I have a fly company based in Pennsylvania and distribute flies tied in Asia. Several of your countrymen sell flies into the US, most on the basis of their low price rather than high quality.
If you would llike some pointers on trying to sell into the US, I would be happy to give you some. Reply directly to me rather than to the list.
Regards
Paul Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Holly Flies =========================
From: "Bob & Janet Schimpf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Professional Fly tying (was How do you support...) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:25:14 -0800
JANET.
I ALSO TIE PROFESSIONALLY.PROBLEM IS FEW BUYERS IN KENYA AFRICA WHERE AM BASED.WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH MARKETING TO SHOPS?
PAUL
I've never really had to do much marketing. When I started in the late 70's there weren't so many import flies around, demand was high, and there were very few people tying commercially. I made sure to keep my quality high and my prices low, and word of mouth pretty much took care of advertising. I still tie for some shops I started with over 25 years ago. Much of my business is in local (regional Northwest) patterns that the shops can't get from the big catalog suppliers.
I don't know what to tell you about your situation there in Kenya. But I do almost all my business by mail order, as I live "out in the boondocks", and the nearest fly shops are about 40 miles away---most further.
Good luck. Don't give up!
Janet
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