The other email the Puerto Rico distributor sent me was this. Then we talked on the phone. I questioned the Walmart deal ? She explained that the Walmarts in her country, being a tourist country, they buy products made by locals to sell in their stores. I had said the line is very long here in the USA to get to meet with a Marketing person from Walmart to pitch ones product to them. Not the case in PR. One needs to bring their product to any local Walmart to show the stores Manager, he/she photographs it, with description of what the product is/does, then it is forwarded to the head Manager in PR for approval. Then the price negotiations begin. She said it is relatively easy getting hand made items on the store shelves of their Walmart stores.
I appreciate your quick response and information provided. I have no problems in working together as you grow and probably help you grow within our territory. I have liked your facebook page already. It would be excellent if you can tell me your current supply ability and you can sure be conservative. We can probably start by introducing the product to our market using our dog models and start spreading the word. We could start with the local shops and as you grow move to the big box stores. It would be perfect if you could put together a distribution price list with moq’s and a suggested wholesale price since the retail one is already established. It also would be perfect if we could get some samples of the different sizes. Our models are mainly Chihuahuas and Italian Greyhounds. I see the product is suggested by size. Since this is an island we get lots of storms and hurricanes so it is more like your current Texas case study. Probably what’s good there will be good here also. Let me know if you would like to move further. At our FB fan page we have almost 12,000 followers and we also have good reach on Instagram, twitter and Pinterest. This is definitely a cheap and effective way to spread the word.
Charlie, are you Hungry ?
