I got there about 10.30am yesterday, walked straight in, no queues in pre paid or pay on the door.
It was packed out inside, loads of people. I had a good look around, bought a few bits and listend to the Scott LLyod talk. Was good to see the Hide & Hide XL next to each other, shame there wasn'ta range of Tempests and the only Fox Frontier I saw was on Mark Pitchers stand.
Burger, Chips and drink was £12.50 I think. Not cheap but to be fair the burger was pretty good.
I can't imagine for a minute the regular stands are £16k, especially the small ones. I saw online one of the guys selling leads had sold 3000 on Saturday, they are at most £1 each depening on how many you buy. Can you imagine him being there if he's paying £8k a day for a stand?
It was packed out inside, loads of people. I had a good look around, bought a few bits and listend to the Scott LLyod talk. Was good to see the Hide & Hide XL next to each other, shame there wasn'ta range of Tempests and the only Fox Frontier I saw was on Mark Pitchers stand.
Burger, Chips and drink was £12.50 I think. Not cheap but to be fair the burger was pretty good.
I can't imagine for a minute the regular stands are £16k, especially the small ones. I saw online one of the guys selling leads had sold 3000 on Saturday, they are at most £1 each depening on how many you buy. Can you imagine him being there if he's paying £8k a day for a stand?
It's nothing like 16k for even a reasonable sized stand. Even less this year is imagine
In reply to Post #62
One of the shows is around that,just not sure which one
One of the shows is around that,just not sure which one
In reply to Post #63
I'd imagine you are somewhat confused, you don't pay for stands at shows you pay for floor space. Added to the floor space cost is the cost of the stand on it (this will include design and build).
If you want to chase it all the way to the bottom right hand corner you need to factor in the manning cost including accommodation and food etc.
There is no way any fishing show in the UK is getting away with £16k just for floor space.
I'd imagine you are somewhat confused, you don't pay for stands at shows you pay for floor space. Added to the floor space cost is the cost of the stand on it (this will include design and build).
If you want to chase it all the way to the bottom right hand corner you need to factor in the manning cost including accommodation and food etc.
There is no way any fishing show in the UK is getting away with £16k just for floor space.
In reply to Post #64
I have heard a shop sorting out their bill for a show and I know what I heard
I have heard a shop sorting out their bill for a show and I know what I heard
In reply to Post #64
Most the shows include a stand in the price. Especially as they organise it like a grid. You can take your own branding etc with you, OR if someone like Korda or nash that has a standalone big area you've already got it all covered etc.
When we do the carp society one it's the stand, trestle tables, you need to tell them what outlets you require for example kettles / demos, tge contracted lighting firm will contact you to see what strip lights you want etc.
You definately do on the smaller side pay for the stand.
Everything costs money, if I bring three lads to staff it I need to buy them exhibitor passes, hotels etc
The final cost of the show isn't just these collected fees it's behind the scenes stuff as well.
I can't speak for the shops who use them to move stock but as a company -
What you gain is people seeing the quality of your product in person, and the ability to interact with people, the sales are secondary.
My costs are, paying three people, show stand costs, utility, fuel, hotels etc
When you sell for example, a show pack, let's say 5kg bait and accessories for 40 quid, you're hoping that you gain a repeat customer.
If you use a show to move product by far the best one to do is “the big one” , it costs more for this reason, however you can sell a lot lot more. A friend once told me he sold just under a tonne of bait, which isn't a lot to fair for that show but he sold six tonnes of pellets, about three tones of ground bait and just under a thousand pre packed items like glugs, pop ups etc.
It's still not a huge mark up but it's exposure as well.
Most the shows include a stand in the price. Especially as they organise it like a grid. You can take your own branding etc with you, OR if someone like Korda or nash that has a standalone big area you've already got it all covered etc.
When we do the carp society one it's the stand, trestle tables, you need to tell them what outlets you require for example kettles / demos, tge contracted lighting firm will contact you to see what strip lights you want etc.
You definately do on the smaller side pay for the stand.
Everything costs money, if I bring three lads to staff it I need to buy them exhibitor passes, hotels etc
The final cost of the show isn't just these collected fees it's behind the scenes stuff as well.
I can't speak for the shops who use them to move stock but as a company -
What you gain is people seeing the quality of your product in person, and the ability to interact with people, the sales are secondary.
My costs are, paying three people, show stand costs, utility, fuel, hotels etc
When you sell for example, a show pack, let's say 5kg bait and accessories for 40 quid, you're hoping that you gain a repeat customer.
If you use a show to move product by far the best one to do is “the big one” , it costs more for this reason, however you can sell a lot lot more. A friend once told me he sold just under a tonne of bait, which isn't a lot to fair for that show but he sold six tonnes of pellets, about three tones of ground bait and just under a thousand pre packed items like glugs, pop ups etc.
It's still not a huge mark up but it's exposure as well.
In reply to Post #66
who is "we" when you do the shows
who is "we" when you do the shows
In reply to Post #67
We=nick and three employees and a shed load of fish food.
We=nick and three employees and a shed load of fish food.
In reply to Post #67
I own a company that makes carp baits, we've actually had conversations about this before in Facebook, I think you're getting old Joss 😂
I own a company that makes carp baits, we've actually had conversations about this before in Facebook, I think you're getting old Joss 😂
In reply to Post #55
Tufty torches are about £15 on Ebay etc
Tufty torches are about £15 on Ebay etc