Maku'u Market Observations

[jdirgo]

That's so great, Tony! An awa toast to you for your success. You might want to try some of the hotel gift shops. I know it would be a pain to keep them stocked, but the hotels in Kona could probably sell a LOT of the cards. There may be a lot of competition in that market though.

I wonder if you could do some larger matted copies of the photographs that could be framed and put on the wall, small ones like 8x10 that could sell for $20 or so. Put a description on the back of the matting of what the photo is, where it was taken, etc. Heck, maybe even sign it (or have a scanned stylish "AkoniV" printed on the description). If you could profitably sell them for $20-25, I think a lot of tourists and locals would buy them. If the cost of them matted is too high to sell for that price, how about putting them in a nice sealed clear sleeve with the description as a small separate sheet in the sleeve? I think if you stay in the $20 price point with a nice 8x10, they could sell.

What does everyone else think?

John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
Island Trust Properties, LLC
808-987-9243 cell

Edited by - jdirgo on 08/10/2006 15:52:56