I am thinkin of becoming a vendor on here an offering powdercoating service. So trying to get an idea to if there is any interest for it on here ? also ideas what people would want on there cars powdercoated. No intent to sell jus want opinions to if it be a good idea or not. Post up or pm what yall think about this an i will post up pics of recent stuff i've done. thanks for your time..

 

good idea only if you can keep the prices low because people would have to add shipping on top of the cost. assuming you are not only doing local business.
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Im sure you will find a market, but in my experience threads even feeler threads like this one don't last long on here unless you become a sponsor pronto.

 

I made an interest thread for cheaper nice LED dash controls, and if there was interest I was going to become a vendor also. My thread got deleted and I got a PM from a Moderator saying I have to be a vendor to even post up a feeler or interest thread.

I also do my own powdercoating, and I have had tons of people message me wanting me to do parts. I just don't have time to do it. I'm sure you can make quite a bit of money if you do this. Although it might be rough at the beginning since being a sponsor here isn't exactly cheap.

 

what are expenses of becoming a vendor?

 

Not worth it IMO. I do powder coating as well, once you throw in shipping its not really worth it. If you have a local powder coater, you can get a valve cover and handful of parts done for $50-100. Return shipping for a valve cover is going to be atleast $50. So you almost have to charge nothing to get anyone to buy anything or you have to do huge batches of small parts. Doesnt really work.

Shipping is going to be proportionate to part size and part size is proportionate to price, so you can't win.

 

I think I still might have my pack they e-mailed me with all of the prices. PM me your e-mail and i'll forward it to you.

If I remember right, the cheapest option is for 3 months, and that is $500 for the 3 months worth. Then it just starts going up from there.