http://www.sublimited.net/product-reviews/blank-decks-from-mothership-distribution.html Skateboarding and Nothing Else Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sublimited.net/product-reviews/blank-decks-from-mothership-distribution.html#comment-2905 Joshua Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:01:11 +0000 http://72.47.194.169/?p=167#comment-2905 The problem is that blank decks are a commodity. That is, there's no differentiation. A blank deck is a blank deck, and if someone can buy one for $15 instead of $20 they'll buy the one for $15. That means whoever can offer the lowest price wins, and unfortunately I was not the guy with the lowest prices, since I was just getting started, and there were already companies out there shipping thousands every month, which meant they had per-board costs that were much lower than mine, which essentially meant they could sell their decks for lower than I was paying for decks. It very quickly became obvious that it wasn't going to be a good business model so I shut it down. I only wish I had thought a little more about it before getting started. The problem is that blank decks are a commodity. That is, there’s no differentiation. A blank deck is a blank deck, and if someone can buy one for $15 instead of $20 they’ll buy the one for $15. That means whoever can offer the lowest price wins, and unfortunately I was not the guy with the lowest prices, since I was just getting started, and there were already companies out there shipping thousands every month, which meant they had per-board costs that were much lower than mine, which essentially meant they could sell their decks for lower than I was paying for decks. It very quickly became obvious that it wasn’t going to be a good business model so I shut it down. I only wish I had thought a little more about it before getting started.

]]> http://www.sublimited.net/product-reviews/blank-decks-from-mothership-distribution.html#comment-2904 Alchemy Boards Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:53:09 +0000 http://72.47.194.169/?p=167#comment-2904 What happened to the myblankskateboarddeck.com site? Why did it not work out? What happened to the myblankskateboarddeck.com site? Why did it not work out?

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