Dorsetmike
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An argument is taking place on a model railway group re sellers using a Farcebook page instead of a web site to announce new items and take orders. General opinion there seems to be "no way José" . As many of we older bodies never look at farcebook we would never know about the items, so there go a load of lost sales!
I would also suggest that quite a few people would not deal with a business that relies on a social networking site to promote their goods. One comment was "but commercial web sites cost money" reponse "go buy a book on HTML for dummies", don't worry about selling on line, use the phone until such time as you're established
(Railway modelling appears to be mainly done by the less young generation, at least in UK, maybe as many as 70 - 80% over age 50 possibly due to a combination of nostalgia and, for many, more disposable income available. Once hooked though we carry on into retirement, but then bemoaning the loss of much of the previous income. So our outlook may be a bit biased against farcebook)
I would also suggest that quite a few people would not deal with a business that relies on a social networking site to promote their goods. One comment was "but commercial web sites cost money" reponse "go buy a book on HTML for dummies", don't worry about selling on line, use the phone until such time as you're established
(Railway modelling appears to be mainly done by the less young generation, at least in UK, maybe as many as 70 - 80% over age 50 possibly due to a combination of nostalgia and, for many, more disposable income available. Once hooked though we carry on into retirement, but then bemoaning the loss of much of the previous income. So our outlook may be a bit biased against farcebook)
