Don - your Amsoil "warehouse" on your website looks familiar. Did I see a picuture of it in Amsoil Action News? Or maybe I just ran across it on the internet. Do you primarily have customers drop in and purchase from you or do you primarily make deliveries? I like your idea of a motorcycle tire business on the side.
It is interesting how people run their Amsoil business. You always buy a huge inventory, I only buy a little for myself. Some like to drive to their warehouse in cheap or expensive rigs to save on shipping. I've never been to the warehouse. I prefer to sign up retail accounts (mostly motorcycle) and do a few trade shows a year. I've got 1 dealer (he only sells to himself and relatives), about 90 active Retail Accounts, 50 Preferred Customers, 7 Catalog Customers, 17 commercial accounts. I'm retired and probably spend 20 hours a week on my business. My goal is to cut it down further as my wife plans to join me in retirement this year and travel more.
I know other dealers that do trade shows nearly every weekend. I think some dealers only do internet sales. Some work hard to recruit dealers.
I've seen steady growth over the past 3 years and I guess it will keep on growing. I think some of the top Amsoil sales guys make well over $100,000 a year in commissions but it seems like it has taken the 10 plus years to do that.
How about you other Amsoil dealers? How do you run your business? I'll bet no two do it the same, which I think is great, because you can do what works best for you.
It is interesting how people run their Amsoil business. You always buy a huge inventory, I only buy a little for myself. Some like to drive to their warehouse in cheap or expensive rigs to save on shipping. I've never been to the warehouse. I prefer to sign up retail accounts (mostly motorcycle) and do a few trade shows a year. I've got 1 dealer (he only sells to himself and relatives), about 90 active Retail Accounts, 50 Preferred Customers, 7 Catalog Customers, 17 commercial accounts. I'm retired and probably spend 20 hours a week on my business. My goal is to cut it down further as my wife plans to join me in retirement this year and travel more.
I know other dealers that do trade shows nearly every weekend. I think some dealers only do internet sales. Some work hard to recruit dealers.
I've seen steady growth over the past 3 years and I guess it will keep on growing. I think some of the top Amsoil sales guys make well over $100,000 a year in commissions but it seems like it has taken the 10 plus years to do that.
How about you other Amsoil dealers? How do you run your business? I'll bet no two do it the same, which I think is great, because you can do what works best for you.
