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I agree with you. I am calling out the dilution nonsense.
He's confused. The wipes he posted are for coats. Kinda like a bath wipe.
Fact: you can't patent another vendor's product. Pawtizer is Aapt made.
Not the same product. I know because i sell pet products.
Dilution? Now i don't believe you on that. There is no evidence of dilution.
When i say those products i am talking about the dog wipes.
I don't think your making it up. I searched for a product called bacon hot sauce on amazon and they send me suggestions on other hot sauces.
Those products aren't the same thing as pawtizer. I know because i sell some of them at my ecommerce business.
Nope, but I can contact him. I just worry too many of us are contacting the company.
I am of the belief that the liftoff for this stock will be the pet food lines. It's a growing market, chains like Petco are big on healthy dog foods and there are tons of health stores (Whole Foods, Mothers, Sprouts) along with regional pet chains (Centinela, Krisers, etc) that carry only healthy, human grade pet foods.
People are waking up to healthy food choices for dogs. BTW, Krisers is a good chain to hit up for the wipes. I can see Brad Kriser being into this product judging from what he stocks in his stores.
Thanks, AAPT needs more than Amazon. They need to get the products in front of as many buyers as possible. Hopefully we can help there!
Excellent!
I know Mothers Markets in Orange County (5-6 store health chain that stocks pet stuff) is the same.
Not sure how Sprouts is, but they are an up and comer in the healthy food chain world.
Whole Foods is a chain that can react locally. I know Whole Foods has a product manager in the local stores who can make decisions on stocking things not purchased on a chain level.
Maybe those of us near a Whole Foods should take this product into the store and pitch the manager.
I also suggest the company sign up with a new wholesale service called Buyers Best Friend. They have thousands of small chains, regional markets, local sellers, etc open. AAPT can market their products through that site and sell directly to customers.
AAPT are you reading this?
When Expo West comes back to Anaheim, CA next year, I also suggest AAPT open a booth as every buyer in the health and pet industries show up to this event. It's one of the biggest industry expos of it's kind. Castor & Pollux, Wellness and many other pet companies were there last year.
Great thinking, two problems...local Wal Marts cannot order something solely on questions from a few customers. And if you leave that in the store, a staff member may remove it as it won't be in their sales system. Wal Mart has some ability to buy locally but only in some categories. Not sure if pet products is one of them but looking at their selection, it might not be an area of localized control.
We need to get this product in front of the chain buyer. That is how they've bought products from companies I've repped in the past.
Target makes sense too. They are viewed as a cooler chain and our product is cooler than Wal Mart IMHO.
I'm not comfortable with that. Besides, Amazon will not let you do it anonymously, you need to log into your account which means privacy issues come into play as well.
I'd rather wait for a legit review from a real customer than have us all post we love the product reviews when in fact not all of us have used it.
Exactly, it's meant to convey something real so maybe people pass this on virally. Viral videos on the net are the best way to advertise today. I give the company points in using something that looks innocent and real.
I have a feeling they are using their customer's footage for their ads? If so, that works for viral marketing.
Kidsmom,
I don't always pay exact attention to the site verbiage but here is an example of a pet product shipped by Amazon but sold by what they call a 3rd party company:
http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Naturals-Vermont-Strength-Chewables/dp/B000NDZXUQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1339020547&sr=1-6
Notice how it's sold by the vendor but shipped by Amazon? There are thousands of products sold this way and Amazon makes a killing in profits.
You can either be a direct vendor with Amazon or be a Fulfilled by Amazon 3rd party program vendor (which is the equivalent of being on cosignment).
Some companies will sell goods they can't get Amazon to pay upfront on and place them in warehouses to have Amazon ship it upon selling it.
We use the Fulfilled by Amazon model to sell inventory from vendors we purchase from so we can reach their Prime customers and offer free shipping.
AAPT is in so it's all good. It's not easy to open with Amazon so it says a lot about AAPT's sales people and product.
Your welcome!
Wow, 800K? Did the company send this info out to us? Sorry if I don't see it. If true, great news and I guess Amazon really did step out more than I would have ever imagined!
