Hey guys,
I've read TMF a couple of years ago, right after reading the 4HWW and these two books radically changed the way I view entrepreneurship and my future.
I have started a website some time ago, and created a Facebook page in the beginning just to gauge the interest of people.
It is a website that allows people to see what their local farms are offering and place an order to them through me. The farms we have on the website only have the best quality meat, meaning pasture raised, grass-fed, real free-range, no hormones, GMOs, etc...
Here are the issues I have:
- Most farms do not offer shipping and it's not easy to convince them, since they have to have ice packs and insulated boxes to ship the merchandise, and most are not convinced yet that they will see a return on their money. But shipping is something that could change dramatically the odds of my website succeeding, since most people won't necessarily want to order online to go pick up the meat. Farms can also steal the customers by asking them to order directly from them the next time. (The commandment of CONTROL is so violated I know)
- The way the website is set up right now, the customer places an order, from which I don't take money, so it's more like a "request for a quote". then I talk to the farm, and get back to the customer via phone or email to set up a "pick up/delivery" time. I then send the customer a payment email they can pay through. Also, ordering half a cow for example is not a set price, since each cow weighs differently, and thus doesn't count the same, so i can't just put a price to be paid on the website.
There are a couple more issues, but I would appreciate if you guys gave me your impressions just by browsing the website.
Thank you!
I've read TMF a couple of years ago, right after reading the 4HWW and these two books radically changed the way I view entrepreneurship and my future.
I have started a website some time ago, and created a Facebook page in the beginning just to gauge the interest of people.
It is a website that allows people to see what their local farms are offering and place an order to them through me. The farms we have on the website only have the best quality meat, meaning pasture raised, grass-fed, real free-range, no hormones, GMOs, etc...
Here are the issues I have:
- Most farms do not offer shipping and it's not easy to convince them, since they have to have ice packs and insulated boxes to ship the merchandise, and most are not convinced yet that they will see a return on their money. But shipping is something that could change dramatically the odds of my website succeeding, since most people won't necessarily want to order online to go pick up the meat. Farms can also steal the customers by asking them to order directly from them the next time. (The commandment of CONTROL is so violated I know)
- The way the website is set up right now, the customer places an order, from which I don't take money, so it's more like a "request for a quote". then I talk to the farm, and get back to the customer via phone or email to set up a "pick up/delivery" time. I then send the customer a payment email they can pay through. Also, ordering half a cow for example is not a set price, since each cow weighs differently, and thus doesn't count the same, so i can't just put a price to be paid on the website.
There are a couple more issues, but I would appreciate if you guys gave me your impressions just by browsing the website.
Thank you!
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