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Hey Dakka

We have just put our webstore live on the internet and we are still adding massive amounts of products to our store. Check it out for our list of brands stocked - you wont be disappointed. If there is a brand that you like that you would like to see on our store then drop us a message. Also if you live in the UK and would like to purchase then feel free, if something isnt listed yet then come back often as we are listing new items all day everyday. The site is www.modelling-mayhem.co.uk check it out and spread the word Dakkaites as we are offering all your hobby needs at cost effective prices... We look forward to dealing with you all.

For now take care. Oh and MODS if this is in the wrong place or we are not allowed to advertise our business on here then I apologise in advance.

Regards

The Modelling-Mayhem Team.

Will you be offering a GW bits service or sprue service?

We will offer the FULL range of GW products as they appear in the GW retail outlets. Hope this answers your question.

Regards

That tells people exactly nothing.

Sorry... We will be retailing GW box sets and blister packs! If this doesnt answer said question then please explain what one means?

Regards

modelling-mayhem wrote:We will offer the FULL range of GW products as they appear in the GW retail outlets. Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Kanluwen wrote:That tells people exactly nothing.

It tells you that they will be stocking things 'as they appear in the GW retail outlets'

I don't remember seeing bits for sale in GW retail stores.

Cyporiean wrote:

modelling-mayhem wrote:We will offer the FULL range of GW products as they appear in the GW retail outlets. Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Kanluwen wrote:That tells people exactly nothing.

It tells you that they will be stocking things 'as they appear in the GW retail outlets'

I don't remember seeing bits for sale in GW retail stores.

I also don't remember seeing any "other brands for sale" in them.

It'd be nice for potential customers to see a complete list of brands stocked by them. That's what I was meaning.

Their website lists the following:

Army Painter
Avatars Of War
Battlefoam
Bolt Action Miniatures
Flames Of War
Games Workshop
Gamezone Miniatures
Mantic Games
MiG Productions
Urban Mammoth
Vallejo
Wargames Factory
Westwind Productions

As stated above we have a shop categories page in the upper left corner of the website which lists all our brands... This is not final as we are adding to the constantly!

Shame no bit or sprue service.

Will you be offering a standard discount to MSRP?
Will you be offering free shipping?

I didn't see an answer to these on the website when I checked before.

Edited as OP made suggested changes - Good on ya!

I don't know if I am alone on this but I would never buy from a web based company who don't provide a full contact address and phone number on their site.

There isn't enough on there in terms of stock lists and pricing to get excited about either.

I wish you luck with your venture but as others have said there are things you need to do to get the customers in.

MajorTom11: Perfect thanks for the feedback this is what we need as it is our first time doing anything business like. I have noted your comments and promise that I will return with a better more excited sales pitch for all to see. Trust me no one is more excited than we are lol, we have been working hard on this all week tweakin and changing things, so think I ran out of the old steam when I posted our piss poor sales pitch as you state... All feedback on the site would be fantastic as you guys the gamers/modellers are our potentioal customers!

Also ref: fashion model sites, we only added ourselves to google yesterday so could take a while but will be there... I asked earlier for someone to explain how to place a banner on my sig in the introduce forum but no one replied - as I know this is perfect bit of advertising.

Sgt. Deadmeat: Your input has been noted and a contact address and no. will be on the site soon. Also what stock would you like - as stated before we are listing constantly and GW will be added imminently.

Sorry for wall of text

Regards

How much shipping to Sweden will cost?

International shipping is not offered yet but I am chatting to the courier service this afternoon and will get back to you ref: international shipments as we dont want to limit our client base.

Regards

ok I will wait

First I wish you guys best of luck!

Now If I may, here are some pointers you could consider for your store.

From a heavy internet shopper point of view, I'm covered hobby wise. As you know there are already sucessfull stores outhere for the hobby and my question is what do you have that others dont have? Its a rethoric question.

Since you are starting up you need something tasty to catch my business, that could be good discounts, free and fast shipping, good client service, popular ranges and also stuff that its hard to find...
As a European customer I'm covered with Maelstrom, Wayland games, Antenocitti but sometimes I go US, Hong kong or even Australia to catch those hard to find tasty products... so check those stores and see the prices and outstanding costumer service.

Another sugestion is to develop exclusive stuff like bases or basing convo kits etc thats always a good lure for me.

modelling-mayhem wrote:Sgt. Deadmeat: Your input has been noted and a contact address and no. will be on the site soon. Also what stock would you like - as stated before we are listing constantly and GW will be added imminently.