True. My main business sends inventory to Amazon in the pet and grocery categories. When they sell it for us the site would say Sold by me fulfilled by Amazon.
It's a tough account to crack with a new product line and it's excellent they are buying and selling AAPT products.
Just in time is also about ordering based on need. I am not arguing but have you ever sold to Amazon? They don't buy pallets of anything unless demand is in the 100s per day. They will place orders with their suppliers daily. I was an account manager for years where I dealt with Amazon, Wal Mart and a few other suppliers. Most new products get order by caselots. Say 5 DCs get stock, that means they order maybe 2-3 cases per DC which is great judging from the ranking and sell through.
It's good for us anyway you cut it. Long and strong. Not trying to be negative, just sharing and making sure people don't overvalue what Amazon brings to the table. Our goal NEEDS to be Wal Mart who order pallets of products to ship to thousands of locations.
Some points about Amazon and how it works:
A) When you visit a product page more than once (at least) while logged into your buying account, the system will interpret that as interest and send you updates. Case in point for me: I was looking at Quickbooks (most recent version) a couple of times to read the reviews and the next day they sent me a note about Quickbooks! It's all good though, for those who find the product look at it as Amazon reminding a potential customer of something they took interest in. Win.
B) To the person bringing up evidence of pallet buying? While Amazon has many DCs around the country they practice what we in the industry call just in time buying. If Pawtizer is in 5 DCs around the country (not every DC stocks every unit of any product Amazon buys - it's all about time zones and being able to fill orders at pretty much any time of the day on either coast) it might only be in increments of 1-2 case lots. I have sold products to that account and can assure anybody that if it sells, they will keep ordering many caselots for the DCs that sell out. Still...this is good for AAPT simply due to the fact that Amazon may buy what they need but if demand is high, they could reorder almost daily. Good for us.
Keep in mind pink sheets are like this. Most people buy a stock like this low to sell high. Most do not care about the company, just how much they can get flipping.
It's the nature of these high O/S OTC stocks.
Gold yes, dog food? Seriously??? I am not at all happy with the price drop in the PPS but they do have a product for sale in stores.
That is verifiable. Gold Pinks are the worst and I would never invest in one of those as it's all about talking a good game to keep investors involved and holding. This is a consumer products company with a product line that is being sold. Until we know more about the sell through, and this company has been very good about keeping investors informed, your comments are actually very unfair and ridiculous.
I am the type of penny/pinkie investor who isn't afraid to call out the companies I invest in but so far, this one has done everything they've said with a tangible product being sold to real stores.
I own a company that sells pet products on a website. I can assure you that people buy the strangest things. As somebody who is seeing the interest in healthier pet foods take off over the last couple years, I am very intrigued as to how AAPT gets this food line out to the people.
I don't so much believe Pawtizer is the future for AAPT, I believe it's the pet food lines. Whole Foods, Sprouts, tons of indie pet stores are stocking more and more healthy ingredient pet foods which have large margins for both store and distributor.
I don't know if your intent is to bash or give a warning on trends you see in the charts, but the fact is that the company is heading towards the right types of products to compete in an area even the big boys are waking up to (healthy, human grade pet products).
I bought AAPT simply because I thought they had a chance with their pet food lines.
Lukkes, I am long and strong and have sold products to Wal Mart in the past. If Wal Mart thinks the products will sell in NE, AAPT won't have any choice to do what they want. Companies ship products around the country regularly. It's quite common to open a DC in the midwest simply because A) It's cheaper to ship from a central point in the country and B) time zone differences allow for late day shipping if an account needs product in a hurry.
My take on Sierra is simple, if they are not pumping and the NE is where Wal Mart sells the most pet products chainwide, why not wish for this as a successful launch in that market will open up more opportunities at Wal Mart nationwide.
I hope Sierra is right simply because if Wal Mart is doing what they do (my products were always purchased for the top 100 stores nationwide - if it sold, I'd get more coverage).
My 2 cents. Shipping costs are negligible w/r/t making an account happy to order more of your products.