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ChatteParfaitt -> RE: collar ideas (11/16/2012 1:02:22 PM)
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I very much appreciate your input; in marketing, negative input is just as important as positive.
There is a reason some of those designs have been around so long, people buy them. This is a marketing basic.
One of my questions is: Do people buy them b/c they like them, or b/c that was the best choice of the limited options available?
Obviously some must like them. But I've been hearing about various collar issues for so many years now, I know not everyone does.
And notice I didn't mention leather (even though I macrame with leather twine as well). Now, there is nothing wrong with a sturdy and functional leather collar for play. As something a person wears day to day, it's a nightmare, b/c there is no way to keep it clean. Even if you cleaned it daily with a leather cleaner, people sweat around the neck and eventually bacteria breeds.
Although chain and chain male can be worn with a certain degree of comfort, many (primarily female) don't like that look for everyday. I don't.
I've seen some gorgeous flat wire designs, but people do complain about comfort.
The eternity collars are a nice, simplistic design, and I've heard very good things about eternitycollars.com.
But I'm not considering competing with them at all, or with the chain, chain male or flat wire collar makers. They are well entrenched and I think it would be extremely difficult to break into those markets.
At this point it is something that I am kicking around. I will most likely come up with a few very different designs and then use them as examples for custom work.
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