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lionkingcmslLike those two fictional characters I have ideas to make money, though not as pie in the sky as Ralph or Fred. And like them my ideas seem to fall apart, even though I'm doing my best to make it work.
Latest example is the card game. I received the cost, to me, per deck for the game.
I hope you are sitting down:
100 decks @ $18.00 each
250 decks @ $14.00 each
Freight is extra.
I had thought the game would cost me between $8 an $10 per deck. I was going to wholesale them at $12 and retail them at $20 per deck so the retailer could make his 40%. To do the same thing now the game would run ~$27 per deck retail, and there is no way anyone is going to pay that price for a card game. :={
I'm still going to have the 25 demo decks made and get 100 production decks made, but I cannot put them into stores and make a profit.
Kickstarter was a bust; partially my fault, but I'm going to give Indegogo a try and see if I can raise some money that way to buy more decks to keep my costs down.
In other news the paper work to make Lion Games, LLC has been sent to the State of Mass Confusion ,,,, er, New Jersey. I did a quick check and there is still no company called Lion Games officially registered in NJ.
Latest example is the card game. I received the cost, to me, per deck for the game.
I hope you are sitting down:
100 decks @ $18.00 each
250 decks @ $14.00 each
Freight is extra.
I had thought the game would cost me between $8 an $10 per deck. I was going to wholesale them at $12 and retail them at $20 per deck so the retailer could make his 40%. To do the same thing now the game would run ~$27 per deck retail, and there is no way anyone is going to pay that price for a card game. :={
I'm still going to have the 25 demo decks made and get 100 production decks made, but I cannot put them into stores and make a profit.
Kickstarter was a bust; partially my fault, but I'm going to give Indegogo a try and see if I can raise some money that way to buy more decks to keep my costs down.
In other news the paper work to make Lion Games, LLC has been sent to the State of Mass Confusion ,,,, er, New Jersey. I did a quick check and there is still no company called Lion Games officially registered in NJ.
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Date: 2014-02-27 07:13 pm (UTC)Do you think the recession has something to do with the high costs and the low participation in the kickstarter?
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Date: 2014-02-28 12:11 am (UTC)I was told I didn't have enough info, artwork posted or enough stretch goals. :=/
I'm still getting the game produced, but I'm going to mainly market it through the web.
I talked to my brother, who did the art and is well versed in such matters as printing costs, he is the catalog manager for a restaurant supply house, and he said the costs per deck were about average. He told me due to economy of scale I wouldn't see huge breaks in costs until I started ordering a 1,000 decks or more.
I got my LLC kit and I checked the NJ website this morning and they updated the business registry with a listing for "Lion Games, LLC". :=3