Golf Website

[TheJokerIsWild]

Hey Guys,

I have the opportunity to get into the golf equip./apparel business online through a friend of mine who owns a retail golf store. He will sell to me at his cost + 5%. He has access to every major brand. I can sell clubs, balls, bags, clothing, etc. I have experience in successful online retailing from a previous business that I have since sold. Golf is one of my passions and I think that it would be a fun business to be in.

One of my concerns is the oversaturation of online golf sales, but the fact that golf is a HUGE industry means that there is still lots of money to be made. I would imagine that it would take some time to get the site SEO'ed after it is built and that PPC advertising would be costly.

Any ideas or opinions of this industry would be highly appreciated.

[Fitzadooza]

i think i may be able to help you...shoot me a pm and we can chat

ryan

[BradleyT]

Well I would first check his cost +5% and see how much that is for a popular driver or putter. Then I'd check google, Yahoo Shopping and shopping.com to see how much that driver is selling for at various places and determine whether or not you can compete. But don't forget, those people currently selling probably have marketing budgets to pay for. So even if you can get a putter for $50 and it sells for $70 online you're not going to profit $20 per unless you get organic traffic - and that won't happen easily in such a saturated market.

You could probably do well as a specialized niche though - like only selling putters.