Why american brand do not use a distribution system

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Johann

Member
For all proto, lucky, phoenix and other brands.

Why you dont fucking use distributor ? It's just killin the sport. It makes the price a little bit higher, BUT it saves the sport and the market.

Just wanted to tell that, because i really start to be pissed off.
Distribution is NEEDED. If company dont feels the balls do use distributor, that mean they'll die and they'll kill the market.

Thought ?
 
cralle

cralle

Bronze member
Lucky is good at distrobuting their products and so is Phoenix so they are fine.

Proto on the other hand is another story.

But it is really needed, since the prices outside US is through the roof.
 
instinctscooter

instinctscooter

Silver Member
true like skatehut buy tons of proto and pheonix parts and somtimes they cost more in £ than $ in america which is stupid as 1$ is around £0.6
 
Jon.

Jon.

Steel Member
yeah you're pretty wrong on this. The only one who is bad is Proto. But it's understandable because about 95% of everything they make is done by two people.
 
Dom Marconi

Dom Marconi

Silver Member
He's talking about straight selling the parts to a business, who then ships them to other businesses. He's talking about what the FSP group, Eagle, District, blah blah blah is doing with DSA.
 
Hunter Treviranus

Hunter Treviranus

Silver Member
no,proto distributes to scooter zone,you can get baby slayers,grippers,sliders,SenioRs,and strikers,pretty much everything besides there decks
 
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Johann

Member
talking about OUTSIDE THE USA.

And yeah, i'm telling about distribution, not straight selling to shop (which is killing the market)

Brand sells big quanitites to distributor which sells small (or big) quantities to Shop which sells to customers.

That how it should be if we want Scooter be bigger and more serious.

That's why in Europe NO ONE buy american brand because prices here a too expensive..so american brand stays on american market, which is stupid.

simple as that. Anyway, seems like no one in america in the scooter community and specially on sr is smart enought to understand that.
Doesnt matter ^^
Just think about it.
 
D

D ∆ V I D

Basic Bunch
Johann said:
talking about OUTSIDE THE USA.

And yeah, i'm telling about distribution, not straight selling to shop (which is killing the market)

Brand sells big quanitites to distributor which sells small (or big) quantities to Shop which sells to customers.

That how it should be if we want Scooter be bigger and more serious.

That's why in Europe NO ONE buy american brand because prices here a too expensive..so american brand stays on american market, which is stupid.

simple as that. Anyway, seems like no one in america in the scooter community and specially on sr is smart enought to understand that.
Doesnt matter ^^
Just think about it.
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your too stereotypical to think straight
 
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joelg1974

Member
I have been helping lucky find a distributor in the uk as since we started bringing the frks bars and decks in-Rfs already do wheels-skatehut and dogg both started selling too. Now due to shipping costs it would be easy to get there parts through a distributor but due to high manufacturing costs the charge to distributor would be high so to shops higher than buying direct and end result higher to customer. Phoenix is distributed in uk by skatehut I can buy a deck from a shop in USA and get it posted £25 cheaper than buying from skatehut at dealer prices with free post! That's why a Phoenix deck is £180 in uk double what it is in USA and other USA manufacturers don't want there brands overpriced. It's easy for MADD blunt and razor as all made in china so cheaper to ship direct to distributors in each country and they never have to keep stock themselves. For us manufacturers who make in house it is much harder due to costs involved at their end.
 
Dom Marconi

Dom Marconi

Silver Member
Still, none of you guys understand what he is saying. Manufacturers should be shipping to a DISTRIBUTION company, that nobody can buy single parts from, and then that distributor will sell wholesale to other businesses (skateshops, online shops, whatever). It would make everything run much smoother, manufacturers would make more money, and prices would probably drop, seeing as manufacturers could focus on making parts, and not selling parts.
 
parrish

parrish

Administrator
Staff member
i think he means that US companies that don't ship outside of the US should sell to outside of US distributors?
 
.Gerrit

.Gerrit

ya boy boo radley
Staff member
considering proto has their 250 buck orion deck, its hard to believe they dont have enough money.
 
dpnelson31

dpnelson31

Steel Member
You can also note that the USA doesn't distribute much to Europe in the first place. Most industries (I.E. Cars, electronics) have their own market in their respective continent. International sales is a tough bargain because supply is easy, yet demand is not. Basic economics proves that in order for one to increase, the other needs to as well for a full sphere of trade to keep occuring. American products are great in America. European parts tend to be the same.
Scooter parts may be a little different considering the supply in total of all companies is lower than a typical industry, but still... It fits the model I tried to explain.
 
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Steezeman

Administrator
We're going to be selling to a distributor in Australia, it's just a matter of finding someone who is worthwhile. Scooterzone is not a distributor, it is a shop. Distributors buy product from a manufacturer then sell to multiple shops in whatever country or region they are in.
 
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