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<blockquote data-quote="gamersgambit" data-source="post: 4349240" data-attributes="member: 66022">Two things.&nbsp;Re: Amazon marketplace.&nbsp;To be honest, this fills me with more than a little trepidation, but perhaps it's trepidation from ignorance.&nbsp;My thoughts are, I would have to link to it from my website.&nbsp; I don't know what the fees are for Amazon Marketplace (AM), or how, exactly, it works, but from a &quot;capturing my own business&quot; point of view, I envision this as sorta shooting myself in the foot.&nbsp; Potential Customer (PC) looks me up online, clicks on amazon link, buys from there instead of coming to my store.&nbsp; I have overhead on my store.&nbsp; The space I'm devoting to the product in the store doesn't get paid for by the AM revenues, as I have to discount my stuff on AM very deeply to compete, take all the time involved in shipping and other maintenance concerns and putting all that stuff online (one of the reasons I don't have an online store is a lack of time and employees to do so),&nbsp; worry about shipping and all of the myriad other things that come with it.&nbsp;Re: Recession&nbsp;This is another one built, perhaps, on ignorance.&nbsp;It's my belief that the recession (let's assume it's here for the nonce and eschew debate on whether or not it is a recession, downturn, or what have you) will have less impact on my product lines than other possible retail stores.&nbsp; Rationale:&nbsp; While RPG books can be bought cheaper online, shipping costs are likely to go up.&nbsp; That, however, is not gonna save me.&nbsp; However, the other things in my store such as used video games, boardgames, and to a lesser extent CCGs represent entertainment options that are more reasonably priced and more durable than other entertainment choices (such as new video games and movies).&nbsp; Thus, operating on the assumption that, short of starvation considerations, people in depressed economies prefer to have entertainment in their lives (if for no other reason than to distract them from miserable economic woes), they'll turn to less-expensive alternatives to going out for their entertainment, such as staying home and...playing games.&nbsp;Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamersgambit, post: 4349240, member: 66022"] Two things. Re: Amazon marketplace. To be honest, this fills me with more than a little trepidation, but perhaps it's trepidation from ignorance. My thoughts are, I would have to link to it from my website. I don't know what the fees are for Amazon Marketplace (AM), or how, exactly, it works, but from a "capturing my own business" point of view, I envision this as sorta shooting myself in the foot. Potential Customer (PC) looks me up online, clicks on amazon link, buys from there instead of coming to my store. I have overhead on my store. The space I'm devoting to the product in the store doesn't get paid for by the AM revenues, as I have to discount my stuff on AM very deeply to compete, take all the time involved in shipping and other maintenance concerns and putting all that stuff online (one of the reasons I don't have an online store is a lack of time and employees to do so), worry about shipping and all of the myriad other things that come with it. Re: Recession This is another one built, perhaps, on ignorance. It's my belief that the recession (let's assume it's here for the nonce and eschew debate on whether or not it is a recession, downturn, or what have you) will have less impact on my product lines than other possible retail stores. Rationale: While RPG books can be bought cheaper online, shipping costs are likely to go up. That, however, is not gonna save me. However, the other things in my store such as used video games, boardgames, and to a lesser extent CCGs represent entertainment options that are more reasonably priced and more durable than other entertainment choices (such as new video games and movies). Thus, operating on the assumption that, short of starvation considerations, people in depressed economies prefer to have entertainment in their lives (if for no other reason than to distract them from miserable economic woes), they'll turn to less-expensive alternatives to going out for their entertainment, such as staying home and...playing games. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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