You are the man…for real. Hard to find people willing to share info w out fear. Videos like this are what are going to not only help the brand, but YOU as a brand IMO. Best to you.
Thanks for sharing! I think it’s awesome that so many people are creating small businesses off pickleball. Keep up the hard work. I am excited to get my paddle tomorrow!
Tha k you for sharing this, there is no other content like this in existence it seems!! Looking forward to more videos!! I love new pickleball paddles, new pickleball companies, and new innovations to try out. I would think your content will not only grow your brand so you can sell more paddles, but will help inspire other new paddles to be created by others not in business yet. Thank you!!
You are the real man bro. Respect and best of luck for your efforts in business. I need to ask , if you recommend any good suppliers, as you experienced of working with them. shall be grateful for it. Thanks.
Great video. However there other factors in calculating your profit. For example, turn rate. If you're selling a zillion of your paddles you'll realize closer to the full potential profit margin. But if you spent all of that money and you're only selling a paddle in every now and then you're overhead costs are killing you. I'll see you have to calculate your time into the formula. That's a real cost. You could spend so much time in marketing, shipping, contacting suppliers, that you find out in the bottom line your profits are eating away and you could be making more working at McDonald's. An ultimately the bottom line is that if your product doesn't sell you don't have a profit but you may have a ton of red ink from all of your startup and other costs. Anyway good luck. I hope you succeed but as you already know it's a long road.
I am a Sr. Graphic Designer and I just found pickleball. I have so many ideas I can't believe people are not doing yet. I guess my question would be funding and sourcing, which you covered. But, how did you get your funding? Was it bank, individual investors, or what?
It's pretty amazing how many paddle companies there are on the market, must be in the hundreds or several hundred. What I wonder is how many companies are selling essentially the same paddle with different graphics. I think having a great warranty, great customer service, and fast shipping are super important for a company to be successful. Interesting information, not that I'd ever want to start a paddle company, but I've dealt with lots of companies in China and personally visited companies in China, it's really something you better WANT to do, if you only go in half way, you won't be successful. Good luck with your company, I hope you have some success! P.S. Something more interesting to me is designing and selling an inexpensive ball machine. Wonder if any of your contacts in China have something :),.
Hope you don’t mind answering one more question…can you tell me, do carbon fiber paddles need to have the face polished? What does this do exactly? Is it for functionality or aesthetics? Both? Do most carbon fiber paddle companies do this process? Thanks a bunch in advance!
Ah, makes complete sense. Thanks so much. So, I’m assuming that if I bought some paddles using an existing mold through Alibaba for example, that they wouldn’t automatically do this. Thanks again.
Hi, for the actual design of the surface of the paddle, how do we send that to a manufacturer? Not the logo, but the actual design of the paddle? Do we hire a graphic designer? Do they use like a pickleball paddle template? What design "file" I guess does the manufacturer need? Thank you so much!!!
How do you ship? If someone buys one paddle from your store, do you have custom boxes? Wrapped in bubble wrap? Do you have a special way to ship the paddles? What is the cost of shipping a paddle using your shipping mehtods typically?
Thanks for the great video! Did you have to pay an import duty since your order for a batch of paddles was over $800? Or were you able to keep orders under $800. How did that work?
Business Insurance! Office space (even if renting a room from yourself in your home to get started.) Warranty paddles. Salaries. Retirement. Health Insurance. Pretty soon we’re talking real money.
Cool video. My issue is to support smaller companies most paddles seem to be almost identical specs and have to buy sight unseen since not sold in stores. Just seems like a risk when can demo other companies through some stores. I’ve seen legacy , volair, Vatic, bread and butter, now kiwi. How do I choose ?
I agree! Our next big push is to try to get in more stores. That’s why we make videos. It’s the only way to show as much as we can about the paddle. That said, every brand you listed is great and you can’t go wrong!
My friend had some demos made with his logo, but he seems clueless in technology, I had to explain things to him. His paddles already have the USAPA approved logo printed on them, I asked how did it go getting them approved. He was once again clueless. I'm not sure if the manufacturer already has approved paddles and they just print his logo and they are approved?
Hey, man! I would love to pick your brain a bit if you allow me. Is there a way I could reach out to you and start a convo? Hope to hear from you soon!