Thanks for the reply. I am glad you are putting up contact info as a company without them looks like they don't want customers to know where they are.

I should have been clearer about the point I made about stock. It's not a case of there being a particular line I want (as I buy mainly GW but I am interested in other stuff too) but more to do with the fact we cannot compare you to your competitors until you have a more complete listing. It's a bit like walking into a new shop and finding most of the shelves empty.

Having compared the price of Army Painter stuff against other retailers, you do appear to offer good value but I didn't get as far as checking the postage prices. I think, like many here, I am keen to see how your main figure ranges are priced.

We are charging exactly what it costs to dispatch customers orders. We make no profit from the postage charge. We use courier and the rates vary for different options i.e next working day delivery for items 0-5kg in weight is £6. This makes your bargain order stay a bargain order instead of like other retailers who charge high shipping rates.

Ok - whats the discount?

Hi,
Well, I'm excited about the possiblity of another web-based UK retailer, with some caveats. What will give you an advantage is customer service and ensuring that you have the product in stock at point of order. I'm really pleased to see you're stocking battlefoam and take paypal, both good. Be careful which shipping agent you're using: you want one that will do "leave in a safe place" so folk aren't having to tramp to depots (there's one that leaves stuff in the garden shed - or in our case the playhouse - which is most helpful!)

I feel you're limiting your appeal by not stocking Wyrd, Cipher, and above all Privateer Press. I know that there are some distributor-level problems with these, but the point stands. You could also try to single yourselves out from the crowd by stocking stuff that is otherwise quite tricky, eg: Ron&Bones, which is an awesome pirate miniature game (straight away, you have a market) which IIRC doesn't have a UK distributor; or cosying up to Spartan, who are very nice chaps and have great stuff coming out.

There are enough bits stores, imo, and you don't want to dilute your business model. Having said that, a sprue service would be really quite interesting, as again it gives you a niche. Think competitive edge!

Also, be careful with UM, for what it's worth. They are a little... unreliable. Nice guys and all, but, somewhat chaotic.

Just my thoughts - take or leave as desired!

I am also curious as to you rates for shipping to europe (Netherlands specifically). if you are a bit cheaper or provide better service then mealstrom (yes I had some minor gripes) then maybe I will switch.

Only extra demand I have of an online retailer that sells multiple lines is that 1 of the lines has to be privateer Press stuff...

I am also looking at a nice cheap source to get some confrontation plastics, but that is more to see how they look and if I can use them for my armies...

Good luck with the startup business

We are overjoyed that we are able to offer battlefoam and as far as paypal is concerned most people prefer using paypal as a secure payment choice - I know I do, hence why we chose them. We will also add other pay options like google checkout too.

Wyrd are a range that will be listed soon we have contacted a fair few places and manufacturers and will be listing all of these real soon. Your other suggestions has been noted and we will see what we can do to bring the brands and ranges you mentioned to the table.

Our courier will leave item in safe place providing you inform sales team at checkout process with the additional note for where you want the item left.

We will have promotions and discounts running on the store regularly - such as free items with orders over X amount of £s and free shipping on orders over X amount aswell - and you will always find a bargain.

We offer excellent prices where possible to the point of if you find something cheaper than we have listed it then if possible we will try our damn hardest to make sure we can be cheaper. This will be covered on our price match promise section being typed up as we speak.

And we arent stopping there...

Regards


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Tim

Prices arent bad. No warhammer fantasy yet - or stock.

When do you expect to get everything in?

Cheers

We have 40k, Warhammer, LoTR and other stock in now and we are listing as we type. If there is nothing listed that you like contact us and I will get something sorted for you.

Regards

Tim
MM

Is there any chance that you will stock Rackham stuff, like AT-43? I really want to get started and the prices on Rackhams site is really high, compared to other places.

Hi CruoAngelus

We are in contact with Rackham at the moment and will hopefully have them on our site soon. All I can say is just keep checking our site as we are constantly adding new ranges and products.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Tim
MM

Edited my previous post as you acted on the advice positively and proactively, good job!

Now that I actually got to see the store, your prices look very good and I would def want to order a few things like the vallejo model air paints, how is the international shipping situation looking?

Hi CruoAngelus,

Just to update you on your question regarding Rackham games. We can announce that yes they will be listed on our site. We will be listing these products over the coming days so keep checking back!

MajorTom11 - International shipping is being offered now as we have had prices confirmed by our courier. So again keep checking the site until all is tweaked to allow this on the shopping cart.

Regards

Tim
Modelling-Mayhem