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mick the pen

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Hello to you all i am new to the site and really enjoyed reading your posts, i need a bit of advise on the most popular models of pen to sell. best regards mick.
 

bellringer

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welcome to the forum to answer the question there is no one kit in my mind that sells the best but that me
 

Jim

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Welcome to the forums Mick, your question may depend on where you live and how much people are willing to pay. Here in W/Yorks my best seller is a Slimline, but i know more expensive kits sell better down South ... :bwink:
 

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Hi and welcome to the forum I find that the sierra and the Lucida Pens sell to the woman and the Junior gents and the Victor for men but a lot of it depends were you are trying to sell London I could sell anything for as much as I dared to ask links is another story all together Notts sells pens pretty well
 

bellringer

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Hi and welcome to the forum I find that the sierra and the Lucida Pens sell to the woman and the Junior gents and the Victor for men but a lot of it depends were you are trying to sell London I could sell anything for as much as I dared to ask links is another story all together Notts sells pens pretty well

is that why my pens sell so well
 

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Without going into details in Essex selling was a doddle you only had to say it fell of the back of a lorry LOL and it was sold :funny::funny::funny:

only problem with that is that i am from surrey so you only need champagne and the pen is sold
 

edlea

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Hi welcome to the forums ...the only models I have sold up here in Lancs have been Slimlines and Streamlines, but I'm new to this game so I live in hope.
 

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Surrey the cartridge pens sell well in fact with one of your past times on the range I surprised your not selling them by the shed load I used to supply shooting clubs with them in the Colchester area they payed good money for them especial when they come with a stand
 

Terry

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Hi Mick and welcome to the friendly forum. Here in East Yorks I find I can sell slimlines and Jr gents and Barons. Therefore if your new to turning pens I would start off with slimlines at £15 per pen and see how it goes!!!!:thumbs:
 

bluntchisel

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Hi, Mike - WELCOME!

My best-seller is probably the Sierra range - these are bought by women for themselves, or by partners, etc of women.

Regards, Bob.
 

silver

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Hi mick, welcome to the mad house.. :face:

As previous thread replies, it's all down to your target market. And what they are willing to pay.

It also depends on if you need to sell pens to make ends meet or just want to enjoy making pens and hopefully finance it with selling pens.. .....

Make as many as many as you can afford to make and have them in stock so customers can see what you sell.

Make sure you use quality pen kits so that you get recognised for making quality pens.

As for a place to sell them you might want to latch on to a craft fair, but table charges can be expensive and prohibitive until you get a customer base and a decent stock of pens.

School fete or Christmas fairs are another good outlet, and tables are much cheaper.

Local town halls are trying to get footfall increased and some are offering tables for a good rate and is much more affordable.

Web site is another outlet, but again its not a fast method to start with but does open the international market for you if you have the quality and stocks. And you will be surprised how cheap you can get a web site up and running.

You could also specialise in bespoke commissioned pens, fountain pens or pencils.

All in all its down to what you can afford and what you want to achieve.

But good luck as we are all millionaires on here and are really happy that there is another turner that can come and joins us on this exclusive club.:tongue:

Welcome aboard..
 

mick the pen

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Thanks all for the warm welcome and advice. will post some pic's of my pens when finished my workshop, recently moved house just waiting for new table saw, hoping it arrives tomorrow. cheers mick
 
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