ruff-driver
Journeyman Pro
Who was the driving range owner who posted on here, cheshire perhaps ?
maybe contact him
maybe contact him
B and M golf shop in NI
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palindromicbob
Tour Winner
I just hope you are east of the Bann because you don't have a hope here in the culchie zone.
davemc1
Journeyman Pro
Gazinderry goes home on a Monday, some fellas talking about opening a golf shop in N.Ireland on Friday. Coincidence....? 
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Gazinderry goes home on a Monday, some fellas talking about opening a golf shop in N.Ireland on Friday. Coincidence....?
Gaz has more clubs than all the AG shops in Ireland put together.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
It ain't me lads. I'm keeping my clubs. At least the ones I have left.
My main worry is about putting a golf shop on the high street. Why not just bung it near a golf club.
Every sat and Sunday golfers are at the club. We are not traipsing around the high street.
Belfast would have to be the city in northern Ireland . No other city would be big enough to have any kind of local or passing trade.
My main worry is about putting a golf shop on the high street. Why not just bung it near a golf club.
Every sat and Sunday golfers are at the club. We are not traipsing around the high street.
Belfast would have to be the city in northern Ireland . No other city would be big enough to have any kind of local or passing trade.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Eyar, qwerty.:thup:
Hendy
Tour Rookie
Here in the north west of Northern Ireland we had golf store Europe HQ. Now gone lasted maybe two years
Also we had a guy doing golf SIM experience session were you pay x amount and play any course etc. Now gone lasted 6months
The local range has the launch machine on hire a fiver a hour. Don't even need to book just land down anytime.
So my advise to you is forget about it. The items you have listed I would guess 1 in 10 golfers would buy maybe less. And to have a high street unit selling this kind of golf stuff does not have a chance.
People talk about a small mark up on golf gear IE set of irons etc. But yet the big players IE American golf focus on selling these. The non standard stuff you will find some of it on there web site. Normally under accessories or something. The mark up might be higher on but no one really buys it. That's why they push irons and woods sales.
Am sure the boys running American golf or another store have looked at this market and tried a few products over the years and maybe still sell a few but to try and make a business from these is madness.
The mark up is likely much better on non standard golf but there is a reason for that and that's because it doesn't sell aswell. And to get a good discount from the whole saler you will likely need to order a large amount. So please save your money and put it into something tried and tested.
Also we had a guy doing golf SIM experience session were you pay x amount and play any course etc. Now gone lasted 6months
The local range has the launch machine on hire a fiver a hour. Don't even need to book just land down anytime.
So my advise to you is forget about it. The items you have listed I would guess 1 in 10 golfers would buy maybe less. And to have a high street unit selling this kind of golf stuff does not have a chance.
People talk about a small mark up on golf gear IE set of irons etc. But yet the big players IE American golf focus on selling these. The non standard stuff you will find some of it on there web site. Normally under accessories or something. The mark up might be higher on but no one really buys it. That's why they push irons and woods sales.
Am sure the boys running American golf or another store have looked at this market and tried a few products over the years and maybe still sell a few but to try and make a business from these is madness.
The mark up is likely much better on non standard golf but there is a reason for that and that's because it doesn't sell aswell. And to get a good discount from the whole saler you will likely need to order a large amount. So please save your money and put it into something tried and tested.
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So you have all the information that I have missed, you must have run many stores, how did they go?
OR
Are you turning your best guess into factual business advice based on nothing more than playing golf and watching Dragons Den?
By the way a couple of actual retailers have been sending me messages and the input they have given me has been massively useful, your best guess really is not.
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Big D 88
Q-School Graduate
Regardless of what info you wanted from your OP, you're inevitably going to get feedback from the masses of golfers on here
Your attitude is appalling, and i can only hope you treat your clients with more respect - if/when you commence this venture.
You will likely pass over this post as i only manage a leisure centre, therefore don't meet your requirements to post but i have read with interest all your replies and find it astonishing someone speaks to fellow forum members like you do
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Deleted member 18588
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Why is it inevitable?
The OP was very specific in detailing whose opinion he was seeking so I, for one, can imagine his frustration at receiving the amount of off topic and generally ill informed so called market research.
Yes, this is an open forum but that does not mean it is an opportunity for everyone to stick in their twopennyworth, no matter how irrelevant, when one of us seeks specific advice or information.
davemc1
Journeyman Pro
Spot on!
But youre halrdly giving answers to his questions, so you can pee off as well
Big D 88
Q-School Graduate
A lot of threads on here take a turn in another direction, some go off topic, some end up generating their own thread.
But you almost never see the OP complaining that its gone off topic. And not in the manner this OP has.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
I think in the instance the OP has an idea that he thinks is a good one and doesn't like it when others think it may not be a runner.
The only way he'll find out for sure is if he goes for it and succeeds or fails.
The only way he'll find out for sure is if he goes for it and succeeds or fails.
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Deleted member 18588
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Particularly when he didn't seek those opinions!
davemc1
Journeyman Pro
Nor does he want yours, yet here you are again :rofl:
aahhahah
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
Plenty of threads go off topic and when the OP posts on an open forum an idea that he has regardless of if he has asked for opinions on that then people will post what they think of his idea - if the OP just asked for retail information without his idea then people wouldn't have posted
When people have posted they have done it respectfully and politely - the OP had the choice to either just ignore the opinions given or respond in the same manner others have or he could have asked the mods to close the thread but he decided to respond very abruptly and very rude to people.
Now so far your involvement in the thread is to tell people what they should and shouldn't post
Many times lots of stuff have appeared out of topics that haven't exactly stuck to the original topic - that's the beauty of this forum
People have just offered advice - that's all , nothing nasty just advice - it can either be ignored or taken but I don't believe you have the right to tell people what they shouldn't post.
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Deleted member 18588
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Unlike some I would not be so pompous as to dictate to others what they may post. Equally I would not be so arrogant as to offer advice on a subject (specialist, niche retailing) of which I have no knowledge or experience, doubtless you would not feel so inhibited.
All I have pointed out is the opinions and advice offered by so many including, of course, yourself was not what he had requested. As such, therefore, he is entitled to be frustrated by the amount of unsolicited "advice" and this may be reflected in his response.
Hendy
Tour Rookie
To come back to your some of your points
Golf store Europe sold to Europe and UK on the world wide web The store used to be total golfand did well so up the owner got outside investment to take it to a wider market ie Europe. Still failed for whatever mainly due to competition and prices.
Did you not say that you are looking at Northern Ireland for cheap rent? But as you stated your on the web so you can't fail.
So your going to get a better rate than must stores? Never heard as much toss in all my life. Anything you can do or buy a good rate can be copied. If this business of yours takes over the world of golf. Some of the big players will copy your model and eat you up.
They push irons and woods because they sell. jez doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that. If the golf game was a big seller they have it all over the front cover of there web sites etc. Personally I don't know one person that buys the stuff your looking to sell.
As for experience I don't claim to have a great deal. Only a degree in business and accounting and started a small parts business here in Northern Ireland a few years ago.
I am not trying to put you off I just giving you my advise on the matter. We might not have a big population here in Northern Ireland but even in Belfast you will find that prime location cost a lot more than most parts in the north of England
