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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2005, 12:06:20 am » |
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How about Josh's Garage and show a few soda machine in the garage door way one for parts for sale and one for machine for sale and the other what people are look for.
(sorry I'm tired . you could click on a machine for those
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Paul M.
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2005, 02:26:30 am » |
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You could come up with an unused website name like sodavending.com or vintagevendingsales.com or whatever. Feel free to use one of these if you want but make sure they're not taken first.
I think you can register the name for about $20. The rest is just server fees and business license. You might be able to find a decent book at the bookstore on internet businesses that can get you started. Search the web, too. Lots of free info out there.
Good luck! I hope it goes well for you. There's not a WHOLE lot on the web for this market so it ought to do well.
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2005, 07:16:09 am » |
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Josh,
Email me, I can give all the details as I have a small business that develops and hosts web sites! I'm getting ready to head out for a few days in the woods, so I won't be able to reply until Sun. or Mon...
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2005, 08:07:04 am » |
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Josh, will you be able to devote the time to the hobby once you become an ATC?
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2005, 09:03:43 am » |
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I will have about as much time as I have right now if not more. Last week I was at work at grand total of 65 hours. As a controller my max is 40 hours. Besides I will probably do like I did in florida and hire a good painter to do the paint work on their time off so that saves me alot of time. I don't really do this for the money. I just really enjoy watching these machines in the process and I love the rush of going and finding them. I am also thinking of expanding into other areas as well as I do enjoy old slot machines and jukeboxes. When I was younger my dad and I used to run a small business called Slots-O-Toys. We mostly did 1950's Jukeboxes and new and old slots, and sometimes we would do a Coke machine or two. But I was thinking of calling this thing www.classiccoinop.com and yes it is not used yet.
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2005, 09:40:41 am » |
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Hi Josh,
I think it is a great idea. I like Pat`s suggestion
" Josh`s Garage " sounds great.
Lars
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2005, 09:44:34 am » |
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I like it too, but it might be confused with an auto parts store or repair shop.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2005, 10:08:42 am » |
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Josh - I think it's a great idea. There certainly aren't many sites for what appears to be a growing market. A few thoughts and suggestions:
- Make sure the name & home page means something to your target customer. They shouldn't need to guess what your selling. Personally, I'd suggest that you focus on a name the focuses on selling your finished machines. The parts junkies that frequent this place are all driven to find help and support but the consumer that just wants to buy a finished machine probably won't spend much time. Make it easy for them to find you.
- Make sure you find somebody that knows how to get your domain name loaded into the search engines.
- Domain names are fairly cheap (as little as $10/yr) so you might want to look at getting a couple (eg JoshsClassicSodaMachines and JoshsClassicJukeBoxes, etc, etc) and have them all resolve to the same home page.
- Make sure you offer discounts to your friends on these boards  '>
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Thanks, Bryan
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